They Picked Up Each Otherโs Children: Chicagoโs Spontaneous Resistance
An interview with Kingsley Clarke on resistance against Trumpโs War in Chicago. Hard Crackers: Earlier this week theย National Guard and ICE were deployed to San Francisco, followed by a flurry of messages, alerts, and coordination as people tried to figure out whatโs coming. As we know, the Trump administration has already called off the operation. …
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At the Bus Stop
Itโs a quiet afternoon at work, but Iโm worn out from not sleeping well and decide to head home early. The regional rail is all messed up right now, so I take two subways and then walk a few blocks to wait for the bus. As I get to the stop, a woman asks if …
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An amazing meeting of miners and environmentalists from across โYugoslaviaโ
We came together on a playing field beside a derelict Olympic size open air swimming pool built by the local miners. We are in the small mining town of Breza, about half an hour’s drive from the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo. The swimming pool, its construction by miners after WW2, and its present decay is a …
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Interview with Palmira Figueroa of National Day Laborers Organizing Network (NDLON)
Hard Crackers reached out to NDLON after we had read, in a New York Times article, about the organizationโs involvement in the protests after the death of Roberto Carlos Montoya, a day laborer who had been waiting for work outside a Home Depot in Los Angeles. We interviewed Palmira Figueroa who is NDLONโs Communications Director. …
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Unbuild these Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition
Interview with Silky Shah Silky Shah has been an immigrant justice organizer for over two decades. She is currently the executive director of Detention Watch Network, a national coalition working to abolish immigrant detention in the U.S. We met up recently in Chicago at the annual Socialism Conference. We were both on a panel with other …
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Flashpoints and Righteous Struggle: A Call for Submissions
Trumpโs One Big Beautiful Act, which ironically was passedย on July 4th, will provide billionsย of dollars in funding to ramp up the federal governmentโs wide-ranging military-style campaign against unarmed civilians across the country. Prior to the billโs passage, masked and armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were already raiding workplaces, ambushing individuals going …
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From the Archives
More from the Vault: Where Dreams Go To Die
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The following piece appeared in issue #8 of Hard Crackers, which can be purchased here.ย I get to work late and hung over. I rush past the reference desk, past the remaining display of Black History Month books that Eleanor is replacing with a โqueer movements in the 80sโ theme. Clocking in, I say hi …
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Hymns and Arias โ Rugby in Wales
โRugby is a wonderful show: dance, opera and, suddenly, the blood of a killing.โ Richard Burton – Welsh actor Thereโs this old gag. Elvis Presley, James Brown and Tom Jones go fishing together in a small boat on the ocean.ย The craft gets capsized and they are all swallowed up by a gigantic whale. Deep …
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