The Comstock Act ~~ Grace Haley

 https://jessica.substack.com/p/the-comstock-act?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=11153&post_id=135520146&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

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What Happened to the Big UPS Strike?~~ JOE ALLEN

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/28/what-happened-to-the-big-ups-strike/

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The Rich History and Underestimated Political Clout of the Black Working Class ~~ Nia T. Evans

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/07/blair-kelley-black-folk-roots-of-black-working-class/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-07-26-2023

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

AMOC and Other Climate Information ~~ dmorista

Prepared for The Class Struggle by Dmorista

For-Profit Hospices Often Aim for Return on Investment, Not Death With Dignity

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Forced Birth News 7/28/23 ~~ Jessica Valenti

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The Eco Collapse We Were Warned About Has Begun ~~ JOSÉ SEOANE

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Is Earth Close to “The Great Dying”? ~~ Thom Hartma

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To Build a Movement for Democracy, We Have to Win the Internet ~~ Mariana Ruiz Firmat

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James Jamerson~~ Music Friday for Class Strugglers

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How These Four States Use Fetal Personhood to Punish Pregnant Women

“These States Are Using Fetal Personhood to Put Women Behind InBars: Hundreds of women who used drugs while pregnant have faced criminal charges — even when they deliver healthy babies”, 07.25.2023, Cary Aspinwall, The Marshall Project, at < https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/07/25/pregnant-women-prosecutions-alabama-oklahoma >

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What is Fascism? ~~ RUTH BEN-GHIAT

 https://lucid.substack.com/p/what-is-fascism?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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The Mexican Revolution as U.S. History - Boston Review

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WHO EXACTLY IS ‘FORCING’ AMERICA TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES? ~~ ADAM JOHNSO

https://therealnews.com/who-exactly-is-forcing-america-to-support-human-rights-abuses?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Real%20News%20Network&utm_campaign=4a82976fd0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_07_17_01_53_UAW_Strike&utm_term=0_-4a82976fd0-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=4a82976fd0&mc_eid=2d87b78d52

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The Violent Crackup of the Post-WWII International Order: Notes on the Geopolitical Crisis and Global Capital ~~ William I. Robinson

 “The Violent Crackup of the Post-WWII International Order: Notes on the Geopolitical Crisis and Global Capital”, Spring 2023, William I. Robinson (University of California, Santa Barbara), JOURNAL OF WORLD-SYSTEMS RESEARCH, Vol. 29 No. 1: Winter/Spring 2023, at < https://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/jwsr/article/view/1153/1589 > or < https://robinson.faculty.soc.ucsb.edu/Assets/pdf/JWSR Violent Crackup of Post WWII International Order.pdf >

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Can the Promise of Reconstruction Be Fulfilled?~~ Gabriel J. Chin

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Marx 101: Introduction to Dialectical Materialism

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Why Are OBGYNs Being Forced to Go to Texas? JESSICA VALENTI JUL 24

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Doctors shouldn't have to risk arrest to be board certified

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Why is healthy food so expensive in America? Blame the Farm Bill that Congress always renews to make burgers cheaper than salad ~~ GENE BAUR

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https://newpol.org/is-the-new-deal-socialism-by-norman-thomas/

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Bashing the Supreme Court is an American tradition ~~Jeff Jacoby

 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGtwCtTBWSxMgMvJzwwSBGJrgbd

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Forced Birther News - Abortion Every Day ~~ Jessica Valenti

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California’s History of Slavery and Slave Revolts

 https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2023/06/27/ep-116-californias-history-of-slavery-and-slave-revolts/

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Will Russia have to revive the Ukraine grain deal? ~~ HAROLD MAASS

 https://theweek.com/feature/briefing/1025118/will-russia-have-to-revive-the-ukraine-grain-deal?utm_campaign=afternoon_newsletter_20230719&utm_source=afternoon_newsletter&utm_medium=email&refid=36BED5BDCFB46680B79067A53235BAC0

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Charlie Haden ~~ Music Friday for Class Strugglers

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Clarence Thomas Cited My Work In His Affirmative Action Opinion. Here's What He Got Wrong ~~ Alison Stewart

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The Senate Judiciary panel will consider ethics rules for the Supreme Court ~~ MARY CLARE JALONICK

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Fake abortion clinics ‘bigger than ever ~~ Neil Steinberg

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Hollywood Executives Bring Industry to Halt Rather Than Pay Workers a Fair Price ~~SONALI KOLHATKAR

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The complicated truth about North Korea sanctions ~~ BENJAMIN KATZEFF SILBERSTEINJULY 5, 2023

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Capitalism Is Preparing For More War – We Need A Socialist Alternative ~~ Chris Gray

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Events in Ukraine, the Vilnius Conference and other Recent Developments in the NATO Proxy War.

