Jim Naureckas

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Editor at FAIR since 1990. Curator of the New York Songlines.
BirthdateNovember 8, 1964
HomeNew York City
Websitehttps://fair.org/author/jim/
Websitehttp://www.nysonglines.com/
“If there’s one person onto whom establishment media have projected their anxieties about race, class and democracy, it’s the Rev. Jesse Jackson,” writes FAIR’s Jim @Naureckas
https://fair.org/home/why-corporate-media-needed-to-misrepresent-jesse-jackson/
Why Corporate Media Needed to Misrepresent Jesse Jackson

The Rev. Jesse Jackson's kind of politics terrified an elite that thrives on keeping the 99 Percent divided and conquered.

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If Jeffrey Epstein had been raising money for the Russian military, you would know all about it.

https://fair.org/home/doj-released-much-more-on-epsteins-israel-ties-but-media-still-arent-much-interested/

DoJ Released Much More on Epstein’s Israel Ties—But Media Still Aren’t Much Interested

Only a few US corporate media outlets have referenced the latest Epstein/Israel revelations--and these framed them as at best conspiracy-adjacent.

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My take on why elite media feared the Rev. Jesse Jackson: "He changed the rules of politics by offering an alternative to the top-down, big money-driven hegemony of the Democratic establishment: grassroots-funded, solidaric, genuinely populist."

https://fair.org/home/why-corporate-media-needed-to-misrepresent-jesse-jackson/

Why Corporate Media Needed to Misrepresent Jesse Jackson

The Rev. Jesse Jackson's kind of politics terrified an elite that thrives on keeping the 99 Percent divided and conquered.

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If there was one person who embodied establishment media's anxiety about race, class and democracy, it was the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
"I Wish I’d Been Wrong About What ‘Control of the Border’ Would Look Like," writes Jim @Naureckas
https://fair.org/home/i-wish-id-been-wrong-about-what-control-of-the-border-would-look-like/
I Wish I’d Been Wrong About What ‘Control of the Border’ Would Look Like

Sixteen years later, Ross Douthat has gotten the kind of sincerity on immigration control that he wanted. How does it look?

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Minnesota, Hennepin County and Minneapolis need to start issuing arrest warrants--for John Does if need be. The murders will continue until local authorities stand up to the thugs.

A great conversation between Janine Jackson and Kimberle Crenshaw about how anti-racism is inseparable from pro-democracy.

https://fair.org/home/you-cannot-change-a-reality-that-you-cannot-name/

‘You Cannot Change a Reality That You Cannot Name’: CounterSpin interview with Kimberlé Crenshaw on anti-Blackness

"Every time this democracy has been threatened...the core of it has been the manipulation of racial resentment and white supremacy."

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Media writers who pretend they don't know who is lying are not journalists but propagandists.
“The Washington Post, which exists mainly to serve the interests of its mega-billionaire owner Jeff Bezos, unsurprisingly thinks taxing the wealth of billionaires is a bad idea,” writes FAIR’s Jim @Naureckas
https://fair.org/home/billionaires-mouthpiece-searches-for-reasons-to-avoid-taxing-billionaires/
Billionaire’s Mouthpiece Searches for Reasons to Avoid Taxing Billionaires

The Washington Post, which serves the interests of its mega-billionaire owner Jeff Bezos, unsurprisingly thinks taxing billionaire wealth is a bad idea.

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A First Amendment that only allowed you to say things the government approved of would not be very valuable.

https://fair.org/home/the-first-amendment-allows-you-to-report-things-the-government-doesnt-want-reported/

The First Amendment Allows You to Report Things the Government Doesn’t Want Reported

Actually, the First Amendment does give you a license to "expose elite military personnel, compromise operations or assist our adversaries."

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