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photos from the edge19 – BERKELEY’S STUDENT AND WORKING CLASS HISTORY

But Berkeley also has a working class history that is much less discussed. In the years after World War 2…

6 days ago

From Iraq to Standing Rock

On July 4, About Face launched their “Right to Refuse Campaign,” an initiative that argues that service members deserve legal…

2 weeks ago

From 9/11 To Trump’s Death Threat To American Democracy

They hijacked public discourse about Islam, first by stoking fears with emotional, attention-grabbing messaging, then by forging ties with established…

2 weeks ago

From Guernica to Gaza

Far from its victims, air power remains the height of modernity. And yet, as the monk Thomas Merton concluded in…

3 weeks ago

When the Bully Swings, Swing Back

Then, of course, there’s Texas’ mid-decade gerrymandering of districts at the request of the OF. The Texas Republicans line up…

4 weeks ago

Foundations of Labor Law Threatened —

The Trump agenda, laid out in Project 2025, is “very much in keeping with 50 years of right-wing strategy around…

4 weeks ago

Why Lelo Juarez Chose Self-Deportation

Since discovering in the 1980s the huge profits to be made in federal contracts, the company has become one of…

4 weeks ago

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Never in the history of this country has there been a federal task force on the Olympics, and yet the…

1 month ago

Redistricting vs the Rape of America

Newsom’s redistricting proposal would go on the ballot this November and would only go into effect if Republicans redistrict first.…

1 month ago

Safe Zones, Strong Voices

Teachers Stand Against Deportations as School Year Begins By Mark Friedman, Columnist SAN PEDRO ― Teachers at San Pedro High…

1 month ago