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2024 Word of the Year: Genocide (As In, Gaza)

Juan Cole Informed Consent
Genocide does not necessarily mean the destruction of a nation accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation. It is intended to signify a coordinated plan aiming at the destruction of the foundations of the life of national groups.

This Week in People’s History, Jan 1–7

Portside
Cartoon re carbon dating -- Lump of coal chatting with a diamond
Too Good To Be True (1950), What’s Worse Than One Palmer Raid? (1920), Protest Genocide and Go To Jail (1895), Great Society=Great Hypocrisy (1965), The Big City's Calling (1920), A Writing Star Is Born (1935), Getting Elected Doesn’t Cut It (1920)

A Class in Politics

Edwin F. Ackerman Jacobin
How AMLO turned an anti-corruption campaign into an opportunity for economic redistribution.