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The Modern Form of Colonialism: Climate Change

Tapti Sen Inequality.org
We praise charity efforts to combat climate change in countries like Bangladesh as generous, without critiquing why they are made necessary in the first place.

The Death of “Deliverism”

Deepak Bhargava, Shahrzad Shams, Harry Hanbury Democracy
This article draws on some ideas developed further in Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World by Deepak Bhargava and Stephanie Luce (New Press, November 2023).

Executive Trading in Health Care Stocks

Ellis Simani and Robert Faturechi ProPublica
Secret IRS records reveal dozens of highly fortuitous biotech and health care trades. One executive bought shares in a corporate partner just before a sale, and an investor traded options right before a company’s revenues took off, netting millions.

Survey: Belief in God Not Necessary To Be Moral

Janell Fetterolf and Sarah Austin Pew Research Center
In European and North American countries, at least six-in-ten respondents believe that it is not necessary to believe in God in order to be moral. Responses differ by political affiliation, age, religious belief and education level.

RIP Jim Brown, Hero and Monster

TOMGRAM Robert Lipsyte TomDispatch
The angry sports star who was a milestone between Jack Johnson and Brittney Griner

Rosenberg Executions: Let the Full Truth Be Known

Michael Meeropol and Robert Meeropol Just Security
We call on Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to follow her own wise counsel and direct the NSA and the National Archives to open all files relating to Ethel Rosenberg to us and to every American. Let the chips fall where they may.

Friday Nite Videos | June 23, 2023

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'Elect Clowns, Expect a Circus.' The Case for a 4-Day Work Week | Juliet Schor. Republican Grifting Exposed, Chief Justice John Roberts Confronted. 'Re-Indicted' - A Parody | Emma's Revolution. Former Cop's 'My Girlfriend Stole My Car' Excuse.

Ecuador’s Divided Electoral Landscape

Marc Becker NACLA
Facing certain impeachment, on May 17 Ecuador's deeply unpopular rightwing president Guillermo Lasso pulled the plug and dissolved the National Assembly, calling for new elections.