Are NIO and Tesla Defying the Downtrend in China’s NEV Market? – Market Realist

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NIO and Tesla seem to be defying the overall downtrend in the Chinese NEV market with their rising sales in June.

The China Passenger Car Association released the overall auto and NEV (new energy vehicle) sales on July 8. While the total auto sales declined by 6.5% YoY (year-over-year), the NEV sales fell 35% YoY in June. The auto recovery in China, which started on a strong footing amid the pandemic, seems to be derailing again.

Some companies have been defying the downward trend in EV (electric vehicle) sales in China. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), the EV pioneer, recorded 35% month-over-month growth in EV sales in June. Teslas China-made Model 3 grew by 150% month-over-month in May. The company sold 14,954 Model 3s, which brought its market share in Chinas EV market to 23% in June.

After May, Tesla Model 3s impressive sales in June show that government incentives and the introduction of more variants helped the companys sales.

NIO (NYSE:NIO) also recorded increased EV sales in June. The company reported its June delivery numbers on July 2. The EV-maker reported its second consecutive sales record in June. With the sales of 3,740 vehicles, NIO recorded an increase of 179% YoY.

Technode noted that premium EVs, like NIO and Lixiang, sold well across the board. The growth rate for premium autos was 27% YoY. In contrast, lower-priced EVs, like BYD and Geely, recorded fewer sales.

NIO and Tesla are among the EV-makers that have been gaining ground in Chinas EV market. Right now, Chinas EV market is still on shaky ground. The companies are well-known and respected brands in China. Consumers have been drawn to the companies compared to their more affordable counterparts. NIO and Teslas strong position in the worlds largest EV market is also reflected in their stock prices.

While Tesla stock has returned 227% year-to-date, NIO stock has gained 220%. Along with the general rising interest in the EV sector, their strong fundamentals support the stock prices. Recently, momentum trading has pushed NIO and Teslas stock prices. The stocks might see some pullback. However, investors focused on the long term can keep on holding these stocks due to their strong fundamentals and robust growth outlook.

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Opinion: Does automation have a role to play in the next normal? – The PIE News

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The coronavirus pandemic has had many unexpected impacts on higher education, which until recently has been renowned as a reluctant party to operational change. This has all been upturned as universities have been forced by lockdown onto a path of rapid digital transformation.

While many academics and support staff have become used to the basics of Zoom calls and other aspects of remote working online teaching, assessment and more intricate technologies are proving to be occasionally disruptive, and potentially harder to overcome in the long-term.

Improving the productivity and effectiveness of under-pressure student recruitment teams is vital

This comes in addition to threats including increased budgetary pressures, a decline in postgraduate demand, Brexit and US political instability.

In this climate the luxury of employing additional staff is unlikely, leaving leaders with a need to do more with less as they manage widely-distributed workforces.

Looking to the future, one of the most important opportunities emerging to counter this doom comes courtesy of the UKs entrepreneurial tech sector.

Improving the productivity and effectiveness of under-pressure student recruitment teams is a vital move for any HEI looking to stand out from the crowd, and the most effective way to achieve this can be summarised by one word automation.

On average there are more than 30 tasks and communication points for international recruitment staff interacting with prospective students. These time-consuming actions add to already heavy workloads.

Fortunately, there are now readily-available solutions to augment teams with technology that automates the most menial high-volume and repetitive tasks in the recruitment process, allowing for better management of workflows and, as a result, more students.

Our experience working with universities has found that 80% of the staff time normally dedicated to repetitive communication can be reduced to a mere 31%, a massive saving in cost and energy that enables front-line employees to focus on the quality conversations prospective students are demanding.

Even before Covid-19, many universities were struggling with fluctuating international enrolments due to unpredictable conditions, such as the cancellation and then reimplementation of the post-study work visa, changes to immigration legislation and increasing competition at home and abroad.

Delays and blockages in applications frustrate students and recruitment staff alike. However, efficient and automated technology can ease applications and, post-acceptance, help students navigate CAS requirements and immigration procedures.

Enroly builds solutions for exactly this kind of problem, including an automated applicant conversion compliance platform that takes care of CAS and visa administration tasks like document collection and student screening, which otherwise takes up valuable staff resources.

80% of the staff time normally dedicated to repetitive communication can be reduced to a mere 31%

The trend towards student recruitment automation is perhaps best summarised by one of our HE clients, James Morris, Immigration Compliance officer at the University of South Wales, who explains:

In the current climate of UK Visas and Immigration scrutiny, the ability to make informed decisions about which applicants to sponsor is more important than ever.

In terms of verifying that a student is in a position to apply for a visa Enrolys CAS Shield automates a level of individual attention for each applicant that would be difficult to achieve using staff to undertake checks manually.

The ability to upload clearly labelled and defined documents, accompanied by verification of their suitability, enables us to make quick judgments as to who is ready to receive a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies and who will require more support to apply for their visa, helping to mitigate unnecessary refusals or delays for applicants.

Jeffrey Williams is CEO and co-founder of Enroly, a venture-backed technology company providing enrolment automation software for higher education, winner of the Edtech Breakthrough Award for Enrolment Management Solution of the Year, 2020, and nominated finalist for the forthcoming 2020 PIEoneer Awards for Digital Innovation of the Year.

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Todos Medical Expands Extraction Reagent and ANDiS 350 Extraction Automation Capacity to Support COVID-19 Testing in the USA – GlobeNewswire

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REHOVOT, Israel, NEW YORK, NYand Shanghai, China, July 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE --Todos Medical Ltd. (OTCQB: TOMDF), anin vitrodiagnostics company focused on the distribution of a comprehensive suite of solutions for the screening and diagnosis of COVID-19 and the development of blood tests for the early detection of cancer and Alzheimers disease, today announced that it has expanded its agreement with 3D Medicines Corporation for COVID-19 testing products.

Under the terms of the newly signed Medical Device Contract Manufacturing Agreement, Todos has been granted the exclusive right to seek out US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for 3D Meds SARS-CoV-19 and, as well as exclusive branding and distribution rights to 3D Meds qPCR test kits in the United States. 3D Med recently completed an expansion of its extraction reagent manufacturing capacity, by adding 1,000,000 extraction reagent production per week (~140,000 per day) that can be used towards deployment in the US.

The current daily testing volume in the United States is approximately 550,000 tests/day. The full deployment of 3D Meds additional extraction capacity would allow for an increase of approximately 25% in total US testing capacity per day. Todos has completed validation of 3D Meds qPCR kits and pre-loaded extraction reagents and automated machines at its partner CLIA/CAP certified lab Provista Diagnostics, Inc. in Alpharetta, GA.

Additionally, 3D Med has successfully validated pool testing at a ratio of 10:1, and Todos intends to complete pool testing validation here in the United States in the next several weeks so that it can seek US FDA EUA over the summer of 2020 and be ready to deploy pool testing broadly for Back to School and Return to Work testing, which Todos expects to ramp up significantly in the second half of Q3/2020. Pool testing of 10:1 would potentially increase capacity to a maximum of 1,400,000 tests per day.

It is now unequivocally clear that PCR testing is the gold standard in the United States for the foreseeable future, until new molecular technologies are able to reach the scale of current PCR testing, said Gerald Commissiong, President & CEO of Todos Medical. We are very pleased with the relationship we are building with 3D Med, especially as we see demand for extraction machines and reagents begin to really take off as smaller, independent labs begin to get involved in COVID-19 testing and they identify access to a stable supply of extraction reagents as the rate limiting step to market entry. We have started to ramp up sales, including a recent marquee sale of our ANDiS machines to the Cleveland Clinic, and we are now helping our clients get up and running so they can quickly expand their testing capacity. As we move into the next phase of growth for our emerging COVID-19 testing business, we are upselling our growing install base with Gnomegen qPCR kits and related materials so that Todos can compete effectively with competitors who tend to be focused on national and regional labs in the US. Our small and medium sized lab customer base greatly appreciates the availability of our extraction equipment and reagents.

Separately, Todos expanded its international distribution rights to 3D Meds COVID-19 testing products to include the United States, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippine, Cambodia/Laos, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Romania, Austria, Monaco, Switzerland, the Balkans, India, Gulf States, Dubai, UAE, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Martinique, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Dominican Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Botswana, Angola, Zambia and South Africa.

For information related to Todos Medicals COVID-19 testing capabilities, please visit http://www.todoscovid.com

For testing and PPE inquiries, please email sales@todosmedical.com

About Todos Medical Ltd.

Headquartered in Rehovot, Israel, Todos Medical Ltd. (OTCQB: TOMDF) engineers life-saving diagnostic solutions for the early detection of a variety of cancers. The Company's state-of-the-art and patented Todos Biochemical Infrared Analyses (TBIA) is a proprietary cancer-screening technology using peripheral blood analysis that deploys deep examination into cancer's influence on the immune system, looking for biochemical changes in blood mononuclear cells and plasma. Todos' two internally-developed cancer-screening tests, TMB-1 and TMB-2, have received a CE mark in Europe and are currently in a pre-commercial study with its distribution partner Orot+ (a division of Luces-Orot). Todos recently entered into an exclusive option agreement to acquire U.S.-based medical diagnostics company Provista Diagnostics, Inc. to gain rights to its Alpharetta, Georgia-based CLIA/CAP certified lab and Provista's proprietary commercial-stage Videssa breast cancer blood test. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020.

