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7h ago
The Alabama House of Representatives voted 72-28 on Thursday in favor of a bill that would apply the state’s criminal obscenity laws to public libraries, public school libraries, and the people who work there. Critics, including the Alabama Library Association, have warned that the bill could see librarians jailed and argued that it violates the First Amendment ..read more
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7h ago
There are several exercises in extremes playing out in India right now. Nearly a billion people are voting in elections that will last into early June, braving record-high temperatures to cast ballots. Against this backdrop, Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is throwing what will likely be the world’s most expensive wedding for his youngest son. Although they appear unrelated, these ..read more
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1d ago
“We are over 6 months into the genocide in Gaza.” We have let life go on, let business go on as usual, while a genocide has been broadcast to us for months. Meanwhile, MIT has received OVER $11 MILLION in research funding from the Ministry of Defense of Israel since 2015. Multiple labs on this ..read more
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Labor For Palestine held a rally on April 19, 2024 in front of the 2024 Chicago Labor Notes Conference in Chicago. It spilled into the street and police attacked and arrested labor Palestine activists. Trade unionists surrounded the police vehicle holding those arrested and forced the release of two of those arrested. After a standoff and ..read more
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1d ago
In late October, 2018, East Bay DSA members and other progressives organized a pre-election rally at a Berkeley High School auditorium. A wildly-cheering crowd of several thousand came to hear Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Barbara Lee. Welcoming everyone to the event was 34-year old Jesse Arreguin, who was backed by Sanders when he ran ..read more
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1d ago
The destruction of nature might one day become a criminal offense adjudicated by the International Criminal Court. On December 3, 2019, the Pacific island state of Vanuatu made an audacious proposal: Make ecocide—the destruction of nature—an international crime. “An amendment of the Rome Statute could criminalize acts that amount to Ecocide,” stated Ambassador of Vanuatu John Licht at ..read more
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1d ago
Morgan Godvin is an internationally recognized expert on the topic of drugsand justice. She was a leading activist behind Oregon’s drugdecriminalization law – Measure 110 – that passed in 2021, as a part of themomentum built by BLM. Measure 110 is now effectively repealed throughOregon’s recent re-criminalization laws passed by the legislature. Still,Measure 110 represents ..read more
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2d ago
Student protests calling for university divestment from Israel and the U.S. arms industry have rocked campuses from coast to coast. The nonviolent protests, which have been characterized as “antisemitic” for their criticism of Israel, have been met with an intensifying police crackdown as university administrators threaten academic discipline and arrests. On Wednesday, local and state ..read more
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2d ago
France’s Sciences Po, one of the country’s top universities, called in police to break up an unauthorised pro-Palestinian encampment on Wednesday, as Israel‘s siege and bombardment of Gaza sparks a wave of anger across campuses in the US and western Europe. Around 60 students started an encampment at one of the institution’s Paris campuses earlier in the day, but within four ..read more
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2d ago
EPISODE SUMMARY In this thought-provoking episode, Dr. Henry Giroux discusses the challenges facing education in an increasingly polarized political aspect. He argues that the pandemic has intensified the focus on instrumental rationality and the politics of disposability, undermining the civic and democratic role of education. Henry also emphasizes the need for educators to foster a ..read more