Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Latest Developments in the Forced-Birth Movement and the current attempts to impose an Authoritarian Regime in the U.S.

1). “Abortion, Every Day (2.26.24): Idaho has lost nearly a quarter of OBYNS”, Feb 26, 2024,

Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-every-day-22624 >.

2). “What a Second Trump Term Will Bring: The ban on IVF in Alabama is just the beginning if Trump wins again”, Feb 26, 2024, Jill Filipovic, Slate,                                                                                                                                                                 at < https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/trump-second-term-reproductive-rights-assault.html >.

3). “Birth Control Is Next: If you look closely, attempts to restrict contraception are already in the works”, Apr 21, 2023, Christina Cauterucci, Slate, at < https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/birth-control-is-next-republicans-abortion.html >

4). The anti-abortion plan ready for Trump on Day One: The stakes of the election go far beyond whether a GOP president signs a bill banning the procedure”, Jan 29, 2024, Alice Miranda Ollstein, Politico, at < https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/29/trump-abortion-ban-2024-campaign-00138417 >

5). “The right’s war on birth control is already starting: A new conservative incrementalism wants to erode access to birth control and lay the groundwork for a future ban”, Oct. 10, 2023, Mary Ziegler, Professor at the UC Davis School of Law, MSNBC,           at < https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/birth-control-ban-alliance-defending-freedom-rcna119675 >.

6). “Gavin Newsom launches red-state abortion ads over ‘war on travel’: The Democratic governor from California lobbed his latest salvo against conservatives who are trying to further restrict abortions by imposing new bans on out-of-state travel”, Feb 25, 2024, Christopher Cadelago, Politico,                                                                                                                                        at < https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/25/gavin-newsom-abortion-ads-00143173 >

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Aaron Bushnell Refused to Be Silent on the Horrors in Gaza

 https://jacobin.com/2024/02/aaron-bushnell-self-immolation-israel-embassy-gaza

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The Real Dystopian Threat is United States Capitalism-Imperialism ~~ Paul Street

https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1085501&post_id=141930943&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=nsdhl&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjozOTk1NTAxNywicG9zdF9pZCI6MTQxOTMwOTQzLCJpYXQiOjE3MDg2MjE5MTUsImV4cCI6MTcxMTIxMzkxNSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTEwODU1MDEiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.Yw1uWt_AN4LgDjID0WFlmbgbdjcX8JYjQFC0H90J2yg 

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Sunday, February 25, 2024

Nikolai Bukharin (1924) The Theory of Permanent Revolution

 https://www.marxists.org/archive/bukharin/works/1924/permanent-revolution/index.htm

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With all eyes on Gaza, Israel steps up demolitions of Palestinian homes

 https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/2/25/with-all-eyes-on-gaza-israel-steps-up-demolitions-of-palestinian-homes

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The Far-Right Alabama State Supreme Court Tries to Move the U.S. back into the Dark Ages

1). “Alabama's Fetal Personhood Ruling: It goes way beyond IVF”, Feb 21, 2024, Jessica Valenti, Abortion Every Day,             at < https://jessica.substack.com/p/alabamas-fetal-personhood-ruling >.  Ms. Valenti has posted a couple more articles since this one, they are all chock full of good information and links.

2). “Alabama court ruling on embryos: A sweeping attack on democratic rights and science”, Feb 22, 2024, Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site (WSWS), at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/02/22/hdbm-f22.html >.

3). “How Alabama’s frozen embryo decision is shaking the nation: What you need to know”, Feb 21, 2024, Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, at < https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4481856-how-alabamas-frozen-embryo-decision-is-shaking-the-nation-what-you-need-to-know/ >.

4). There Is Only One Way for Biden to Fulfill His Promise to 'Restore Roe': If the president truly wants to protect reproductive rights, he’s going to have to do what he’s so far refused even to consider: expand the Supreme Court”, Feb 20, 2024, Elie Mystal, The Nation, at < https://www.thenation.com/article/society/to-preserve-abortion-rights-biden-must-expand-court/ >.

5). “There’s an Enormous, Impossible-to-Resolve Contradiction in Alabama’s Anti-IVF Ruling”, Feb 21, 2024, John Culhane, Slate, at < https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/abortion-bans-alabamas-anti-ivf-ruling-fail.html?via=rss >.

6). “Sam Alito Is to Blame for the Alabama Supreme Court’s Devastating Anti-IVF Ruling”, Feb 20, 2024, Courtney G. Joslin & Mary Ziegler, Slate, at < https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/sam-alito-alabama-supreme-court-ivf-personhood.html >

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Oops! DeSantis says book challenges have gone too far ~~ JUDD LEGUM FEB 20

 https://substack.com/redirect/2/eyJlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wb3B1bGFyLmluZm8vcC9vb3BzLWRlc2FudGlzLXNheXMtYm9vay1jaGFsbGVuZ2VzP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1lbWFpbC1oYWxmLXBvc3Qmcj1yb3ZoayZ0b2tlbj1leUoxYzJWeVgybGtJam8wTmpVeE1ERTROQ3dpY0c5emRGOXBaQ0k2TVRReE9ETTFOalUwTENKcFlYUWlPakUzTURnME1qZzVPVElzSW1WNGNDSTZNVGN4TVRBeU1EazVNaXdpYVhOeklqb2ljSFZpTFRFMk5qUWlMQ0p6ZFdJaU9pSndiM04wTFhKbFlXTjBhVzl1SW4wLjFrek5obC1IRDdKQWFFNzhFVENodHhGRXVUR1Z2eE9QelJJNG8zaVVnSzgiLCJwIjoxNDE4MzU2NTQsInMiOjE2NjQsImYiOnRydWUsInUiOjQ2NTEwMTg0LCJpYXQiOjE3MDg0Mjg5OTIsImV4cCI6MTcxMTAyMDk5MiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTAiLCJzdWIiOiJsaW5rLXJlZGlyZWN0In0.pPgWF8ik1VCistJzMhfqKGlD-CbkM80uW04x57sIkvM?

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Iran is socially engineering mass depression to suppress dissent ~~ Saeid Golkar and Kasra Aarabi

 https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/iran-mass-depression-sadegh-booghi/

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Mexico is Suing US Gun-makers for Arming its Gangs and a US Court Could Award Billions in Damages ~~ TIMOTHY D. LYTTON

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/02/20/mexico-is-suing-us-gun-makers-for-arming-its-gangs-%e2%88%92-and-a-us-court-could-award-billions-in-damages/ 

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