Through Breakthrough Diagnostics, Inc., its joint venture with Amarantus Bioscience Holdings, Inc. (OTC: AMBS), Todos is also actively involved with the development of blood tests for the early detection of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease. Todos expected to complete the remaining unowned interest in Breakthrough in the third quarter of 2020.

Todos has entered into distribution agreements with companies to distribute certain novel coronavirus (COVID-19) test kits. The Company has entered into distribution agreements with multiple international suppliers of PCR testing kits and related materials and supplies, as well as antibody testing kits from multiple manufacturers after completing validation of said testing kits and supplies in its partner CLIA/CAP certified laboratory in the United States. Todos, via its wholly-owned subsidiary Corona Diagnostics LLC, has formed strategic partnerships with Meridian Health, Moto-Para Foundation, Emerald Organic Products, Inc.s (OTC: EMOR) subsidiaries Carie.com and Bonsa Health to help deploy COVID-19 testing in the United States.

For more information, please visit https://www.todosmedical.com/

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Certain statements contained in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. For example, forward-looking statements are used when discussing our expected clinical development programs and clinical trials. These forward-looking statements are based only on current expectations of management, and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, including the risks and uncertainties related to the progress, timing, cost, and results of clinical trials and product development programs; difficulties or delays in obtaining regulatory approval or patent protection for product candidates; competition from other biotechnology companies; and our ability to obtain additional funding required to conduct our research, development and commercialization activities. In addition, the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements: changes in technology and market requirements; delays or obstacles in launching our clinical trials; changes in legislation; inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies, products and applications; lack of validation of our technology as we progress further and lack of acceptance of our methods by the scientific community; inability to retain or attract key employees whose knowledge is essential to the development of our products; unforeseen scientific difficulties that may develop with our process; greater cost of final product than anticipated; loss of market share and pressure on pricing resulting from competition; and laboratory results that do not translate to equally good results in real settings, all of which could cause the actual results or performance to differ materially from those contemplated in such forward-looking statements. Except as otherwise required by law, Todos Medical does not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. For a more detailed description of the risks and uncertainties affecting Todos Medical, please refer to its reports filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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A session at the 2020 ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, Florida focused on the complexity of aligning existing operational technology with new application roll-out plans. Several speakers acknowledged that, regardless of the challenges, the plans must still be carried out due to the potential business value they can deliver. However, we also learned that successful digital transformation requires flawless execution.

Due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, industry has entered a period that urgently requires new modes of operation. Thanks to advances in digitalization, the ongoing convergence of OT and IT, and the overall digital transformation of industry; the process industries now have an opportunity to move from automated to autonomous operations where appropriate. Not only do these advances present the opportunity to improve overall business value, they present an opportunity to further advance safe and flawless operations.

For the last half century, industry has been moving toward higher levels of automation. Nevertheless, with each innovation, it has been important to consider the human factor. While, today, it may be possible to run certain processes autonomously or with minimal human interaction, transitioning from current operations will require the right technology as well as the right approach. ARCs Autonomous Operations Maturity Model summarizes the basic requirements.

It is important to keep in mind that the goal of moving from automation to autonomous operation is to improve the reliability and predictability of the operating plant. Today, human operators decide what to do when something unpredictable happens. Tomorrow, the autonomous systems may be making those decisions, with the humans serving as observers and overseers.

One concern often expressed today is the aging workforce and how to pass on the knowledge gained over the years of making decisions. This is often based on intuition and experience.While these human characteristics can be hard to replicate in systems, when trained with appropriate historical data and combined with adequate real-time data, artificial intelligence (AI)- based applications, can enhance the humans understanding of what is normal and abnormal in the plant operations.

Apostolos Georgiou, Program Leader and Sr. Engineering Advisor at ExxonMobil, talked about trends he is seeing with regard to the movement from automated to autonomous operations. Mr. Georgiou referenced the four stages of the Industrial Revolution beginning with stage 1 in the late 1700s to the current evolving stage 4. He characterized stage 3 as Computer and Automation beginning in 1970, which led to the beginning of the Digital Transformation that began roughly in the 1980s. Mr. Georgiou commented that stage 4 is largely about artificial intelligence. Ultimately, Industry 4.0-based Cyber Physical Systems will be enabled by exponential growth of Industrial Internet of Things, cloud computing, Big Data, machine learning/artificial intelligence, and autonomous operations, according to Mr. Georgiou.

Mr. Georgiou described the transition of the home thermostat to further explain. New, smart home thermostats can take into account information beyond simply the temperature in the room or the time of day. They can use additional sensors such as cameras or other devices to detect if people are home, away on vacation, or unplanned events. By applying self-learning and optimization techniques, significant savings in heating/cooling bills can be realized.

The concept of autonomous operation is not new, according to Mr. Georgiou. Back in 1967, the first autonomous trains began to operate. Their purpose was not to replace the operator, but to have flawless operation and consistency. As an industrial example, he mentioned a plant air separation unit that, in 2005, was equipped to run without humans being present. This was possible because the plant events were very well defined and predictable.

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Global Machine Automation Controllers Market Analysis and Forecast 2027- including drivers, constraints, intimidation, challenges, opportunities, and…

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Futureproof Tugs: Efficient, Sustainable and Automated – MarineLink

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Tug owners are cutting emissions and increasing automation. Subject to technology choices, greener tugs are a global phenomenon today, while the autonomous tugs of tomorrow are starting to emerge. David Lee S,enior Account Manager, New Build, ABB Marine & Ports, discusses tugs of the future.

Around the world, there is a growing appetite for hybrid and electric technology in tugboat operations. In the Asian and European towage markets, owners are responding to increasingly stringent regulations on air emissions in ports by investing in cleaner, more efficient propulsion. In the United States, too, the movement toward greener propulsion solutions is beginning to gather pace, partly driven by regulation but also by efforts from large corporations to reduce emissions using smarter solutions.

Energy efficiency tops the agendaTo assist vessels far larger than themselves, tugboats rely on the ability to generate a great deal of force, and in this regard, the conventional high-horsepower diesel engine serves them well. However, most of the time tugs operate far below their power capacity, with their engines therefore working at speeds well below optimum efficiency. At a time when vessel emissions have never been under closer scrutiny, tug owners have been at the frontline of those seeking smarter technologies that optimize efficiency whatever the engine load.

One result has been a growing preference for the types of hybrid and electric propulsion systems that use power more strategically, and can quickly align with a tugboats dynamic, unpredictable operations to achieve energy savings and reduced emissions. If a vessel is fitted with one of these systems during construction, it will also be far easier to upgrade as technology matures; in this sense, for its approximately 30-year lifespan, a tug specified with hybrid/electric propulsion today can be futureproof.

Finding the best fitThe motivation for going hybrid is clear. Yet with a variety of options available, tugboat operators need to make an informed decision. ABB Marine & Ports integrates everything from liquefied natural gas (LNG)/electric hybrid, battery hybrid and diesel electric to power take-off/power take-in (PTO/PTI), full battery and hydrogen fuel cells. Each option has its merits, and the vessels specific operating profile and preferences by technology users in different locations will determine which system is the best match.

For example, the combination of LNG as a marine fuel and electric motors handling dynamic loads delivers a highly efficient, low-emissions solution to the tugboat operator, but its suitability relies on the presence of fueling infrastructure in port. Full battery systems, meanwhile, can be among the most economical and environmentally friendly options but they can only be contemplated when necessary charging facilities are available.

With a wealth of experience in alternative propulsion technologies, ABB Marine & Ports aims to help tugboat owners to deploy their installed system in the most efficient way, no matter what their starting point.

A host of alternativesAn alternative propulsion technology of choice in the U.S., for example, is the PTO/PTI system, which strikes the balance between environmental and commercial drivers. This is an efficient hybrid technology in which the same unit can be used as a generator, booster motor or alternative power source. It entails only a partial shift from the conventional setup, which explains its popularity in a country that is still testing the waters on hybrid propulsion.

Sometimes, however, PTO/PTI systems are not sufficient for meeting emissions reduction targets because the operators profile is not the most suitable fit for them. It may be that the large main engine is still in use most of the time, and the power for the electric boost motors is supplied by smaller engines without advanced emission controls. This can in fact lead to increased carbon emissions.

Issues like this demand individual consideration, where ABB identified its role as that of a partner with operators as they seek smarter solutions, helping them to navigate the hybrid landscape and find the right option for their profile.

Electric. Digital. Connected.The same partnering role is being played in the development of autonomous tugs, particularly in east- and southeast-Asian markets, where operators are seeking to assist crew and minimize the risk of human error.

