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This Day in Labor History: July 6, 1968

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 6, 2019

On July 6, 1968, the first Chicago bus drivers' wildcat strike of that summer ended, a key moment to discuss the relationship between Black Power, the workplace, and racial issues within union locals in the late 1960s. There's no way around that the fact that...

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Fifty Years of Black Power

By Erik Loomis

On June 18, 2016

Fifty years ago this month, the term "Black Power" became known to Americans as the participants in the March Against Fear picked it up as their slogan. N.D.B. Connolly, whose.

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Film Review: The Black Power Mixtape, 1967-1975

By Erik Loomis

On October 25, 2011

Most of us have a strong impression of Black Power--dudes in sunglasses and afros holding big guns and talking about violence. That was the impression that a lot of left-leaning.

Geronimo Pratt, RIP

By Erik Loomis

In General

On June 3, 2011

This is a day where death has dominated the headlines--Jack Kevorkian, the American economy, Marshall Matt Dillon. But I want to say a special word about the recently deceased Geronimo Pratt, the Black Panther who spent 27 years in prison for a murder he likely...

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First when not last John Ganz told me in a reply to a comment not too long ago he believes the key constituency of not just Republicans, but out-and-out Fascism, in this country is the owners of closely held businesses...
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joefromlowell I said they can sign away rights, not lives. Freedom of association is based on the First Amendment right to assemble. It is about the government to exactly the same degree as the free speech clause.
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Kuroda 2.0 I don't actually agree there; and the qualities that do grind my gears could be attributed to ableism on my part too.
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