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  • How does the criminal justice system work? KSAT Explains September 29, 2023 12:22 am KSAT - Texas SAN ANTONIO – It is complex, full of twists and turns, and critical to public safety: the criminal justice system. Recent tensions between the San Antonio Police Department and the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office sparked by the shooting of six SAPD …
  • Life briefs: Crestview employee honored, Shelby homecoming and more September 28, 2023 10:23 pm Mansfield News Journal - Ohio Crestview staffer earns exemplary school employee recognition Deb Bernhard, administrative assistant for Crestview Local Schools in Richland County, received the Exemplary School Employee Award during this week's Ohio School Boards Association Central …
  • Analysis: Overwhelmed With Medical Bills? It Helps to Think Like a Detective September 27, 2023 3:04 am The Good Men Project   By Jennifer McLelland, California Health Report As a parent of a child with medically complex conditions, I’m good at handling health emergencies. My child is tracheostomy dependent, which means that several times a day, his breathing tube gets blocked …
  • BC Coroners Service report shows increasing concern over drug-related deaths September 27, 2023 2:29 am Peak 1,455 toxic drug deaths have been reported, setting a new record since the beginning of the public health emergency By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer Content warning: this article refers to substance-related deaths.  July was a critical month for British …
  • District 2 School Board candidate profile: Timothy Mallory September 26, 2023 6:17 pm The Smithfield Times - Virginia District 2 School Board candidate profile: Timothy Mallory Published 1:58 pm Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Editor’s note: Timothy Mallory is running against Mark Wooster for the District 2 seat on Isle of Wight County’s School Board. The Smithfield Times …
  • Why Nothing Meaningful Will Come Out Of The South-east Govs’ “security September 26, 2023 12:43 pm The Nigerian Voice …outcome of the Nov 11, 2023 Imo Governorship Election as a litmus test for addressing South-East insecurity …challenging South-East Govs to publicly condemn armed Jihadist Herdsmen and their atrocities in the Region …challenging South-East Govs to insist …
  • Opinion: The Citizens’ Assembly on Drug Use needs more diversity of speakers and thought September 24, 2023 10:12 am The Journal THE ONGOING CITIZENS’ Assembly on Drug Use has been in process since March of this year. It is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to critically assess Ireland’s five-decade-long ‘war on drugs’ and develop new policies that aim to reduce harm based on …
  • NT chief minister allegedly assaulted – as it happened September 23, 2023 11:11 pm The Guardian Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature The day that was, Sunday 24 September We are going to wrap up the live blog for Sunday. Here’s what made the news today: We’ll be back with you tomorrow morning to bring you all …
  • ‘Victoria’s Secret Karen’ Video: Lawsuits Show What Viewers Didn’t See September 23, 2023 7:06 am The New York Times It began with a Covid-era tussle over social distancing at a New Jersey shopping mall known for its high-end stores. Ijeoma Ukenta had gone there to use a coupon for a free pair of Victoria’s Secret underwear. Another shopper, Abigail Elphick, got too …
  • New Clues Could Solve Case of the Dutch Girl Lost in Africa September 23, 2023 2:07 am Daily Beast Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park is home to much dangerous wildlife. The rivers teem with crocodiles and tusked hippos. Lions and leopards stalk the night. There are elephants that can crush anything in their path and massive cape buffalos with razor …

