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Preach deliverance to the captives

Noel Ignatiev

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by Noel Ignatiev โ€œThirteenth-Amendmentโ€ marches are planned for August 19th in various cities. They are sponsored by a list of notable figures; it would not surprise me to see Bernie Sandersโ€™ or Elizabeth Warrenโ€™s name among ...

Legitimacy

Noel Ignatiev

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In declaring Trumpโ€™s presidency illegitimate, Representative John Lewis opened a discussion that may go beyond what he had in mind. Lewis based his statement on the supposed role of Russian hacking in determining the outcome of ...

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Abolitionism: A Study Guide

Noel Ignatiev

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Abolitionism: a Study Guide   By John Garvey and Noel Ignatiev   We think it would be useful to study American abolitionismย as a home-grown radical movement launched in inauspicious times. To further that end, we have ...

CLR James on Abolitionism

Noel Ignatiev

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Lesson of the Hour: Introduction

Noel Ignatiev

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Lesson of the Hour: Introduction ย  By Noel Ignatiev   During the winter of 1860โˆ’61, as South Carolina and other states responded to Lincolnโ€™s election by announcing their intention to secede, the great Abolitionist Wendell Phillips ...

Black Lives Matter and Standing Rock

James Murray

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The Black Lives Matter movement has caused great fear and loathing in white people across the country. Police administrators have referred to them as terrorists and claimed to be โ€œAt war,โ€ with BLM members or those ...

“Subgroups”: A dangerous premise

Noel Ignatiev

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The most dangerous aspect of Rep. Steven Kingโ€™s claim that Europeans have contributed more of value to world civilization than other โ€œsubgroupsโ€ is his view that โ€œsubgroupsโ€ exist over extended periods. Even among those denouncing him, ...

How many?

Noel Ignatiev

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How many of those condemning the shooting of the police in Dallas and equating Micah Johnson with the cops in Baton Rouge, St. Paul and elsewhere who routinely kill people for being black mean what they ...

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A Ballad About the Free State of Jones

Ed Voci

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โ€œMississippi Missive, A Ballad about the Free State of Jonesโ€ is now available from Amazon, iTunes and many other digital download sites.ย  Hereโ€™s the lyrics and liner note text: Mississippi Missive, A Ballad About the Free ...

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20 Years in the Making

Ed Voci

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Received the following letter from my old friend and comrade, Ed Voci: โ€œโ€™Mississippi Missive, A Ballad About the Free State of Jonesโ€™โ€ย has occupied me off and on for 20 years. The song will be available very ...