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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – OCTOBER 10, 2023
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_ War, peace and Taylor Swift _
, Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
* How We Talk About Peace
* Why Conservatives Fear Taylor
* Violence at Planned Parenthood Center
* Maine Push for Public Utilities
* Is SCOTUS Getting a Clue?
* Subway Buskers
* Swedish Culture War: Made in USA
* Lessons From a Strippers’ Strike
* Radical Roots of Renaissance Fairs
* Shawn Fain, Christian Radical
HOW WE TALK ABOUT PEACE
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By Peter Dixon, Amy E Lerman, Fiorella Vera-Adrianzén and Naomi
Levy
The Conversation
When public opinion polls in the U.S. ask people about peace, it’s
either in the context of religion or world peace. Instead of using
the word peace, Americans are more likely to say that they care deeply
about safety and security and issues like terrorism, crime, illegal
drugs and immigration. But they still care about the same things
people in places that have faced war are focused on.
WHY CONSERVATIVES FEAR TAYLOR
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By Olivia Luppino
Salon
Travis Kelce has Bud Light and Pfizer COVID vaccine partnerships.
Taylor Swift spoke out against Donald Trump, baked Biden Harris
cookies one time and has had her unabashedly female
and queer fanbase infiltrating football stadiums all summer.
Naturally, the right decided to wage war against the potential couple,
but it's a tougher battle than they think.
VIOLENCE AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD CENTER
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By Jonathon Ambarian
KTVH
Helena Police say someone fired two shots at the front entry of a
Planned Parenthood center in Helena Thursday afternoon. Friday
morning, anti-abortion protesters with the group 40 Days for Life were
protesting outside the Helena Planned Parenthood center. During the
last two Montana legislative sessions, state lawmakers have passed a
series of tighter restrictions on abortion.
MAINE PUSH FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES
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By Julia Conley
Common Dreams
As Election Day nears, climate and economic justice advocates are
calling on voters in Maine to approve an historic referendum that
would initiate a public takeover of Maine's two for-profit
utilities—a move which public power experts say could bring about a
sea change in public utility ownership and lower rates for consumers
while building resistance to fossil fuel infrastructure.
IS SCOTUS GETTING A CLUE?
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By Dahlia Lithwick
Slate
The Supreme Court soundly rejected and repudiated the Alabama
Legislature’s efforts to ignore its June holding in the Voting
Rights Act case. It is the Supreme Court that at least sounded, this
past Tuesday, as though it wasn’t all that interested in striking
down entire federal agencies as unconstitutional. It's the only entity
that seems to have been working to get its own crazy under control.
SUBWAY BUSKERS
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By Lydia Wei
The Indypendent
We speak to a collection of subway buskers — including a blues
piano player, an experimental cello-maker, a singer-songwriter, and a
psychic rapper — to learn more about their worlds.
SWEDISH CULTURE WAR: MADE IN USA
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By Martin Gelin
The Guardian
Politics in Sweden used to be reliably boring; a sure sign of a
healthy democracy. But over the past few years, something has
genuinely changed. The political discourse is aggressive, focused on
the culture wars, and seems stuck in a constant mode of outrage. The
shrill vocabulary often seems to be lifted straight from American
cable news.
LESSONS FROM A STRIPPERS’ STRIKE
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By Maria Esch
Waging Nonviolence
At a time when labor strikes are escalating across a wide variety of
industries, these Los Angeles strippers' techniques could prove
fruitful to new organizing efforts.
RADICAL ROOTS OF RENAISSANCE FAIRS
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By Gillian Bagwell
Smithsonian Magazine
United by their raucous entertainment, elaborate costumes and setting
in the distant past, these outdoor events boast a surprising
backstory. The country’s first Renaissance Pleasure Faire, staged
in Los Angeles in May 1963, was inextricably linked to the Red
Scare.
SHAWN FAIN, CHRISTIAN RADICAL
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By Heath W. Carter
Jacobin
Mixing Bible verses with class-struggle rhetoric, Shawn Fain’s
pro-labor Christianity has baffled some in the media. But the UAW
leader stands in a rich tradition brimming with scripture-quoting
union workers and labor prophets like Eugene Debs and MLK.
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