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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – DECEMBER 6, 2022  
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December 6, 2022
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_ Uncontrolled education, trans rights, cleaning up corruption —
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Credit, Pat Bagley

 

* Iran’s Morality Police
* The New Burn Out — Burn On
* West, Walker and Racism
* Abortion in US History
* Israel Lurches Rightward
* Railroad Blues
* Centrist Republican Stands By His Constitution-Hating Man
* Curbing Anti-Trans Laws
* Book Bans, Gag Orders and Public Education
* How People Power Can Counter Corruption

IRAN’S MORALITY POLICE
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The Indian Express

The regime has been determined so far that it will not make any
political concessions but the protests have challenged its authority
and weakened it. If the Gasht e Ershad is truly on its way out,
Iranians, both men and women, may feel powerful enough to push for
more change.

THE NEW BURN OUT — “BURN ON”
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By Beate Strobel
Worldcrunch

A new and so far under-researched syndrome, “burn-on”, is closely
related to the better-known burn-out and bore-out — exhaustion due
to being over- or underworked. The common factor: they are all closely
linked to the type and quantity of work a person does, whether paid
(career) or unpaid (volunteering or childcare).

WEST, WALKER AND RACISM
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By Ramenda Cyrus
The American Prospect

Kanye West and Herschel Walker seem pleased with the Pandora’s box
of horrors they’ve opened. But when mental health comes into play,
this game becomes far more insidious.

ABORTION IN US HISTORY
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By Kathleen B. Casey
Ms.

As some elected officials have banned teachers from discussing
“divisive concepts” in the K-12 classroom, historians have a
special obligation to challenge the Supreme Court’s narrow view of
this history. Indeed, the long history of abortion is so
well-documented that even a cursory study reveals that this history is
anything but brief. 

ISRAEL LURCHES RIGHTWARD

* ITAMAR BEN-GVIR AND ETHNOCRACY
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  By Peter Beinart, Jewish Currents
 
* ABE FOXMAN DRAWS THE LINE
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  By Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
 

RAILROAD BLUES
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By Eric Levitz
New York magazine

Why do these rail barons hate paid leave so much? Why would a company
have no problem handing out 24 percent raises, $1,000 bonuses, and
caps on health-care premiums but draw the line on providing a benefit
as standard and ubiquitous throughout modern industry as paid sick
days? The answer, in short, is “P.S.R.” — or
precision-scheduled railroading.

CENTRIST REPUBLICAN STANDS BY HIS CONSTITUTION-HATING MAN
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By Igor Derysh
Salon

A top House Republican on Sunday told ABC News that former President
Donald Trump's call to terminate the Constitution is not a
deal-breaker in the 2024 election. One anonymous Republican operative
close to Trump told the Washington Post that the statement “did
not literally advocate or call for terminating the Constitution.”

CURBING ANTI-TRANS LAWS
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By Shaylee Nagar
NPR

Lawmakers have begun drafting legislation to bring next session, and a
few Republicans have already requested proposals restricting health
care for trans minors, prohibiting minors from attending drag shows,
codifying in law the definitions of male and female and amending the
state Constitution to define gender.

BOOK BANS, GAG ORDERS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION
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By Peter Greene
The Progressive

The CRT panic broadened into the “culture wars,” fought on a dozen
different fronts by educators: “Don’t say gay” laws,
“anti-woke” legislation, calls to ban books, gag laws for
teachers, and private rights of action, so that parents could sue
schools any time they felt a line had been crossed.

HOW PEOPLE POWER CAN COUNTER CORRUPTION
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By Shaazka Beyerle
Impakter

A decade of stagnation in the fight against corruption worldwide shows
how important it is to address this issue to enhance democratic
values. But civil society and citizens — organised in non-violent
movements, campaigns, and local civic initiatives — continue to push
for positive change even when faced with harsh repression.

* Iran
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* Morality Police
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* burn out
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* Kanye West
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* Herschel Walker
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* Racism
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* US History
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* abortion
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* Israel
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* Benjamin Netanyahu
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* Itamar Ben-Gvir
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* Abe Foxman
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* Rail
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* Donald Trump
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* Dave Joyce
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* trans rights
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* republicans
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* book bans
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* Public Education
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* political action
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* corruption
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