Category: Thinking Politically
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Apocalypse in the Tropics review – how Brazilian politics succumbed to rightwing fundamentalism
Petra Costa explains how screeching evangelical Christian leaders have become kingmakers to all politicians in a chilling documentary that shows democracy on the brink.
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Obscene Wealth
Expose the gross obscenity and a level of wealth inequality in the US that should shame every politician, every mainstream-media commentator, and every cultural influencer who fails to make recognition of this travesty central to his or her message.
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Saul Bellow – Literature and Racism or At War with the 60s
In an interview for the New York Times in 1987, Saul Bellow, the 1976 Nobel Prize winner for literature, asked: “Who is the Tolstoy of the Zulus, the Proust of the Papuans? I’d be glad to read him.” This question makes no sense, but it reveals Bellow’s belief in the superiority of Western culture. The…
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Israel Turns Gaza Aid Distribution Sites Into Open Killing Fields
As global attention turns to Iran, Israeli attacks on starving Palestinians seeking aid have dramatically increased.
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Bizarre WAPO Opinion Piece by Hanushek and Raymond
It was “déjà vu all over again” when Eric Hanushek and his wife Macke Raymond shared their views in the Washington Post. They cited Michelle Rhee and Mike Miles as exemplary education leaders, merit pay as good education policy and turned to A Nation at Risk for support.
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Israel’s War on Iran Was Made in USA; Trump Supported Attacks While Faking Peace Talks
Article reports that Trump approved and then collaborated in Israel’s attack on Iran.
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‘No King’s Day’ Was Historic. Now We Need a Powerful–and Independent–Movement Against Trump
The huge decentralized turnout for No Kings Day has shown that grassroots power can be a major force against the momentum of the Trump regime. The protests were auspicious, with 5 million people participating in 2,100 gatherings nationwide. Activists are doing what the national Democratic Party leadership has failed to do – organize effectively and…
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Freedom Flotilla Sets Sail for Gaza Carrying Aid and Demands: ‘End the Blockade. End the Genocide’
No matter how dangerous this mission is, it’s nowhere near as dangerous as the silence of the entire world in the face of the live-streamed genocide,” said climate activist Greta Thunberg, who is aboard the Madleen.
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Across Europe, People Urge Intervention To Stop Gaza Genocide
Thousands of protesters in Berlin, Paris, and Stockholm have demanded their governments break silence on Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, urging immediate international intervention and sanctions against the regime. According to the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), Gaza suffers from phase 5 famine, and nearly 71,000 children under the age of five are…
