Interesting links of the day
catching up
Monopoly Media & Culture+
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/editorial-whats-a-journalist/
https://www.cjr.org/special_report/the-proclaimer-santa-clarita.php/
https://hyperallergic.com/463192/pixels-and-politics-in-the-age-of-fake-news/
https://www.justsecurity.org/61022/due-diligence-backs-u-s-denial-advance-knowledge-khashoggi-plot/
www.niemanlab.org/2018/10/the-outline-built-itself-on-being-weird-but-is-it-weird-enough-to-survive/
https://www.blackpressusa.com/a-five-hundred-year-old-shared-history/
Net Neutrality+
CIA/NSA/Russiagate+
http://www.defenddemocracy.press/vital-us-moles-in-the-kremlin-go-missing/
https://eurasiantimes.com/us-uk-geared-clear-sky-2018-military-exercise-ukraine/
https://www.mintpressnews.com/wwiii-us-ukraine-syria-russia/250253/
http://www.defenddemocracy.press/renaissance-or-ruin-yeltsins-desperation-dismantles-democracy/
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/05/russ-o05.html
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/10/09/erasing-history-diplomacy-truth-and-life-on-earth/
https://jewishcurrents.org/essay/the-soros-myth/
https://lithub.com/how-the-communist-blacklist-shaped-the-entertainment-industry-as-we-know-it/
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/911-senate-votes-declassify-documents/
https://consortiumnews.com/2018/10/06/the-fifthonline-vigil-for-julian-assange/
https://hyperallergic.com/463192/pixels-and-politics-in-the-age-of-fake-news/
http://www.brasilwire.com/the-cia-finger-in-brasils-elections/
https://consortiumnews.com/2018/10/07/ray-mcgovern-on-daniel-ellsberg-and-consortium-news/
https://www.justsecurity.org/61022/due-diligence-backs-u-s-denial-advance-knowledge-khashoggi-plot/
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/10/khas-o10.html
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/10/09/cracks-in-the-house-of-saud/
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/jamal-khashoggi-saudi-arabia.php
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/11/pers-o11.html
Limo Licenses to Kill http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/10/limo-o10.html
Grassroots Media & Culture
https://hyperallergic.com/463930/forward-union-fair-red-bull-arts/
https://pleasekillme.com/wood-dylan-slick-art/
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/10/01/eartha-kitt-in-istanbul/
https://hyperallergic.com/463111/taking-apart-the-war-machine-to-see-whats-inside/
https://lithub.com/going-hungry-at-the-most-prestigious-mfa-in-america/ s
https://hyperallergic.com/464522/radical-publishing-weekend-fowler-museum-vpam/
“Enjoy Yourself…” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7VT2EHa0b4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreams_of_a_Life
https://hyperallergic.com/462890/artists-confront-the-radioactive-landscapes-of-the-united-states/
Literature+
http://avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2018/09/28/tears-on-the-bench/
https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/09/27/lewis-thomas-altruism/
https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/09/05/jeanette-winterson-10-tips-on-writing/
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/10/04/the-silence-of-sexual-assault-in-literature/
https://crimereads.com/elmore-leonards-greatest-opening-lines/
Submissions+
http://www.authorspublish.com/wundor-editions-now-seeking-manuscript-submissions/
Mediation Generally
https://aeon.co/ideas/saudade-the-untranslateable-word-for-the-presence-of-absence
https://dariusforoux.com/daily-writing-habit/
Journalism Archives Assessment https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21670811.2018.1510293?journalCode=rdij20
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/10/raiders-of-the-lost-web/409210/
https://www.lenfestinstitute.org/community-listening-engagement-fund/
https://www.propublica.org/local-reporting-network/
http://inn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/INN.Ex_.Summweb5.pdf?platform=hootsuite
https://aeon.co/essays/words-have-soul-on-the-romantic-theory-of-language-origin
https://bombmagazine.org/articles/magic-mushrooms/
https://aeon.co/essays/is-the-translator-a-servant-of-the-text-or-an-original-artist
https://dariusforoux.com/pitch-emails/
https://socialistproject.ca/2018/10/the-age-of-unreason/
https://daily.jstor.org/mysterious-mana-of-speaking/
www.niemanlab.org/2018/10/the-outline-built-itself-on-being-weird-but-is-it-weird-enough-to-survive/
Elections/Propaganda/Ruling Classes
https://www.socialeurope.eu/the-collapse-of-european-social-democracy-part-1
https://www.socialeurope.eu/the-collapse-of-european-social-democracy-part-2
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/taibbi-bernie-sanders-banks-732633/
https://whowhatwhy.org/2018/10/02/georgia-stands-out-in-voter-discrimination-experts-say/
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/410213-dems-see-blue-tsunami-in-house-senate-slipping-away
http://newpol.org/content/they-count-you-not-knowing
https://www.socialeurope.eu/politics-pessimism-and-populism
Bernie
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-shameless-opportunism-of-nikki-haley/
Political Economy
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/homeless-america/
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/taibbi-bernie-sanders-banks-732633/
https://www.thekomisarscoop.com/2018/10/the-paradise-papers-what-do-you-want-to-know/
https://logicmag.io/05-the-automation-charade/
https://organizingupgrade.com/whats-the-deal-with-tariffs/
https://www.sapiens.org/culture/squatting/
USMCA Trade https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/IF10997.pdf
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2018/10/continuing-dominance-dollar.html
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/11/imfr-o11.html
