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An Israeli Physician on War Crimes and the “Open Wound” of Israeli Segregation

Alon Mizrahi +972 Magazine
When Dr. Ruchama Marton founded Physicians for Human Rights-Israel during the First Intifada in 1988, she elevated the concept of “human rights” in Israeli political discourse on the occupation. On her 80th birthday, Marton talks about the atrocities she witnessed as a soldier, the enduring power of feminism, and why only outside pressure, such as the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions movement, has a chance of ending Israel’s military rule over the Palestinians.

The Republican Effort to Rig Elections

Steven Rosenfeld Alternet
The GOP Is Plowing Ahead with an Audacious Effort to Hijack the Vote and Rig Elections. From Trump’s “election integrity” commission to Mitch McConnell, the GOP targets the levers of power.

Pro-Charter School Group Pays State’s Largest Campaign Finance Penalty

Michael Levenson The Boston Globe
The newly revealed donor list showed the group received checks from Amos B. Hostetter Jr., the former cable television magnate from Boston, who gave $2 million; Seth Klarman, the billionaire chief executive of Baupost Group, a Boston hedge fund, who donated $3.3 million; and Alice Walton, an heiress to the Walmart fortune, who gave $750,000.

Harvard Disinvites Chelsea Manning, and the Feeling Is Mutual

Matthew Haag And Jonah Engel Bromwich The New York Times
Mr. Elmendorf told Ms. Manning, who was sentenced to 35 years in prison for providing classified information to WikiLeaks, that she was still invited to speak at Harvard. But he said that the school could no longer give her the title of visiting fellow.

Team Trump’s Hostility Toward Science Is No Hoax

Klaus Marre and Donkeyhotey WhoWhatWhy
Unfortunately, under Trump, non-scientists are increasingly holding key positions in government; indeed, denying the existence of climate change seems to be a prime job qualification.

The Genius of Bernie’s Gradualism

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
Sanders’s Medicare for All bill is built on the understanding that revolutions take time.

Friday Nite Videos | September 15, 2017

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Donald Trump's Rage Against 'Idiot' Sessions. John Oliver | Colin Kaepernick. A Former Neo-Nazi Is Trying to Stop the Spread of Hate. Movie | The Young Karl Marx. Dave Van Ronk | House Of The Rising Sun.

How to Help Irma's and Climate Change Victims

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Hurricane Irma struck last week. Now, the people of Florida, of the Caribbean, of Cuba, they need your help and solidarity. Here are ways you can help rebuild Florida, help the frontline and people of color communities, help the Immokalee Farmworkers, who were amongst the hardest hit, and the poorest; and how you can help the Cuban people, whose doctors are out there helping others in the Caribbean. Please do what you can.