Crime Theory

Black Lives Matter

Gender and Crime

  • Notable US Supreme Court Decisions Fast Facts September 26, 2023 9:19 pm KEYT - California CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at some of the most important cases decided by the US Supreme Court since 1789. 1803 – Marbury v. Madison This decision established the system of checks and balances and the power of the Supreme Court within the …
  • Virginia the next big battleground for abortion rights, may send signal for 2024 September 24, 2023 8:55 pm The Sentinel - Pennsylvania RICHMOND, Va. — Democrat Russet Perry has knocked on thousands of doors in a swing district outside the nation's capital as she campaigns for a seat that could decide control of the Virginia state Senate in November. The issue that comes up the most — …
  • Stars who have been 'cancelled' amid controversy - from public slap to restaurant row September 20, 2023 4:30 pm Daily Mirror Over the last decade, the idea of ‘cancel culture’ has been hotly debated and feared by some across the social and political spectrum. While many consider it a crucial calling out of accountability and a tool of social justice, others fear it has become …
  • Why I campaign for sex-consent education September 13, 2023 9:18 pm Financial Review With all good intentions, our teacher explains that it’s hard enough to get a talk about consent approved by Year 10 parents, when most of the students are 16. The teacher says that we may be “mature” for our age, but it would shock other girls to hear …
  • Virgin River season 5 recap: Wildfire brings new love and shocking revelations to the town September 7, 2023 9:15 pm Entertainment Weekly The Netflix show that's equal parts heart-racing nature shots and big-hearted small-town drama is back, and in season 5, which dropped on Sept. 7, a massive wildfire threatens the town of Virgin River. By the time the smoke clears, hearts will be …
  • What is the Future of Parliaments In Our Troubled Century? August 30, 2023 7:37 am The Wire More than eight centuries ago, in these magnificent sandstone cloisters where we are gathered, a young king convened the world’s first parliament of representatives. The beginning was breathtakingly unexpected, a surprise so startling and precious that …
  • its victims August 29, 2023 9:15 pm South Florida Sun Sentinel Updated August 12, 2023—This list, originally published in June 2020, will be updated periodically. The National Association of Scholars counts 290 academic cancellations in the United States and Canada. If you know of additional professors, administrators …
  • The 65 Best Shows on Netflix August 14, 2023 11:42 pm Indie Wire When it really wants to, Netflix does a great job at letting people know what TV shows it has to offer. Unfortunately, with the never-ending wave (er, WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes notwithstanding) of new ones arriving throughout the year, certain high-profile …
  • Boy Problems August 9, 2023 12:57 pm Mother Jones Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Mark wanted to improve. The pandemic had sent him into an emotional tailspin. Covid coincided with his first heartbreak and an illness that left him …
  • Punjab & Haryana High Court Half Yearly Digest: January to June 2023 [Citation 1 - 117] August 4, 2023 10:01 am Live Law Nominal Index M/s Simplex Infrastructure Ltd. & Anr. versus M/s J.P. Singla Engineers and Contractor 2023 LiveLaw (PH) 1 Jagjit Singh @ Jaggi v. State of Punjab 2023 LiveLaw (PH) 2 Sandeep Singh Sandhu vs. State of Punjab along with connected …

Prison Privatization

  • Oklahoma Aims to Take Over Private Prisons September 5, 2023 4:58 pm Oklahoma Watch Too many prisoners, not enough space to house them.  Tough-on-crime policies enacted in the 1990s, most notably a 1997 law requiring certain offenders to serve at least 85% of their sentence before becoming eligible for release, caused Oklahoma’s …
  • Prison architecture: Treading the fine line between the need for confinement and the ethics of freedom September 3, 2023 12:34 pm El País Prisons are a symbol of the power of the modern state over its citizens, a privileged vantage point from which to witness the social and cultural transformations of the last three centuries, an instrument in which the disciplinary and control procedures …
  • Oklahoma Department of Corrections to take over Davis facility September 2, 2023 11:22 am The Oklahoman Change is coming to a southeast Oklahoma private prison plagued with violence and staffing shortages, but advocates for corrections staff and prisoners say further efforts are needed to improve conditions.  The Oklahoma Department of Corrections will take …
  • Oklahoma Inches Closer to Eliminating Private Prisons August 31, 2023 12:11 pm Oklahoma Watch Processing… Success! You're on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Change is coming to a southeast Oklahoma private prison plagued with violence and staffing …
  • Is This The End of Prison Phone Fees? August 30, 2023 12:24 pm Mother Jones Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Jovaan Lumpkin entered the Connecticut state prison system in 2004, at age 17. In the eyes of his mother, Diane Lewis, he was still her goofy, skinny …
  • CoreCivic Reports Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results August 7, 2023 8:31 pm EIN Presswire Reduces Total Debt by $34.1 Million Increases 2023 Full Year Guidance BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Aug. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CoreCivic, Inc. (NYSE: CXW) (the Company) announced today its financial results for the second quarter of 2023. Damon T. Hininger, …
  • Wagner and the trouble with private armies June 28, 2023 8:43 pm Deutsche Welle Wagner Group fighters are often called mercenaries — is that an accurate description? No. According to international humanitarian law, an individual must fulfill six criteria to be categorized as a mercenary. Article 47 of Additional Protocol I of the …
  • In Ron DeSantis’ Free State Of Florida, His Ear Has A Steep Cost June 25, 2023 11:00 am HuffPost Ron DeSantis’ first speech as a presidential contender was a dark and broody recitation of the forces he blames for ruining the country. Standing in front of a two-story American flag on a stage in Iowa, he rattled them off: “cultural Marxism,” “woke …
  • After women’s prison massacre, Honduran president places military in charge June 24, 2023 2:23 am World Socialist Web Site At least 46 inmates were killed at the main women’s prison in Honduras on Tuesday in a massacre that has horrified millions worldwide.  According to survivors and relatives of the victims, in the early morning, members of the Barrio 18 gang were allowed by …
  • India’s Ominous Turn to Totalitarianism June 23, 2023 11:30 am Pressenza India is at a historic crossroads. A sixth of the world’s population, nowhere else today democracy, social harmony and free speech are in such peril. By Partha Banerjee Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his powerful home minister Amit Shah have long …

