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The Right to Lie

Lawrence Abu Hamdan

April 18, 2017 • by GIDEST

Lawrence Abu Hamdan, a 2015-17 Vera List Center Fellow, is a visual artist and audio investigator with a background in DIY music. He was the Armory Show commissioned Artist of 2015 and has exhibited and performed at venues such as The New Museum, Van AbbeMuseum, The Shanghai Biennial (2014), The Whitechapel Gallery, MACBA, ...

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Pink Out the Capital

April 14, 2017 • by Jo Freeman

Roughly 500 women and a few men gathered on the east lawn of the US Capital building on March 29 to declare that "I Stand With Planned Parenthood." The Senate was due to vote on a resolution to permit the states to deny federal family planning funds to health care ...

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The Graham Rule, the Nuclear Option, and Pepsi Protesting

Past Present Episode 78

April 13, 2017 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young and Nicole Hemmer

In this week's episode, Neil, Natalia, and Niki debate Mike Pence's rules for women colleagues, the end of the Senate filibuster, and Pepsi's attempt to coopt Black Lives Matter.

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The Graham Rule, the Nuclear Option, and Pepsi Protesting

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An Unhappy Marriage of Neoliberalism and Neo-mercantilism

Political economy of Turkey in a double bind

April 10, 2017 • by Yahya Madra

Economic commentators divide Justice and Development Party reign into two periods: the golden years of 2002-2008 and the lackluster years of 2009 onwards. This periodization may need to be qualified (and not only due to recently changed statistical definitions of Turkstat) by adding a third period starting roughly in the aftermath ...

An Unhappy Marriage of Neoliberalism and Neo-mercantilism

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Stand with Standing Rock Rally

Washington D.C.

April 8, 2017 • by Jo Freeman

Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline protested at several dozen locations throughout the country as the Army Corps of Engineers granted the developer permission to lay the pipe under a reservoir in North Dakota. The Standing Rock tribe of Sioux have been the primary opponents out of fear that leaks ...

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The AHCA, Children’s Sleep, and Planets

Past Present Episode 77

April 7, 2017 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young and Nicole Hemmer

In this week's episode, Niki, Neil, and Natalia debate the fate of the American Health Care Act, the constructed nature of children's sleep, and Pluto's place among the planets.

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Building a Feminism for the 99%

Mobilizing for the International Women’s Strike

April 7, 2017 • by Zeyno Ustun

Public Seminar broadcasted the open conversation with feminists, students, workers, professors and international activists, including Nancy Fraser, Cinzia Arruzza and Miriam Ticktin, live in Feb 28th at the New School. The event was announced with the following message. Enjoy the video! On March 8 more than 30 different countries went on strike. ...

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International Women’s Strike

March 8 Rally

April 3, 2017 • by Ali Shames-Dawson

On March 8th, the International Women’s Strike struck a chord similar to the Women’s March on Washington 46 days prior. As much a celebration as a show of resistance, in a defiant and yet jubilant declaration of solidarity across difference, all variations of women, their loved ones and allies of ...

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Intersectionality, Beauty & the Beast, and Defunding the NEH & NEA

Past Present Episode 76

March 31, 2017 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young and Nicole Hemmer

In this week's episode, Neil, Natalia, and Niki debate whether intersectionality is a religion, the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast, and Trump's plan to defund the NEA and NEH.

Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:

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Intersectionality, Beauty & the Beast, and Defunding the NEH & NEA

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The LSAT, George W. Bush, and Corporal Punishment

Past Present Episode 75

March 24, 2017 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young and Nicole Hemmer

In this week's episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil debate Harvard's decision to drop the LSAT, George W. Bush's newfound popularity, and corporal punishment.

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