From Realignment to Reinforcement
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/democratic-party-campaign-fundraising-wasserman-schultz
Leftists looking to take over the Democratic Party will confront even more roadblocks than in the past.
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How to Build a Mass Movement
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/womens-march-dc-trump-protests-inaugurationTo build a mass movement against Trump, we have to engage newcomers productively.
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The Anti-Inauguration
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/the-anti-inaugurationWatch Jacobin’s “The Anti-Inauguration,” featuring Naomi Klein, Jeremy Scahill, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and more.
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Striking the Startups
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/foodora-strike-turin-gig-economy-startups-uberIn Italy, striking food couriers showed “gig economy” capitalists they’re serious about their rights as workers.
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Amazon and Google fight crucial battle over voice recognition
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/22/home-battleground-amazon-google-voice-technologyThe retail giant has a threatening lead over its rival with the Echo and Alexa, as questions remain over how the search engine can turn voice technology into revenue Amazon and Google always thrive in the fourth quarter as people get out their wallets for Christmas. Both companies – or in Google’s case, its parent group, Alphabet – are therefore expected to announce booming revenues in their fourth-quarter results over the next fortnight, with Alphabet going first on Thursday and Amazon the (...)
#Google #Amazon #Alexa #Echo #Home #transnationales #biométrie #vocal
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The Rebel Girl
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/elizabeth-gurley-flynn-iww-trump-womens-marchAs we build a movement to thwart Trump and win genuine social change, the activist life of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn is instructive.
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The Party We Need
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/the-party-we-needImagine a different inauguration. If we had a working-class party, what would it fight for?
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Betsy Devos’s Golden Age
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/betsy-devos-education-secretary-trump-charters-reformBetsy Devos has spent a fortune to influence education policy. If she is confirmed as education secretary, for the first time, she can do it for free.
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What Did Bernie Do?
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/what-did-bernie-doLooking back at the Sanders campaign and the struggles to come.
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Restoring King
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/restoring-kingThere is no figure in recent American #History whose memory is more distorted than Martin Luther King Jr.
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#Cuba: #homenaje a Fidel en celebraciones por el Día de la #ciencia
▻http://www.nodal.am/2017/01/cuba-homenaje-a-fidel-en-celebraciones-por-el-dia-de-la-ciencia[Esto es un resumen. Visita la Web para la nota completa y más!]
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When the Indians Defeat the Cowboys
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/standing-rock-indigenous-american-progressHow 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.