Prison Abolition

  • UN Report Urges End to Forced US Prison Labor—a 'Contemporary Form of Slavery' September 28, 2023 8:57 pm Common Dreams A report published Thursday by United Nations human rights experts condemns systemic racism in the U.S. criminal justice system and policing, while describing "appalling" prison conditions and decrying forced unpaid convict labor as a " …
  • The Largest Form of Criminal Punishment in the United States Is Not Prison. It’s Still Awful. September 28, 2023 3:56 pm Slate Magazine This piece originally appeared in Inquest, a forum for advancing decarceral ideas published by the Institute to End Mass Incarceration. New Jersey has been hailed for its approach to decarceration, including a bail reform law that some advocates see as a …
  • Why National’s Housing policy is a recipe for homelessness, lower home ownership and prison riots September 27, 2023 7:57 pm The Daily Blog This is a recipe for National Party homelessness and ACT are promising to build the prisons, so state tenants get kicked out onto the street, straight into the prisons? It's the Right wing circle of life.   Let’s be very clear what National’s Housing …
  • 'White Torture' documents Iran's notorious prison methods September 27, 2023 1:24 pm Deutsche Welle "In Iran, a solitary cell is not like the isolation in Western prisons," explained Taghi Rahmani. And Rahmani would know more than most. He is "Iran's most frequently jailed journalist," according to Reporters Without Borders.  …
  • New Orleans events: Beyonce, Fried Chicken Fest, 'Carrie,' MuleBone and more coming up Sept. 25-Oct. 1 September 25, 2023 2:59 am Gambit - Louisiana Looking for more to do this week? Check out the latest on Gambit's calendar at calendar.gambitweekly.com. The National Fried Chicken Festival Big Freedia, The Soul Rebels, Kermit Ruffins, Shamarr Allen, Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. and more perform at the …
  • October at Roulette September 24, 2023 11:59 am Avant Music News Monday October 2, 2023 / Doors 7pm / Performance 8pm jaimie branch Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Record Release Show. This night begins with never-before-seen footage of the late artist and her band’s final concert together. …
  • US prison labor is cruel and pointless legalized slavery. I know first-hand September 22, 2023 10:51 am The Guardian Almost immediately after I was sent to prison, I was assigned to a “program”, the term American prison officials use for a job. I was to sweep the prison hallways, alongside roughly 30 other men. Together we pushed brooms across gray corridors hour after …
  • 5C climate rally transcends generational lines to push for policy change September 22, 2023 6:32 am The Student Life - California (Emma Jensen • The Student Life) On Friday, Sept. 15, more than 40 students, faculty and residents of Claremont gathered on Walker Beach for a climate rally in coordination with protests planned around 54 countries. As a part of the September 15 Day …
  • Music For Abolition September 20, 2023 8:04 pm Good Times Santa Cruz - California Terri Lyne Carrington is a jazz drummer, educator and author who grounds her projects in feminism, spiritual liberation and the movement to abolish prisons and police. Her latest album New Standards – Volume 1 received the 2023 Grammy for Best Instrumental …
  • Loken: Do Not Revel in Inhumane Jail Conditions September 20, 2023 12:19 pm The Daily Utah Chronicle   Former President Donald Trump barely entered the Fulton County Jail in Georgia to be indicted on felony charges before being released back to the public. He spent a whopping 20 minutes there — yet still found room to lament the violent reputation of …