STS+
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-do-computers-use-so-much-energy/
https://theconversation.com/how-capitalism-ruined-our-relationship-with-bacteria-103944
https://lithub.com/dear-edward-abbey-things-arent-looking-great-for-the-wild/
https://aeon.co/essays/how-employers-have-gamified-work-for-maximum-profit
https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-the-pentagons-insect-army/5656578
https://socialistproject.ca/2018/10/the-age-of-unreason/
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/monsanto-ruling-may-overturned/
https://aeon.co/essays/the-secret-intellectual-history-of-mathematics
Women & Sexuality/Family
Elite Impunity http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/50392.htm
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/10/06/there-was-no-debate-when-we-needed-one/
https://whowhatwhy.org/2018/10/05/breaking-kavanaugh-father-son-cancer-powder-keg/
https://www.mintpressnews.com/mass-arrests-kavanaugh/250356/
https://chieforganizer.org/2018/10/06/kavanagh-nomination-a-challenge-to-metoo-movement/
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/14/early-men-women-equal-scientists
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/10/04/the-silence-of-sexual-assault-in-literature/
https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2018/10/05/actions-have-consequences/
#MeToo Critique http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/05/inno-o05.html
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Gender-X-and-Automation.html?soid=1108369064136&aid=j7ZqdfcCY-8
http://www.anothermanmag.com/life-culture/gallery/9220/linder-sterling/9
https://daily.jstor.org/man-behind-new-man/
https://lithub.com/how-do-we-move-beyond-commodified-feminism/
Education & Youth
https://lithub.com/going-hungry-at-the-most-prestigious-mfa-in-america/
https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24783/how-people-learn-ii-learners-contexts-and-cultures
https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-sessional-curse-universities-and-the-casual-work-force/5656570
Health/Mental Health/Pharma
https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/09/27/lewis-thomas-altruism/
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/27/business/addiction-inc.html
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2018/10/how-inequality-harms-mental-health.html
https://aeon.co/ideas/psychotherapy-is-not-harmless-on-the-side-effects-of-cbt
https://highexistence.com/5-reasons-modern-life-depression/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreams_of_a_Life
http://yourblackworld.net/2014/10/03/this-womans-body-was-in-her-apartment-3-years-with-the-tv-on/
https://aeon.co/videos/you-messed-up-you-re-in-trouble-but-don-t-worry-logical-positivism-can-help
Nobel Sold For Care http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/50406.htm
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/health/cvs-aetna-merger.html
Migration/Refugees
Solving Refugee Crises
https://theconversation.com/migration-new-map-of-europe-reveals-real-frontiers-for-refugees-103458
Litigation++
Elite Impunity http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/50392.htm
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/10/06/there-was-no-debate-when-we-needed-one/
https://whowhatwhy.org/2018/10/05/breaking-kavanaugh-father-son-cancer-powder-keg/
https://chieforganizer.org/2018/10/06/kavanagh-nomination-a-challenge-to-metoo-movement/
https://progressive.org/op-eds/howard-zinn-despair-supreme-court/
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/monsanto-ruling-may-overturned/
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/10/jason-van-dyke-conviction-laquan-mcdonald
#MeToo Critique http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/05/inno-o05.html
Iran’s World Court Ruling http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/50396.htm
Ideology/History
https://aeon.co/essays/how-eric-hobsbawm-helped-shape-the-global-marxist-imagination
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3p4y8/what-actual-socialists-think-about-socialism
https://lithub.com/how-the-communist-blacklist-shaped-the-entertainment-industry-as-we-know-it/
4th International Update http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/09/codn-o09.html
http://www.ianwelsh.net/red-lines/
http://coreyrobin.com/2018/10/08/the-scandal-of-democracy-seven-theses-for-the-socialist-left/
https://bostonreview.net/philosophy-religion/seyla-benhabib-below-asphalt-lies-beach
https://aeon.co/videos/you-messed-up-you-re-in-trouble-but-don-t-worry-logical-positivism-can-help
https://aeon.co/essays/how-employers-have-gamified-work-for-maximum-profit
https://lithub.com/how-do-we-move-beyond-commodified-feminism/
Religion As Such
https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/what-happened-catholic-church
https://aeon.co/ideas/evangelicals-bring-the-votes-catholics-bring-the-brains
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2018-10-11/catholic-churchs-biggest-crisis-reformation
International Organizations+
Iran’s World Court Ruling http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/50396.htm
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-shameless-opportunism-of-nikki-haley/
Activism/Class Conflict/Fascism
https://hyperallergic.com/463930/forward-union-fair-red-bull-arts/
More Fascist History https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/170152
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/america-has-become-a-functionally-fascist-state/
chieforganizer.org/2018/10/05/building-sustainable-organizations-and-utilizing-capacity/
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wj9pb9/a-peek-inside-the-secret-sick-rituals-of-americas-frats
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/15/the-prophetic-pragmatism-of-frederick-douglass
