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December 7, 2023

Israel’s Use of Disproportionate Force Is a Long-Established Tactic – With a Clear Aim

Paul Rogers Guardian

Israel is deploying vastly disproportionate force in Gaza, in keeping with an earlier UN fact-finding report that concluded that the Israeli strategy had been “designed to punish, humiliate and terrorise a civilian population.” It will fail. Again.

December 6, 2023

Big Oil Stifling Democracy To Keep Burning Fossil Fuels

Brett Wilkins Common Dreams

"The multinational $4 trillion fossil fuel industry has not only corrupted citizens' understanding of the climate crisis but also contributed to the erosion of democracy around the world."

December 6, 2023

Has “Corporate Personhood” Delivered America to the Brink of Dictatorship? You Betcha…

Thom Hartmann The Hartmann Report

Corporations don't need pure food, clean air, or safe drinking water, but they control our government and elections… and the outcome is proving disastrous.

December 6, 2023

Actually, Opioid Victims Love the Sackler Immunity Shields

Maureen Tkacik The American Prospect

And other fake news from the Supreme Court’s Purdue Pharma hearing

December 6, 2023

Columbia Suspended Pro-Palestine Student Groups. The Faculty Revolted

Andrew Marantz The New Yorker

Like other universities, the school has cracked down on activism among students, citing fears of antisemitism. Some professors think it’s gone too far.

December 6, 2023

Trump and His Evangelical Believers

Lloyd Green The Guardian

Tim Alberta is a fine guide to the world of conservative US Christians, their dispiriting march to the right, and its ugly cost.

December 6, 2023

COVID Hazard Pay for HPD Officers Deemed Warranted, but Details Remain Unclear

Lynn Kawano Hawaii News Now

Honolulu police officers who worked during the pandemic are entitled to hazard pay, according to an arbitrator.

December 6, 2023

Global Left Midweek – December 6, 2023

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La Via Campesina on the global political context

December 5, 2023

A Prominent Election Rights Lawyer Is Calling Out Atlanta’s Voter Suppression on Cop City Referendum

Eamon Whalen Mother Jones

The Elias Law Group is supporting the Vote To Stop Cop City Coalition.

December 5, 2023

Massachusetts Blues

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect

It’s not just far-right Republicans who undermine democracy. A majority of voters in the Bay State favor progressive policies, but don’t get them. Why not?