To give an example, ABB, in collaboration with Keppel O&Ms technology arm, Keppel Marine and Deepwater Technology (KMDTech), is working on jointly developing the technology for autonomous vessels and retrofitting a 32-meter harbor tugboat with leading-edge digital solutions, enabling autonomous vessel operations in the Port of Singapore at the end of 2020. Upon project completion, the vessel is anticipated to be South Asias first autonomous tug.

Interest in the beneficial technologies that point towards the future operation of autonomous tugboats is greater than ever, as the need for safe, fuel-efficient towage operations becomes more urgent. The tugs of the future will be electric, digital and connected.

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The HD Repair Forum will host a two-part webinar on Thursday, July 16, providing insight on autonomous technology in heavy trucks and the challenges involved, as well as the results from a recent survey of the heavy-duty collision repair industry.

The first part, Robots on the Road: An Outlook for Automated Trucking, will feature Richard Bishop, second vice chair of the American Trucking Associations Automated Driving Study Group. He will provide insight on four operational settings for goods movement: controlled environments, streets, resource roads, and highways. Some of the larger implications and key challenges of automation will also be discussed.

The second half of the webinar will cover the results from the HD Repair Forum's First Annual Heavy-Duty Collision Repair Industry Study. John Webb, president of TenPoint Complete, will share perspectives and insights on this benchmark data, which will include a look at some of the most recent effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is the first in a series of webinars designed to provide attendees with important information about the heavy-duty industry in a condensed format. Those involved in heavy-duty collision repair will not want to miss this unique opportunity to learn more about the industry.

These webinars are the first of their kind, specifically geared towards the HD collision industry. We look forward to providing our constituents industry-wide information in these digital formats, said HD Repair Forum's President Brian Nessen.

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CD Projekt Red reveals two new characters for Cyberpunk 2077, both of which look threatening and menacingly corporate, to say the least.

While the wait continues, CD Projekt Red hasrevealed the images of two new sinister characters in theCyberpunk 2077universe by the names of Mr. Goldhand and Mr. Jenkins.

Following a series of delays,Cyberpunk 2077is set to release November 19th and is expected to be one of the biggest games of the year. While gamers wait patiently for this highly-anticipated title, theCyberpunk 2077Twitter has been busy dropping fans some content to get hyped up for the game. Most recently, they teased graphics of two new characters: Mr. Goldhand and Mr. Jenkins.

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Mr. Goldhand is, of course, the posh man with golden hands. Unfortunately, only the names alongside the pictures were tweeted with no other information about the characters given, as opposed to the recently revealed Evelyn Parker of the Mox gang. Not much else is known about Mr. Goldhand outside of the image, so fans are left to speculate and dig through gameplay trailers and previously released content for more context. Though, in the 2019 Deep Dive, a mercenary is seensaying "Mr. Hands sent me," which seems to be a reference to Mr. Goldhand, in light of thecharacter reveal.

Fans do know a little more lore about Mr. Jenkins, on the other hand. While playing as the Corpo-Rat, V works as an officer for Jenkins, who'smad that he wasn't considered for promotion. V gets caught in the middle of a feud between Jenkins and another executive. Many on Twitter are quick to compare the mysterious Mr. Jenkins to the Illusive Man from theMass Effectseries, due to his ominous posture and enigmatic design. It looks like he'll be playing a large role in theCorporate Lifepath, should players choose this option.

Cyberpunkalso recently teased some intriguing graphics of one of Night City's mosthandsomedistricts, Westbrook. As a district for the corporate upper class, Westbrook is in contrast with those riddled with gang wars and drug trafficking. It's considered by many to be the "best place to live and have fun in Night City." Perhaps players who choose the Corporate Lifepath will have a few more eddies to spend in Westbrook.

Cyberpunk 2077is slated to release November 19 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, with PS5, Stadia, and Xbox Series X versions to follow.

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Diversity must not lead to conflict, according to CD Projekt Red studio head (updated) – PC Gamer

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Update: Some changesundisclosedhave been made to the interview hosted on the CD Projekt website, subtly changing the meaning of a comment made by CDPR studio head Adam Badowski.

The interview was originally conducted in Polish and was translated to English for the website. CD Projekt is a Polish company with a lot of English speakers, but it's still possible that there was a mistranslation.

In the initial translation, Badowski was recorded as stating "The key takeaway is that diversity... and the differing sensitivities and outlooks which result from it, must not lead to conflict. In this way our teams energy can be fully directed towards creation."

The updated version now reads "and the differing sensitivities and outlooks which result from it, are not leading to conflict." On the surface it's a tiny alteration, but it's one that does affect the meaning.

Original story: CD Projekt CEO Adam Kiciski and CD Projekt Red studio head Adam Badowski have given an interview discussing the studio's approach to inclusion and diversity at the publisher.

The interview, originally given in Polish to Rzeczpospolita Daily, was translated into English for the CDP website. In it, interviewer Katarzyna Kucharczyk probes Kiciski and Badowski about how the company comes across as more vocal on diversity and injustice than other companies in the increasingly-conservative Poland.

While the interview uncritically presents CDP as a big company that just loves diversity (CD Projekt became Europe's largest gaming company in May, overtaking Ubisoft), there are still a few interesting statements from both Kiciski and Badowski regarding their approach to inclusion at the studio and how it tackles the themes of its games.

When asked about CDP's action in making the studio more diverse and inclusive, Kiciski claims that the company prides itself on its diversity, before following it up with a caveat. "We also realize that efficient operation requires active measures promoting mutual respect and tolerance". While this could optimistically be read as Kiciski saying diversity is something that should actively be worked towards, a later statement by Badowski instead paints an image of it simply meaning diversity and inclusion shouldn't rock the boat.

Talking about the importance of tolerance in the creative process, Badowski discusses how some at the studio believe in a definition of tolerance as "the capacity to respect other people's needs and opinions which we ourselves do not espouse, and to refrain from combating phenomena which we regard as evil. Others are more in line with Poppers proposition that a tolerant society, if it is to remain tolerant, must not tolerate intolerance. There are also people at our studio who disagree with both views."

While Badowski himself doesn't say which definition he ascribes to, he does say "The key takeaway is that diversity... and the differing sensitivities and outlooks which result from it, must not lead to conflict. In this way our teams energy can be fully directed towards creation."

It's worth mentioning that, over the years, CD Projekt has had numerous allegations a toxic workplace culture full of crunch and bullying. In that context, a studio heard saying his workers don't believe in "combating phenomena which we regard as evil" explains a lot more about CD Projekt as a company than Badowski may have intended it to.

More weirdness is found later in the interview, when Kiciski goes on a random tangent about how California is an "excellent example of how openness, respect and tolerance foster innovative businesses and stimulate the economy". Silicon Valley infamously suffers from a diversity problem, fuelled in part by bias hiring practices (as of 2019, only 6% of Apple's employees were Black, and only 23% of Facebook's workforce were women) and gentrification in the area pricing out those from unprivileged groups.

Kiciski even seems to imply that sexism isn't as big an issue in gaming as it is elsewhere, stating that "in the 20th century the superb writer Andre Norton (born Alice Mary Norton) chose to publish under a male pseudonym because her publisher believed that the masculinized readership demographic would not take interest in fantasy authored by a woman. There is no such issue with videogames".

While he is technically correct, games are almost always published under studio and publisher names, rather than by an individual who would need to use a pseudonym, and so isn't a fair comparison. It also completely ignores how women in the industry have once again had to speak out publicly about the harassment they've been subjected to while working in the games industrywomen may not have to work under a pseudonym, but they're still getting harassed and assaulted.

All in all, this whole interview paints a very bleak image of CD Projekt. The studio is making a cyberpunk game, a hugely political genre about the terminal nature of unrestrained capitalism, and the the studio head is here saying tolerance is about "not combating phenomena which we regard as evil". Cyberpunk 2077 will probably be a technical achievement and impressive bit of development, but this interview has all but killed my faith in it actually tackling the core politics of its genre.

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Judy Smith, founder of crisis management firm Smith & Company, has famously said that theres always an opportunity with [a] crisis. Just as it forces an individual to look inside himself, it forces a company to reexamine its policies and practices.

In January, no one thought the U.S. was in crisis mode, but the COVID-19 pandemic changed all that. For companies in the logistics business, there is much that can be learned from Smith, who has guided companies, presidents and countries through critical moments in their histories.

The past few months have led to an upheaval in the supply chain. As product demand shifted to essential goods and the emergency restocking of store shelves, inefficiencies were quick to appear. A single-day delay in moving goods doesnt move the needle in the boardroom during normal times, but that delay is unacceptable during an emergency situation.

These inefficiencies showed themselves in part because many shippers operate with outdated or inefficient data models. This comes from running the wrong transportation management system (TMS), or no TMS at all, or working with the wrong partners. The first half of 2020 exposed all these warts.

According to consultancy Janeiro Digital, 50% of respondents to a 2018 supply chain survey said their company was not implementing any new technologies, and 84.7% ranked their companys technology as average or lagging those of competitors.

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals said transportation costs rose 10.4% in 2018 a significant increase and one that has been muted among proactive companies using the latest technology and collaborating with the right partners.

