Berlin’s cultural senator has announced that public funding for artists will depend on a loyalty oath for Israel. This has nothing to do with fighting antisemitism -- it's a smokescreen to cover the German establishment's antisemitism.
The people-power, energy, and savvy exist to regain the initiative against MAGA and win a ceasefire in Gaza. To do so, we will need to call on positive vision, political clarity, narrative power—and courage.
Claudine Gay’s enemies are not our friends. All we’ll remember is that that she angered some rich pro-Israel donors, as well as opportunistic activists and politicians, and they got her fired.
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"I'm not a progressive. I'm just a regular Democrat." Fetterman is in the first year of a six-year term. He has time to repair relations with progressives or sever ties altogether. At this point, the latter is rapidly happening anyway.
Reader Comments: Trump Embraces Fascism; Housing IS a Labor Issue; The "river to the sea" controversy; New York Retirees Fight City Hall and Medicare Advantage; New Deal posters; Cartoons; more....
Stefanik has campaigned on Great Replacement Theory tropes and indulged genuine anti-Semites. University presidents should stop playing into her hand and uphold the right to criticize any government.
Anthony O’Rourke and Wadie E. Said
Dissent Magazine
Federal law enforcement is under pressure to launch specious terrorism investigations into pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses, based solely on their public statements. The GOP hearings, led by Trump supporters, show the dangers.
Amy Goodman, Peter Beinart, Omer Bartov
Democracy Now!
Presidents of UPenn, Harvard and MIT questioned by right-wing Republican New York congressmember and Trump ally Elise Stefanik on allegations that universities have failed to address threats of violence against Jewish students.
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