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A Saturday Afternoon in Brooklyn

Hard Crackers Editors

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The Hard Crackers Release Party for Issue #9 on Saturday, January 7th, went off with a bang, not of the NYPD variety. Between 20 and 30 peopleย were in attendance.ย  The Freddyโ€™s Bar Backroom was filled. John ...

The Intersection of African Liberation and Philately in the Life of an Activist

Ken Lawrence

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Ken Lawrence is a lifelong American activist and writer, a veteran of the struggle for social justice, equality and liberation. He was an active participant in SNCC (the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), a member of Facing ...

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Socialism or Suburbia

Sudip Bhattacharya

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โ€œPrivilege is provisional,โ€ writes Margo Jefferson in Negroland, part memoir, part history ofย  African Americans like herself who grew up โ€œmiddle class” in Chicago.ย  โ€œPrivilege can be denied, withheld, offered grudgingly and summarily withdrawn […] Keep ...

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Above the Cloudline

Jenny Morgan

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Weโ€™re sitting on the front veranda of a small house in the mountains, maybe 90 minutesโ€™ drive from the Colombian city of Bucaramanga, whose beauty queen has just been crowned Miss Colombia. I know this because ...

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Nothing to Covet: Reflections on Growing Up Near a U.S. Military Base

John Bohn

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In my hometown thirty miles northeast of Detroit, there is a stretch of road that runs along the border of Selfridge Air National Guard Base, one of nearly 500 military bases found in the United States. ...

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Call Us If You Stop Breathing

Brandon Gregor

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I work as a freelance editor. I make sure that the answers on multiple choice tests for commercial drivers license exams are in the right order, things like that. This doesnโ€™t pay a living wage. For ...

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One Million Dollars

Bill Carney

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In February 2011, my Brooklyn-based, French-language rock band, Les Sans Culottes, was asked to perform at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Chelsea. The band would perform a couple of songs between various improv skits and ...

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Welcome to Chicago!

Zhandarka Kurti

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Last summer when I was planning my move to Chicago, a friend who grew up on the West Side of the city gave me some tips about avoiding car break-ins: always lock my car, avoid driving ...

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No Standing

Tim Bruno

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Put aside justice, stability and security, the little creature comforts that we all deserve, or finally paying your bills without a knot twisting in your stomachโ€”then maybe the greatest pleasure in landing a living wage job ...

The Anniversary

Chris Alexander

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The anniversary.ย  Two years ago, March 16th, 2020, the last time I lived in California. I took these shots on what was the eve before the world shut down. Looking west, the sun was setting over ...

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