Dispatches From the Culture Wars – Pride Special
Portside
Moving forward, facing violent opposition
Our Epidemic of Mass Shootings Is Traumatizing a Generation and Threatening Democracy
Jacobin
The number of mass shootings continues to soar in the US — not just costing lives, but traumatizing our youth and undermining the basis for a free society. To stop the epidemic, we need a truly democratic transformation...
What Happens When You Tax Billionaires at 90 Percent?
Economy for All
America’s billionaires pay an average of around 3.1 percent as their functional income tax rate;
America is the most unequal developed society in the world. The last time severe poverty and extravagant wealth coexisted was during the 1920s and 1930s.
Atlanta City Council Approves Project Decried As ‘Cop City,’ Rejecting Activists’ Fierce Opposition
PBS
For about 14 hours, residents again and again took to the podium to slam the project, saying it would be a gross misuse of public funds to build the huge facility in a large urban forest in a poor, majority-Black area.
Tossed by Cement Mixers, the Court Grows Dizzy
The American Prospect
Last Thursday, the Supremes ruled against a union of cement-mixer drivers—but their very odd decision could have been lots worse for American workers.
Liberalism and the Spectre of Inverted Totalitarianism
Canadian Dimension
What is paradoxical is that U.S. imperial ideology happens to be not fascism but an all-encompassing and intolerant liberalism refitted for rationalizing military and political expansion.
Latino Activist Rudy Lozano Was Murdered 40 Years Ago. Some Called It a ‘Political Assassination.’
Chicago Tribune
An organizer for the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, he had made an unsuccessful run for 22nd Ward alderman in the same election that produced Chicago’s first Black mayor.
What Happened When a Brooklyn Neighborhood Policed Itself for Five Days
The New York Times
On a two-block stretch of Brownsville in April, the police stepped aside and let residents respond to 911 calls. It was a bold experiment that some believe could redefine law enforcement in New York City.
This Week in People’s History, June 6 . . .
Bullets don't stop March Against Fear. Strikers' play fills Madison Square Garden. Court rules for lunch-counter sit-in. Cesar Chavez gets started. CIA lawbreaking whitewashed. Environmental racism costs Shell Oil. Paul Robeson defies witch-hunters.
History Is a Human Right
Word In Black
From Stone Mountain to the Stonewall Inn, the #TeachTruth National Day of Action fights back against anti-history legislation.
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