America Should Be More Like Operation Warp Speed

 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/operation-warp-speed-trump-lessons/676913/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the-atlantic-am&utm_term=The+Atlantic+AM

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The REAL REASON for the American Revolution with Noam Chomsky.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygldTzhqKkQ

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

 “Public Christian schools? Leonard Leo’s allies advance a new cause: A tight-knit group of activists tied to Leo’s nonprofit network are rallying around an Oklahoma effort to create a public Catholic school”, Dec 29, 2023, Heidi Przybyla, Politico, at < https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/29/oklahoma-public-christian-schools-00132534 >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~.

Toots Thielemans, Jazz Harmonica Baron, Dies At 94 ~~ Music Friday for Class Strugglers

 https://www.npr.org/2016/08/22/490940271/toots-thielemans-jazz-harmonica-baron-has-died

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Palestinian Christian Pastor Slams Western Silence on Genocide in Gaza ~~ Democracy Now

 https://youtu.be/F96OmajymIQ?si=qeljTjUqBLn-xziN

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Loneliness Results from an Isolating Society, Not Individual Failures to Pursue Connection ❧ Current Affairs

 https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/12/loneliness-results-from-an-isolating-society-not-individual-failures-to-pursue-connection

~~ recommended by dmar3

MEXICO MUST STAND UP TO AGRIBUSINESS OLIGOPOLIES ON GM CORN BAN ~~ By Manuel Perez-Rocha | December 18, 2023

 https://fpif.org/mexico-must-stand-up-to-agribusiness-oligopolies-on-gm-corn-ban/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Russia And China No Longer Using Dollar In Trade, Claims Russian PM Mishustin

 https://countercurrents.org/2023/12/russia-and-china-no-longer-using-dollar-in-trade-claims-russian-pm-mishustin

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Federalism Has Been a Disaster for the Working Class

 jacobin.com/2023/12/federalism-disaster-labor-states-rights-racism-democracy

~~ recommended by dmar3 ~~

Alan Dershowitz & Briahna Joy Gray BATTLE Over Israel-Palestine; Trump Lawyer REACTS To Colorado

 https://youtu.be/JIhaDx31rOA?si=Qddrs8CVLJlx_nkX

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Why Franklin, Washington and Lincoln considered American democracy an ‘experiment’ – and were unsure if it would survive ~~ Thomas Coens Research Associate Professor of History, University of Tennessee

  

https://theconversation.com/why-franklin-washington-and-lincoln-considered-american-democracy-an-experiment-and-were-unsure-if-it-would-survive-213852?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Politics%20EOY%20%20December%2026%202023%20-%202828228648&utm_content=Politics%20EOY%20%20December%2026%202023%20-%202828228648+Version+B+CID_0e292dac7a77e857329356c0a376753b&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=Why%20Franklin%20Washington%20and%20Lincoln%20considered%20American%20democracy%20an%20experiment%20%20and%20were%20unsure%20if%20it%20would%20survive

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Vietnam reels from historic €11.4 billion corruption scandal ~~ David Hutt

 https://www.dw.com/en/vietnam-reels-from-historic-114-billion-corruption-scandal/a-67606137

~~ reommended by emil karpo ~~

Original Poetry ~~ Collectivist Action

 Original Poetry 

By

Collectivist Action

The beloved Christmas music created and performed by American Jews ~~ Noah Berlatsky

 therevealer.org/dreaming-of-a-jewish-christmas/

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

A Professor's Fight against McCarthyism Resonates Today ~~ Joan W. Scott

  

https://www.aaup.org/article/professors-fight-against-mccarthyism-resonates-today

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Water dispute on the Nile River could destabilize the region

 https://today.usc.edu/nile-river-water-dispute-filling-dam-egypt-ethiopia-usc-study/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Will Bourgois Law and Electoral Politics Really Save Us from (the) Fascist Creep? ~~ Paul Street

 https://open.substack.com/pub/paulstreet/p/will-bourgois-law-and-electoral-politics?r=nsdhl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&comments=true

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

100 years ago, the KKK planted bombs at a U.S. university – part of the terror group’s crusade against American Catholics

https://theconversation.com/100-years-ago-the-kkk-planted-bombs-at-a-u-s-university-part-of-the-terror-groups-crusade-against-american-catholics-219287

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Randy Newman ~~ Music Friday for Class Strugglers

 https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-10-best-songs-by-randy-newman/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Amiri Baraka, "we should involve ourselves in...trying to transform the society” —Amiri Baraka - The Poetry Center

 https://youtu.be/fgQc0JeSDNk?si=YVQ0bqVlkZghLizw

and 

https://youtu.be/cf-AQhhzzIo?si=nsUICMX7AIfN7I9n

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

New study proves that COVID-19 is far more harmful and deadly than the flu ~~ Benjamin Mateus, Evan Blake

 www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/12/18/covi-d18.html

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

A Different View of the Anti-Semitism Hysteria on U.S. College Campuses.

