Newsletter 3.20.18
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Here's this week's newsletter. Thank you as always!
Florence, Nima, and Adam
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Prisoners Across Florida Went on Strike. Instead of Fair Wages, They Got Solitary. Mike Arria, In These Times (3/19/18)
Hundreds of prisoners went on strike on MLK day--two months later stories of retaliation are beginning to emerge.
Puerto Ricans and Ultrarich “Puertopians” Are Locked in a Pitched Struggle Over How to Remake the Island - Naomi Klein, The Intercept (3/20/18)
From the writer who brought us “shock doctrine”, Klein shows how the script continues to play out, this time in post-Maria Puerto Rico.
'Human Rights Champion' John McCain Silent on Efforts to End War Crimes in Yemen - Adam Johnson, TruthDig (3/14/18)
McCain’s a total phony, per usual.
How a Scrappy Campus Union Saved Tennessee From Privatization - Chris Brooks and Rebecca Kolins Givan, In These Times (3/20/18)
Unions are a rare bright spot in the world today, Brooks and Givan tell us one such tale.
In Run-Up to Vote to End Yemen War, MSNBC Remains Totally Silent - Adam Johnson, FAIR (3/20/18)
Our “liberal media” simply doesn’t care about the largest humanitarian (and US-created) disaster on earth.
Copspeak: When Black Children Suddenly Become ‘Juveniles’ - Adam Johnson, FAIR (3/19/18)
Why does the media talk about children––especially black children––as specimens when reporting on crime?
The CBS Interview With Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman Was a Crime Against Journalism - Mehdi Hasan, Intercept (3/19/18)
Adam was going to write about CBS’s press release for the Saudi regime, but Hasan beat him to it and did a much better job than he would have.
Russia Was a Latecomer to the Cyberwar Game - Branko Marcetic Jacobin (3/15/18)
The US perfected online psyops, Russia simply did a cheap knock off.
