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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.

Kurt Vonnegut Warned Us About the Dangers of Automation

David H. Price The Progressive
The greatest immediate risk presented to humanity by AI is not robotic control of military weapons, but its application within the logic of capitalism—an alignment that will further relegate human needs as secondary to market forces.

Cornel West: The Primaries Call

Tom Gallagher The Stansbury Forum
Hopefully, West’s supporters will prevail upon him to undertake his fight in the most effective arena that currently exists, where the greatest light-to-heat potential lies – the primaries.

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.

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.

RIP Jim Brown, Hero and Monster

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

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.