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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – APRIL 9, 2024  
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April 9, 2024
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_ What the Baltimore bridge disaster taught the nation _

, Art by @princessa_xicana

 

* Bridge Tragedy and Immigrants’ Gift
* The Rise of ‘Uncommitted’
* Teachers Fight Book Bans and Firings
* Democracy? State Governments Could Go Either Way
* Beyonce’s “Jolene”
* SD Tribes Take On Governor
* Another Radical Anthem Ripped Off by the Right
* The Fall of the House of Zeigler
* Reparative Justice for Black Tulsa
* How Barbara Ehrenreich Broke Through

BRIDGE TRAGEDY AND IMMIGRANTS’ GIFT
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By Will Bunch
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Even before the first divers had arrived on the chaotic scene, an army
of pampered coffee shop keyboard commandos and a few overpaid TV
hairdos were denying the reality that the Baltimore bridge disaster
was a tragic disruption of the diversity that keeps America running.

THE RISE OF ‘UNCOMMITTED’
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By John Nichols
The Nation

What started with the “Listen to Michigan” campaign,
which shocked Democratic insiders by securing more than 100,000
votes for the “uncommitted” option on that state’s February 17
primary ballot, has grown into a national phenomenon that has won at
least 25 delegates and continues to organize in late-primary and
caucus states.

TEACHERS FIGHT BOOK BANS AND FIRINGS
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By Eleanor J. Bader
Truthout

Right-wing rhetoric has turned from opposition to books about the role
of race and racism in United States history to language about children
reading “obscene” or “pornographic” materials in school. But
the tide may be turning as a variety of resistance tactics are on the
rise. 

DEMOCRACY? STATE GOVERNMENTS COULD GO EITHER WAY
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By Conor Lynch
Truthdig

The right-wing takeover of state governments has been one of the major
stories in American politics over the past two decades. State
legislatures have turned into laboratories of right-wing extremism in
the 21st century. With trifectas and supermajorities across the
country, Republicans have faced little resistance to reactionary
agendas that have grown increasingly bold and expansive.

BEYONCE’S “JOLENE”
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By Kyndall Cunningham
Vox

Beyoncé is one of many artists across generational and cultural
lines to put their own twist on Dolly Parton’s heralded ditty. Her
remake turns what was originally Parton’s plea to a red-haired bank
clerk to stay away from her husband into a more aggressive (and funny)
threat. “You don’t want this smoke, so shoot your shot with
someone else.”

SD TRIBES TAKE ON GOVERNOR
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By Darren Thompson
Last Real Indians

Governor Kristi Noem made comments about wanting to improve Native
American students’ achievement, and blamed parents and Tribal
leaders for their poor performance. She also said that some Tribal
leaders were in partnership with Mexican cartels, and four Tribal
Nations have responded demanding an apology. 

ANOTHER RADICAL ANTHEM RIPPED OFF BY THE RIGHT
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By Boff Whalley
The Guardian

The thing with songs, with literature, with art, theatre, cinema, with
most of the beautiful, creative, cultural things we love – they are
very rarely created by those on the political right. The bigots
don’t have any good songs of their own.

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF ZEIGLER
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By Jacob Ogles
Advocate

Christian Ziegler felt fortunate to grab the internet domain
ChristianGOP.com more than a decade ago. He boasted back then about
how perfect the web address was to the image he wanted to project.
Today, his brand stands in stark contrast to those values, that
carefully cultivated reputation only serving as evidence of his
hypocrisy. 

REPARATIVE JUSTICE FOR BLACK TULSA
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By Ed Pilkington
The Guardian

The two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, thought
to be the worst single act of white supremacist violence against
African Americans in US history, attended a momentous hearing on
Tuesday. The supreme court of Oklahoma considered an appeal in what is
almost certainly the women’s final shot at reparative justice.

HOW BARBARA EHRENREICH BROKE THROUGH
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By Sarah Jaffe
In These Times

At the time Ehrenreich wrote _Nickel and Dimed_, and for decades
before and after, she was a voice in the dark. When so many of her
generation had abandoned the struggle for even slight political
improvement, let alone social transformation, Ehrenreich stuck with
the fight. She saw a polarized world coming when many of her
contemporaries were still drinking the Kool-Aid of Clintonism.

* Baltimore
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* Francis Scott Key Bridge
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* Immigrants
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* 2024 Elections
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* Vote Uncommitted
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* book bans
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* teacher firings
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* state governments
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* Beyonce
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* Dolly Parton
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* Jolene
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* South Dakota
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* Kristi Noem
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* tribal nations
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* Chumbawumba
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* Tubthumper
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* Christian Ziegler
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* Tulsa Race Riots
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* Barbara Ehrenreich
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