Rebels Aren’t the Noble Warriors They Would Like to Think They Are (1861), The Civil War Was Over, but Not the Bloodthirsty Racism (1866), Take Your Fugitive Slave Law and Shove It! (1836), Killing Anti-Eviction Protesters Isn’t a Good Look (1931)
Like the slave owners, the MAGA movement and its allies are opposed only to those aspects of government that they can’t wield against their enemies. They will happily enlarge the scope of federal authority beyond the limits of our Constitution.
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)
A busy summer
Voting Rights Trial By Fire (1965), Take Your Racist Law and Shove It (1850), Let Slip the Dogs of War! (1775), Never Forget How We Got Here (1791),Thirty Years Too Many (1945), Born to Run, Indeed (1975), Nothing to Lose But Your Chains (1970)
Lift Every Voice and Sing! (1900), Michigan Rejects the So-Called Fugitive Slave Act (1855), Our Place in the Universe (1990), Confronting a Campaign of Terror (2015), An Outrageous Verdict, Reversed on Appeal (1970)
At every opportunity, Trump has placed the mass deportation of millions of people at the center of his campaign. It is a promise. And the promises a presidential candidate makes while on the trail are the promises a president tries to keep.
Deadly hurricane in 1928. Slave-catchers stymied (1858). Feds' forgeries flop (1918). Deadly racist church bombing (1963). Settlers take over Cherokee Strip (1893). Thin-skinned cops get served (1994). Eugene Debs speaks truth to power (1918).
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