@wickenkamp.bsky.social
Abolitionist.
"Either grandstanding or can't be trusted."
-National Review
"Either grandstanding or can't be trusted."
-National Review
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We know about police violence during CRM, but there was also COINTELPRO type surveillance by local dep'ts.
And resistance by CORE & SNCC who confronted police abuses head-on, with sit-ins at precincts, blocking streets to protest officer abuse, & more.
Join us Monday to learn more. Free class ⬇️
And resistance by CORE & SNCC who confronted police abuses head-on, with sit-ins at precincts, blocking streets to protest officer abuse, & more.
Join us Monday to learn more. Free class ⬇️
Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back
Scholar Joshua Clark Jackson will discuss his new book Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back. This session is part of the Zinn Educat...
www.zinnedproject.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
We know about police violence during CRM, but there was also COINTELPRO type surveillance by local dep'ts.
And resistance by CORE & SNCC who confronted police abuses head-on, with sit-ins at precincts, blocking streets to protest officer abuse, & more.
Join us Monday to learn more. Free class ⬇️
And resistance by CORE & SNCC who confronted police abuses head-on, with sit-ins at precincts, blocking streets to protest officer abuse, & more.
Join us Monday to learn more. Free class ⬇️
I'm so excited about this upcoming class!
Davis's book is really exemplary. It highlights histories of policing that help us understand where we're at today along with potential ways forward.
Davis's book is really exemplary. It highlights histories of policing that help us understand where we're at today along with potential ways forward.
We know about police violence during CRM, but there was also COINTELPRO type surveillance by local dep'ts.
And resistance by CORE & SNCC who confronted police abuses head-on, with sit-ins at precincts, blocking streets to protest officer abuse, & more.
Join us Monday to learn more. Free class ⬇️
And resistance by CORE & SNCC who confronted police abuses head-on, with sit-ins at precincts, blocking streets to protest officer abuse, & more.
Join us Monday to learn more. Free class ⬇️
Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back
Scholar Joshua Clark Jackson will discuss his new book Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back. This session is part of the Zinn Educat...
www.zinnedproject.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I'm so excited about this upcoming class!
Davis's book is really exemplary. It highlights histories of policing that help us understand where we're at today along with potential ways forward.
Davis's book is really exemplary. It highlights histories of policing that help us understand where we're at today along with potential ways forward.
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This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical
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We have signs! Please dm if you would like one. I’m running for school board to ensure that all ICCSD students and educators receive the support and respect that they deserve.
July 29, 2025 at 3:59 AM
We have signs! Please dm if you would like one. I’m running for school board to ensure that all ICCSD students and educators receive the support and respect that they deserve.
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Here are resources to teach about history of policing including lessons, the Empire City podcast by @chenjerai.bsky.social, Police Against the Movement by @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social, interview with Khalil Gibran Muhammad, on "The Condemnation of Blackness: Lies We’re Told About Crime" & more. ⬇️
Teach the History of Policing
Resources for middle and high school classrooms on the history of policing in the United States.
www.zinnedproject.org
August 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Here are resources to teach about history of policing including lessons, the Empire City podcast by @chenjerai.bsky.social, Police Against the Movement by @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social, interview with Khalil Gibran Muhammad, on "The Condemnation of Blackness: Lies We’re Told About Crime" & more. ⬇️
A third Reconstruction is desperately needed.
Fantastic piece by @jamellebouie.net on the VRA and the long arc of the American Republic(s)
(gift link)
(gift link)
Opinion | Donald Trump and John Roberts Have a Lot in Common
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A third Reconstruction is desperately needed.
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Given this, it is all the more urgent that we create education is subversive in meaningful ways. The @zinnedproject.bsky.social is indispensable. Please support them, and all other learning projects. And my dear colleagues in academia—wake up and pitch in FFS.
The Supreme Court just ruled that Trump can dismantle the Department of Education
Justice Sotomayor:
“That decision is indefensible..The majority is either willfully blind to the implications of its ruling or naive, but either way the threat to our Constitution’s separation of powers is grave”
Justice Sotomayor:
“That decision is indefensible..The majority is either willfully blind to the implications of its ruling or naive, but either way the threat to our Constitution’s separation of powers is grave”
July 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Given this, it is all the more urgent that we create education is subversive in meaningful ways. The @zinnedproject.bsky.social is indispensable. Please support them, and all other learning projects. And my dear colleagues in academia—wake up and pitch in FFS.
