Dispatches From the Culture Wars - October 29, 2019
- All Organizing is Magic
- Bernie’s Call to Solidarity
- The Katie Hill Case
- The Superhero Backlash
- The Militarization of Everything
- The Far Right’s Literary Canon
- Spitting On Teachers
- Burning Books in Georgia
- Winning Rent Control in California
By Sarah Jaffe
October 25, 2019
Verso Books
Echoes of witchcraft in contemporary anti-capitalism.
By Eoin Higgins
October 21, 2019
Common Dreams
"There is an America that most people believe in. It is an ideal. It's not a reality yet."
By Elizabeth Anora
October 28, 2019
The Independent
Katie Hill wasn't held accountable for her actions. She was thrown on a pyre for the benefit of men.
By Steve Rose
October 23, 2019
The Guardian
As they are attacked by film-makers like Martin Scorsese, are TV and movie superheroes fighting a losing battle against reality?
The Militarization of Everything
By William J. Astore
October 24, 2019
TomDispatch
Militarism is more than thuggish dictators, predatory weaponry, and steely-eyed troops. There are softer forms of it that are no less significant than the “hard” ones.
The Far Right’s Literary Canon
By Ian Allen
October 1, 2019
The New Republic
When Trump tweets about "civil war," he's echoing books about race wars and nationalist coups that a violent fringe has long cherished.
By Kelly Bauer
October 24, 2019
Block Club Chicago
Not everyone is a fan of the strike — but several people working in the Board of Trade building took their opposition too far Wednesday, teachers say: They spat on picketing teachers.
By Kelly McCarthy
October 11, 2019
ABC News
Author Jennine Capó Crucet responds after white college students burn her book.
Winning Rent Control in California
By Peter Dreier
September 25, 2019
The American Prospect
Long a community with little clout, the state’s renters won a victory with national implications.