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The ‘Garden’ and the ‘Jungle’: Why the US vs. Them Narrative Is a Lie

Lorenzo Kamel il manifesto
The real struggle must not be reduced to dichotomies that speak to people’s emotions, but rather found in the structural causes that allow a small segment of humanity to exploit and enrich itself on the backs of billions of “others,” and to self-attribute to itself a sense of moral superiority.

Prisoners Reignite Movement To End Mass Incarceration

Raymond Williams Waging Nonviolence
Death by incarceration is the most prevalent and most overlooked form of state sponsored execution. They call it a life sentence, but that is a misnomer. Any prison sentence that a person cannot outlive is a sentence to death.

The “Private and Confidential” Conservative Group Teneo

Andy Kroll and Andrea Bernstein, ProPublica, and Nick Surgey ProPublica
Leonard Leo, a key architect of the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority, is now the chairman of Teneo Network, a group that aims to influence all aspects of American politics and culture.

Biden Expected to OK Alaska Oil Project

Ben Lefebvre and Zack Colman Politico
The expected approval of the massive Willow oil project would be just the latest shift by Biden toward the political center before a potential reelection bid.

The Far Right in Ukraine

Stephen R. Shalom New Politics
New Politics interviews Taras Bilous, a Ukrainian historian and editor of Ukrainian socialist magazine Sotsialniy Rukh, about the Ukrainian political spectrum and a wide range of issues.

Broad Alliance Ousts Racist Memphis D.A.

Jeffrey Lichtenstein and Josh Adams Convergence
New Majority politics trounced a law-and-order scaremongering Shelby County, TN. This marks a major win for the national movement seeking criminal justice reform within the electoral arena.

2024 Trump Is Even Scarier Than 2020 Trump

Susan B. Glasser The New Yorker
In a speech to CPAC that failed to make many front-page headlines but should have, Trump vowed that, once reinstalled in power, his mission would be “retribution” for all the wrongs that he and his grievance-fuelled followers have suffered.

Friday Nite Videos | March 10, 2023

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Trump's Nightmare: Indictment | Brian Tyler Cohen. Chemical Apocalypse: What We Saw in East Palestine. Ted Lasso — Season 3. The Largest River On Earth Is in The Sky. Ron DeSantis | Last Week Tonight.

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Reader Comments: Police Culture; Woke Origins; Women; Announcements: Mumia Abu-Jamal; New Deal for CUNY; Love Rising Benefit Concert; Reclaiming Water for the Public Good; Centennial Year Celebration of Dr. Antonia Pantoja; Cartoons; more ....