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"A free education is incompatible with fascism. That was Dewey's petition from his generation’s age of fascism to our own: that to make education incompatible with fascism is to make us more free."
My remarks from #TeachTruth 2025:
www.humanrestorationproject.org/writing/refl... #EduSky
My remarks from #TeachTruth 2025:
www.humanrestorationproject.org/writing/refl... #EduSky
Reflections on Teach Truth Day of Action 2025 | Human Restoration Project | Nick Covington
How can John Dewey’s ideal of a thriving democratic education revitalize a American commitment to freedom and democracy? Published by Human Restoration Project, a 501(c)3 organization restoring humani...
www.humanrestorationproject.org
June 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"A free education is incompatible with fascism. That was Dewey's petition from his generation’s age of fascism to our own: that to make education incompatible with fascism is to make us more free."
My remarks from #TeachTruth 2025:
www.humanrestorationproject.org/writing/refl... #EduSky
My remarks from #TeachTruth 2025:
www.humanrestorationproject.org/writing/refl... #EduSky
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We just kicked off our #TeachTruth event in Chauncy Swan park! Incredible turnout from the #NoKings March! @zinnedproject.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We just kicked off our #TeachTruth event in Chauncy Swan park! Incredible turnout from the #NoKings March! @zinnedproject.bsky.social
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"I taught my students slavery was wrong. Then MAGA came after me." -- @wickenkamp.bsky.social, who became target of right wing politician after signing our #TeachTruth pledge.
Read his powerful article ⬇️.
Join us June 7: www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
barnraisingmedia.com/iowa-rural-s...
Read his powerful article ⬇️.
Join us June 7: www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
barnraisingmedia.com/iowa-rural-s...
I Taught My Students Slavery Was Wrong. Then MAGA Came After Me
I found myself at the center of the nation’s culture wars over education. The real casualty is rural public schools.
barnraisingmedia.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"I taught my students slavery was wrong. Then MAGA came after me." -- @wickenkamp.bsky.social, who became target of right wing politician after signing our #TeachTruth pledge.
Read his powerful article ⬇️.
Join us June 7: www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
barnraisingmedia.com/iowa-rural-s...
Read his powerful article ⬇️.
Join us June 7: www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
barnraisingmedia.com/iowa-rural-s...
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@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
April 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.
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In Red States, Rural Voters Are Leading the Resistance to School Vouchers barnraisingmedia.com... @carolburris.bsky.social @piperformissouri.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @covingtonedu.bsky.social @gameonkansas.bsky.social
In Red States, Rural Voters Are Leading the Resistance to School Vouchers
The billionaire-led push to siphon public funds to private religious schools faces a backlash from rural voters who make up the GOP base.
barnraisingmedia.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In Red States, Rural Voters Are Leading the Resistance to School Vouchers barnraisingmedia.com... @carolburris.bsky.social @piperformissouri.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @covingtonedu.bsky.social @gameonkansas.bsky.social
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Questionnaire, by Wendell Berry (2010)
How much poison are you willing
to eat for the success of the free
market and global trade? Please
name your preferred poisons.
How much poison are you willing
to eat for the success of the free
market and global trade? Please
name your preferred poisons.
March 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Questionnaire, by Wendell Berry (2010)
How much poison are you willing
to eat for the success of the free
market and global trade? Please
name your preferred poisons.
How much poison are you willing
to eat for the success of the free
market and global trade? Please
name your preferred poisons.
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So students can be alert to scapegoating divide & conquer tactics, teach outside textbook about Red Scare, "a scorched-earth policy against country’s most progressive forces."
Not just McCarthy & Hollywood, it was an attack on Black freedom & labor struggles.
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/su...
Not just McCarthy & Hollywood, it was an attack on Black freedom & labor struggles.
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/su...
Subversives: Stories from the Red Scare
Students meet targets of government harassment and repression to analyze why disparate individuals might have become government targets.
www.zinnedproject.org
March 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
So students can be alert to scapegoating divide & conquer tactics, teach outside textbook about Red Scare, "a scorched-earth policy against country’s most progressive forces."
Not just McCarthy & Hollywood, it was an attack on Black freedom & labor struggles.
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/su...