 “Registered Israeli foreign agent driving contrived campus antisemitism crisis”, Dec. 17, 2023, Wyatt Reed, The Gray Zone, at < https://thegrayzone.com/2023/12/17/registered-israeli-foreign-agent-campus-antisemitism/ >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

World’s poorest countries buckle under huge debt

 www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2023/12/14/worlds-poorest-countries-buckle-under-huge-debt

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Losing the Plot: The “Leftists” Who Turn Right

 https://inthesetimes.com/article/former-left-right-fascism-capitalism-horseshoe-theory

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Inside The Russian Propaganda Mill Beaming Out Of A Florida Strip Mall ~~ Josh Kovensky and Kate Riga

 https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-the-russian-propaganda-mill-beaming-out-of-a-florida-strip-mall

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

What Does Hamas ACTUALLY Want ... and ... Massive Protests in Jordan in Support of Palestinians

 https://youtu.be/6Pjo3bJPrd8?si=aBUK42bmjnx2WnGT

and

https://youtube.com/shorts/1C5O3JRjRhg?si=OeLnZKZBmvVUF86A

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

A Working-Class Foreign Policy Is Coming ~~ Spencer Ackerman

 https://www.thenation.com/article/world/working-class-labor-foreign-policy-uaw/?custno=&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%2012.18.2023&utm_term=daily

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Reflections on the State of the Current SCOTUS

 1). “Behind the Scenes at the Dismantling of Roe v. Wade”, Dec. 15, 2023, Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak, New York Times, at < https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/us/supreme-court-dobbs-roe-abortion.html >

2). “Supreme Illegitimacy”, Oct 10, 2022, Eric W. Orts, The Regulatory Review, at < https://www.theregreview.org/2022/10/10/orts-supreme-illegitimacy/ >

3). “How The Supreme Court Is Destroying Its Own Legitimacy”, Jan. 25, 2023, William W. Taylor, III, Guest Contributor, Alliance for Justice, at < https://www.afj.org/article/how-the-supreme-court-is-destroying-its-own-legitimacy/ >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

The Right Is Passing Bills That Ban the Teaching of Empathy and Care in Schools

 https://truthout.org/articles/the-right-is-passing-bills-that-ban-the-teaching-of-empathy-and-care-in-schools/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

A Scientist’s Warning on how Climate Change is Rooted in Violence ~~ Hasan Abdullah

 https://countercurrents.org/2023/12/a-scientists-warning-on-how-climate-change-is-rooted-in-violence/

~~ reecommended by collectivist action ~~

Ruth Brown ~~ Music Friday for Class Strugglers

 https://www.womeninrockproject.org/reference/brown-ruth/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Myth of the Secret Genius ~~ Brian Klaas

https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-myth-of-the-secret-genius?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#:~:text=The%20Myth%20of,on%20that%20path

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Socialism’s Self-Criticism and Real Democracy

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/12/07/socialisms-self-criticism-and-real-democracy/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

The Jobs and Freedom Strategy ~~ Benjamin Y. Fong

 https://catalyst-journal.com/2023/08/the-jobs-and-freedom-strategy

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Zelensky in Shambles, NATO defeat looms

 “SCOTT RITTER ON ZELENSKY IN SHAMBLES AS NATO DEFEAT LOOMS PLUS MORE!”, Dec 13, 2023, Danny Haiphong, Interview of Scott Ritter by Haiphong, Danny Haiphong, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8edErCbC9FI >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Implications and Ramifications of the Kate Cox Abortion Legal Struggle

 1). “Texas Republicans drove Kate Cox out of her own state. What her abortion story means for America: The conflict between a mother of two and Texas embodies the larger battle for the soul of America”, Dec. 13, 2023, Dennis Aftergut, Salon, at < https://www.salon.com/2023/12/13/texas-drove-kate-cox-out-of-her-own-state-what-her-abortion-story-means-for-america/ >.

2). “Kate Cox’s case reveals how far Texas intends to go to enforce abortion laws: The Dallas mom’s case drew national attention and forced the abortion issue before the state Supreme Court. She ended up traveling out of state to terminate her non-viable pregnancy”, Dec. 13, 2023, Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune, at < https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/13/texas-abortion-lawsuit/ >.

