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Noam Chomsky and Jeffrey Epstein. Why, Noam?

Danny Spector Thoughts-letter Substack
The Chomskys apologize for being manipulated, for being too trusting, for not researching Epstein’s background, for their “lapse in judgment.” That’s fine. But the Chomskys caused harm. They have yet to apologize for that.

This Week in People’s History, Feb 18–24, 2026

Portside
A crowd of civilians confronting a British Army tank during the Irish War of Independence Dublin’s a Tough Battlefield (1921), ¡Karen Silkwood, Presente! (1946), Chaplin’s Anti-Capitalist Masterpiece (1936), 500,000 Dead and Counting (2021), A Hard-Won Victory for Farm Workers (1986), Colonialism Grows Out of the Barrel of a Gun (1826)

Deadlier Than Gettysburg

Drew Gilpin Faust The Atlantic
How the cruelty of the Confederacy’s prison camps gave rise to the rules of war

The Evolution of Black Bookstores

Jessica Max Stein The Indypendent
21st century Black booksellers generation brings activism and business together in a way that skirts the debates of their predecessors; to them, the work is all of a piece.
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