1).  “Mobilization in Ukraine: Zelensky government on a manhunt”, July 6, 2023, Maxim Goldarb, World Socialist Web Site (WSWS),                                                         at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/07/07/hxfo-j07.html >.

2).  “Ukrainian youth speak on war, social catastrophe: ‘The military is grabbing draft evaders everywhere’ ”, June 15,  2023, Clara Weiss, WSWS, 

at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/06/15/duwn-j15.html >.

3).  “U.S. Cluster Bombs to Ukraine: An Act of Desperation”, July 12, 2023, Melvin Goodman, CounterPunch, at <https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/12/u-s-cluster-bombs-to-ukraine-an-act-of-desperation/>.

4).  “NATO Expands, Again. Will the Ukraine War Spread? w/ Vijay Prashad”, July 13, 2023, Brian Becker interviews Vijay Prashad, The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, duration of podcast 53 minutes, at <https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nato-expands-again-will-the-ukraine-war-spread-w/id1539214532?i=1000621014596>.Note: This is a podcast of an interview of Vijay Prashad by Brian Becker. There is no transcript, no direct text.

5).  “Biden To CNN, USA Is Running Out Of Ammo”, July 11, 2023, Alexander Mercouris & Alex Cristoforou, The Duran Podcast, duration of podcast 32 minutes, at <https://www.audacy.com/podcast/the-duran-podcast-59b34/episodes/biden-to-cnn-usa-is-running-out-of-ammo-ba6e9> Note: This is a podcast of a discussion by Alexander Mercouris & Alex Cristoforou. There is no transcript, no direct text.

6).  “Neocons warn Biden White House, Don’t Let Ukraine Join NATO”,

July 7, 2023, Alexander Mercouris & Alex Cristoforou, The Duran Podcast duration of

podcast 44 minutes, at

<https://www.audacy.com/podcast/the-duran-podcast-59b34/episodes/neocons-warn-

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Reflections on Red v. Blue America ~~ Paul Street

 https://paulstreet.substack.com/p/reflections-on-red-v-blue-america?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#details

(This is a 14 minute podcast.  You will have to click on the link above to access it as I could not load it on Blogger, NB)

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It’s Hard for Americans to Engage in China-Bashing Without Tripping on Contradictions ~ RICHARD D. WOLFF

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/10/its-hard-for-americans-to-engage-in-china-bashing-without-tripping-on-contradictions/

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Forced birther news 7.13.23 ~~ Jessica Valenti

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Removing dams from the Klamath River is a step toward justice for Native Americans in Northern California ~~ Beth Rose Middleton Manning Robert Lusardi

https://theconversation.com/removing-dams-from-the-klamath-river-is-a-step-toward-justice-for-native-americans-in-northern-california-196472?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20%20July%2012%202023%20-%202680327056&utm_content=Daily%20Newsletter%20%20July%2012%202023%20-%202680327056+CID_6392372a69285f22e67110c51242df92&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=Removing%20dams%20from%20the%20Klamath%20River%20is%20a%20step%20toward%20justice%20for%20Native%20Americans%20in%20Northern%20California

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Third Parties & What Victory Can Be Achieved ~~ Dr. Cornell West

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From Fascism to Hungary and the U.S., Authoritarians Target Universities ~~ RUTH BEN-GHIAT

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More Nations Are Growing Wary of Deep Sea Mining ~~ KAREN MCVEIGH CHRIS MICHAEL

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Donald Trump Wants to Deport US Marxists “That Grew Up Here” ~~ PAUL STREET

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The Secret to Preventing the Next Pandemic Might Be in Our Poop Covid revealed a powerful tool in fighting outbreaks: wastewater surveillance. ~~ JACKIE FLYNN

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EU agency sees no major reason to block glyphosate ~~ Philip Blenkinsop

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The New York Times Wants to Cut Social Security and Medicare - Truthdig

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Why The US Is Not A Democracy

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The Fury in France—and Across the West ~~ Abe Greenwald

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