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Reader Comments: Minneapolis and Nation Respond to ICE; NBA Assoc Speaks Out; National Briefing - Minnesota and Beyond: Rapid Response to ICE in Occupied Cities; Planning Call-Stand with Minnesota-plan for NO WORK, NO SCHOOL, NO SHOPPING-MAY 1st;

My grandfather (a 1917 Norwegian immigrant) frequently and proudly described himself as a socialist. When I asked him what he meant, he always pointed me to FDR, the New Deal, and his proposed Second Bill of Rights. And here we are again.

Trump's Shockingly Corrupt Donor Network. IL National Guard Members Say They Won't Obey Trump's Orders. Young Russians Ready To Pay a Price To Defy the Kremlin. Zohran Mamdani - Reimagining NYC | The Daily Show. No Kings Rally | Signs and Song.

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‘No Kings’ Has Long Pedigree (1795), Jim Crow Can’t Ride (1870), Halloween Parade Grows Up (1985), Whose Right to Vote? (1890), Hope for Everything, Expect Nothing (1920), When Communists Filled Madison Square Garden (1940), Racism’s Admirers (1890)

Unions demand freedom from surveillance

Authoritarian regimes rarely criminalize dissent all at once; they normalize repression step by step. Authoritarianism is a political system that suppresses political freedoms and civil rights, using various levers of control to shift power...

Last Saturday brought out about seven million Americans in joyous protest. How to turn protest to power? The hopeful news is that Americans in all parts of the country demonstrated energy, resolve, and solidarity.