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This Week in People’s History, Aug 6–12, 2025

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Panoramic view of Hiroshima's ruins A Bomb Unlike Any Other (1945), When the K.K.K. Came to D.C. (1925), An Authoritarian Racist in the White House (1835), Getting Rid of a Brutal Occupation for 12 Years (1680), Rebellion in Watts, 60 Years Later (1965)

Joe Biden Is Leonard Peltier’s Last Hope

Rose Styron and Alex Matthiessen The Guardian
The imprisoned Native American is long overdue for clemency. Joe Biden is probably the last president who can give it to him

6 Thanksgiving Myths and the Wampanoag Side of the Story

Vincent Schilling Indian Country Today
The Thanksgiving Day Celebration originated From a Massacre - Let's Hear the Wampanoag side of the story. Here are some of the most common misconceptions about the November holiday.(from Indian Country Today, original published 2017.)

Tidbits – Oct. 17 – Reader Comments: Swing State Confidential; Ta-Nehisi Coates-Letter From Israel; Palestine–the Last Year; While You Were So Worried Socialism Would Take Your Freedoms; CIA Says No Evidence Iran Has Decided To Build a Nuclear Weapon

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Reader Comments: Swing State Confidential; Ta-Nehisi Coates - A Letter from Israel; Palestine-The Last Year; While You Were So Worried Socialism Would Take Your Freedoms...; CIA Says No Evidence Iran Has Decided To Build a Nuclear Weapon; more...

Indian Fighting Today: Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher

Winona LaDuke High Plains Reader
There’s a long list of law firms who specialize in modern day Indian fighting. It’s usually to do with tribal jurisdiction over water, land, or children, all pretty basic for the survival of a people.
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