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This Week in People’s History, Sep 17–23, 2025

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U.S. Marines firing on unarmed Haitian demonstrators No Way Out for Haiti (1915), Slavers Flex Political Muscles (1850), Decades of Struggle Wins! (1935), Racial Justice Doesn’t Come Easy (1975), A Boycott on Steroids (1939), ‘We Believe in Farmers’ (1985), No ‘Justice’ for Emmett Till (1955)

Wisconsin on Earth Day: The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected

Amy Barrilleaux Wisconsin Examiner
We know our health depends on the health of our planet. Clean Wisconsin, the state’s oldest environmental organization, was founded on the first Earth Day in 1970. But for all of us, every day is Earth Day.

Slow Change Can Be Radical Change

Rebecca Solnit Literary Hub
Describing the slowness of change is often confused with acceptance of the status quo. It’s really the opposite.

Sara Innamorato Upends Fracking Politics in Pennsylvania

Megan Mcdonough Common Dreams
A resounding victory in the primary race to be the next Allegheny County Executive shows that bold candidates can defy conventional wisdom by taking on the fossil fuel industry in its own backyard.
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