When the Indians Defeat the Cowboys
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/standing-rock-indigenous-american-progress
How indigenous people and the Left can continue to win in the wake of Standing Rock.
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The Case for Haitian Reparations
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debtHaitians are asking the French government to return some of what was stolen.
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Free Chelsea Manning Now
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/chelsea-manning-clemency-obama-leaks-whistleblower-iraq-afghanistan-wikiPresident Obama must act now and grant clemency to Chelsea Manning.
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Trump TV
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/trump-press-conference-fake-news-russia-conspiraciesThe mainstream media is playing much the same game as the fake news sites, but they’re losing.
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Who Put Trump in the White House?
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/trump-election-democrats-gop-clinton-whites-workers-rust-beltThe Democratic Party has been collapsing for years, but no one noticed before Trump came along.
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When Frederick Douglass Met John Brown
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/harpers-ferry-john-brown-frederick-douglassWhat role did Frederick Douglass play in John Brown’s Harpers Ferry raid?
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Corbyn, the Unlikely Populist
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/corbyn-populism-labour-brexit-tories-immigrationJeremy Corbyn could use a dose of populist fire. But if that means playing the Right’s game, it will be as unconvincing as it is unprincipled.
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Against Meryl Streep
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/meryl-streep-speech-trump-golden-globesMeryl Streep’s speechifying at the Golden Globes was the worst thing to happen since Trump’s election.
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Syria and the Left
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/syria-war-crisis-refugees-assad-dictatorship-arab-spring-intervention-ruBehind the humanitarian disaster of the Syrian civil war is a political crisis the Left urgently needs to understand.
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The Slow Collapse of Imperial Republics
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/trump-russia-election-legitimacy-imperial-powerDisputes over Trump’s election are just the latest episodes in the slow erosion of trust in the legitimacy of American institutions.
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Charlie Hebdo: The Poverty of Satire
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/charlie-hebdo-satire-islamophobia-laicite-terrorism-free-speechTwo years after the Charlie Hebdo massacre, we consider the origin and trajectory of the publication.
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Megyn Kelly Is Still Terrible
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-racist-feminist-fox-news-nbcMegyn Kelly’s handful of admirable stances at Fox don’t make up for years of peddling reactionary, racist nonsense.
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Safety Pins and Swastikas
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/safety-pin-box-richard-spencer-neo-nazis-alt-right-identity-politicsThe frameworks of liberal identity politics and “alt-right” white nationalism are proving curiously compatible.
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When Abstention Is Progress
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/israel-settlements-un-obama-netanyahu-trump-palestineThe recent UN vote on Israeli settlements is belated and toothless, but it gives a boost to anti-occupation activists.
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A Constitutional Revolution
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/constitution-trump-democracy-electoral-college-senateThe Constitution has strangled American democracy for long enough. We need a constituent assembly.
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The Ghost of Japanese Internment
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/12/trump-muslim-registry-japanese-internment-wwii-concentration-campsTrump’s calls for a Muslim registry have reignited memories of the World War II–era incarceration of Japanese Americans.
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What Is Aleppo?
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/12/gary-johnson-aleppo-meritocracy-intelligence-politicsThe response to Gary Johnson’s gaffe captured all the hubris and faux expertise of 2016.
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Remember the Massacre at Wounded Knee
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/12/wounded-knee-massacre-lakota-us-armyOn this day in 1890, the US Army murdered as many as 300 Native American men, women, and children.
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The Special Ed Students Deserve
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/12/chicago-schools-special-ed-ctuFree-market education reform has hit special-needs students especially hard.
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Beyond Bread and Butter
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/12/university-manitoba-strike-union-umfa-bargainingThe University of Manitoba strike showed that worker power isn’t all about money — it’s also about collective self-governance.
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With Friends Like Bannon
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/12/trump-zionism-israel-palestine-zoa-free-speech-sjp-activismTrump’s administration will embolden the Right to harass, suppress, and silence any criticism of Israel.
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Why Christmas Matters
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/12/christmas-culture-wars-revolutionary-gospel-leftChristmas at its best celebrates the entrance in the world of one who would bring good news to the poor and freedom for the prisoner.
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The Class Struggle in the North Pole
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/12/the-class-struggle-in-the-north-poleWhat’s behind Santa’s bloody rise? Three leading elven #Labor activists offer a class analysis of the North Pole “gift economy.”
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Conservatives Against Incarceration ?
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/12/carceral-state-mass-incarceration-conservatives-koch-trumpFiscal conservatives were never going to bring down the carceral state. A broader fight against social inequality is needed.
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The Trump Way
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/12/donald-trump-workers-infrastructure-immigrants-jobsTrump’s infrastructure and jobs proposals might ruffle some establishment feathers, but he’ll still be terrible for workers.
