Peter Gabel argues that Trump supporters are not voting against their interest “but rather that their interests are different from what the critics think they are.”
Global Capitalism
Worker strikes as liberation — way back then, and today
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Drawing parallels between the Exodus story and current political struggles, Jonathan Rosenblum honors striking workers who are standing up to modern-day Pharaohs.
Justice for All
At the Southern Border – “A Laboratory of Injustice, A Landscape of Hope”
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Rabbi Victor Reinstein reports on a recent trip to El Paso and urges us to “see ourselves in every refugee at the southern border,” affirming their humanity.
Politics & Society
Rethinking the Normalization of Fascism in the Post-Truth Era
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Henry Giroux reflects on the resurgence of fascism in the United States and urges us to critically engage the past in order to imagine a radical politics for the future.
Graphic Eugene Debs
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Martha Sonnenberg reviews this new graphic biography of Eugene V. Debs and argues that the book’s strength lies in how it connects social theory to political activism.
Is it OK to hate?
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Philip L Bereano reviews Nadine Strossen’s Hate: why we should resist it with free speech, not censorship.
War with China?
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Michael Klare warns that, even if a shooting war doesn’t erupt, a long-term geopolitical war of attrition between the U.S. and China will have debilitating consequences for both sides.
Tikkun Daily
ICE Agents are Torturing Detainees in Their Custody
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Defending Rights and Dissent condemns the inhumane treatment of asylum-seekers in ICE detention centers.
‘More AIPAC Than J Street’: Kamala Harris Runs to the Right on Foreign Policy
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Stephen Zunes argues that the California senator’s hardline positions on Israel-Palestine point to a dangerous disregard for international law
Justice for All
Learning from the Teacher Walkouts
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Lois Weiner examines recent teacher walkouts and reminds us that, if they are to be successful, social movements must uproot all forms of oppression.
Two Years Later: Resisting Trump in Michigan
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Ronald Aronson reports on the state of the progressive community two years into Trump’s presidency: “We are ready not simply to oppose Trump but to pose new goals.”
Children in Trouble
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Karen J. Greenberg reminds us that, despite we-are-not-them American exceptionalism, childhood is everywhere under threat and needs to be protected.
Politics & Society
Bullshit Jobs
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In this review of David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs, Miki Kashtan explains what bullshit jobs are and how they can help us understand “the rightward turn of so many voters around the world.”
Emancipatory Spirituality
Thomas Merton, America Has Need of You
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According to John Smelcer, America needs more people like Thomas Merton who realize that protest is essential to democracy.
Activism
Love Knows No Borders
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Cat Zavis reports on a recent interfaith action at the U.S.-Mexico border to demand respect for the human right to migrate and seek asylum, an end to the militarization of border communities, and an end to immigrant detention and deportation and the defunding of ICE and Border Patrol.