The logistics industry is at a new crossroads, Michael Zimmerman, a partner with A.T. Kearney and co-author of the report Cresting the Hill, said when it was released in June 2019. The report also stated that business logistics spending in 2018 was 8% of total U.S. Gross Domestic Product, up from 7.5% in both 2017 and 2016.

Clearly, trends would indicate that shippers hoping for reduced transportation costs are out of luck, which means they need to take control of their spend.

One of the most effective ways to do that is to evaluate their current technology. Companies may be ramping up operations, bringing employees back onboard, or in some cases, trying to restore services with fewer employees. How they do that will determine their profitability in the years to come.

As Smiths quote implies, with every crisis comes opportunity.

A company like nVision Global and its Impact TMS can be a perfect technology during these times. Paired with additional tools such as freight auditing and payment, business analytics, procurement tools, and benchmarking, a robust technological approach can assist a company in optimizing its supply chain and reducing costs through fewer staff, increased productivity and lower transportation spend.

The right technological solution drives down costs and adds a layer of redundancy to ensure money being spent is done so wisely.

One area where spending can be reduced is through lower rates. Many companies, nVision Global said, may be operating under old rate contracts. Smaller shippers may also suffer from a lack of scale that prevents them from securing the best rates. nVisions rate negotiation service can help solve both of these problems.

Its about scale. nVision Global has tariff rate agreements with thousands of less-than-truckload and truckload providers, and by negotiating on a shippers behalf, can often secure a lower rate. nVision also has access to thousands of rate-related data points that allow it to benchmark one shippers rates against industry averages, highlighting wasted transportation spend.

Procurement tools add another avenue to potential savings, and with technology that collects and easily parses data, shippers are able to quickly set criteria that ensures freight is routed to the right carriers at the best price.

If crises are opportunities in disguise, the company that takes the time now to properly assess its current technology and look for solutions that open doors to more efficiency, productivity and savings, the opportunity to emerge a stronger, more profitable company is waiting.

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The MLS is Back Tournament isnt just good for the world of soccer. The pro soccer tournament that began this week in Orlando, Florida, is bringing some much-needed work to motorcoach operators.

Empire Coach Line is one of several operators contracted to provide transportation for the teams during the tournament, scheduled to go through Aug. 11. The work involves getting players to their hotels, practices and games.

The league contracted with Transportation Management Services (TMS), which is organizing ground transportation. TMS decided to spread the work between a couple of operators.

This week, Empires sleek red Van Hool coaches began ferrying the L.A. Galaxy team.

Its a bit of a relief, said Eddie Serrano, Vice President and General Manager at Empire, of the high-profile work. Its a breath of fresh air to finally see some coaches back on the road. The drivers were excited to be able to get back to work, get out there and do what they love to do.

With COVID-19 cases on the rise in Florida, Empire is taking extra precautions to ensure the safety of its employees and passengers. All players and others traveling on the buses are wearing masks.

Were making sure were following the cleaning and sanitizing procedures that we have in place. Buses are being sanitized daily as they complete service. Drivers are sanitizing the high-touch areas throughout the day as theyre out there, as well, Serrano said.

The company installed a plexiglass protection barrier between the driver and the first two empty rows. Hand-sanitizer stations have been installed at the entrance and in the lavatory at the back of the bus.

Weve done some training with our drivers to make sure they are the first one off the vehicle and then they stand a good 6 feet away from the entrance of the vehicle as passengers are loading and unloading unless assistance is required, Serrano said.

As an extra layer of biosecurity, random testing is being conducted on the coaches throughout the day to check for microbes.

For nearly 15 years, Empire has worked as a supplier for TMS.

So, we have a very strong relationship with them. They know the level of service and equipment that we always provide them, Serrano said.

He started the family-owned business with his mother, Patty, right out of high school in 2005.

We each bought a used bus and now operate a fleet of about 46 vehicles, Serrano said.

Like other operators, the past four months have been excruciatingly slow, but business is starting to come back gradually.

It will be quite a bit of time before we get back to the numbers that we previously saw, but work like this helps, said Serrano. Its a piece of business thats not just for the day or two, but will be 30 to 40 days of business every day, and were appreciative of it. Were getting back to doing what we love.

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Batavia aldermen split on whether to cap video gambling licenses – Chicago Daily Herald

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When it comes to making policy decisions related to video gambling in Batavia, Alderman Nick Cerone finds himself teetering on the edge.

It's a dilemma of economics vs. morality, of disliking what the machines represent but understanding that some businesses benefit from their supplemental income.

And now that the use is already allowed in the city, he says, it's hard to say no to a responsible establishment seeking a license.

"That's my problem. I would love to not see this in Batavia, but I would also not like to be the one to say that these businesses can't have it," Cerone said. "This is a battle I have internally."

Cerone was joined this week by several aldermen who were conflicted over whether to place a cap on the number of video gambling licenses allowed in town. The proposal -- aimed at halting the expansion of the machines beyond the eight businesses that already have them -- received a 6-6 vote from the committee of the whole, with one alderman absent and another recused.

The ordinance will now be up for an official vote by the city council July 20.

Some officials believe setting a hard limit could hinder the attraction of new businesses, or put them at a competitive disadvantage.

Others, such as Mark Uher, said they'd prefer to move toward eventually eliminating the terminals altogether by banning new licenses. Existing establishments with gambling would be grandfathered in, he said, but their licenses would expire once the business closes or is sold.

Capping the number of licenses offers a compromise -- an extra layer of oversight that also can be amended in a pinch, Alderman Elliott Meitzler said. "To me, I think that's an important barrier to help give us the control over this," he said.

But the city council already has the power to approve or deny new licenses, Alderman Alan Wolff said. Adding a limit would do nothing more than create additional work should officials want to grant a variance to a new business that would benefit from the terminals.

"I feel like what we have works," he said.

The city's existing ordinance has been structured to deter slot machine cafes -- a primary concern for aldermen -- by requiring that establishments hold a liquor license for at least a year before they can seek a video gambling license, city Administrator Laura Newman said.

Very few businesses have undergone that process since Batavia lifted its ban in 2016, she said. The eight existing license-holders include the Batavia Overseas VFW Post 1197, Speedway, Funway and a handful of restaurants.

Last year, the city collected $80,858 in video gambling tax revenues.

The prospect of having those machines can serve as an incentive for some operators, Mayor Jeff Schielke said, noting he thinks the city should "keep some kind of door open" for increasing the number of licenses.

"By the same token, I certainly agree that we need to keep some kind of tight control over the number of these floating around," he said. "It's a mountain to climb to get a license in this town for this use."

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Ignoring Railroad Crossing Gates Is Highest Stakes Gambling with Lowest Reward – autoevolution

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You don't need a degree in physics to imagine what would happen if a train hit a car sideways (or any other way) at full speed. In fact, all you need is a device with a display that can connect to the Internet. Oh, and the stomach to watch all those horrible crashes.If you've ever driven on the highway near a field covered in crops and had all sorts of bugs smashing against your windshield, then you've got a pretty good representation of what it would be like. The thousands of tons of that train would go right through the mere two or so of the road vehicle, leaving nothing but a trail of debris behind it.

So, for any normal human being, that's something you'd want to avoid. Thankfully, people have made it much easier by installing gates and flashing lights and alert sounds - everything one might need to be informed of the approaching of the train. You can't see? Then there's the alarm (plus, you shouldn't be driving). You can't hear? Got you covered with the red flashing lights. Have no common sense? No problem, there are the actual gates that make it very clear you shouldn't pass by blocking most of the road.

Still not enough? Obviously not because the locomotive handlers still feel the need to sound their horns as they approach the crossing, just to make sure everything save for a personalized text message is sent the drivers' way to let them know they should stop. And what do drivers do? They ignore all this commotion because stopping for a minute or so is worse than anything, including a violent death.

Things like this happen hundreds of times every day across the country, but this particular video is on another level. You read the title ("Car ignores train gate and crosses street") and, despite the fact it says "street" instead of "railroad," you still think you know what to expect. Then the gates start lowering and you see the silver Honda Ridgeline scurry across when it should have stopped instead and think it's over. Except it's not. Have sound switched on for the full thrilling effect.

