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“But the hushing of the criticism of honest opponents is a dangerous thing.”
— W.E.B. Du Bois
— W.E.B. Du Bois
“[Black Reconstruction] did not simply fail, white conservatives overthrew it.”
— Kidada E. Williams, I Saw Death Coming (2023)
— Kidada E. Williams, I Saw Death Coming (2023)
February 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
“[Black Reconstruction] did not simply fail, white conservatives overthrew it.”
— Kidada E. Williams, I Saw Death Coming (2023)
— Kidada E. Williams, I Saw Death Coming (2023)
The Israeli Olympics team sports images of the Star of David on their uniforms. That’s literally King David. How’s that not political?
The International Olympic Committee ruled that an image of Toussaint Louverture, born into slavery and and leader of the Haitian Revolution, on Haiti’s uniforms violated Olympic rules barring political symbolism
Haiti's Winter Olympics team shines a positive light even as IOC removes patriot from uniforms
Haiti is making a statement at the Milan Cortina Winter Games with two athletes proudly representing the nation.
apnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:41 PM
The Israeli Olympics team sports images of the Star of David on their uniforms. That’s literally King David. How’s that not political?
The fort built by previously enslaved people in Nashville as it originally appeared.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 8, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The fort built by previously enslaved people in Nashville as it originally appeared.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
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Why is a contributing editor to Harper's and a lecturer at Columbia Law cribbing independent journalist Marisa Kabas's posts word for word without attribution
February 8, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Why is a contributing editor to Harper's and a lecturer at Columbia Law cribbing independent journalist Marisa Kabas's posts word for word without attribution
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Here we have the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania endorsing a candidate before primaries are held. 🙄
Governor Shapiro and Lt. Governor Davis officially endorsed for re-election by PA Dems.
February 8, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Here we have the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania endorsing a candidate before primaries are held. 🙄
Correction to my error on Frank Robinson’s first management gig.
permit me to correct this Frank R became (player-) manager of Cleveland @csschmitt.bsky.social @drjessecromwell.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Correction to my error on Frank Robinson’s first management gig.
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The cops used long range acoustic devices mounted on their vehicles on the crowd of press and protesters.
“the entire corner of … Beacon Street and … Union Street was used by multiple police agencies to begin staging …. more than 20 vehicles were parked on the streets, including 3 unmarked vans, an MPD Special Weapons and Tactics bearcat, and more than 10 … Sheriff’s Department vehicles”
State and Local Police Make Mass Arrest Again at Fourth Graduate Noise Demo - UNICORN RIOT
A mixture of state and local police arrested at least a dozen protesters on Thursday night after a noise demo outside of the Graduate Hotel in Minneapolis.
unicornriot.ninja
February 7, 2026 at 9:04 AM
The cops used long range acoustic devices mounted on their vehicles on the crowd of press and protesters.
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Democrats are not capable of self reflection. They’ll scream until the cows come home that you should have voted for Kamala, despite her complicity in genocide, rather than learn from their loss and changing their tired tune in time for the next election. As a Canadian it is something to watch.
Time to drop some evergreen against denial.
February 7, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Democrats are not capable of self reflection. They’ll scream until the cows come home that you should have voted for Kamala, despite her complicity in genocide, rather than learn from their loss and changing their tired tune in time for the next election. As a Canadian it is something to watch.
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Fascists poisoning dogs in Palestine and breaking their ribs in the USA. In either case, these vile, racist monsters need to be locked up.
“US Marshals, acting on behalf of the DOJ in Memphis, TN, kicked a dog during an arrest, leaving it with a broken rib.”
February 8, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Fascists poisoning dogs in Palestine and breaking their ribs in the USA. In either case, these vile, racist monsters need to be locked up.
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A Florida A&M University law student says the school told her to remove the word 'Black' from a Black History Month event flyer. The school says it is in full compliance with state law
‘Black’ banned from flyers for FAMU College of Law Black History Month event, student says
A student at FAMU College of Law says the school told her to remove the word 'black' from a Black History Month event flyer. The school says it is in full compliance with state law.
www.clickorlando.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
A Florida A&M University law student says the school told her to remove the word 'Black' from a Black History Month event flyer. The school says it is in full compliance with state law
Filter blockades are the new protest tool used against ICE:
“filter blockades are barricades that turn intersections into roundabouts, crewed by rapid responders who check for ICE vehicles. The filter blockades function to slow or stop occupying forces; everyone else is waved through with a smile”
“filter blockades are barricades that turn intersections into roundabouts, crewed by rapid responders who check for ICE vehicles. The filter blockades function to slow or stop occupying forces; everyone else is waved through with a smile”
Filter Blockades
Demonstrators in the Twin Cities have been experimenting with filter blockades, a means of monitoring traffic for federal agents and obstructing their activities.
crimethinc.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Filter blockades are the new protest tool used against ICE:
“filter blockades are barricades that turn intersections into roundabouts, crewed by rapid responders who check for ICE vehicles. The filter blockades function to slow or stop occupying forces; everyone else is waved through with a smile”
“filter blockades are barricades that turn intersections into roundabouts, crewed by rapid responders who check for ICE vehicles. The filter blockades function to slow or stop occupying forces; everyone else is waved through with a smile”
“Nashville at one time [during Reconstruction] had a third of its city council composed of Negroes”
— W.E.B. DuBois, Black Reconstruction (p.472)
#BlackHistoryMonth
— W.E.B. DuBois, Black Reconstruction (p.472)
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 8, 2026 at 4:47 PM
“Nashville at one time [during Reconstruction] had a third of its city council composed of Negroes”
— W.E.B. DuBois, Black Reconstruction (p.472)
#BlackHistoryMonth
— W.E.B. DuBois, Black Reconstruction (p.472)
#BlackHistoryMonth
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Because Democrats have been voting with Republicans in bipartisan support of the fascist ICE agency going back to 2003 when George Bush started it, with increases in funding & detentions of innocent people year over year over year. That's why.
