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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – DECEMBER 19, 2023  
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December 19, 2023
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_ Living with the monsters _

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* The Whole World is Grieving
* When Leftys Turn Right…
* … And Rightys Turn Weird
* The New McCarthyism
* Cori Bush and Ayanna Pressley Lead Fight for ERA
* Climate Scientists Call For Action
* Appalachian Artists Stand Against Pipeline
* South African Students Take On Anti-Immigrant Violence
* Confessions of a Middle-Class Startup Founder
* I Dreamed I Saw Francisco Franco Last Night

THE WHOLE WORLD IS GRIEVING
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By Li Zhou
Vox

The international community is increasingly turning
against Israel’s ongoing military onslaught in Gaza, in large part
due to a growing civilian death toll and humanitarian crisis. This
change has been evident in the last few weeks as global support for a
ceasefire has grown, and as US public
opinion has also moved in that direction. 

WHEN LEFTYS TURN RIGHT…
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By Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet
In These Times

Left-to-right sliders (or at least
left-ish-to-right) — themselves migrants across the political
divide — find themselves in strange constellation with those
they might once have disdained. 

… AND RIGHTYS TURN WEIRD
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By Richard Hames
Novara Media

How does the far right attract a particular – and particularly odd
– group? Instead of rounded political subjects, people form
themselves into chains of diverse contrasting aspects from their
scattered engagements with the world. And the far right attracts
people who are particularly fragmented by seeming to offer ways to
master this incoherence.

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By Harry Blain
Foreign Policy in Focus

The campus “anti-Semitism” investigations being conducted by the
U.S. House of Representatives are remarkably reminiscent of the
legislative smear campaigns during the early Cold War. While these
investigations claim to be concerned with anti-Semitism, they have
been led by congressional Republicans who have displayed no interest
in exposing the growing anti-Semitism on the right.

CORI BUSH AND AYANNA PRESSLEY LEAD FIGHT FOR ERA
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By Bonnie Stabile
Ms.

A strong push from the local and state levels is needed to motivate
federal officials to support advancing the ERA to see constitutional
equality, said Bush. “We won’t see this change happen even when we
take back over the majority. … We won’t be able to get this
through and signed by the president” unless we mobilize with
momentum—starting at the grassroots level. 

CLIMATE SCIENTISTS CALL FOR ACTION
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By Damien Gayle
The Guardian

As diplomats meet in Dubai for the 28th round of the COP climate
talks, in a year predicted to be the hottest on record, and
as carbon emissions continue to rise, 1,447 scientists and academics
signed an open letter calling on the public to take collective action
to avert climate breakdown.

APPALACHIAN ARTISTS STAND AGAINST PIPELINE
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By Nick Murray
Jacobin

STOP MVP, a compilation album of 40 tracks, amplifies the voices of
Appalachian artists standing against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. All
proceeds from the album support the Appalachian Legal Defense Fund in
their battle against environmental threats.

VIDEO: SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS TAKE ON ANTI-IMMIGRANT VIOLENCE
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By Stefan Möhl
Deutsche Welle

Anti-immigrant sentiment and xenophobia are rife in South Africa. DW
meets two young people who have turned their backs on racism and
anti-migrant groups like Operation Dudula.

CONFESSIONS OF A MIDDLE-CLASS STARTUP FOUNDER
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By Anonymous
New York Magazine

The irony that selling fiction to investors was making these founders
richer than selling a bona fide product to paying customers wasn’t
lost on me. But it wasn’t just the money: After years of work, I had
the temerity to be proud of the culture and product we had built. 

I DREAMED I SAW FRANCISCO FRANCO LAST NIGHT
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By Jason Wilson
The Guardian

Some US far-right figures have made renewed attempts to rehabilitate
the 20th century Spanish dictator Gen Francisco Franco in recent
months, praising him as an avatar of religious authoritarianism, and
praising his actions during and after the Spanish civil war as a model
for confronting the left in the US.

* Gaza
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* US Left
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* THE RIGHT
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* Antisemitism
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* McCarthyism
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* Equal Rights Amendment
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* Cori Bush
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* Ayanna Pressley
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* climate scientists
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* Climate Crisis
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* Appalachia
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* Mountain Valley Pipeline
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* Stop MVP
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* South Africa
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* anti-immigrant
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* startups
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* Francisco Franco
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