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1 Report Overview1.1 Study Scope1.2 Market Analysis by Type1.2.1 Global Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size Growth Rate by Type: 2020 VS 20261.2.2 Sports Betting1.2.3 Casino1.2.4 Poker1.2.5 Bingo1.2.6 Lottery1.2.7 Other/Skill Gaming1.3 Market by Application1.3.1 Global Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Share by Application: 2020 VS 20261.3.2 Desktop1.3.3 Mobile Devices1.4 Study Objectives1.5 Years Considered 2 Global Growth Trends2.1 Global Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Perspective (2015-2026)2.2 Global Online Gambling and Sports Betting Growth Trends by Regions2.2.1 Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size by Regions: 2015 VS 2020 VS 20262.2.2 Online Gambling and Sports Betting Historic Market Share by Regions (2015-2020)2.2.3 Online Gambling and Sports Betting Forecasted Market Size by Regions (2021-2026)2.3 Industry Trends and Growth Strategy2.3.1 Market Trends2.3.2 Market Drivers2.3.3 Market Challenges2.3.4 Market Restraints 3 Competition Landscape by Key Players3.1 Global Top Online Gambling and Sports Betting Players by Market Size3.1.1 Global Top Online Gambling and Sports Betting Players by Revenue (2015-2020)3.1.2 Global Online Gambling and Sports Betting Revenue Market Share by Players (2015-2020)3.2 Global Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Share by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3)3.3 Players Covered: Ranking by Online Gambling and Sports Betting Revenue3.4 Global Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Concentration Ratio3.4.1 Global Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Concentration Ratio (CR5 and HHI)3.4.2 Global Top 10 and Top 5 Companies by Online Gambling and Sports Betting Revenue in 20193.5 Key Players Online Gambling and Sports Betting Area Served3.6 Key Players Online Gambling and Sports Betting Product Solution and Service3.7 Date of Enter into Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market3.8 Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion Plans 4 Online Gambling and Sports Betting Breakdown Data by Type (2015-2026)4.1 Global Online Gambling and Sports Betting Historic Market Size by Type (2015-2020)4.2 Global Online Gambling and Sports Betting Forecasted Market Size by Type (2021-2026) 5 Online Gambling and Sports Betting Breakdown Data by Application (2015-2026)5.1 Global Online Gambling and Sports Betting Historic Market Size by Application (2015-2020)5.2 Global Online Gambling and Sports Betting Forecasted Market Size by Application (2021-2026) 6 North America6.1 North America Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size (2015-2026)6.2 North America Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size by Type (2015-2020)6.3 North America Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size by Application (2015-2020)6.4 North America Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size by Country (2015-2020)6.4.1 United States6.4.2 Canada 7 Europe7.1 Europe Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size (2015-2026)7.2 Europe Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size by Type (2015-2020)7.3 Europe Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size by Application (2015-2020)7.4 Europe Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size by Country (2015-2020)7.4.1 Germany7.4.2 France7.4.3 U.K.7.4.4 Italy7.4.5 Russia7.4.6 Nordic7.4.7 Rest of Europe 8 China8.1 China Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size (2015-2026)8.2 China Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size by Type (2015-2020)8.3 China Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size by Application (2015-2020)8.4 China Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size by Region (2015-2020)8.4.1 China8.4.2 Japan8.4.3 South Korea8.4.4 Southeast Asia8.4.5 India8.4.6 Australia8.4.7 Rest of Asia-Pacific 9 Japan9.1 Japan Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size (2015-2026)9.2 Japan Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size by Type (2015-2020)9.3 Japan Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size by Application (2015-2020)9.4 Japan Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size by Country (2015-2020)9.4.1 Mexico9.4.2 Brazil 10 Southeast Asia10.1 Southeast Asia Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size (2015-2026)10.2 Southeast Asia Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size by Type (2015-2020)10.3 Southeast Asia Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size by Application (2015-2020)10.4 Southeast Asia Online Gambling and Sports Betting Market Size by Country (2015-2020)10.4.1 Turkey10.4.2 Saudi Arabia10.4.3 UAE10.4.4 Rest of Middle East & Africa 11 Key Players Profiles11.1 International Game Technology PLC (IGT)11.1.1 International Game Technology PLC (IGT) Company Details11.1.2 International Game Technology PLC (IGT) Business Overview11.1.3 International Game Technology PLC (IGT) Online Gambling and Sports Betting Introduction11.1.4 International Game Technology PLC (IGT) Revenue in Online Gambling and Sports Betting Business (2015-2020))11.1.5 International Game Technology PLC (IGT) Recent Development11.2 Bet36511.2.1 Bet365 Company Details11.2.2 Bet365 Business Overview11.2.3 Bet365 Online Gambling and Sports Betting Introduction11.2.4 Bet365 Revenue in Online Gambling and Sports Betting Business (2015-2020)11.2.5 Bet365 Recent Development11.3 Scientific Games11.3.1 Scientific Games Company Details11.3.2 Scientific Games Business Overview11.3.3 Scientific Games Online Gambling and Sports Betting Introduction11.3.4 Scientific Games Revenue in Online Gambling and Sports Betting Business (2015-2020)11.3.5 Scientific Games Recent Development11.4 Flutter Entertainment11.4.1 Flutter Entertainment Company Details11.4.2 Flutter Entertainment Business Overview11.4.3 Flutter Entertainment Online Gambling and Sports Betting Introduction11.4.4 Flutter Entertainment Revenue in Online Gambling and Sports Betting Business (2015-2020)11.4.5 Flutter Entertainment Recent Development11.5 Betsson11.5.1 Betsson Company Details11.5.2 Betsson Business Overview11.5.3 Betsson Online Gambling and Sports Betting Introduction11.5.4 Betsson Revenue in Online Gambling and Sports Betting Business (2015-2020)11.5.5 Betsson Recent Development11.6 GVC11.6.1 GVC Company Details11.6.2 GVC Business Overview11.6.3 GVC Online Gambling and Sports Betting Introduction11.6.4 GVC Revenue in Online Gambling and Sports Betting Business (2015-2020)11.6.5 GVC Recent Development11.7 Playtech11.7.1 Playtech Company Details11.7.2 Playtech Business Overview11.7.3 Playtech Online Gambling and Sports Betting Introduction11.7.4 Playtech Revenue in Online Gambling and Sports Betting Business (2015-2020)11.7.5 Playtech Recent Development11.8 Kindred11.8.1 Kindred Company Details11.8.2 Kindred Business Overview11.8.3 Kindred Online Gambling and Sports Betting Introduction11.8.4 Kindred Revenue in Online Gambling and Sports Betting Business (2015-2020)11.8.5 Kindred Recent Development11.9 MRG11.9.1 MRG Company Details11.9.2 MRG Business Overview11.9.3 MRG Online Gambling and Sports Betting Introduction11.9.4 MRG Revenue in Online Gambling and Sports Betting Business (2015-2020)11.9.5 MRG Recent Development11.10 ZEAL11.10.1 ZEAL Company Details11.10.2 ZEAL Business Overview11.10.3 ZEAL Online Gambling and Sports Betting Introduction11.10.4 ZEAL Revenue in Online Gambling and Sports Betting Business (2015-2020)11.10.5 ZEAL Recent Development11.11 Bet-At-Home10.11.1 Bet-At-Home Company Details10.11.2 Bet-At-Home Business Overview10.11.3 Bet-At-Home Online Gambling and Sports Betting Introduction10.11.4 Bet-At-Home Revenue in Online Gambling and Sports Betting Business (2015-2020)10.11.5 Bet-At-Home Recent Development11.12 William Hill10.12.1 William Hill Company Details10.12.2 William Hill Business Overview10.12.3 William Hill Online Gambling and Sports Betting Introduction10.12.4 William Hill Revenue in Online Gambling and Sports Betting Business (2015-2020)10.12.5 William Hill Recent Development11.13 88810.13.1 888 Company Details10.13.2 888 Business Overview10.13.3 888 Online Gambling and Sports Betting Introduction10.13.4 888 Revenue in Online Gambling and Sports Betting Business (2015-2020)10.13.5 888 Recent Development11.14 Expekt10.14.1 Expekt Company Details10.14.2 Expekt Business Overview10.14.3 Expekt Online Gambling and Sports Betting Introduction10.14.4 Expekt Revenue in Online Gambling and Sports Betting Business (2015-2020)10.14.5 Expekt Recent Development 12 Analysts Viewpoints/Conclusions 13 Appendix13.1 Research Methodology13.1.1 Methodology/Research Approach13.1.2 Data Source13.2 Disclaimer13.3 Author Details

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Jacqueline Luqm: This is Jacqueline Luqman with the Real News Network. The school officials in Denver, Colorado, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Portland, Oregon have announced that theyre severing ties with their police departments. And now the school board in Madison, Wisconsin has voted to do the same.

Wisconsin public radio noted that, The vote followed years of activism by the Social Justice Organization, Freedom, Inc., and reverses course from last year when Madison Metropolitan School Districts Board narrowly voted to keep police officers in schools. Now obviously, were living through an historic moment, maybe even a watershed moment in terms of racial justice and the relationship to policing and almost overnight, the conversation has shifted completely, but this work has been going on in communities on the ground, outside of the national media spotlight four years. And now its time has come. Here to talk about the culmination of that work in Madison, Wisconsin, is Mahnker Dahnweih, director of civic engagement with Freedom, Inc. Mahnker, thank you so much for joining me.

Mahnker Dahnwei: Thank you so much for having me, Jacqueline.

Jacqueline Luqm: So first, can you tell us about the decision to end the contract with the police in Madison schools? And whats changed between last year when this motion to remove police from schools was narrowly defeated and today, when it passed unanimously? What has changed to influence that change in the boards vote this time around?

Mahnker Dahnwei: So first I want to say, we are so happy, overjoyed, and excited to have this great victory under our belts. It has been years of organizing from young, queer, trans, black youth here in Madison, Wisconsin who have had intimate experience and knowledge of the violence that comes to black youth when there are police present in the schools. And so its those years of research, public testimony, conducting research, and just really engaging with community and changing hearts and minds that has actually led to this victory. I also want to recognize the moment that were in. We are in a time of global uprising and the riots and the rebellion in the streets have actually put immense pressure on elected officials and local leaders to the point where they have to take action and not just performative action, not just reform, but they have to actually start defunding the police, which will eventually lead to the abolition of punitive punishment within our communities, and the whole policing structure as a whole.