February 8, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Because Democrats have been voting with Republicans in bipartisan support of the fascist ICE agency going back to 2003 when George Bush started it, with increases in funding & detentions of innocent people year over year over year. That's why.
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ICE finding out they got whistles in Italy too and they’re just as pissed off.
ICE in Italy: When American Border Politics Hit European Streets
February 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
ICE finding out they got whistles in Italy too and they’re just as pissed off.
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Israel, meanwhile, killed 780+ Palestinian athletes. If Gaza were to compete as a team in the Olympics, they would be unable to, because they wouldn’t have enough team members as all have been killed.
There is simply no moral argument for allowing war criminals to compete at the Olympics.
February 8, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Israel, meanwhile, killed 780+ Palestinian athletes. If Gaza were to compete as a team in the Olympics, they would be unable to, because they wouldn’t have enough team members as all have been killed.
Add the defilement of human remains to Israel’s list of war crimes.
Families ‘inconsolable’ in Gaza as Israel returns more unidentified bodies
Palestinian medics say several of the 54 bodies were found to be mutilated and showed extensive signs of abuse.
www.aljazeera.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Add the defilement of human remains to Israel’s list of war crimes.
If you magically believed that the release of the Epstein Files would spell the end of US fascism, then maybe you should become more radicalized.
The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass.
As Europe moves to address its shame, it’s highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S.
www.politico.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:58 PM
If you magically believed that the release of the Epstein Files would spell the end of US fascism, then maybe you should become more radicalized.
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The radical and unrealistic position of "no concentration camps"
The reasonable moderate position of "some concentration camps in certain circumstances"
The reasonable moderate position of "some concentration camps in certain circumstances"
February 8, 2026 at 4:58 AM
The radical and unrealistic position of "no concentration camps"
The reasonable moderate position of "some concentration camps in certain circumstances"
The reasonable moderate position of "some concentration camps in certain circumstances"
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#OtD 8 Feb 1943 Lepa Svetozara Radic, a 17-year-old partisan from Bosnia-Herzegovina was captured by the Germans. The Nazis offered her her life if she gave up the names of her comrades, but she showed "unprecedented defiance", refused and was executed stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1078...
February 8, 2026 at 1:10 PM
#OtD 8 Feb 1943 Lepa Svetozara Radic, a 17-year-old partisan from Bosnia-Herzegovina was captured by the Germans. The Nazis offered her her life if she gave up the names of her comrades, but she showed "unprecedented defiance", refused and was executed stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1078...
“‘Many of their colored preachers exhort with great earnestness and power’ …. which was … remarkable given that North Carolina law had prohibited black men from preaching since 1831. At about the same time, [freedperson] Martha Culling … opened the community’s first school … near Union headquarters”
What Former Slaves Lost When Andrew Johnson Restored Lands to Confederate Owners
This article supplements Reconstruction, a Slate Academy. To learn more and to enroll, visit Slate.com/Reconstruction.
slate.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:41 PM
“‘Many of their colored preachers exhort with great earnestness and power’ …. which was … remarkable given that North Carolina law had prohibited black men from preaching since 1831. At about the same time, [freedperson] Martha Culling … opened the community’s first school … near Union headquarters”
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US arms sales to Israel aren’t really sales, at least not in the conventional sense.
More than 80% are funded by US taxpayers www.stephensemler.com/p/biden-sold...
More than 80% are funded by US taxpayers www.stephensemler.com/p/biden-sold...
February 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
US arms sales to Israel aren’t really sales, at least not in the conventional sense.
More than 80% are funded by US taxpayers www.stephensemler.com/p/biden-sold...
More than 80% are funded by US taxpayers www.stephensemler.com/p/biden-sold...
there are no Gettysburg statues to Radical Reconstruction leader Thaddeus Stevens because Gettysburg became “a mecca for Southern loyalists”
Why no Thaddeus Stevens statues in Gettysburg?
Gettysburg is known to many as the place where former President Abraham Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address. Because of that speech, Gettysburg has become home to a plethora of Lincoln statues.
www.eveningsun.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:33 PM
there are no Gettysburg statues to Radical Reconstruction leader Thaddeus Stevens because Gettysburg became “a mecca for Southern loyalists”
“A very common error is that thinking that every social stratum elaborates its consciousness and its culture in the same way, with intellectuals.”
— Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks (XXIV 3)
— Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks (XXIV 3)
February 8, 2026 at 3:29 PM
“A very common error is that thinking that every social stratum elaborates its consciousness and its culture in the same way, with intellectuals.”
— Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks (XXIV 3)
— Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks (XXIV 3)