Top 15 messages in Clint Eastwood's anti-war masterpiece "American Sniper"
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Feb 1 2015 04:13
I just watched "American Sniper. " I learned so much about manliness, honor, and love…
The toughest skin - Liberté Locke
A great, short article by Liberté Locke demonstrating the differing experiences one can have at work, based on issues of identity.
Ready to fight: Developing a 21st century community syndicalism
Submitted by Eviction Free Zone on Jan 29 2015 18:06
As we develop new strategies to work on community organizing campaigns, what ideas and strategies can we port over from the history of syndicalist workplace struggles?
The empire of necessity: Slavery, freedom, and deception in the New World - Greg Grandin
From the acclaimed author of Fordlandia, the story of a remarkable slave rebellion that illuminates America’s struggle with slavery and freedom during the Age of Revolution and beyond.
The counter-revolution of 1776: slave resistance and the origins of the United States of America - Gerald Horne
Submitted by Tyrion on Jan 27 2015 03:17
The successful 1776 revolt against British rule in North America has been hailed almost universally as a great step forward for humanity. But the Africans then residing in the colonies overwhelmingly sided with London.
The forgotten martyrs of Orangeburg - Monica Moorehead
Submitted by Steven. on Jan 26 2015 17:41
A short account of the police massacre of three black students demonstrating against a segregated bowling alley in South Carolina in 1968.
Tenants rising: PDXSol makes its demands
Submitted by Eviction Free Zone on Jan 22 2015 10:45
The Portland Solidarity Network supports two tenants as they make demands on their exploitative former property management company, and the video captures their moment of community power.
Fragments: a memoir - Sam Dolgoff
Submitted by Steven. on Jan 18 2015 16:58
A 1986 memoir by Russian-born American anarcho-syndicalist Sam Dolgoff (1902-1990) with lots of interesting information about the anarchist movement in the US and New York in particular in the 20th century.
Anti-police brutality protest shakes things up at the Mall Of America
An account by x378436 of an illegal rally at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Common objections to the Black Lives Matter movement - Patrick O’Donohue
Patrick O’Donohue, an IWW member and a participant in the 'Black Lives Matter' movement in Minneapolis, responds to some common objections to the anti-police brutality movement that has arisen in the United States after a number of highly publicized police killings.
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