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Black Lives Matter: Challenging Police Impunity
On May 3, 2024, Roger Fortson was on a video call with his girlfriend when a knock came at his door. Fortson, a 23-year-old Black man, was a Senior Airman in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Florida. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Deputy Eddie Duran had responded to a domestic disturbance call at the apartment complex. Building staff directed him ...Read more
May Day And The End Of The Vietnam War, 50 Years Later
May Day, May 1, has long been a day of protest, and this year is no exception. Protests are happening across the country, against President Donald Trump and his attack on the social safety net, on immigrants, on people of color, the LGBTQ community and more.
On May 1, 1971, massive protests against the Vietnam War engulfed Washington, D.C. ...Read more
Dark Shadows Of Fascism Over Germany And The U.S.
"Nothing is more dishonorable for a civilized people than to let itself be 'governed' without resistance by an irresponsible clique of rulers devoted to dark instincts." These words open the first communique of the White Rose, a collective of young Germans in Munich, including brother and sister Hans and Sophie Scholl, clandestinely opposing the...Read more