3). “Calculated Cruelty, Texas Edition: Anti-abortion activists are attacking a woman with a fatal fetal anomaly”, Dec 6, 2023, Jessica Valenti, Abortion Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/p/calculated-cruelty-texas-edition >

4). “Texas’s radical anti-abortion law, explained: The loss of abortion rights may not even be the most troubling aspect of the Supreme Court’s inaction over the law”. Updated Sep. 2, 2021, Ian Millhiser, Vox, at < https://www.vox.com/2021/8/31/22650303/supreme-court-abortion-texas-sb8-jackson-roe-wade-greg-abbott >.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Gaza & Confronting Power

 consortiumnews.com/2023/12/12/patrick-lawrence-gaza-confronting-power/

~~ recommended by dreamjoehill2 ~~

Milei’s reduced cabinet sworn in without press present - Buenos Aires Herald

https://buenosairesherald.com/politics/mileis-reduced-cabinet-sworn-in-without-press-present

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Space Between the Bars ~~ ASHA RANGAPPA DEC 13

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1093938&post_id=110861800&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTEwODYxODAwLCJpYXQiOjE3MDI0NzI1OTUsImV4cCI6MTcwNTA2NDU5NSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTEwOTM5MzgiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.C6MW28vpv1w8mGMeIf7_pY_pq7Da69Kw48IRTocuFbs

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Gaza: Israeli Barbarism With US Support ~ GRAHAM PEEBLES

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/12/12/gaza-israeli-barbarism-with-us-support/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Building Less Parking Space Helps Us Fight Climate Change and the Housing Crisis

 https://truthout.org/articles/building-less-parking-space-helps-us-fight-climate-change-and-the-housing-crisis/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

1934: The Art of the New Deal ~~ Jerry Adler

 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/1934-the-art-of-the-new-deal-132242698/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

~~  recommended by emil karpo ~~

Jewish religious leader reveals how he feels about Israeli aggression in Gaza

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FNtMV2i8-8

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Michigan is spending $107M more on pre-K − here’s what the money will buy ~~ Christina J. Weiland Ajay Chaudry

https://theconversation.com/michigan-is-spending-107m-more-on-pre-k-heres-what-the-money-will-buy-214520?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20December%208%202023&utm_content=Daily%20Newsletter%20December%208%202023+CID_b6382277738210a36a0f0bf3d0fe1eac&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=Michigan%20is%20spending%20107M%20more%20on%20pre-K%20%20heres%20what%20the%20money%20will%20buy 

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Forced Birth News and the Fight for Abortion Rights

 1). “Missouri bill could make IUDs & emergency contraception 'murder' ”, Dec 8, 2023, Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-every-day-12823 >

2). “Judge says Texas woman may abort fetus with lethal abnormality: Kate Cox, 31, at 20 weeks pregnant, has learned her fetus has a lethal abnormality that is almost always fatal at birth”, Dec. 7, 2023, Eleanor Klibanoff & Neelam Bohra, The Texas Tribune, at < https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/07/texas-emergency-abortion-lawsuit/ >

3). “Texas Threatens Doctors After Judge Says Woman Can Get Emergency Abortion: After a judge tearfully granted permission for an abortion, Ken Paxton threatened 'anyone' who would aid the 20-week-pregnant mother of two”, Dec. 7, 2023, Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, at < https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/texas-threatens-doctors-judge-emergency-abortion-1234920048/ >

4). “Texas Supreme Court temporarily halts order that allowed pregnant woman to have abortion”, Dec 8, 2023, Updated Dec 9, 2023, Maegan Vazquez, Washington Post, at < https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/08/texas-abortion-ruling-kate-cox-supreme-court/ >

5). “Texas Supreme Court Blocks Woman With Life-Threatening Pregnancy From Emergency Abortion: Kate Cox, whose fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition, had previously been granted permission for an abortion”, Dec 9, 2023, Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, at < https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/texas-emergency-abortion-supreme-court-blocked-1234922242/ >

6). “As abortion rights amendment takes place in Ohio Constitution, advocates look to future”, Dec 8, 2023, Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal, at < https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/12/08/as-abortion-amendment-takes-place-in-ohio-constitution-advocates-look-to-future/ >.

7). “Missouri Republicans propose bills to allow murder charges for people who get abortions”, Dec 8, 2023, Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, < https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article282794193.html >.

