Historians and other critics are responding with fierce condemnation to this week’s Wall Street Journal reporting that “U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan and her top advisers at the National Archives and Records Administration, which operates a popular museum on the National Mall, have sought to de-emphasize negative parts of U.S. history.”
‘Obeying Fascism in Advance,’ National Archivist Sanitized US Museum
Tag: Native Americans
Ho-Chunk launches casino construction in Beloit + More
Ho-Chunk launches casino construction in Beloit (archived)
More than 200 people came to Willowbrook Road Friday morning for the official beginning of construction of a Ho-Chunk casino, convention center, and 312-room, 18-story hotel.
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The Ho-Chunk casino and hotel project is estimated to cost $405 million. When complete it will employ an estimated 1,500 people, Ho-Chunk officials have said.
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Jewish New Yorkers occupy Statue of Liberty to demand Gaza ceasefire + Protesters block US military ship allegedly carrying weapons for Israel
Activists from Jewish Voice for Peace group unfurl banners reading ‘Palestinians should be free’ at the base of New York landmark.
Jewish New Yorkers occupy Statue of Liberty to demand Gaza ceasefire
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The largest Palestine protest in U.S. history shut down the streets of D.C
An estimated 300,000 demonstrators shut down the streets of D.C. in the largest Palestine protest in United States history, calling for a ceasefire and an end to the genocide in Gaza.
The largest Palestine protest in U.S. history shut down the streets of D.C
At Chicago City Council, Gabriel Miller asks ‘why don’t you condemn Israel for its war crimes?’
On October 13, 2023, the Chicago City Council held a meeting to vote on a “Resolution in Solidarity with Israel.” Gabriel Miller was one of the voices who spoke up against the double standard that is being held in favor of Israel and against Palestine.
In the end, Chicago City Council passed the pro-Israel resolution, despite the protests of people like Gabriel.
At Chicago City Council, Gabriel Miller asks ‘why don’t you condemn Israel for its war crimes?’
An Open Letter to RFK Jr. on Israel/Palestine
This article was originally written as a private letter addressed to Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his campaign manager, former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH). Unanswered since it was sent in early June 2023, it is now published as an open letter.
An Open Letter to RFK Jr. on Israel/Palestine
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10 worst mass killers, regimes and dictators
Naturally this list is subjective to an extent, and probably contains some mistakes and things that I missed. However, I think the top 3 are somewhat obvious and its no great surprise why I chose the regimes and dictators that I did. My criteria was their death toll, their reactionary power and influence, and also their plans and the resulting death toll, even if some of those plans were not fulfilled.
10 worst mass killers, regimes and dictators
The Messed Up Truth About The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase is usually presented as an incredible, inspiring moment in American history in which President Thomas Jefferson, wise, benevolent eyes twinkling under his powdery white wig, made an incredibly shrewd real estate deal with notorious, disgraced French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and, with one stroke of his giant quill pen, doubled the size of the United States of America for the bargain price of $15 million, or just three cents an acre. What we don’t usually learn about is the negative domino effect this treaty had in terms of inspiring the concept of manifest destiny or the belief that white colonists had a God-given duty to expand across North America and redeem and remake the land in their own image.
The Messed Up Truth About The Louisiana Purchase
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