The PKK Is Gone, Having ‘Fulfilled Its Historic Mission’

Tiziano Saccucci Il Manifesto Global
The PKK has dissolved itself, but leaves behind a renewed political vision the final communiqué calls “socialism of a democratic society”: anti-hierarchical, feminist, ecological and municipalist, rejecting the nation-state and statist socialism.

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15,000 EPA Employees Refuse To Snitch on Colleagues

Mark Olalde ProPublica
Trump asked Environmental Protection Agency employees to use a tip line to identify colleagues working on DEI programs to assist in slashing them. No employees, then more than 15,000 people strong, responded to that plea, ProPublica learned.

Syria After Assad

Muhammad Idrees Ahmad Dissent Magazine
Hope has been restored for many Syrians. But vigilance will be needed to ensure that democratic institutions emerge and withstand autocratic impulses.

Trump’s Attempt To Destroy Due Process Meets 7–2 SCOTUS Defeat

Mark Joseph Stern Slate
It is unclear whether Thomas and Alito would offer any restraint whatsoever on Trump exercising absolute power. The rest of the court, by contrast, is seemingly running out of patience for its tricks, misrepresentations, and defiance.