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A Media Ceiling Is About To Fall In on Democrats

Thom Hartmann The Hartmann Report
Wealthy partisans aligned with the GOP are going for that Hispanic vote in a big, big way. They intend to use the same tools that have turned state after state reliably red since the 1980s: radio & TV

Democracy Is on the Line in Peru

Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno Foreign Policy in Focus
Peru’s deepening crisis is a cautionary tale about democracies that fail to deliver for ordinary people.

“Argentina, 1985”: Oscar-Shortlisted Film Depicts Historic War Crimes Trial of U.S.-Backed Generals

Democracy Now Democracy Now
Democracy Now interviews director Santiago Mitre about “Argentina, 1985,” his dramatization of the Trial of the Juntas, when a civilian court prosecuted Argentina’s former military leaders for brutal crimes committed during the U.S.-backed right-wing military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983. The film just won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture in a Non-English Language and is also shortlisted for an Oscar for best international film.

“We Will Not Accept Your Laws”

Liam Kennedy In These Times - Labor
U.K. workers rise up against Conservatives’ attempt to hollow out their right to strike.

Reclaiming U.S. Industry

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
Biden’s industrial policies represent a stunning ideological reversal. The harder part will be making them work