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Why Marx Still Matters

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Fri, 05/05/2023 - 19:31

On the second centenary of Karl Marx’s birth, global capitalism is stumbling from crisis to crisis. In the wake of the financial crash, interest in Marx’s ideas has blossomed once again. This should come as no surprise: they remain vital to understanding not only the dynamics of capitalism itself but the manner in which it […]

Ban on Property Sales to Citizens of China, Iran, and Others Is Cruising Through Texas Legislature

https://theintercept.com/2023/05/05/texas-property-ban-china-iran-russia-north-…
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Fri, 05/05/2023 - 19:00

Whether the bill, which Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed to sign, ends up as law or not, the discrimination is already stinging marginalized communities.

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What RCTs can and cannot tell us

https://larspsyll.wordpress.com/2023/05/05/what-rcts-can-and-cannot-tell-us-2/
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Fri, 05/05/2023 - 17:54
Unfortunately, social sciences’ hope that we can control simultaneously for a range of factors like education, labor force attachment, discrimination, and others is simply more wishful thinking. The problem is that the causal relations underlying such associations are so complex and so irregular that the mechanical process of regression analysis has no hope of unpacking […]

FINALLY a namecheck for Forsythe Pendleton "Jughead" Jones the Third

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Fri, 05/05/2023 - 17:00
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The latest vote suppression atrocity

https://digbysblog.net/2023/05/04/the-latest-vote-suppression-atrocity/
Created
Fri, 05/05/2023 - 10:00
Now they’re just letting Republican officials throw out elections whenever they want — in Democratic counties. Texas of course: The Texas Legislature is advancing a bill that would allow the secretary of state to redo elections in Harris County, where a number of Democratic candidates posted strong midterm election results and which has been dogged by GOP claims of election mismanagement. The Republican-controlled Senate passed the bill Tuesday and sent it to the state House. If it is enacted, it would allow the secretary of state to toss out election results in the state’s largest county and call a new vote if there is “good cause” to believe that at least 2% of polling places ran out of usable ballots during voting hours. The bill would apply only to counties with populations greater than 2.7 million, effectively singling out Harris County, which is home to Houston and has by far the largest population in the state, at nearly 5 million. In recent decades, Harris County has become more Democratic.

“Stand Back and Stand By”

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Fri, 05/05/2023 - 08:30
Tarrio’s going away along with his cohorts: Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the far-right extremist group were convicted Thursday of a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol in a desperate bid to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 presidential election. A jury in Washington, D.C., found Tarrio guilty of seditious conspiracy after hearing from dozens of witnesses over more than three months in one of the most serious cases brought in the stunning attack that unfolded on Jan. 6, 2021, as the world watched on live TV. It’s a significant milestone for the Justice Department, which has now secured seditious conspiracy convictions against the leaders of two major extremist groups prosecutors say were intent on keeping Democratic President Joe Biden out of the White House at all costs. The charge carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years. Tarrio, behind bars since his March 2022 arrest, didn’t appear to show any emotion as the verdict was read. He hugged one of his lawyers and shook the hand of the other before leaving the courtroom.

Coffs Coast Food Lovers Long Lunch launched in Sapphire Beach

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Fri, 05/05/2023 - 07:06

A NEW experience for local food lovers was launched in Sapphire Beach on Saturday 29 April. The Coffs Coast Food Lovers Long Lunch was held at Wylde Oak Café at the family-owned Coffs Harbour Nursery on Wakelands Road, Sapphire Beach. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us....

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SWIFF announces Goran Stolevski as winner of 2023 Ferguson Film Prize

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Fri, 05/05/2023 - 07:02

THE Coffs Coast’s Screenwave International Film Festival has announced the recipient of the 2023 Ferguson Film Prize as Australian-Macedonian director Goran Stolevski for his Melbourne-set coming of age romance, Of an Age. The Ferguson Film Prize, which includes a trophy, a $3000 personal cash prize, and an official award accreditation, is bequeathed by Australian film...

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ETC launches First Nations Scholarships Program to foster Indigenous education and empowerment

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Fri, 05/05/2023 - 07:00

COFFS Harbour employment, training and business services agency, Enterprise and Training Company (ETC), has launched a First Nations Scholarships Program. Applications opened on Monday 24 April and will close on Friday 16 June. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email...

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