8). “GOP Senate candidates soften their abortion stances amid a post-Roe losing streak: In key 2024 battleground states, some Republican Senate hopefuls have quietly shifted elements of their abortion positions”, Dec. 9, 2023, Adam Edelman, NBC News, at < https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/gop-senate-candidates-soften-abortion-stances-2024-roe-losing-streak-rcna125185 >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Solving the Climate Crisis Will Require Revolution Nothing Less ~~ PAUL STREET DEC 9

 https://paulstreet.substack.com/p/solving-the-climate-crisis-will-require?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1085501&post_id=139646578&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&utm_medium=email

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

A New York Cult That Promised the End of the Nuclear Family ~~ CALLIE HITCHCOCK

 https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/sullivanians-cult-alexander-stille/?custno=

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

History of Gaza: On Conquerors, Resurgence and Rebirth ~~ RAMZY BAROUD

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/12/04/history-of-gaza-on-conquerors-resurgence-and-rebirth/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Report: Mississippi’s Youth Legal System Must Invest in Its Children, Not Incarcerate Them

 https://www.splcenter.org/mississippi-juvenile-justice-system-reform

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Medicare Advantage Plans Disadvantage Many Elderly and Disabled People

 https://truthout.org/articles/medicare-advantage-plans-disadvantage-many-elderly-and-disabled-people/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

King of the Jukebox - Louis Jordan ~~ Music Friday for Class Strugglers

 https://www.classicrockhistory.com/top-10-louis-jordan-songs/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Israel, Gaza and the Struggle for Oil ~~ Charlotte Dennett

 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-gaza-and-the-struggle-for-oil/ar-AA1l8TIo?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=7bc76a2dc8cc462fb1472e532b4eb8aa&ei=27

~~ recommended by dreamjoehill2 ~~

Pearl Harbor Day, 2023 ~~ dmorista

 Pearl Harbor Day, 2023 ~~ dmorista

The Future of Warfare Is Happening In Gaza ~~ Spencer Ackerman

 https://foreverwars.ghost.io/the-future-of-warfare-is-happening-in-gaza/?ref=forever-wars-newsletter

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Amid Israel’s Brutality in Gaza, It’s Time to Commit to Anti-Zionism

 https://truthout.org/articles/amid-israels-brutality-in-gaza-its-time-to-commit-to-anti-zionism/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

UK Seals Rwanda Deportation Treaty as Sunak Takes On Courts ~~ Kitty Donaldson and Alex Wickham

 https://news.yahoo.com/uk-seal-rwanda-deportation-treaty-122322894.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Warsaw Ghetto and Gaza: Understanding history | MR Online

 https://mronline.org/2023/11/10/the-warsaw-ghetto-and-gaza/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Cop City Protest as Criminal Conspiracy

consortiumnews.com/2023/12/04/georgia-frames-cop-city-protest-as-criminal-conspiracy/

and

 blackagendareport.com/news/249/47/Georgia-Attorney-General-Brings-RICO-Indictments-Against-61-Activists

~~ recommended by Existential Dread ~~

The Case That Could Destroy the Government ~~ Noah Rosenblum

 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/securities-and-exchange-commission-v-jarkesy-supreme-court/676059/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the-atlantic-am&utm_term=The+Atlantic+AM

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Sabotage of Efforts to Preserve a Habitable Environment

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2473&post_id=139344560&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTM5MzQ0NTYwLCJpYXQiOjE3MDE3NTI1MzksImV4cCI6MTcwNDM0NDUzOSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI0NzMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.UpHDEp-5dhVY7YNvwiAxmitWyCrXAH2_uMlt0yeU6Q8

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

and 

https://dnyuz.com/2023/11/28/vietnam-relied-on-environmentalists-to-secure-billions-then-it-jailed-them/

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

(NB note - this am, we are featuring two related articles that concern the utter failure to address, mitigate or arrest carbon emissions - and the outrageous and growing influence of ruling class lobbyiests - over environmental policy and priorities.  As with everything, it is all about the class struggle and about funneling social wealth to benefit the few at the expense of the many. Our social interest in having a habitable planet is being subverted and eclipsed by other ruling class priorities)

Remembering Jean Genet: the United States and Palestine | MR Online

 https://mronline.org/2023/11/27/remembering-jean-genet-the-united-states-and-palestine/

~~ recommeneded by collectivist action ~~

Increased Mortality Rates for Young Women in the U.S.

