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How the Show Might Stop

John Garvey

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This piece was originally published in Hard Crackers #7. We are republishing various Trump-related articles, as explained in Why We’re Publishing Some Trump Stuff Again. I have never attended a Trump rally. I donโ€™t believe that ...

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On Political Reppresion

On Political Repression: A Hard Crackers Discussion with Michael Deutsch

John Garvey

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Michael Deutsch is an experienced human rights attorney in the U.S., perhaps one of the most veteran and well-informed lawyers at that extremely difficult craft in this country. ย Michael graciously allowed us at Hard Crackers to pick his brains and share some of his experiences with us.

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Treason to Zionism is Loyalty to Humanity

John Garvey

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In this essay, Iโ€™m going to argue that the continuing opposition to Israelโ€™s war on Gaza should be centrally grounded in a determined opposition to the whole Zionist project. No sympathies for any variant of Zionism ...

What Eisenhower Told Ben-Gurion

John Garvey

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In 1956, Israel, in cooperation with Britain and France invaded the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula. They were overly confident that they would not be stopped. โ€œThen the roof fell in.โ€ Eisenhower, the US President, ...

The Words They Heard at The Word is Change

John Garvey

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June 21, 2023. On Wednesday last week, we held our long-anticipated discussion of Don Hamerquistโ€™s A Brilliant Red Thread at our favorite bookstore in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The featured speakers were: Luis Brennan, the editor of ...

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How a Terrifying Event Became a Commercial for the Police

John Garvey

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During the morning rush hour on April 12th, an individual, after putting on a gas mask, set off one or two smokeย canisters in a subway car on the Manhattan-bound N line just outside the 36th Street ...

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A Matter of Life and Death: Winning the Fight for Vaccines

John Garvey

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It seems increasingly likely that a real end to the COVID pandemic will require all but universal vaccination.[1] There are three challenges that need to be met: The development of much more effective strategies to work ...

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Rosanne Boyland is Deadโ€”WTF!

John Garvey

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When I listened to the โ€œAmerican Radicalโ€ podcast for the first time, I had a hard time keeping track of the people and events so I decided to take detailed notes.ย  Then I realized that the ...

After Memorial Day

John Garvey

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Once when I was a kid, my father took me to a Memorial Day Parade in Manhattan.ย  I had no idea why he decided to do so.ย  I remember feeling uncomfortable during the parade and wondered ...

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On Bruce Springsteen and his Super Bowl Ad…Two Short Essays

John Garvey

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“Against the Middle” By John Garvey Thereโ€™s a chapel in Kansas Standing on the exact center of the lower forty-eight. It never closes. All are more than welcome To come meet here, in the middle. Itโ€™s ...

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