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A Chorus of Defiance

David Cortright Boston Review
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the of World War II on the European continent. This week is also fifty years after the Vietnam War’s end. What are the lessons for today from the peace movement on mobilizing resistance

Tidbits – May 8- Reader Comments: 50 Years After Vietnam War End; Largest May Day in US; Birth Rates Falling; Israel War Cabinet Approved Plan To Seize Entire Gaza Strip; “It’s Time” People’s Peace Summit of Palestinians and Jews in Jerusalem; More

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Reader Comments: 50 Years After Vietnam War' End; Largest May Day in US; Birth Rates Falling; Israel War Cabinet approved plan to seize entire Gaza Strip; “It’s Time” People’s Peace Summit of Palestinians and Jews in Jerusalem and 15 cities worldwide

Tidbits – May 1- Reader Comments: Children Deported; Judge Arrested; Is America Pissed Off Enough for General Strike-Happy May Day; Labor for Democracy; RFK Jr Ends Narcan Program; Appealing to Military-National Guard Not Comply With Unlawful Orders

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Reader Comments: Children Deported ; Judge Arrested; Is America Pissed Off Enough for General Strike-Happy May Day; 12 Unions Launch Labor for Democracy; RFK Jr Ends Narcan Program; Appealing to Military-National Guard Not Comply with Unlawful Orders

Freedom for Sale

Amy Dru Stanley Dissent Magazine
The government funds institutions that stretch across American society. The Trump administration is demanding the relinquishment of constitutional rights to keep the money flowing.

A Call for Constructive Engagement

American Association of Colleges and Universities American Association of Colleges and Universities
More than 440 college presidents and other officials signed a letter Tuesday protesting the “unprecedented government overreach and political interference” that higher education is facing under the Trump administration.

Tidbits – Apr.24 – Reader Comments: Pope Francis’Message for Peace and Gaza; Rise of End Times Fascism; Trump’s Thirst for One-Man Rule; New McCarthyism; Webinars; 50 Years Since End of Vietnam War; Labor Can’t Fight MAGA, Without Fighting Racism;

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Reader Comments: Pope Francis' Message for Peace and Gaza; Rise of End Times Fascism; Trump’s Thirst for One-Man Rule; New McCarthyism Started by Liberals; Webinars; 50 Years Since End of Vietnam War; Labor Can't Fight MAGA, Without Fighting Racism;

The Rise of End Times Fascism

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor The Guardian
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid

Erwin Chemerinsky and Laurence H. Tribe The New York Times
Trump is seeking to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop his administration from imprisoning anyone it wants... If the government can disappear any people it wishes, we all should be very, very afraid.
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