Jacqueline Luqm: Im so glad that you mentioned that this is a student-led, and particularly in trans and queer student-led movement. So can you give us a little bit of the historical context within that struggle for those communities, specifically, and led to the larger struggle to get police out of schools and Madison?

Mahnker Dahnwei: So this all started about four years ago and Freedom, Inc.s tagline is, Our community is our campaign. And we believe the folks at the center of violence that are actually experiencing it are the ones who are best positioned to actually fight and dismantle the systems that are perpetrating that violence. So when our young people came to us, weve always had youth programming here at Freedom, Inc., but when our young, black, queer and trans youth are coming to us saying, Were getting criminalized for the way that we dress or for not dressing the right ways, or, The police officers that are in those schools are actually body slamming us and apprehending us for things that other students dont get singled out for.

Were like, This is a serious problem. And so they organized and they went and they testified at the school board meeting at the time. And the response of the district was actually to create a committee. That sounds like really familiar because thats what they try to tell us this time around. Well make a committee. And our youth were not having that. They said, This needs to go beyond a committee. You need to take direct action. So its been four years of them getting disrespected, of them getting pretty much shut down when they come up and tell their stories, when they come up and share their research, when they engage community. They have really been the deciding factor in actually the last two school board elections, because candidates were not able to make it even past the primaries without answering the question, Cops or no cops in schools.

And so theyve done a lot of work. Theyve done a lot of work on the [inaudible 00:05:17]. Theyve done a lot of meetings, a lot of research. And Ill say the fact that weve been in the streets, mobilizing thousands during this current uprising is what actually kept pressure on the school board members and the school board president, specifically Gloria Reyes so that it could no longer be about her former ties as a former police officer. It could no longer be about what the school board members were afraid of, like whos going to take care of those bad black kids. It had to be about how are we going to move forward and actually invest in a black youth that has nothing to do with punishment and cages and police officers.

Jacqueline Luqm: I think its an excellent point that you just made that it was the students who have embarked upon a four-year campaign to do the research, to attend the meetings, to call these politicians out on their insufficient responses to their issues and the information that they were given. And they were present at every school board meeting. And they demanded that the question, Cops or no cops, be answered before anything could move on. So I think that speaks to the importance of highlighting grassroots organization and that were really not in a moment where suddenly overnight, peoples ideas and ideologies were changed. This was the result of a long campaign of people impacted by these policies, doing the research, engaging with the people who are implementing these policies and seizing a moment that arose that they were able to capitalize on. So ultimately, Mahnker, it was the students who got to know the ins and outs of school policy, and who organized more than 50 events in support of police-free schools over this four year period of time, who mobilized Madison to make the unanimous vote possible. Isnt that right?

Mahnker Dahnwei: Yes. It definitely is. And theyve had to have some really hard conversations with folks on the doors, because one big pushback that we have when they first started from our community was, What are you going to do with all the bad kids? And so it really was hosting teachings for the community, doing political education sessions online, going door to door. It was all that time that they put in and having those conversations ultimately about abolition. We who believe in freedom Its not going to be easy. Well still have to fight for it. Well still have to come together and use our collective imagination to actually rethink what community safety is.

What we do know is that putting people in cages does not help. What we do know is that giving someone permission to use deadly force against children does not work. Children who have conflict, which is age-appropriate behavior to have conflict amongst their peers in schools or wherever that may be when youre that age, adding more guns to the equation does not help. And so I think they have been very masterful in the way that theyve been able to engage and actually convince the public that we are capable of doing something different. But if we actually believe in ourselves, that we can keep us safe. Its not just the [inaudible 00:08:53] who keeps us safe. We keep us safe. We deeply believe in that. And now most of Madison does too.

Jacqueline Luqm: I think its very interesting that were supposed to be allowing our youth to develop their brains and understand conflict resolution and to learn how to deal with other people and different people and be diplomatic and mature during these formative years. And somehow one of the ways we think we can deal with we, Im saying adults now, one of the ways we have convinced ourselves that we need to keep our youth safe is to introduce, as you said, armed law enforcement into the various situations where we want our children to develop these critical thinking and problem solving skills, not realizing that were just introducing another problem into the matrix for our kids, which just produces trauma. But Mahnker, you brought up the issue of who keeps us safe? We keep us safe. And thats something I personally believe in, but many people are questioning what would taking police officers, or as theyre called to try to make them sound more benign, school resource officers out of schools, what does that look like in terms of discipline and disciplinary issues? So what is Freedom, Inc.s vision for student safety?

Mahnker Dahnwei: Thats a great question, Jacqueline. So over the past four years, we have proposed over 11 programs and emergency funds to the district that cover academic fulfillment, healing and mental wellness, that cover legal decriminalization of students. Because we understand that taking police out of schools, thats the first demand. And yet we have to be holistic in our approach to actually keeping our students safe. A lot of that actually looks like providing emergency services to folks because one of the main things that students at MSD are ticketed for is truancy. So if folks actually have reliable transportation and they have the things that they need to get to school on time, then thats one less thing to criminalize them about. And so we understand the need for a holistic approach to that. In terms of safety policies and practices, we proposed localized community control boards with any school thats actually reflective of the racial makeup of that school.

And then its comprised of mainly students, their parents and trusted adults who have been trained in restorative and transformative justice. So that means that they will be able to negotiate a set of safety policies that are not punitive, that do not lead to the push out of black youth, trans and queer youth as well. And that actually focus on restoration and really like looking at the environment that causes conflict within these schools. A lot of times its not just the police. But you have school administrators here in Madison, jumping on 11 year old black girls and punching them in the face and ripping their hair out. You have school security guards who are sexualizing young black girls. So you have a whole And then of course, the make up of our teachers is mostly white women and they have their own set of racial biases and get over right and get through.

So you have a whole entire environment that really has set our students up to fail, has set black students up to fail. And were not done yet until schools are safe for every black child. So theres a lot of work to be done. The district must put money and resources into actually addressing this problem holistically. They must actually own up to the harm that theyve done to black youth over the years, because what weve seen is not an uptick in graduation rates, not an uptick in academic fulfillment when those students are surveyed, its an uptake in youth who are in prison. In our County, actually just invested in a new youth prison.

So I will question what are their intentions. If they actually want you to be safe, removing the cops out of the schools, having actual accountability processes for adults who use law enforcement against students, actually investing money and time in school leadership, wellness, and creativity of black youth, making sure that theres transformative justice in those schools and having community control is the way forward. Honestly, its the only way to see a sustainable change thatll actually positively impact black students and keep them safe.

Jacqueline Luqm: Mahnker, I do deeply appreciate the intersection between trans and queer students and black students advocating for their safety that will ultimately impact every student in the district. And what were hoping is that what youve done in Madison will be a blueprint for people who are pushing to remove school resource officers, or cops, from schools and terminating their contracts across the country. Were hoping that this will be the foundation that people can use for that fight. And we understand that this fight is just the beginning because now what you want to see is that the money thats paid to officers in schools and in Madison, its around $380,000 per year. According to the contract that was passed last year, could be reinvested, or should be reinvested, in those other forms of transformative justice, training, housing, transportation, and other things that you mentioned. So we understand that the fight for transforming the relationship between schools and the police, and indeed severing that relationship severely to perhaps stem the flow of the school to prison pipeline is just beginning.

We are so glad for the work that you have done with Freedom, Inc. in Madison. And again, we just hope that it is a blueprint for how others around the country can embark on that fight nationwide. So Mahnker, thank you so much for joining me and telling us tell us your story about this fight and your continued efforts in Madison.

Mahnker Dahnwei: Thank you so much for having me, Jacqueline. And if anyone wants to get in contact with us, you can find us on Facebook, @FreedomInc on Facebook, on Instagram. Were still out here in these streets. This week starts our gender justice week of action, because we know that defunding the police is a gender justice issue. And so well be out on the streets all throughout those two weeks. So come and join us. The fight isnt over yet. Peace and love to everyone.

Jacqueline Luqm: And thank you for watching. This is Jacquelyn Luqman with the Real News Network in Washington, D.C. The fight for justice for all of us continues.

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A post circulating on social media claims that the U.S. was the only country to abolish slavery, and that Black and white populations were equally involved in the institution of slavery worldwide.This fact check will focus on the primary claim made in these posts whether the U.S. was the only country to abolish slavery, which is false.Other claims are outside the scope of this check.

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Theprimaryclaim is as follows: Slavery used to be normal throughout the world. America was the ONLY country that ended it! The postis visible here .This fact check willview theending of slavery asthe abolitionwithin a given countryand its territories, and notof theslave trade.

The claim comes amid protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. The wave of demonstrations has exposed deep grievances over strained race relations worldwide ( here ).

A Reuters chronology of slavery abolition around the world is visible here .

