Новости за 29.01.2016

I first heard the term “pinkwashing” at an event in Seattle four years ago, where I saw that, as a Jewish queer, I was the prime target for Israel’s latest public relations strategy: marketing Israel as an LGBTQ-friendly destination to shift focus from its human rights abuses against all Palestinians. A successful push by local activists to cancel an Israel-sponsored speaking event of LGBT Israelis had been followed by intense backlash from several LGBTQ and Jewish organizations. At a report-back... Читать дальше...

Written in March of 1983 by In These Times veteran reporter David Moberg—soon after Sanders’ first reelection as mayor of Burlington, Vermont—this never-before-published-online article offers a detailed look at the current Democratic presidential candidate's first mayoral term, and how, with the help a broad coalition, he was able to overcome fierce opposition from the city's political establishment to implement a progressive agenda. With Sanders currently tied or leading in polls in Iowa and New Hampshire... Читать дальше...

One of the most interesting things about the Sanders/Clinton race is the age divide. Young people really like Sanders. Old people really like Clinton. Sanders has especially been a hit with young women who favor him by even larger margins than young men do.

Donald Trump does not make it easy to refrain calling him a fascist.

To be sure, people have been willing to call him that well before Democratic non-entity Martin O’Malley called him that. Since then, the debate has not so much boiled over as been reduced to a simmer, percolating and waiting for the billionaire-candidate to say or do something that would once again push it back up over the top.

Enter the “Freedom Kids,” three adorable little girls who opened up Trump’s campaign stop in Tampa, Florida. Читать дальше...