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The Show Must Go On

Jarrod Shanahan

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โ€œItโ€™s so great that we are all together in one place,โ€ a middle-aged white woman gushed, almost directly in my ear. โ€œTrump was sent by God!โ€ I had other theories, but she was right about one ...

“Weโ€™ve been thinking about a world without policing, a world where we can actually surviveโ€: A conversation with Stickii and Shae Shae

Hard Crackers Editors

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In Part I of this conversation, we heard from Stickii and Shae Shae about their experiences with police growing up in Springfield, MA and what got them into the streets protesting from a young age. Now, ...

Weโ€™re Cooking with Gas, Brother

Mike Morgan

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My brother-in-law Norms responded to my recent Shebeen article in Hard Crackers with his own story.ย  I want to tell it and a little more.ย  Norms lives with his wife in the Walmer neighborhood of Port ...

“Everyone Agrees”

John Garvey

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When a politician, TV anchor or newspaper opinion writer starts out by saying that โ€œEveryone agreesโ€, I think itโ€™s time to pay attention.ย  There are not too many instances where everybody agreesโ€”except about something thatโ€™s really ...

The Forward Pass โ€“ An International Recollection on Professional Sport Protest from the Bottom Up

The Left Hook

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The national insurgency against police brutality and murders has finally infiltrated the elevated ether of professional sports in America, quite spectacularly too.ย  It is both surprising and not so at the same time. ย I want to ...

COVID, protest, and now fire: Portland at a tipping point

Peter Little

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The past four months in Portland have felt like nature doling out warning slaps, demonstrating the fragility of all of our systems. In the midst of years of far right groups mobilizing and marching in the ...

Dispatches from our new Angry Red Planet

Christian Alexander

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First, Iโ€™m thinking of all my friends and comrades out here on theย West Coast โ€“ with all the fires everywhere. Iโ€™m hoping folks can stay safe, whether itโ€™s just trying to get by, or being part ...

In the Eye of the Storm: A Report from Kenosha

Fran, JF and Lane

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What’s so simple in the moonlight by the morning never is. ย -Bright Eyes The night of the shooting, bands of armed white men dotted the landscape before we even arrived in Kenosha. Police roadblocks along I-94 ...

New Developments at Hard Crackers

Hard Crackers Editors

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We are pleased to announce that three new people have joined the Hard Crackers Editorial Group.ย  They are Chris Alexander, Justine Johnson and Steve Lorenz.ย  We are confident that their participation will allow us to do ...