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The Rich Stalwarts of Liberal Democracy and the Mask They Wear

Pankaj Mishra London Review of Books
The Obama Administration’s UN Ambassador Samantha Power, with Henry Kissinger.
Pankaj Mishra reviews two books on the liberal democratic response to the rule of Trump. While one author aims to beat the right-wing populists at their own game, the other seeks to reinstate socialism as an “ethical ideal and political objective.”

In Defense of Court-Packing

Todd N. Tucker Jacobin
We shouldn't let a handful of reactionary judges get in the way of progressive change. It's time to pack the Supreme Court.

Abolishing ICE Becomes Dem Litmus Test

Alexander Bolton The Hill
The calls to abolish ICE among Democrats picked up after the 28-year-old Ocasio-Cortez defeated Rep. Joseph Crowley (N.Y.) in an upset few saw coming.

700+ "Families Belong Together" Rallies

Martin Pengelly, Jessica Glenza Lucia Graves The Guardian
New York also saw a major rally, as did Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver, Chicago, Boston and other big cities. In Greenfield Ma., population 17,000, 500 people attended a rally on the Town Common. Over 700 rallies were listed nationally.

Transforming Teacher Unions in a Post-Janus World

Bob Peterson Rethinking Schools
Walker’s attack and the Janus litigation are similar not only because they directly attack working people and their right to organize, but because both have been bankrolled and directed by a network of billionaires and right-wing foundations.

Venezuela — After the elections: What is to be done?

Marta Harnecker Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
The recent election results make it clear that although Nicolás Maduro won by a wide margin on May 20, there exists a significant majority made up of those who voted for the opposition and those who dd not vote in these elections.

Aftermath

Chad Davidson Green Mountains Review
“Our hearts go out/ but only as the yo-yo might,” writes Georgia poet Chad Davidson of the shock world we mostly live in.