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Dispatches From the Culture Wars – Civilization and Other Good Ideas Edition

Il Douche does Poland; Cops get political; Hoosier daddy; Southern Baptists go batsh*t; Here’s Chapo

Chapo illustration,Graeme Shorten Adams
  • Trump’s Nationalists Triumphant After Europe Trip – Michael Crowley (Politico)
  • US Police Arrest Left-Wing Protesters, Far-Right Blooms – Creede Newton (Aljazeera)
  • Can Indiana Be the Stronghold of the Resistance? This Organizer Thinks So. – Sarah Jaffe (In These Times)
  • A Resolution Condemning White Supremacy Causes Chaos at the Southern Baptist Convention – Emma Green (The Atlantic)
  • The Rise of the Internet’s ‘Dirtbag Left’ – John Semley (Maclean’s)


Trump’s Nationalists Triumphant After Europe Trip

By Michael Crowley
July 8, 2017
Politico

Advisers like Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller gain new momentum in the White House’s ongoing ideological battle.
 

US Police Arrest Left-Wing Protesters, Far-Right Blooms

By Creede Newton
July 8, 2017
Aljazeera

Arrests in Virginia made in a bid to intimidate anti-racist protesters, while far-right groups continue demonstrations.

Can Indiana Be the Stronghold of the Resistance? This Organizer Thinks So.

By Sarah Jaffe
July 6, 2017
In These Times

Jesse Myerson is one of many trying to build a new progressive base in the country’s heartland.

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A Resolution Condemning White Supremacy Causes Chaos at the Southern Baptist Convention

By Emma Green
June 14, 2017
The Atlantic

At its annual meeting, the evangelical denomination initially declined to consider a statement of its opposition to the alt-right.

The Rise of the Internet’s ‘Dirtbag Left’

By John Semley
July 5, 2017
Maclean’s

How a new strain of progressive leftism is using humour, irony, and diaper jokes to push back against the emerging alt-right.