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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS — NOVEMBER 18, 2025  
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November 18, 2025
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_ Resistance is everywhere _

A detail of Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry Murals at the DIA. ,
Detroit Metro Times, Courtesy of the Detroit Institute of Arts

 

* Resistance is Everywhere
* Diego Rivera is Still Radicalizing
* National Guardsmen Question Deployments
* Why the Cave?
* The Great Examples of LA and Chicago
* ADL’s Campaign Against Mamdani
* Clues from the Business World
* Texas A&M Bans Discussion of Racism and Sexism
* Maine Leans to Progressive Populist
* Alice Wong 1974-2025

 

RESISTANCE IS EVERYWHERE
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By Rebecca SolnitThe Guardian

Though activists and organizations are defending everything from
renewable energy to reproductive rights, the heart of active
resistance is now solidarity with those under attack by the border
patrol, ICE and the other agencies assigned to terrorize, brutalize,
kidnap and violate rights across the country. This manifests in myriad
ways.

DIEGO RIVERA IS STILL RADICALIZING
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By Lee DeVitoDetroit Metro Times

Mexican artist Diego Rivera’s _Detroit Industry Murals_ stand tall
and proud inside the Detroit Institute of Arts, a monument to the
power of workers and a city long associated with organized labor.
Those murals, in part, have inspired DIA workers to move to form a
union. The DIA Workers United is asking for voluntary recognition from
the museum. 

NATIONAL GUARDSMEN QUESTION DEPLOYMENTS
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By Kat LonsdorfNPR

The administration started sending troops into several Democratic-led
cities this summer. In recent weeks, more than 100 active military
members have reached out to About Face, a nonpartisan nonprofit made
up of current service members and post-9/11 veterans to be a resource
for those who might be questioning their deployments, according to the
organization.

WHY THE CAVE?
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By Igor Bobic, Jennifer Bendery and Arthur DelaneyHuffpost

Conversations between rank-and-file Democrats and Republicans,
particularly among senior appropriators, got more serious about a week
before the Nov. 4 elections in Virginia, New York and New Jersey.
Democrats’ sweeping victories in these elections delayed the
eventual deal — caving immediately after the results would have
looked terrible for the party — but the writing was on the wall
before they took place.

THE GREAT EXAMPLES OF LA AND CHICAGO
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By Martín Macías, Jr. and Francia Garcia HernandezLos Angeles Public
Press

With Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) set to receive a $75
billion budget increase, LA and Chicago are offering a blueprint to
residents of other cities for the fight to come. Neighbors are
protecting those around them, providing food, recording potential
constitutional violations and sharing resistance strategies for others
to replicate.

ADL’S CAMPAIGN AGAINST MAMDANI
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By Alice SperiThe Guardian

The head of an antisemitism watchdog has come out against the
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and other groups for their “divisive,
hyperbolic and aggressive response” to Zohran Mamdani’s election,
warning that a combative stance towards the New York City mayor-elect
is a gift to the far right. Nexus criticized the ADL for announcing an
initiative to “monitor” the incoming Mamdani administration for
antisemitic bias.

CLUES FROM THE BUSINESS WORLD
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By Paul EnglerWaging Nonviolence

In order to meet the dire challenges that face us, social movements
are going to need new and creative strategies. In considering where
such innovation might come from, there is a concept that is much
discussed in the business world that I think offers a useful
provocation for social movements. It is called the “innovator’s
dilemma.”

TEXAS A AND M BANS DISCUSSION OF RACISM AND SEXISM
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By Emma WhitfordInside Higher Ed

Courses that “advocate race or gender ideology, sexual orientation,
or gender identity” now require presidential approval at Texas A and
M system campuses. The policy changes fit a pattern of censorship that
escalated after a video of a student challenging an instructor about a
lesson on gender identity went viral, leading to the instructor’s
firing and the resignation of then-president Mark Welsh.

MAINE LEANS TO PROGRESSIVE POPULIST
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By Nicholas JacobsThe Conversation

While Graham Platner’s senatorial campaign is fueled by national
money, its local base extends beyond the usual Portland orbit. The
economic populism he’s advancing speaks directly to the material
frustrations many rural residents express – frustration with
corporate consolidation, rising costs and the feeling that prosperity
never reaches their communities.

ALICE WONG 1974-2025
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By Miles W. GriffisThe Sick Times

Alice Wong, a fierce disability activist and advocate for people with
Long COVID_ _died on November 14. She was 51. Wong, born with spinal
muscular atrophy, believed deeply in the importance of disabled
storytelling throughout her life. She wrote bravely about her life,
uplifted community, and significantly changed the landscape for people
with disabilities.

* resistance
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* Detroit Institute of Arts
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* Diego Rivera
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* DIA Workers United
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* AFSCME
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* National Guard
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* About Face
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* Government Shutdown
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* Democrats
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* chicago
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* Los Angeles
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* Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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* Anti-Defamation League
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* Zohran Mamdani
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* innovator's dilemma
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* Strategy
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* Texas and M
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* Racism
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* sexism
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* higher education
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* Free Speech
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* Maine
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* Graham Platner
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* Alice Wong
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