Corporate Crime

  • The Spectator at Tory conference 2023: events programme September 29, 2023 12:18 pm The Spectator The Spectator is delighted to be back at this year’s Conservative party conference in Manchester, where we’ll be hosting a packed and entertaining schedule of fringe events. Every event includes a free gin and tonic. All our events are free and require …
  • Gemini’s Winklevii deny withdrawing $282M of their cash from Genesis pre-bankruptcy September 29, 2023 10:58 am Coingeek Gemini’s founders are denying reports that the $282 million they withdrew from digital asset lender Genesis Global Capital shortly before it went belly-up was their corporate or personal cash. Late Wednesday, the New York Post reported that Gemini founders …
  • The Decade ‘Grand Theft Auto Online’ Owned September 29, 2023 10:52 am The Ringer It’s another beautiful day in Los Santos. The bright California sun glints off the asphalt as you and another friend tear down the freeway and shoot the shit over voice chat, yo-yoing between real-life concerns and those of Grand Theft Auto Online’s …
  • Gen V series premiere recap: Welcome to God U September 29, 2023 10:32 am Entertainment Weekly Episode 1: "God U" I'm always dubious when a network announces a spinoff of a successful show because more often than not, the spinoff misses the magic of its predecessor. But thankfully, The Boys spinoff Gen V would kick ass even if The Boys …
  • Chandramukhi 2 to Fukrey 3 — 21 new movies, shows, K-dramas & documentaries to add to your weekend watchlist September 29, 2023 9:19 am GQ India There are several exciting new movies that’ve arrived in cinemas this week, including Kangana Ranaut’s Tamil horror-comedy Chandramukhi 2, multi-starrer Fukrey 3, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri’s The Vaccine War, and more. While these new theatrical releases …
  • As illicit trade booms, seizure mount: 3.5 tonnes of gold, 18 crore cigarette sticks and 90 tonnes of heroin caught in FY23 September 29, 2023 7:43 am The Indian Express Around 3.5 tonnes of gold, 18 crore cigarette sticks, 140 metric tonnes of red sanders and 90 tonnes of heroin were seized along with other drugs during the last financial year. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs Chairman Sanjay Kumar Agarwal on …
  • China Evergrande trading halted September 29, 2023 7:13 am Arkansas Democrat Gazette HONG KONG -- Trading in shares of heavily indebted Chinese property developer China Evergrande Group was suspended in Hong Kong on Thursday, according to a notice on the Hong Kong stock exchange. China Evergrande said in a notice on Thursday night that …
  • FCA review puts sanctions regime in the spotlight - Stacy Keen September 29, 2023 6:39 am The Scotsman A review launched by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has underlined how “critical” financial services firms’ sanctions systems and controls are for preventing financial crime. An FCA assessment of sanctions compliance systems and controls in more …
  • US regulators might change how they classify marijuana: Here's what that would mean September 29, 2023 4:57 am Insight News - Minnesota The news lit up the world of weed: U.S. health regulators are suggesting that the federal government loosen restrictions on marijuana. Specifically, the federal Health and Human Services Department has recommended taking marijuana out of a category of …
  • By the Book: Reviews of AHS: Delicate, The Other Black Girl and The Irrational September 29, 2023 1:56 am LA Weekly Streaming services, cable TV and Primetime television are fighting for your viewership now more than ever. UNBINGED is here to help you weed through it all, with reviews of the latest shows that highlight what we love, what we hate and what we love to hate …