https://www.socialeurope.eu/politics-pessimism-and-populism
https://www.transform-network.net/blog/article/why-its-worth-fighting-for-the-collective-movement/
Drugs/War on Drugs/Police State
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/10/jason-van-dyke-conviction-laquan-mcdonald
https://www.wakingtimes.com/2018/10/05/the-diabolical-truth-about-mass-market-cocaine/
Drug Plane Interdiction Annual Report https://fas.org/sgp/othergov/interdict-2017.pdf
Ditto, Congressional Report https://fas.org/irp/congress/2010_rpt/interdict.pdf
War/Antiwar/Empire
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/nato-troops-russian-border/
https://hyperallergic.com/463111/taking-apart-the-war-machine-to-see-whats-inside/
new Afghan legislation https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R45329.pdf
https://sputniknews.com/columnists/201810081068701121-us-saudi-arabia-relations/
https://dispatchesfromtheedgeblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/10/the-syrian-chess-board/
Total War Horizons http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/11/tota-o11.html
Nukes/Nuclear Weapons/Energy Generally
Nuke German Leukemia https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ijc.23330
https://nuclear-news.net/2018/10/05/how-to-get-shot-of-nuclear-wastes/
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/trump-signs-legislation-to-promote-advanced-nuclear-technology#gs.4ErnFfQ
https://thediplomat.com/2018/10/chinas-nuclear-diplomacy-in-the-middle-east/
https://nuclear-news.net/2018/10/11/belgiums-phaseout-of-nuclear-power/
https://hyperallergic.com/462890/artists-confront-the-radioactive-landscapes-of-the-united-states/
https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-the-pentagons-insect-army/5656578
Weaponss
Russian INF compliance https://fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/R43832.pdf
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/9/beatrice_fihn_of_the_nobel_winning
Energy Gen
https://chieforganizer.org/2018/10/10/if-exxon-is-for-carbon-tax-should-we-oppose-it/
South/Race+
https://whowhatwhy.org/2018/10/02/georgia-stands-out-in-voter-discrimination-experts-say/
https://www.blackpressusa.com/a-five-hundred-year-old-shared-history/
Latin America+
http://labornotes.org/2018/10/election-landslide-raises-hopes-mexican-labor
Mexico CRS Update https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42917.pdf
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/10/10/lopez-obrador-in-mexico-meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old/
Brazil election http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/08/braz-o08.html
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/10/06/presidential-election-about-fight-democracy-brazil
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/world/americas/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-election.html
https://socialistproject.ca/2018/10/mst-open-letter-on-brazil-election/
https://socialistproject.ca/2018/10/authoritarian-brazil-redux/
https://mailchi.mp/62aec90c5f45/2018-brazil-elections-coup-against-democracy?e=2f8b22d4cf
http://www.brasilwire.com/the-cia-finger-in-brasils-elections/
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/10/pers-o10.html
https://socialistproject.ca/2018/10/round-two-brazil-election/
https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/archbishop-scar-romero-setting-record-straight
Europe Generally
https://aeon.co/ideas/saudade-the-untranslateable-word-for-the-presence-of-absence
https://www.socialeurope.eu/the-collapse-of-european-social-democracy-part-1
https://www.socialeurope.eu/the-collapse-of-european-social-democracy-part-2
https://www.transform-network.net/blog/article/why-its-worth-fighting-for-the-collective-movement/
Africa
Israel/Palestine
https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/68672/wife-of-israeli-prime-minister-goes-on-trial-for.html
https://jewishcurrents.org/essay/the-soros-myth/
Asia/Geopolitics+
https://dispatchesfromtheedgeblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/10/the-syrian-chess-board/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/10/09/cracks-in-the-house-of-saud/
http://www.defenddemocracy.press/capital-flight-figures-to-make-your-eyes-water/
Videos++
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/911-senate-votes-declassify-documents/
https://consortiumnews.com/2018/10/06/the-fifthonline-vigil-for-julian-assange/
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/america-has-become-a-functionally-fascist-state/
https://www.wakingtimes.com/2018/10/05/the-diabolical-truth-about-mass-market-cocaine/
https://pleasekillme.com/wood-dylan-slick-art/
Solving Refugee Crises https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-bIaIgcBuI
“Enjoy Yourself…” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7VT2EHa0b4
Iran’s World Court Ruling http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/50396.htm
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Gender-X-and-Automation.html?soid=1108369064136&aid=j7ZqdfcCY-8
Billy Bragg!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdxBdl0JTyQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liNnCKPeEv0
https://aeon.co/videos/you-messed-up-you-re-in-trouble-but-don-t-worry-logical-positivism-can-help
https://hyperallergic.com/462890/artists-confront-the-radioactive-landscapes-of-the-united-states/
https://www.socialeurope.eu/politics-pessimism-and-populism
https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-the-pentagons-insect-army/5656578
Bernie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK_uHMTBo1Q&feature=youtu.be
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/9/beatrice_fihn_of_the_nobel_winning
https://www.sapiens.org/culture/squatting/
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