Todd Gitlin
Professor of Journalism and Sociology, Chair of Communications, Columbia University. Writer of nonfiction & novels. Troublemaker. Retweet is only pass-through.
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How Trump and Bolsonaro Broke Latin America’s Covid-19 Defenses
The two presidents drove out 10,000 Cuban doctors and nurses. They defunded the region’s leading health agency. They wrongly pushed hydroxychloroquine as a cure.
Todd Gitlin
“In their zeal to get rid of the Cuban doctors, the Trump administration has punished every country in the hemisphere, and without question that has meant more Covid cases, and more Covid deaths.It is outrageous.” nyti.ms/2HEQTUQ
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Phone Bank for Joe Biden & Kamala Harris with Progressives for Biden & CADem · Grassroots Democrats HQ
Join us to make calls to voters on behalf of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Democrats up and down the ballot in the states that will decide the Electoral College: Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and...
Todd Gitlin
I’m attending Grassroots Democrats HQ’s event, “Phone Bank for Joe Biden & Kamala Harris with Progressives for Biden & CADem” – sign up now to join me!
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What Just Happened? Writers Discuss the Post-Election Moment
Join writers Paul Auster, Salman Rushdie, Rebecca Solnit, and Natasha Trethewey for a national conversation about our post-election moment.
Todd Gitlin
Check out "What Just Happened? Writers Discuss the Post-Election Moment" Nov 5, 8 pm Eastern eventbrite.com/e/what-just-ha… @Eventbrite
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Bucks' George Hill returns to Milwaukee, encourages voting
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard George Hill said the importance of Wisconsin in the upcoming election caused him to fly back here this weekend to assist in a local voting drive. Hill,...
Arrest Leads to Tragedy in the Rio Grande Valley
Jorge Gonzalez Zuniga’s death after a brutal arrest prompted protests that are rare in a region where undocumented immigrants often prefer to stay silent.
How to Steal an Election
In the old days, nobody needed help from a foreign country.
Todd Gitlin
Reps are a bulldozer party. 'In the South at the end of Reconstruction, white Democratic rifle clubs “policed” the polls. They invented the term “bulldoze” in 1876 to describe the use of a “dose” of the bullwhip to terrorize African-American voters.'
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End Minority Rule
Either we become a truly multiracial democracy or we cease to be a democracy at all.
Union Members in Berkshires Vow to Strike if Trump Interferes with Election Outcome
PITTSFIELD, MA — A labor group with members in Berkshire County is pledging to take nonviolent action to defend the democratic process, “if Donald Trump and his GOP enablers attempt to obstruct, subvert, sabotage, overturn or reject a fair and...
The Republican Identity Crisis After Trump
This Presidency poses stark questions about the ideological future of both parties.
A New Yorker Cartoon
“They’re unspookable this year.”
How Aaron Sorkin’s moralizing liberal fantasy betrays the real ‘Chicago 7’
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” turns out to be a passionate defense of the system its heroes are committed to overthrowing.
Todd Gitlin
Best review I've seen of "The Trial of the Chicago 7." forward.com/culture/456814… (My own is coming soon.)
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Republicans: The New Confederacy
Democracy works best when politics don’t mirror the country’s deepest social divisions, and all sides can accept defeat and a transition of government. As Trump flags replace Confederate flags on truck caravans and at Republican rallies, we are...
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2/ commanding the labor of “four million African slaves” in the service of civilization. That “nation” faced colossal defeat four years later; a similar political fate may yet befall a Republican party unhinged by today’s world.'
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Call Crew Training! · 2020 Victory
Having impactful conversations with voters is the most important thing you can do to help elect Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Democrats down the ballot this fall!
⭐ **Join other volunteers from around the country for this interactive live training...
Russian Intelligence Agencies Target the U.S. Vote, Abetted By Trump
Russian president Vladimir Putin (center) with Yvgeny Prigozhin, financier of Russian influence operations.
Todd Gitlin
Check out 'Russian Intelligence Agencies Target the U.S. Vote, Abetted By Trump' on The Deep State Blog website
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Forget Antitrust Laws. To Limit Tech, Some Say a New Regulator Is Needed.
Even as the Justice Department sued Google, some antitrust experts wondered whether a different government response would be more effective.
Todd Gitlin
'“Antitrust is not a fully adequate tool to deal with the companies that dominate these markets,” said Gene Kimmelman, co-author of a recent report by the Shorenstein Center that called for the creation of a “digital platform agency” in America.'
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OSHA Under Fire Over Regulation of Meatpacking in Pandemic
Critics say the agency has applied scant oversight and negligible penalties despite virus outbreaks at many plants in the spring.
How to Break the Hold of Conspiracy Theories
The big lesson of 2020 is that everything keeps getting more dishonest.
Todd Gitlin
"Propagandists keep discovering new ways to spread misinformation; researchers...keep sussing them out, & usually quite late media & tech companies move to fix the flaws — by which time the bad guys have moved on to some other way of spreading untruths."
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Goldman Sachs Malaysia Arm Pleads Guilty in 1MDB Fraud
All told, Goldman will pay billions in penalties and disgorgement in Malaysia, the United States and Hong Kong for its role in the looting of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund.
Todd Gitlin
3/ formally sentenced in December, allowing enough time for Goldman to secure waivers from regulatory agencies so it can operate as normal afterward, **such as a fiduciary for employee pension and retirement plans.**"
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