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This Week in People’s History, August 8 – 14

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Advertising poster for the documentary "People's War" about the Vietnam War
Documenting the Vietnam War in 1969. War crime in Yemen in 2018. Face-masks protect from pandemic in 1918. Hip-hop is born in 1973. White House report doesn't see race in 1938. Blowin' In the Wind dropped in 1963. Springfield Massacre in 1908.

The ‘Socialism of Fools’ of the ‘Anti-Imperialist’ Left

William Robinson The Philosophical Salon
Such 'socialism' condemns repression practiced by the U.S. and the governments it supports, yet turns a blind eye to, or even defends repressive, authoritarian, and dictatorial states simply because these states face hostility from Washington.

The Elephant in the Room

There cannot be democracy for Jews in Israel as long as Palestinians live under a regime of apartheid, as Israeli legal experts have described it.

Sarah Polley’s Act of Imagination

Brianna Di Monda Dissent Magazine
Women Talking is about the struggle to unearth language capable of describing profound desires for freedom and safety.

US Leaders Split on China Policy

Richard Wolff CounterPunch
On the one hand, U.S. policy aims to constrain China’s economic and military development because it is our chief competitor and thus enemy. On the other hand, it seeks to secure the benefits of U.S. companies’ trade with and investments in China.

August 2, 2023

Heather Cox Richardson Letters from an American
“I understand Trump fatigue, but it feels like the president and his advisors preparing to use the military to quash protests against his planned coup should be bigger news."

‘The Athletic Is the Negation of Local Sports Coverage’

Janine Jackson interviews Dave Zirin FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
They say, “Hey, we’re going to have the best sports coverage in the world.” After you fire or reassign all your sports reporters? That’s how you make the step to have the best sports coverage in the world?