| Time |
Event |
| 12:18a |
Grassroots revolt, The Villages, crushed
DeMentis passed a law to negate local democracy in Florida
to help an exploitative
local scheme succeed.
I consider this a kind of corruption.
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| 12:18a |
US Culture war, facade for Fascism
*Banning ideas and authors is
not a "culture war" — it's fascism.*
This explains the purpose and operation of DeMentis's censorship law
in a way I have not seen before. I did not know the work of the
authors that were removed from the AP African American studies course;
this article explains the significance of their work and the
systematic purpose of censoring them.
In the past, we could count on the Supreme Court to reject censorship
laws. I have no confidence in the right-wingers who have captured it
to reject the new ones.
Nonetheless, to teach that a person is guilty of past crimes committed
by others due to sharing their demographic characteristics is itself
an injustice, a form of oppression. It is also unnecessary, if the
goal is to teach people to recognize the wrong and reject it. Young
Americans are not guilty of the crimes of previous generations, but
could easily fall into a life of similar crimes.
We should teach about those past crimes, not to inculcate a feeling of
guilt into those who "look like" those who committed them, but to show
them what they _might_ become if they are not careful. Instead of
teaching, "You were born guilty of that," we should teach, "Watch out
-- you could become guilty of that. Right-wing extremists such as
DeMentis would be glad to get you started."
I wish the artlcle were not marred by showing the fashionable symbol
of left-wing bigotry: capitalizing the word "black" and not "white".
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| 12:33a |
US Culture war, a facade for Fascism
*Banning ideas and authors is
not a "culture war" — it's fascism.*
This explains the purpose and operation of DeMentis's censorship law
in a way I have not seen before. I did not know the work of the
authors that were removed from the AP African American studies course;
this article explains the significance of their work and the
systematic purpose of censoring them.
In the past, we could count on the Supreme Court to reject censorship
laws. I have no confidence in the right-wingers who have captured it
to reject the new ones.
Nonetheless, to teach that a person is guilty of past crimes committed
by others due to sharing their demographic characteristics is itself
an injustice, a form of oppression. It is also unnecessary, if the
goal is to teach people to recognize the wrong and reject it. Young
Americans are not guilty of the crimes of previous generations, but
could easily fall into a life of similar crimes.
We should teach about those past crimes, not to inculcate a feeling of
guilt into those who "look like" those who committed them, but to show
them what they _might_ become if they are not careful. Instead of
teaching, "You were born guilty of that," we should teach, "Watch out
— you could become guilty of that. Right-wing extremists such as
DeMentis would be glad to get you started."
I wish the artlcle were not marred by showing the fashionable symbol
of left-wing bigotry: capitalizing the word "black" and not "white".
|
| 12:33a |
Overfishing tactic, UK
*London ship insurers accused of enabling fishing vessels to "go
dark",* turning off their tracking devices,
probably to fish
in
territorial waters or in protected zones.
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| 1:33a |
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| 8:18a |
UN torture prevention body cancel visit to Australia
*UN torture prevention body cancels visit to Australia after access to
facilities blocked.* |
| 8:18a |
Stronger El Niño events may speed up melting of Antarctic ice
*Stronger El Niño events may speed up irreversible melting of Antarctic ice,
research finds.*
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| 8:18a |
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| 8:18a |
Sanders proposed to block US aid to Israel
Sanders proposed to block US aid to Israel because of its
anti-democratic moves and its increasing repression of Palestinians. |
| 8:18a |
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| 8:18a |
Lobbyists persuaded senators to allow old brakes instead of modern brakes
How railroad lobbyists persuaded senators to let the railroads keep
using old-fashioned brakes instead of superior modern breaks. |
| 8:18a |
EPA orders Norfolk Southern to clean up contamination from train crash
*EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Clean Up Contamination From Ohio Train
Crash.* |
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| 8:18a |
Seattle banned discrimination based on caste
Seattle has banned discrimination on the basis of caste.
This is important. As the population of Indians in the US increases,
their traditional bigotry, and their modern organized bigotry (led by
India's ruling party, the Hindu nationalist party), have been gaining in
influence. |
| 8:18a |
Biden to try imposing same restrictions on asylum seekers that the bully did
Biden will try to impose the same extreme restrictions on asylum seekers that
the bully tried to impose.
Lawsuits blocked the policy before, but that doesn't mean it will
happen again. The case could go to the Supreme Court, which now has
more members appointed by the bully. |
| 8:18a |
Test of 4 day work week in UK
A test of a 4-day work week in the UK: out of 61 companies that tried it,
56 decided to continue it. |
| 8:18a |
March in Madrid to "Defend the Health Service"
*Hundreds of Thousands March in Madrid to 'Defend the Health Service'
From Privatization.*
The Spanish medical system is national in scope, and the government of
Madrid can't change its structure, but seems to be running it into the
ground much as the Tories do in the UK. |