The United States was not the only or even first country to end slavery. In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation declaring all persons held as slaves shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free,effectiveJanuary 1, 1863.It was not until the ratification of the 13thAmendment to the Constitution, in 1865, that slavery was formally abolished ( here ).

EffectiveAugust 1, 1834, in 1833Britain passed theSlavery AbolitionActgranting freedom to enslaved people inmost of the British Empire. The Act freed over 800,000 enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and South Africa as well as a small number in Canada.( here )

In Mexico, the institutionof slaverywas abolished in 1829 ( here ).

Colonial Haiti, then called Saint-Domingue, the uprising known as the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804)was the only instance of a successful slave rebellion in world history and the founding event of the first modern black republic, according to Time. Led by Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian revolution constitutes a landmark in the history of abolition ( here ). This decision was confirmed by the French government in 1794 ( here ). Further reading and commentary on this revolt, the impact of which reverberated around the region, can be found here , here and here .

Modern day slavery and illegal people trafficking are out of the scope of this fact check.

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Over the past month, mass protests calling for the abolition of police and a national reckoning with anti-Blackness have spread across the country. In that time, various volunteers and organizations have risen to the challenge of feeding those on the frontlines, like the Sikh gurdwaras serving dal to hospital workers and protesters, or the good samaritans, unaffiliated with any organization, handing out snacks at marches. And then theres the Peoples Bodega, a mutual aid organization that considers the needs of the community and packs them into a van.

The Peoples Bodega is, essentially, a traveling food and necessities pantry. In New York and LA, it caters to protests, its vans driving to different parts of a march to make sure everyone is served. Though the Peoples Bodega began in LA, the word bodega has a distinctly New York (specifically Nuyorican) feel. The bodega is your neighborhood spot where you know the person behind the counter; its the center of your community, even if that community is just your block. You can be fed there, yes, but also pick up first-aid supplies, housewares, phone cards, or any other small things you need to live your day-to-day life. The Peoples Bodega takes that concept and brings it to the protests, supplying water, sports drinks, and snacks alongside hand sanitizer, sunscreen, condoms, and tampons (plus, if you feel like hopping in the back of the van, a place to change your tampon). But unlike your neighborhood convenience store, everything is free.

On June 28, the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall riots, I rode with the Peoples Bodega to serve New Yorks Queer Liberation March. Organized by the Reclaim Pride Coalition, the march was for Black lives and against police brutality. Thousands gathered in glitter, leather, and shirts reading BLACK TRANS LIVES MATTER. The Peoples Bodega set up two tables in Manhattans Foley Square, where the march began. It was 1 p.m. and people were hungry and thirsty, everyone aware of the fact that theyd need to be full and hydrated as they marched in the 88-degree heat. The provisions the Peoples Bodega supplies are calibrated for a marchers needs enough food and water to keep you going, but never too much to slow you down.

Making its way to Washington Square Park, the march took a slightly circuitous route to avoid police presence. The Peoples Bodega volunteers packed into two vans and tracked the movement on their phones, weaving through the streets of downtown Manhattan to meet up with the march halfway through its route. In the back of the van, towers of water shifted and teetered with each turn. Chloe, one of the organizers, emphasized to me that all the supplies have been donated: Even though the volunteers put out calls for specific staples on Instagram, theyre not always in control of what they get.

That day, they estimated theyd give out about 1,600 bottles of water, as well as plenty of Nature Valley and Nutrigrain bars, but also fruit snacks, lollipops, a box of store-brand Graham crackers, and some coveted packets of Oreos and Nutter Butters. There were a few cases of day-camp favorite Little Hug, those neon-colored fruit drinks that come in barrel-shaped bottles. Sometimes, people drop off homemade sandwiches or whole pizzas, though thats rare. Some items are always around: Kind bars, Chloe says, are the food of the revolution.

It was hard to convince people that the supplies were free. But on a sweltering day when people had already marched for a mile, the organizers at the Peoples Bodega pushed cold water and sports drinks, granola bars and clementines and fruit snacks, repeating again and again that these items cost nothing until people were convinced. Yes, at least in this instance, these basic human needs cost nothing.

Once the confusion over cost (or lack thereof) is settled, the demonstrators are typically thrilled and grateful. Once the march caught up with us, the Peoples Bodega volunteers ran in a constant loop from van to table, carrying pallets of water and Costco-brand sports drinks, which went so fast they never even made it into the cooler. Cries of Thank you! and Oh my god, youre angels! emanated from the crowd, the humidity outside building to a storm that would erupt later that night. Everyone was drained, but at the sight of snacks, they turned giddy. Sugar and salt would keep them going.

Providing these essentials for free, whether its a single granola bar or dozens of breakfast sandwiches for the people occupying City Hall, is what Chloe believes mutual aid is all about: using what we have to make sure everyone gets what they need. The point is avoiding the direct exchange of money for goods, she said. When I ask if any of the food has come from restaurants or grocery stores to support the mission, she shakes her head. All our donations come from people. Sometimes the donations are food, and other times theyre in the form of monetary donations through PayPal.

The question hovering over the protests currently is: How long is this going to last? Right now, were in a perfect storm for public actions mass unemployment and remote work allow more time for political organizing. The pandemic has kept people from most other social engagements while exposing many of the cracks in our society, from racism to the lack of a social safety net to the severe underfunding of public health and public education. But protest momentum is a hard thing to sustain, especially as states keep pushing the reopening of the economy. Will the Peoples Bodega still be needed in a month?

Chloe emphasizes that it will remain in the struggle until full abolition is achieved. Currently, the group is planning for other forms of longevity as a mobile community center and food pantry. But part of their mission is to do everything they can to keep that protest momentum going. By providing food, water, and other necessities, the Peoples Bodega is making the bar of entry to protesting as low as it can possibly be you can show up without a mask, without sun protection, and hungry, and someone will take care of you. The food is fuel to keep you fighting.

Food media largely avoids the concept of food as fuel. I mean, is there anything so dreary? It evokes the unseasoned chicken breasts and steamed broccoli of gym rats, the calorie counting of diet culture, Soylent. In food media and foodie culture, food can and should be anything but fuel. Its culture, its history, its a way to share tradition and heritage, its something to bond over, its a lens through which well, you know the rest.

But for the Peoples Bodega, food is fuel. Thats precisely its glory.

After the march passed, the van made its way to Washington Square Park. Later that day, police pepper-sprayed the crowd just as Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted that the city celebrates the Black, trans activists who built the movement and continue to lead today. But before that, as the van arrived at the park, the marchers were still exuberant, many of them fortified by the sustenance provided by the Peoples Bodega. A volunteer ran out for ice. Another offered to cart water around the park to those who may have missed the table. They apologized to marchers for running out of sports drinks, but displayed every Kind bar and box of raisins they had left. I watched as people bonded, sucking on Fruit by the Foot, comparing Dum Dum flavors, and feeding their friends and partners nuts and candy. The food may be fuel, but by the act of giving it away and the power of mutual aid, it is transformed. Here, a pack of peanuts is love. A Gatorade is solidarity. A free Kind bar is the sign that were all in this fight together.

In the following days, the Peoples Bodega organizers restock and replan, coordinating donation pickups and Costco runs. They will be at the next march, electrolytes in hand, to fuel the revolution.

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Liberal lawlessness sweeping our nation | Letters to the Editor – The Herald Journal

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Dont look now my Democrat friends but you have lost total control of your party. Whether your panacea is defined as socialism, liberalism, communism or nirvana, the Everythings Free New World is the same bunch of lies, pandering and magic snake oil. It has never worked and never will but there will always be a parasitic appeal to freeloaders and the lazy.

We are surrounded with sickening evidence of liberal failure as lawlessness is sweeping across America. Because liberals are blind to raw evidence, let me start off by stating emphatically that the death of George Floyd by a rogue policeman is inexcusable! Was that clear enough? Liberal mayors and governors refused help to control lawlessness. They permitted criminals, not legitimate protestors, to destroy property and assault police. Now they want to defund police. What abject, total stupidity! And now your presidential candidate has called police the enemy!

In the exact same slippery slope as a womans right to abort a baby has now become the right to perform a post birth abortion in several states, cowardly liberal mayors and governors refusing to support their own police force has morphed into anarchy, lawlessness and unrestrained chaos. Do they seriously think that their wacko fringe minions will protect them? Now that I think about it, they have their own personal security so everyone else be damned. Not exactly the panacea they promised is it?

Whats the solution? The rule of law should apply to everyone: Clinton, Comey, Biden, Pelosi, Schumer and every single protestor that breaks the law. Jail isnt enough in my opinion. Anyone that attempts to dismantle America and the divinely inspired Constitution should be rewarded with a yearlong vacation in Afghanistan or Zimbabwe. If that doesnt prove what a bunch of absolutely ignorant spoiled brats they are then they literally dont deserve to live in the greatest country on earth. I will go so far as to repeat a great phrase from my era, America. Love it or Leave it. Another angle is Go back home and burn your own stuff down. Better yet, castrate the money source trucking in bricks, matches, bottles and protestors.

