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Utopia’s Settler Colonialism Problem

Jessica Namakkal Los Angeles Review of Books
Whatever their promises, one problem with Utopias is that the creators of such communities tend to bring with them the values and habits they thought they were leaving behind. Reviewer Namakkal discusses a book about one such settlement.

The Mantra of White Supremacy

Ibram X. Kendi The Atlantic
The idea that anti-racist is a code word for “anti-white” is the claim of avowed extremists.

Latin America, the 1947 UN Partition Plan, and decolonization

Ramona Wadi Mondoweiss
In 1947, Latin American countries led by Guatemala played a crucial role in passing UN Resolution 181, setting in motion the goal of partition in historic Palestine. However, Cuba's anti-colonial history offers an alternative

Is Wisconsin Still a Democracy?

Luke Savage Jacobin
All signs now point to a full-court press by the GOP to rig state election rules in a bid to stay in power permanently. So far, Democrats have barely put up a fight.