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White Supremacy


2020 Election–Impressions and Reflections

John Garvey

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America appears to be divided into three more or less equal parts, at least when it comes to the election results.ย  Thus far, just under 78 million people voted for Biden; about 73 million voted for ...

โ€˜No Condescending Saviors:’ A Personal Tribute to Noel Ignatiev

Gary Fields

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Hard Crackers founding editor Noel Ignatiev died a year ago today. In his memory, we are running in full this tribute written by a longtime comrade and friend of his. We also plan to publish a ...

John Brownโ€”โ€œone of the most clear-sighted and courageous patriots our nation has ever producedโ€

Hard Crackers Editors

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An Interview with Marty Brown Marty Brown is a descendant of Jason Brown, one of John Brownโ€™s children.ย  She lives in Portland, Oregon.ย  We contacted her after we read a letter that she had written to ...

Returning to Lovecraft

Chad Manburg

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โ€œThat is not deadย which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die.โ€ โ€” H.P.L. NOTE: Contains minor spoilers. Donโ€™t get me wrong โ€” I used to devour books and enjoyed other genres besides ...

“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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

“So Are White People”: A Discussion of Race, Class, and Police Violence

JS: Last week President Trump was asked about the epidemic of Black people murdered by police in the United States. His response was: โ€œSo are white people. More white people, by the way.โ€ย  TA: I have ...

Killing Time

Tim Bruno

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You can hear a sulking refrain from some corners of the internet lately, usually from armchair revolutionaries, celebrity leftists, or just the โ€œextremely onlineโ€: the militant phase of the 2020 uprising against police terror is overโ€”liberal ...

Running Toward the New World

James Stephens

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I am a runner. I am not fast. I donโ€™t compete save for a few odd races here and there, and Iโ€™m not really competing in those except against myself. Iโ€™m not much for group runs ...