 1). “Gen Z, millennial women face historic headwinds when it comes to their health: Report, Among the factors cited were the pandemic and harmful social media content”, Nov 30, 2023, Anne Flaherty, ABC News, at < https://abcnews.go.com/Health/gen-millennial-women-face-historic-headwinds-health-report/story?id=105256590#:~:text=The%20analysis%2C%20which%20looked%20at,young%20women%20in%20previous%20generations. >

2). “Millennial, Gen Z Young Women Face Increased Threats to Health and Safety Compared With Peers in Previous Generations, Despite Better Education, Pay”, “New Report Details Unfulfilled Promise of Generational Progress”, Nov 30, 2023, Anon, Press Release and a useful summary of the statistics, Population Research Bureau, at < https://www.prb.org/news/millennial-gen-z-young-women-face-increased-threats-to-health-and-safety-compared-with-peers-in-previous-generations-despite-better-education-pay/ >

3). “LOSING MORE GROUND: REVISITING YOUNG WOMEN’S WELL-BEING ACROSS GENERATIONS”, Nov 30, 2023, Sara Srygley, Beth Jarosz, Mark Mather, Jenin Abu-Hashem, & Diana Elliott, POPULATION BULLETIN • VOL. 77, NO. 1, Population Research Bureau, This report is a follow-up to the 2017 “ 'Losing Ground' report and Index of Young Women’s Well-Being”, published by the PRB in that year.

4). “Maternal Mortality and Maternity Care in the United States Compared to 10 Other Developed Countries”, Nov 18, 2020, Roosa Tikkanen, Munira Z. Gunja, Molly FitzGerald, Laurie C. Zephyrin, The Commonwealth Fund, at < https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/nov/maternal-mortality-maternity-care-us-compared-10-countries >

5). “NOWHERE TO GO: MATERNITY CARE DESERTS ACROSS THE U.S. 2022 REPORT”, Healthy Moms Strong Babies, n.d., anon, The March of Dimes, at <https://www.marchofdimes.org/sites/default/files/2022-10/2022_Maternity_Care_Report.pdf>

6). Human Rights Crisis: Abortion in the United States After Dobbs, Apr 18, 2023, Anon, Human Rights Watch, at < https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/04/18/human-rights-crisis-abortion-united-states-after-dobbs >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Inconsistent Populists: Sohrab Ahmari and the Anti-Neoliberal Right

 https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/inconsistent-populists-sohrab-ahmari-and-the-anti-neoliberal-right/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

(NB note - it never ceases to amaze the lengths that the "right" will go to in order to put lipstick on a pig and disguise their antisocial agendas.  Here is the latest flavor of the day attempting to confuse and convince people that up really is down.)

Canada’s Complicity in Genocide: Palestinian Activist Rips ‘Nice Neighbor’ Facade

 https://youtu.be/z6ZlYE_vm5k?si=gZZjGt-k1iSX-SEv

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Oregon is paying millions to an unlicensed Christian ministry to care for foster kids

 https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oregon-is-paying-millions-to-an-unlicensed?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=email

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

They gather up cans and bottles on NY streets for recycling. And they could use a raise ~~ Thomas C. Zambito New York State Team

 https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/new-york/2023/11/27/ny-recyclers-canners-collecting-cans-bottles-pushing-for-raise/71572849007/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Documents expose Israeli conspiracy to facilitate October 7 attack ~~ Andre Damon@Andre__Damon

 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/12/02/klox-d02.html5

~~ recommended by dreamjoehill2 ~~

1733: The Slave Rebellion of St.John

 https://libcom.org/article/1733-slave-rebellion-stjohn

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Substack Has a Nazi Problem

 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/substack-extremism-nazi-white-supremacy-newsletters/676156/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

REMINDER - The Ruthless Empire Symposium Announcement for The Class Struggle readers and commenters: Live online, Dec 3, 2023 at 1:00 PM EST

 The Ruthless Empire Symposium Announcement for The Class Struggle readers and commenters:  Live online, Dec 3, 2023 at 1:00 PM EST

Greater Idaho: The Plan and its Proponents

“Oregon’s Greater Idaho movement echoes a long history of racism in the region”, August 1, 2023, Leah Sottile, High Country News, at < https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.8/north-extremism-oregons-greater-idaho-movement-echoes-a-long-history-of-racism-in-the-region >

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Could Massachusetts create a guaranteed income system? A new report suggests a possible first step

 https://www.tbf.org/news-and-insights/press-releases/2020/july/guaranteed-income-report-20200722

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Mary Oliver - Poetry Friday for Class Strugglers - anyone?

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69656/mary-oliver-and-the-nature-esque

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~ 

‘The Dawn of Everything’ gets human history wrong | Climate & Capitalism

 https://climateandcapitalism.com/2021/12/17/the-dawn-of-everything-gets-human-history-wrong/

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