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independent journalist, co founder of . VP at gobias industries. host of podcast. milwaukee kid.

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    Jul 15

    Paul Robeson was the son of a man who escaped slavery. He was a world renowned singer and actor. And he chose to spend his life fighting for oppressed people and against fascism. And the US government tried to destroy him.

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    Jul 15

    HUAC: why do you not stay in Russia? Paul Robeson: “Because my father was a slave, and my people died to build this country, and I am going to stay here, and have a part of it just like you. And no Fascist-minded people will drive me from it. Is that clear?”

    Paul Robeson was the son of a man who escaped slavery. He was a world renowned singer and actor. And he chose to spend his life fighting for oppressed people and against fascism. And the US government tried to destroy him.
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  3. Jul 15

    Bodycam video in George Floyd killing shows officer pulled gun, swore and touched Floyd multiple times without explanation. Officers didn't inform Floyd for several minutes--and after he was in handcuffs--why he was being investigated.

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    Jul 15

    "The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. I have made my choice. I had no alternative. The history of the capitalist era is characterized by the degredation of my people." -Paul Robeson

    Paul Robeson was the son of a man who escaped slavery. He was a world renowned singer and actor. And he chose to spend his life fighting for oppressed people and against fascism. And the US government tried to destroy him.
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  5. Jul 15

    You want to talk about cancel culture? Let’s talk about what the US government did to Paul Robeson.

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  6. Jul 15

    Because of his political views, Robeson had his US passport canceled, he was banned from performing in most US venues, he was attacked by white rioters, hauled before the Un-American Activities Committee and publicly denounced by Jackie Robinson and the NAACP.

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  7. Jul 15

    New : Scholar Gerald Horne on the revolutionary life of Paul Robeson

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    Jul 9

    How the House Armed Services Committee, in the Middle of a Pandemic, Approved a Huge Military Budget and More War in Afghanistan

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    Jul 8

    Wonder why ’s video guy Ben Howe deleted these posts 🤔

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    Jul 9

    from the Ford employees' letter:

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  11. Jul 8

    Former NFL star ⁦⁩: I Played in the N.F.L. It Needs Way More Than a Black Anthem.

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  12. Jul 8

    New : Nancy Pelosi’s challenger says Pelosi has enabled many of Trump’s worst policies while Democrats join neocon Rep. Liz Cheney in trying to force the continuation of the 19-year Afghanistan war.

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  13. Jul 8

    New : An interview with Nancy Pelosi challenger Shahid Buttar and a look at the history of fascist movements in the U.S.

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    Jul 7

    Fairly stunning turn in the Ayotzinapa case — the remains of one of the 43 students disappeared by police in September 2014 have been identified. That's the second positive identification in a heartbreaking, six-year-long saga.

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  15. Jul 6

    This is a very powerful and personal piece by :

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    Jul 5

    "The Lincoln Project reported spending nearly $1.4 million through March. Almost all of that money went to the group’s board members and firms run by them.... It spends relatively little on direct political activity." The people liberals have enriched.

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  17. Jul 5

    I can’t remember the last time I watched cable news except coverage of a live event. I don’t miss it at all.

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  18. Jul 5

    The 3,000 Americans who fought fascism before World War II

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    Jul 2

    “The fundamental premise that the police exist to ‘protect us’ or ‘keep us safe’ — that’s a myth ... they’re essentially continuing to do now what they were founded to do, which is to protect capital and to protect racial hierarchy,” says .

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  20. Jul 4

    “The fundamental premise that the police were brought into existence to “protect us” or keep us safe, that’s a myth.” —

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