Media Bits and Bytes — June 25, 2024
Portside
Can artificial intelligence destroy the climate?
The Two Year Anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Letters from an American
In the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, for the first time in our history, rather than conveying rights, the court explicitly took a constitutional right away from the American people.
Experts Warn Julian Assange Plea Deal Could Set Dangerous Precedent
The Guardian
Human rights organisations want the next UK government to seek assurances from the US that it will not pursue journalists publishing classified information
Mississippi Goddamn: You Were Definitely Involved in This
Common Dreams
Amidst right-wing assaults on our rights and history, many deem it vital we remember those who confronted America's brutal racist legacy and declared, "We are not afraid."
Conn Hallinan: He Knew Whose Side He Was On
Foreign Policy in Focus
Former FPIF columnist Conn Hallinan, who passed away on June 19 at the age of 81, wrote sharply and passionately about international issues for five decades.
Who Is Keir Starmer, British Labour Party Leader on the Road to Downing Street?
Portside
A Review of “The Starmer Project: A Journey to the Right”
by Oliver Eagleton,
Verso Books 2022
Malian Master Puppeteer, Yaya Coulibali: “Puppetry Is the Sum of the Collective Human Imaginary”
Equal Times
We Africans have to value what we have more and what we are, to value culture, something that is not tangible and cannot be bought and sold, like money.
The GOP’s Post-Constitutional Future: A New Gilded Age?
Hartmann Report
A middle class is not a normal thing, and if a country wants one it must be created by direct government intervention in the marketplace…
Democrats, Parties, and Palestine: Five Stages of Political Grief
Convergence
Elections are fundamentally about choosing coalitions, not just casting votes. While coalitions require compromise, the key is to make strategic concessions without abandoning core principles.
This Week in People’s History, June 25–July 2
A Successful Experiment (1959), Boycotts Can Work (1959), Hospital Workers Win Big (1969), Malcolm X’s Last Stand (1964), Brilliance Gets Shafted (1954), Throwing Shade on Racism (1989), Hit the Road, Dictator (1944), Nazis Deadly Discipline (1934)
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