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Marx Goes to Texas

Ryan Moore Protean
In October of 1845, having been silenced by government censors—and on the run from possible extradition—Karl Marx once thought about moving to Texas.

The Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Aviva Chomsky TomDispatch
On the 30th anniversary of the UN declaration of Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we need to get beyond stereotypes, from Colombia to the United States to Gaza

A Legacy of Plunder

Francisco Cantú The New York Review
In its reexamination of entrenched narratives about the expropriation of Native land, Michael Witgen’s work is changing how Native people are situated in the arc of North American history.

Children Are the First To Die

Judith Van Allen Africa is a Country
There is a particular historical pattern of colonial settler genocide that links Africa to Palestine.

Contest or Conquest?

Daniel Immerwahr Harpers Magazine
A provocative history of Indigenous America. How best to tell the story of oppressed peoples? By chronicling the hardships they’ve faced? Or by highlighting their triumphs over adversity?
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