From CommonDreamsPublished on Monday, November 23, 2020byCommon Dreams'Elite Strike Force'? Trump Legal Team Throws Right-Wing Attorney Sidney Powell Under the Bus as Coup Attempt Flails "It's OK to laugh at this hilarious clown car and yet appreciate that what's going here is deadly serious. These tactics will go nowhere but still infect our … [Read more...] about 'Elite Strike Force'? Trump Legal Team Throws Right-Wing Attorney Sidney Powell Under the Bus as Coup Attempt Flails
Social Justice/社会正義
It’s Not That Complicated. Cancelling Student Debt Is Good.
From JacobinFairness and Restitution The first thing to notice about this objection is that it would apply to any reform that makes people’s lives better in the present. If we passed Medicare for All, no one from that point forward would have to pay for private health insurance premiums, co-pays, … [Read more...] about It’s Not That Complicated. Cancelling Student Debt Is Good.
The FBI’s War on Folk Music
From JacobinCultural Foreclosure With so much destroyed by McCarthyism, one cannot help asking, how might the US cultural landscape look today if not for these anti-Communist attacks? In 1970, the New York Times interviewed Tex Ritter, actor, cowboy singer, onetime president and founder of the … [Read more...] about The FBI’s War on Folk Music
The Tories Want Cash for Drones and Cuts for Workers
From JacobinA large increase in spending, in an area beset by cuts in recent years. A victory for the prime minister over a typically recalcitrant Treasury. An unexpected announcement — “in the teeth of the pandemic,” as Boris Johnson put it — deemed vital to “keep the … [Read more...] about The Tories Want Cash for Drones and Cuts for Workers
Vaccine Access Advocates Cautiously Optimistic As G20 Summit Ends With Pledge to 'Spare No Effort' to Ensure Widespread Distribution
From CommonDreamsPublished on Sunday, November 22, 2020byCommon DreamsVaccine Access Advocates Cautiously Optimistic As G20 Summit Ends With Pledge to 'Spare No Effort' to Ensure Widespread Distribution "This is not a 'do-good' exercise. It is the only way to stop the pandemic dead in its tracks. Solidarity is indeed survival."byJulia Conley, staff … [Read more...] about Vaccine Access Advocates Cautiously Optimistic As G20 Summit Ends With Pledge to 'Spare No Effort' to Ensure Widespread Distribution