White Collar Crime

  • Prosecutors have damning evidence of Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud: Why isn’t he pleading guilty? September 29, 2023 11:45 am Fortune The fraud trial of the decade gets underway next Tuesday when a jury will be selected to hear allegations against Sam Bankman-Fried, disgraced founder of the FTX crypto exchange. In subsequent weeks, prosecutors will produce a mountain of evidence— …
  • Migrants are being raped at Mexico border as they await entry to US September 29, 2023 10:12 am Reuters Sept 29 (Reuters) - REYNOSA, Mexico Sept 29 (Reuters) - When Carolina's captors arrived at dawn to pull her out of the stash house in the Mexican border city of Reynosa in late May, she thought they were going to force her to call her family in …
  • Bankman-Fried trial poses biggest test to date for crypto's top cop September 29, 2023 10:10 am Reuters U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams speaks at a press conference in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights NEW YORK, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Sam …
  • HOPE party launches budget talks September 29, 2023 6:55 am Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Sean Douglas 40 Minutes Ago Karen Nunez-Tesheira during an interview at her home in St. Ann's. - Photo by Ayanna Kinsale KAREN NUNEZ-TESHEIRA, deputy leader of the HOPE party and former finance minister, said the country needs true leadership to …
  • Alexander: Give crime talks precedence over budget debate September 29, 2023 6:55 am Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Sean Douglas 5 Hrs Ago File photo: PEP political leader Phillip Edward Alexander. PEP leader Phillip Edward Alexander says the Government and Opposition should prioritise cross-party crime talks over the budget debate, due after Monday's budget …
  • Caleb McCullough: Key takeaways from the second Republican presidential debate September 29, 2023 3:28 am The Daily Nonpareil - Iowa DES MOINES — Seven Republican presidential candidates met on Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan National Library in Simi Valley, California, for what turned out to be a two-hour shouting match that did not move the needle much in the race to be the Republican …
  • Former crypto star Sam Bankman-Fried faces US trial September 29, 2023 1:43 am Malay Mail NEW YORK, Sept 29 — Sam Bankman-Fried, once the most respected face of crypto currency, goes on trial Tuesday in federal court facing seven counts of fraud that could see him spend decades in prison. The curly haired graduate of the Massachusetts Institute …
  • Lupin on Netflix review: French crime caper is still slick but has lost a little of its oh la la September 29, 2023 12:57 am Evening Standard Review at a glance Seemingly out of nowhere, crime caper series Lupin proved a sensation for Netflix when parts one and two landed in 2021: it was the first French show to make the streamer’s global top 10. And after a two-year absence, it’s good to have …
  • Republicans Squabble Through Messy 2nd Debate in California September 28, 2023 8:07 pm The Weekly Journal SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Ron DeSantis needed a big night to revive his stalled presidential campaign and come within shouting distance of former President Donald Trump. It was a heavy lift, and probably too much to ask. Florida’s governor certainly had his …
  • Anthropology: Cinematic Crime and Cultural Obsession in Western Society September 28, 2023 6:57 pm Yoair Blog Post Views: 26,620 We live in a world saturated with images. Our visual landscape has become one of the most important avenues to create meaning and form our identities. Crime films [are] sites within which the meanings of crime and criminality are …

State Crime

  • Myanmar Junta Angry at China Over Crime Blockbuster 'No More Bets'. Here's Why September 29, 2023 12:47 pm News18 Last Updated: September 29, 2023, 14:26 IST Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup, presides at an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. (Reuters File Photo) …
  • Canada Honoring Nazi Veteran Can Be Seen as 'State Crime' – Nicaragua September 29, 2023 12:36 pm South Africa Today UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – The incident involving the honoring of Ukrainian Nazi veteran Yaroslav Hunka in the Canadian parliament can be viewed as a state crime, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada told Sputnik. Sputnik News South Africa Today – …
  • CRIME PREVENTION PANEL Sextortion is commonplace here, law enforcement experts say September 29, 2023 12:31 pm Record Eagle - Michigan SUTTONS BAY — Sextortion is one of the most prevalent crimes U.S Attorney for the Western Michigan District Mark Totten sees. “Public education matters,” Totten said before he joined Leelanau County Sheriff Mike Borkovich, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and …
  • The People of the State of New York v. Timothy W. Potter Jr. September 29, 2023 11:46 am New York Law Journal John R. Trice, Elmira, for appellant. Michael D. Ferrarese, District Attorney, Norwich (Bridget Rahilly Steller of New York Prosecutors Training Institute, Inc., Albany, of counsel), for respondent. Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chenango …
  • The People of the State of New York v. Christian M. Crannell September 29, 2023 11:43 am New York Law Journal Marlene O. Tuczinski, Chatham, for appellant, and appellant pro se. Karen A. Heggen, District Attorney, Ballston Spa (John B. Latella III of counsel), for respondent. Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Kathleen B. Hogan, J.), rendered January 20, …
  • Stakeholders urge state governments to enact prison decongestion laws  September 29, 2023 11:23 am Nairametrics Stakeholders in the field of corrections have urged state governments in Nigeria to develop and enforce laws aimed at alleviating prison overcrowding.   The News Agency of Nigeria reported that this call was made during a National Dialogue on Enlisting …
  • Forest officers tipped on wildlife forensic, law provisions in crime investigation September 29, 2023 11:02 am The Shillong Times   Guwahati, Sept 29: Importance of wildlife crime investigation through biological evidences and using DNA technology to establish a crime in the court of law as well as systematic preparation of documents in wildlife crime investigation were flagged by …
  • Dutch justice minister calls drug crime ‘narcoterrorism’ September 29, 2023 10:52 am Dutch News September 29, 2023 Senay Boztas An intercepted drug haul. Photo: Douane.nlThe Dutch justice minister has called the state of serious crime “narcoterrorism” at a meeting with Latin American and Caribbean counterparts in Brussels. Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, …
  • Rising custodial deaths in Gujarat are matter of great concern, says state law panel September 29, 2023 10:35 am Scroll.in Rising incidents of custodial deaths in Gujarat are a matter of “great public concern”, the state law commission has said in a report, reported The Indian Express on Friday. The report, titled “Suggestions to have proper control on the law enforcing agency …
  • Oakland small business owner laments dire state of crime: 'If I go to say something, I might get shot' September 29, 2023 10:06 am Fox News Derreck Johnson, owner of The Home of Chicken and Waffles in Oakland, California said many citizens’ and business owners’ livelihoods are on the line as crime continues to skyrocket.  Dozens of small businesses in Oakland, California, participated in a one …

