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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – DECEMBER 20, 2022
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* Running for President as an Anti-Vaxxer
* Vatican Defrocks Priests for Life Leader
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* Policing Palestine Solidarity
* Ex-Prisoners’ Rights
* Women in Horror 2022
* No Going Back on Gay Marriage
* How Greene Was My Valley
FIGHTING THE RIGHT IN A SCHOOL BOARD
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By Jennifer Job
The Progressive
Board meetings in North Carolina's largest school district, like
others around the country, have been dominated by hostile rightwing
‘activists.’ Then local progressives stepped in.
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AS AN ANTI-VAXXER
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By Eric Bradner and Kit Maher
CNN
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has made Covid-19 vaccine skepticism his
calling card ahead of a potential run for the 2024 Republican
presidential nomination. The governor, who cruised to victory in his
bid for a second term in November, is positioning himself to the right
of former President Donald Trump, a potential rival who who was in
office when the vaccine was developed.
Vatican Defrocks Priests for Life Leader
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By Christopher White
National Catholic Reporter
Frank Pavone, a right-wing provocateur who for years defied requests
from the Vatican and multiple U.S. bishops to stop engaging in
partisan political advocacy inconsistent with his role as a member of
the Catholic clergy, has been dismissed from the priesthood.
LIBERATION THEOLOGY TODAY
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By Leo Guardado
The Conversation
Liberation theology’s approach to living out Christian faith has
been both globally influential and bitterly controversial. It has
been investigated by the CIA on suspicion of promoting social unrest
and inquisitioned by a former pope who accused it of getting too
close to Marxist thought. Critics have dismissed it as naive – but
also called it a threat to free market capitalism.
BLACKROCK’S ANTI-CLIMATE AGENDA
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By Rebecca Burns
The Lever
BlackRock, the world’s largest investment company, has become a top
target of the right’s crusade against so-called “woke
capitalism” because of its rhetoric around climate change and
sustainable investing. But when it comes to climate action, the giant
asset manager isn’t presently all that far apart from its GOP
detractors.
POLICING PALESTINE SOLIDARITY
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By Danya Zituni
Truthout
Pro-Israel lobby groups have convinced local jurisdictions in several
U.S. states to adopt the controversial and overbroad definition of
antisemitism used by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
(IHRA), which classifies virtually all expression in support of
Palestinian rights as anti-Jewish.
EX-PRISONERS’ RIGHTS
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By Noémie Taylor-Rosner
Equal Times
The Alliance for Safety and Justice, an organisation committed to
criminal justice reform, won a major political battle. SB731, a law
that would allow people convicted of crimes to request that their
criminal records be expunged after serving their sentences, was passed
in August by the California legislature and signed into law on 27
September.
WOMEN IN HORROR 2022
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By Zoë Lourey-Christianson
Bust
In the past decade, especially, horror movies have been a space where
women are consistently portrayed as multidimensional beings–not just
sexual objects or stepping-stones for male character development. We
were blessed with some truly stellar horror/thriller movies featuring
strong female leads this past year.
NO GOING BACK ON GAY MARRIAGE
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By Robert David Sullivan
America
Certainly, a sizeable number of Americans would still prefer not to be
reminded of the existence of gay people, but that number is dwindling.
Support has also been higher among people who personally know someone
who is gay or lesbian, and that group is obviously not going to shrink
any time soon.
HOW GREENE WAS MY VALLEY
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By Laura Bassett
Jezebel
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) spent her Saturday night on stage
at the New York Young Republicans Club gala, announcing to a room full
of people in fancy dresses that butt plugs are now on sale at Target
and CVS.
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