American slavery happened – we are still living with its consequences. I believe we are finally ready to face it, learn about it and acknowledge its significance to American history.
Stephen Has an Unpopular Opinion on Trump's Budget. Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards Jam. To Donald Trump, from Vicente Fox. Movie: The Zookeeper's Wife. Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s Address on Removal of Four Confederate Statues.
A true story of resistance to Nazism based on the diaries of Antonina Żabiński, now in theaters. A review and comment on its relevance to Israel/Palestine here.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu powerfully explains why the Confederate statues had to go.
My grandfather, Henry A. Wallace was asked to write about "The Danger of American Fascism." And in my view, he predicted President Trump.
The late Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm recounts the origins of International Workers' Day.
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Commemoration of America's history of racial terrorism can play a significant role in community-wide reconciliation.
Steve Thornton has been an activist in Hartford since moving there in the 1970's after graduating from the University of Connecticut. He worked for many years for the Hartford-based health care workers union, New England District 1199, and has been involved in many organizations and campaigns there over the last 40 years. He also has a keen interest in local people's history, and some years ago started a website, shoeleatherhistoryproject.com, to popularize that history
Across the Americas, stories abound of enslaved peoples utilizing the small window of “a little restricted liberty” afforded by the Christmas season to escape bondage.
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