Environmental Crime

Critical Theory

  • 1982: Marxism, the revolutionary party, and the critique of Healy’s <em>Studies in Dialectics</em> September 28, 2023 3:18 am World Socialist Web Site The following lecture was delivered by Christoph Vandreier, the national secretary of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party) of Germany to the SEP (US) International Summer School, held between July 30 and August 4, 2023. The …
  • Hal Foster: We are our apps September 27, 2023 1:35 pm London Review of Books Art​ history was shaken in the 1970s and 1980s, and the epicentre was 19th-century art. Emboldened by the resurgent Marxism and feminism of the 1960s, engaged scholars including T.J. Clark, Thomas Crow, Linda Nochlin and Griselda Pollock asked difficult …
  • From the archives of Marxism: Lessons of the 1973 coup in Chile September 11, 2023 2:38 am World Socialist Web Site September 11, 2023 marks 50 years since the bloody coup led by General Augusto Pinochet that crushed the working class in Chile and ushered in 17 years of fascist-military dictatorship. The coup unleashed savage repression that saw tens of thousands of …
  • Culture wars: We need to take care about who we label 'Marxist' August 26, 2023 5:30 am The Herald (Scotland) As the culture wars rage, the right and far right have rediscovered an old enemy: Karl Marx. The only problem is that the old beardie philosopher and Communist revolutionary is now, well, completely unrecognisable. In his new fantasy guise, the author of …
  • Trump wants to screen immigrants for 'Marxist' views and extend Texas buoy barriers August 21, 2023 5:36 pm The Gazette - Colorado Former President Donald Trump would take drastic actions to stop illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border if elected president, including conducting ideology screenings to ensure pro-Marxist immigrants are not admitted. The former president's …
  • ‘M’ is for Marxism: schools get an ‘F’ for fail August 14, 2023 3:35 am The Spectator Australia Australian schools are failing our children. Instead of teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic, schools have become centres for brainwashing. From kindergarten up, children are not being educated they are being indoctrinated with the toxic lies of …
  • Reading between the front lines: From ‘Gender Queer’ to Marxism, Montana’s libraries are emerging as the latest flashpoint in a culture clash over community standards. August 12, 2023 8:40 am Bozeman Daily Chronicle - Montana In 1990, a children’s book on the shelf of a small public library in Purcell, Oklahoma, began to cause a stir. It told the illustrated story of a young girl’s experience discovering that her family differs from some of her peers’ families. As its title …
  • Why I secretly loved the Barbie movie August 7, 2023 7:37 pm The Spectator Australia It’s not okay for men to criticise the Barbie movie, apparently. In modern Australia, we’re supposed to permit two hours of sexist drivel portraying us as either moronic party boys, incompetent corporate executives, or sleazy leering creeps, to just go …
  • Self-declared 'Marxist' library group chief stunned by backlash as state pulls funding to ALA August 7, 2023 4:24 pm Fox News Kirk Cameron, speaking on Saturday, August 5, in Huntsville, Alabama, says hes "so glad" his "See You at the Library" event worked out. (Dana Mixer for Fox News Digital) American Library Association President Emily Drabinski said she …
  • Livio Maitan Is a Forgotten Giant of Italian Marxism August 6, 2023 8:37 am Jacobin This year marks the centenary of the birth of the Italian Marxist Livio Maitan. Maitan, a remarkable figure of the radical left who died in 2004, is almost unknown among the latest generation of political activists. His intellectual and political …

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