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Is Denying the Nakba Antisemitism?

Peter Beinart Beinart Notebook
If expelling people because they are different does indeed constitute “anti-semitism,” then the Nakba — in which roughly 750,000 Palestinians were either expelled from their homes by Israeli forces or fled constitutes a vast “antisemitic” atrocity.

Solidarity Is Not a Crime: Support for the NGO Ships

Arci Nazionale, Asgi il manifesto
In the “war on immigration” waged by European states the victims of criminalization are often the migrants themselves, Why are the same actions taken for Ukrainians, considered criminal when they occur in the Mediterranean?

In Politics, Money Will Always Talk. Unless…

Sam Pizzigati Inequality.org
The primary problem in a deeply unequal democracy will never be the influence we allow the wealthy to bring to bear on our politics. The primary problem remains concentrated wealth itself, the huge gap between the wealthy and everyone else.

The Amazon Business Model and the Risks of Big Data

Nazaret Castro Equal Times
The battle for digital sovereignty, based on a concept of sovereignty that rests with citizens, involves recovering the internet as a network of peers and reversing the oligopolistic trajectory that has produced a handful of billionaires.

Flight Attendants Fighting Back

Jennifer Gonnerman The New Yorker
Sara Nelson, the head of the flight attendants’ union, leads her members through turbulent times and mounts a major organizing drive at Delta.

Responsible Gun Ownership Is a Lie

David Frum The Atlantic
One way to reduce gun violence is by convincing ordinary, “responsible” handgun owners that their weapons make them, their families, and those around them less safe.

Arsenal of Autocracy?

William D. Hartung TomDispatch
The Major Weapons Makers Cash in Worldwide, Not Just in Ukraine
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