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Dispatches From the Culture Wars – Ticking Time Bomb Edition

Women’s general strike; MLK and hip-hop; Supporting the kids; Teachers hit the bricks; Labour’s scandal up close

Horace Cort / AP / Mike Cassese / Steve Marcus / Reuters / The Atlantic

We Stopped, and So Did the World

By Clara Alonso
March 21, 2018
Transform! Europe

The feminist strike of 8 March was a triumph. It reached a level of social debate unimaginable even months before.

King's Death Gave Birth to Hip-Hop

By Vann R. Newkirk II
April 8, 2018
The Atlantic

The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. led directly to hip-hop, an era of black American culture, politics, and art that is often contrasted with his legacy.

The Parkland Teens Are Winning the Culture War

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By Benjamin Hart
March 21, 2018
New York Magazine

On the internet and off, the conversation around gun violence has hardly faded into the background. Public opinion polls have emphasized this new reality, showing a marked trend toward more robust gun laws.

The Red-State Teacher Revolt Has Been Brewing For Decades

By Dave Jamieson and Travis Waldron
April  7, 2018
HuffPost

Walkouts nearly 30 years ago spurred investment and optimism in education, but anti-tax ideology eventually won out. Now kids are paying the price.

Labour’s Antisemitism Affair

By Richard Seymour
April 6.2018
Jacobin

The controversies of the last week show the need to be vigilant against antisemitism while remaining steadfast in defense of Palestinian rights.