As long as Im out in left field, how about supporting the 99% of those that protect us. Im not afraid to say it, All lives matter. It doesnt matter the color of your skin, the shape of your nose, the number of limbs you possess, your sexual orientation, your address, being toothless, brainless or even helpless in that sacred location in the womb! We are all Gods children. So, I invite you to drop your hate and lets try and save America and freedom for our posterity.

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Free Speech Fantasies: the Harper’s Letter and the Myth of American Liberalism – CounterPunch

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Harpers Magazines July 7th Letter on Justice and Open Debate is making its rounds in popular political discourse, and takes aim at the PC cancel culture we are told is being fueled by the most recent round of Black Lives Matter protests. This cancel culture, we are warned, is quickly and perniciously taking over American discourse, and will severely limit the free exploration of competing viewpoints.

The Harpers letter signatories run across the ideological spectrum, including prominent conservatives such as David Brooks and J.K. Rowling, liberals such as Mark Lilla and Sean Willentz, and progressives such as Noam Chomsky and Todd Gitlin. I have no doubt that the supporters of the letter are well meaning in their support for free speech. And I have no interest in singling out any one person or group of signatories for condemnation. Rather, I think its warranted to focus on the ways in which free speech is being weaponized in this case, and in contemporary American discourse, to empower reactionary voices, under the faade of a free exploration of ideas.

The ideas established in the Harpers letter sound just fine in principle, and when examined in a vacuum. The supporters embrace norms of open debate and toleration of differences, and opposition to dogma[s], coercion, and intolerant climate[s] that stifle open exploration of competing views. The letters supporters celebrate the free exchange of information and ideas, which they deem the lifeblood of a liberal society, contrary to a rising vogue for public shaming and ostracism and the tendency to dissolve complex policy issues in a blinding moral certainty. The letter elaborates:

But it is now all too common to hear calls for swift and severe retribution in response to perceived transgressions of speech and thought. More troubling still, institutional leaders, in a spirit of panicked damage control, are delivering hasty and disproportionate punishments instead of considered reforms. Editors are fired for running controversial pieces; books are withdrawn for alleged inauthenticity; journalists are barred from writing on certain topics; professors are investigated for quoting works of literature in class; a researcher is fired for circulating a peer-reviewed academic study; and the heads of organizations are ousted for what are sometimes just clumsy mistakes. Whatever the arguments around each particular incident, the result has been to steadily narrow the boundaries of what can be said without the threat of reprisal.

Appealing to Americans commitment to civic responsibility for open dialogue, the Harpers letter warns, restriction of debate invariably hurts those who lack power and makes everyone less capable of democratic participation. The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to silence or wish them away.

One of the main problems with this sort of lofty rhetoric is that it misrepresents the severely deficient reality of American political discourse. We live in a period when the rise of neoliberal capitalism and untrammeled corporate power have cheapened public political discourse to serve the interests of plutocratic wealth and power, while assaulting notions of the common good and the public health. Idealistic rhetoric about exploring diverse views falls flat, and is a mischaracterization of reality to the deficiencies in U.S. political discourse under neoliberal corporate capitalism, when debates are perverted by political and economic elites who have contempt for the free exchange of ideas.

Numerous passages in the Harpers letter create the impression that U.S. political discourse is characterized by a vibrant and open exploration of diverse and competing views. The letter includes:

+ A lament that the emerging cancel culture threatens to weaken our norms of open debate and toleration.

+ The claim that the free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted.

+ The assertion that American discourse is characterized by institutions that uphold the value of robust and even caustic counter-speech from all quarters.

+ The call to preserve the possibility of good-faith disagreement without dire professional consequences.

All of these claims are romanticizations of American life. They obscure the reality that progressive left and radical dissident views are routinely blacklisted from mainstream political, economic, and social discourse by the media and by mainstream academic institutions.

The lets engage in a diversity of competing views position sounds great until one realizes that we do not, and have never lived in, that sort of pluralistic democracy. We live in a political culture that, on its face, is committed to free speech protections for all, in which through the respectful exchange of ideas, we arrive at a better understanding of truth, to the benefit of all. But we dont really live in that society. Ours is a reactionary culture, which celebrates ideas that service political and economic power centers. In this society, views that are elevated to being worthy of discussion include milquetoast liberal values that are sympathetic (or at least not antagonistic) to corporate power, apolitical content thats aimed at mindless entertainment and political diversion, and reactionary authoritarian views that border on fascistic, but are vital to demonizing immigrants, people of color, and other minorities, and reinforce a white patriarchal corporate power structure. Radical lefties, or even progressive-leftists, need not apply to be included in this circumscribed discourse. Their views are routinely blacklisted from the mass media, and are increasingly marginalized in higher educational institutions.

I dont draw these conclusions lightly. My understanding of how the mass media operates is based on extensive personal experiences, and those from countless left intellectuals I know. Many of us have struggled (and mostly failed) to break into mainstream discourse because of the limited space in corporate news devoted to marginalized perspectives. With this marginalization comes the near erasure of critical views, including those seeking to spotlight record (and rising) economic inequality, repressive institutions that reinforce racial, gender and transphobic systems of repression, the corporate ecocidal assault on the environment, the rise of unbridled corporate power and plutocracy, the rising authoritarianism in American politics, and the increasingly reactionary and fascistic rhetoric that has taken over the American right.

Despite complaints about a pervasive liberal bias in higher education, available evidence reveals the opposite. As Ive documented through my own comprehensive analysis of hundreds of national opinion polling questions on Americans political and economic values, theres virtually no empirical evidence to suggest that increased education in the U.S. is associated with increased likelihood of holding liberal attitudes. The reason for this non-link between education and liberalism is obvious to those leftists who have struggled to carve out a space in the increasingly reactionary American university: theres very little commitment to progressive or leftist values in the modern corporate collegiate experience-oriented schooling system.

Reflecting on my own experiences within this system, the very notion of academics serving as public intellectuals has been under systematic assault by the rise of a professionalization culture that depicts political engagement as biased, unprofessional, and unacceptable. Whatever lingering commitment to higher education as a public good was rolled back decades ago with the rise of corporatized academic professional norms. Scholars are now primarily concerned with publishing in esoteric, jargon-laden journals that no one reads, and almost no one cites, while elevating a discussion of the methods of how one does research over a discussion of the political and social significance of our work. In this process, theres been a suppression of any commitment to producing active citizens who see themselves as having an ethical or moral responsibility to be regularly politically engaged.

The reactionary professionalization thats celebrated in the ivory tower is relentlessly promoted at every step of the process through which academics develop and are socialized: in the graduate school experience, in the job hiring, tenure, and promotion processes, and in the process of peer review for academic publications. Those who dont get with the program are filtered out at some point in this process. Very few who are committed to challenging professionalized academic norms make it through PhD programs, and fewer still obtain tenure-track jobs and tenure. It is a rare to find academics who learn how to effectively hide their political values in grad school, and who then actively draw on those same values in their scholarship once theyve secured an academic job.

In my more than two decades in higher ed, I can say theres no such thing as a fair hearing for the progressive-radical left when it comes to academic publishing. Thinking of my own research, I see zero interest in elite academic publishing houses the Oxfords, Princetons, and Cambridges of the world in making space for openly leftist frameworks of analysis, let alone for the sort of applied Gramscian and Marxian empirical research that I do on media propaganda, hegemony, indoctrination, and mass false consciousness. Neither do any of the reputable journals in most social science disciplines express interest in this sort of research.

Considering the research I do focuses on social movement protests, media propaganda/fake news, and inequality studies, one might think these timely topics would draw a large number of requests for university speaking engagements. These are, after all, defining political issues of our time. But this isnt at all the case. The academy remains as reactionary as ever in terms of sidelining and blacklisting leftist ideas and frameworks for understanding the world. Theres little interest in prioritizing high-profile campus speaking events for such topics in the neoliberal corporate academy. Considering the utter contempt for such scholarship, its difficult for me to focus my limited time and energy lamenting campus attacks on authoritarians like Milo Yiannopoulos, or whatever other reactionary pseudo-intellectual flavor of the week who has been disinvited from paid speaking engagements that I and other leftist scholars couldnt dream of receiving in the first place.

I wont shed a tear for reactionaries who seek to appropriate dwindling university resources for their own personal publicity and self-aggrandizement, considering that their ideology actively supports gutting the very institutions that they so shamelessly take advantage of. The reality of the matter is that theres no First Amendment free speech right to be invited to numerous campus engagements, to be paid a generous speaking fee, or to have campus security resources devoted to protecting arch-reactionary authoritarian speakers in light of the large student protests that are mobilized against these campus events.

We should recognize that the recent wave of laments against PC cancel culture from the right reinforce a specific power dynamic in American society. It is one in which reactionaries have initiated an assault on what little remains of independent and critical thinking within the media and higher ed. They have done so by draping their contempt for free and critical inquiry in the rhetoric of free speech. But U.S. media and educational institutions have never been committed to the free exploration of competing views, at least not for those who question corporate power. The sooner we stop pretending this landscape represents a free and open exchange of ideas, the better.

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