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Reader Comments: Day Like No Other; Police Enabled the Far-Right Mob; Trump Incited Sedition, Must Be Removed; Major Newspapers Call For Impeachment; Georgia Runoff; Palestine; Guantánamo Bay prison; Rev. James Lawson; Nuclear Ban Treaty; more...

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Labor Denounces Coup Attempt

We are witnessing one of the greatest assaults on our democracy since the Civil War,” tweeted AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka. Union leaders throughout the country denounced the coup attempt and attack on the Constitution.

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The Rise of Fascism

Geoffrey Jacques Portside
Here is a history of fascism in Europe that may be helpful as we consider this troubled, and troubling, moment.

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The Post-Trump Future of Literature

Viet Thanh Nguyen The New York Times
What will writers do when the outrage is over? Will they go back to writing about flowers and moons?

Trump’s Vilest Legacy

Rober Robert Reich
The acceptance of Trump’s behavior by millions of his supporters will be his vilest legacy.
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