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The Chasm Between Oklahoma and Connecticut

Kalena Thomhave The American Prospect
Stark differences color red- and blue-state lawmakers’ policy choices—which makes all the difference in residents’ well-being.

The United States and Israel Set Out To Remake the Middle East, Again

Mitchell Plitnick Mondoweiss
The mood in Washington today is similar to 2003 when the neocons of the Bush administration sought to remake the Middle East. This time, a joint vision shared by Israel and the Biden administration seeks to remake the region in the West’s vision.

This Week in People’s History, Oct 9–15

Portside
Photo of a woman wearing and academic gown and hat climbing a staircase, with the caption: Breaking Barriers: Women and the Law A Long Time Coming, and How! (1949), A Work of Towering Imagination (1959), August Wilson Takes Broadway (1984), The Truth Hurts (1999), If Only There Had Been More Advertising (1929), ‘We Are Everywhere’ (1979), Was Nixon Listening? (1969)

The Far Right, a Reactionary Backlash

Marga Ferré Transform!Europe
The antithesis to the far right is the defence of feminism, the concept of class versus nation, the defence of peace, diversity, equality, social justice, solidarity, ecology, and a common world.
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