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This Week in People’s History, June 27–July 3

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Newspaper headline: World Court Supports Nicaragua
International law? What's that? in 1986. First marches for Gay Pride in 1970. Saving a bridge in 1923. Torturers unwelcome in 1980. Bronx hospital patients first in 1970. Guantanamo opens in 1903. Gettysburg in 1863.

Friday Nite Videos | September 10, 2021

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Rep. Barbara Lee: We Need an Afghan War Inquiry. What Really Happened During the Attica Prison Rebellion. George Carlin Returns With Some Insights About Texas. Did a U.S. Drone Strike in Afghanistan Kill the Wrong Person? CODA | Movie.

None Dare Call It “Fascism.” Why Not?

Mark Green Washington Spectator
Calling out fascism after it succeeds would be like finally agreeing to be vaccinated while they’re hooking you up to a ventilator. Say. Its. Name.

What Is Owed

William P. Jones The Nation
Any political movement powerful enough to secure policies sufficient to repair the damage inflicted by centuries of slavery will also have the power to secure a more radical and enduring transformation of our social and political order