Russell Means, RIP

The day after George McGovern’s death, we lose another icon of the early 70s left, Russell Means. One of the leaders of the American Indian Movement and one of the architects of the Wounded Knee occupation, Means did more than almost anyone else to fight for the rights of Native Americans during the last half-century. He was certainly a complex and argumentative man who a lot of people disliked for a lot of reasons, but his impact is undeniable.