Not just McCarthy & Hollywood, it was an attack on Black freedom & labor struggles.
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/su...
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In 1943 the US government made an antifascist film called "Don't Be a Sucker" in which we see a college professor in Germany removed from his classroom by government officials who do not approve of what he's teaching about race. youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4?...
March 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In 1943 the US government made an antifascist film called "Don't Be a Sucker" in which we see a college professor in Germany removed from his classroom by government officials who do not approve of what he's teaching about race. youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4?...
Really honored to get a chance to work with the amazing editors at @barnraiser.bsky.social -- a publication that's doing excellent work.
“Trumpism will not be defeated by politicians in the D.C. Beltway,” Bernie Sanders tells thousands in Iowa City.
As GOP Moves to Cut Taxes for the Rich, Bernie Sanders Rallies Iowans to Fight Oligarchy
As congressional Republicans seek trillions in tax cuts for the rich, Bernie Sanders is launching a National Tour to Fight Oligarchy.
buff.ly
February 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Really honored to get a chance to work with the amazing editors at @barnraiser.bsky.social -- a publication that's doing excellent work.
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To our knowledge, Columbia and Barnard have not officially expelled people for political speech since 1936, when Columbia expelled a student who led a protest against the University’s ties to the Nazis.
February 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
To our knowledge, Columbia and Barnard have not officially expelled people for political speech since 1936, when Columbia expelled a student who led a protest against the University’s ties to the Nazis.
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New online: Colin Gordon on the Republican war on social assistance programs.
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
www.dissentmagazine.org
February 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
New online: Colin Gordon on the Republican war on social assistance programs.
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
As usual, the youth have greater moral clarity than many adults.
“The walkout was organized in part by an eighth-grade student who is not yet 14 years…She spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing concerns about backlash from Trump supporters.”
That girl is heroic and it's disgusting that she need fear of retaliation from Trump supporters.
wapo.st/3QbIcl9
That girl is heroic and it's disgusting that she need fear of retaliation from Trump supporters.
wapo.st/3QbIcl9
Hegseth’s visit to U.S. base in Germany met with student walkout
The civil disobedience by dozens of middle-schoolers — and some adults — was aimed at the Trump administration’s rollback of DEI initiatives.
wapo.st
February 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
As usual, the youth have greater moral clarity than many adults.
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When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.
February 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.
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Teaching history divorced from the concerns of the present is actually doing a bad job at teaching history.
February 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Teaching history divorced from the concerns of the present is actually doing a bad job at teaching history.
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Educator @jessehagopian.bsky.social says Trump's vow to abolish the Education Department is not about "local control" over schools.
"Let’s call this what it is: an extremist, authoritarian power grab to dismantle public education and enforce ideological conformity."
"Let’s call this what it is: an extremist, authoritarian power grab to dismantle public education and enforce ideological conformity."
“Educational Arson”: Trump Moves to Abolish Dept. of Education
As the Trump administration, led in part by his unelected adviser Elon Musk, sets its sights on cutting the Department of Education, we speak to longtime educator Jesse Hagopian about what he calls an...
www.democracynow.org
February 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Educator @jessehagopian.bsky.social says Trump's vow to abolish the Education Department is not about "local control" over schools.
"Let’s call this what it is: an extremist, authoritarian power grab to dismantle public education and enforce ideological conformity."
"Let’s call this what it is: an extremist, authoritarian power grab to dismantle public education and enforce ideological conformity."
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They are seeking to criminalize integration efforts across public life. We must be clear eyed and direct about what’s happening here. We have not witnessed this blatant of a comprehensive governmental attack on integration since the Civil Rights Movement. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Pam Bondi Instructs Trump DOJ to Criminally Investigate Companies That Do DEI
Civil rights advocates may well file suit immediately against the Justice Department to secure an injunction.
slate.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
They are seeking to criminalize integration efforts across public life. We must be clear eyed and direct about what’s happening here. We have not witnessed this blatant of a comprehensive governmental attack on integration since the Civil Rights Movement. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Words like "historical" and "political" are not just on this list by mistake. History and politics are also going to be real targets, as part of active research questions (anything beyond fictionalized hagiographies and state-approved revisionism).
February 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Words like "historical" and "political" are not just on this list by mistake. History and politics are also going to be real targets, as part of active research questions (anything beyond fictionalized hagiographies and state-approved revisionism).