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  Staff: Selected Comments Sent to Z

  Selected comments received Sept 28    Juliet Shor: I’m so...
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  Solomon: Tax Revelations and Corporate Media Won’t Defeat Trump

  Those who want to prevent another Trump victory should go all-out to show they won’t be fooled again
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  Cohn: From a Justice for Gender Equality to a “Justice” for Gender Oppression

  Amy Coney Barrett and Ruth Bader Ginsburg could not be more different when it comes to their respective notions of justice
• McCal­lum: American Workers Have Lost Control of Their Time. It’s Time To Take It Back.

  Whether it’s working longer hours, having no control over work schedules, or scrambling to find enough hours to pay the bills, American workers have lost control of their working time. Getting that time back is crucial—for workers’ well-being, for democracy and for weakening the tyrannical power of the boss.
• Germanos: ‘No Confirmation Before Inauguration’

  "The people demand that OUR NEEDS ARE MET before the Senate entertains the idea of confirming a new justice days before the most important presidential election of our lifetime."
• Aludaini: We Are the Children of Gaza: The Poet, the Fashionista and the Footballer

  In Gaza, we have two enemies: the coronavirus and the Israeli occupation
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  Wittner: Where Does the Democratic Party Stand on War, Peace, and International Relations?

  In this November’s elections, American voters will have a clear choice as to what kind of role they want their country to play in the world
• Smith: Telling the Truth About Slavery Is Not ‘Indoctrination’

  Our country is made better, not worse, by young people reckoning with the full legacy of the institution.
• Theoharis: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in America

  Or How to Legislate Evil and Punish the Poor
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  Raina: The Post-Truth Requirements of ‘Development’ and Parliament as an Artifact

  Although India is still saddled with a parliament, a colonial bugbear, the last six years or so have seen a gradual, but now more rapid, informal switch over to a desired and desirable presidential form.
• A. Haught: Babbling in ‘Tongues’

  Will much of Christianity be transformed into jerking, howling, swooning congregations who utter incoherent sounds?  If so, that’s one more reason for thinking people to renounce irrational supernaturalism.
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  Albert: Lydia Sargent, Live Like Her

  Death when one is diminished is devastating. Death when one...
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  Cook: The Guardian’s deceit-riddled new statement betrays both Julian Assange and journalism

  Of course, none of these corporate journalists – only Assange – is being put on trial, revealing clearly that this is a political trial to silence Assange and disable Wikileaks.
• Rathi: The Fate of Our Rights Won’t Be Determined by Amy Coney Barrett, But by Popular Struggle

  Shaping the law of the land is within the grasp of ordinary people, and it’s time for us to close that hand into a fist
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  Benjamin: Will Michele Flournoy Be the Angel of Death for the American Empire?

  Picking Michelle Flournoy to lead the Pentagon would be a tragic indication that Biden is truly hell-bent on squandering America’s future on a debilitating arms race with China and Russia
• Brown: Four Steps to Transform the Pharmaceutical Industry and Survive the Pandemic

  Dealing with the Covid crisis will require taking the profit motive out of our health systems. Here’s how.
• Olds: As West Coast Burns, We Need to Point Finger at Those Responsible

  We cannot have change without blame. Instead of calling for unity, it’s time to ask what our labor ancestors asked: “Which side are you on?” Because the fire is coming for you too.
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  Glick: The Sociology of Freedom

  A review of Abdullah Ocalan’s book, The Sociology of Freedom (PM Press)
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  La Botz: Why I’m for Voting For Biden and Urge You To Do So

  It has not been easy for me to arrive at this position or to publicly advocate it. But I have and I am. I urge all voters to vote for Biden to stop Trump’s reelection. As I said, I regret having to make this decision, but I would regret even more a second term for Trump
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  Schwarz: Hunger in America, Especially for Children, Has “Skyrocketed” During Pandemic

  Estimates say hunger in US households has tripled since 2019, and about 5 million school age children sometimes or often went hungry in 2020. This increase has nothing to do with a shortage of food. It is purely the result of political decisions.
• Heires: Europe Protects Jobs While the United States Accepts Mass Layoffs

  The differences in unemployment levels reflect dramatically contrasting philosophies about the role of government and public policy—dare we say even opposing moral perspectives