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Weaponised Antisemitism Crushed the Political Left: Now it’s the Cultural Left’s Turn
Jonathon Cooke: Having dispatched Corbyn, the smear industry is targeting icons like Ken Loach and Roger Waters over their support for Palestinian rights and opposition to Nato’s war machine … Some 20 years or so ago, antisemitism began to encompass not just hostility to an ethnic group, Jews, but opposition to a political movement, Zionism. … It is only once one understands Zionism’s inbuilt and systematic racism that it becomes clear why Israel has shown itself not just unwilling but incapable of making peace with the Palestinians … Read here …
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Should There be a Supreme Court? Its Role Has Always Been Anti-Democratic
Michael Hudson: Vested interests create “checks and balances” primarily to make political systems non-responsive to demands for social reform. Historically, therefore, the checks are politically unbalanced in practice. Instead of producing a happy medium, their effect often has been to check the power of the people to assert their interests at the expense of the more powerful. … Any resilient society’s constitution should be responsive to the evolution of economic, technological, environmental and geopolitical dynamics. … Read here …
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55 Years After the Launch of the Poor People’s Campaign, Taking Stock of Interlocking Injustices
Sarah Anderson: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders launched a Poor People’s Campaign in 1968 to tackle what he called the “Triplets of Evil” — systemic racism, poverty, and militarism. … y many indicators, from voting rights to mass incarceration to wealth inequality, these systemic problems had deepened since 1968. … Pandemic relief policies temporarily lifted the load of poverty, proving that poverty in the richest country in the world is a policy choice. …We all do better when we all do better… Read here …
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G7 leaders gather in Hiroshima amid rising threat of nuclear war
Peter Symonds: In a display of shameless hypocrisy, the leaders of the G7 group of the major powers—the US, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada—laid wreaths yesterday at the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan prior to their summit this weekend. …. The horrific scale of death and destruction in Hiroshima and Nagasaki is an ominous reminder of what is at stake as the US and its allies accelerate the plunge toward a global conflict. … Read here …
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Singer, actor, civil rights activist Harry Belafonte is dead at 96
Fred Mazelis – World Socialist Web Site: We repost below a May 2012 WSWS article (“Harry Belafonte provides an historical insight into the civil rights movement’s decay”), which discusses the political role of the famous actor and singer Harry Belafonte in the civil rights movement and as a close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. … Read here …
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Why Intergenerational Thinking Is Essential to Heal the Planet
: Sadly, at the present time, most decision-making by governments and corporations around the world does not even look at the immediate impact, let alone a few years down the line. … “There is an inextricable link between people and the environment,” …“If your rivers, oceans, mountains, forests, and your land is unwell, then you as a human are unwell.” … Read here...
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A Young Person’s Guide to Spotting Fake News
“Fake news is anything but self-explanatory. It extends far beyond news itself and exists in numerous formats such as rumors, lies, hoaxes, bunk, satire, parody, misleading content, impostor content, fabricated content, and manipulated content.” As a critically news-literate person, you can investigate news content and the process behind its production and dissemination. Read here.
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President John F. Kennedy: His Life and Public Assassination by the CIA
Edward Curtin:“What is the truth, and where did it go?Ask Oswald and Ruby, they oughta know“Shut your mouth,” said the wise old owlBusiness is business, and it’s a murder most foul” [ Visit Website ]
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