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Juneteenth and Mark Twain original ↗

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Might Makes Right. Right?original ↗

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People’s History original ↗

25 Jan 2026

2025

The Rich Are Not Like Us original ↗

24 Nov 2025

2024

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Vanished: A Neighborhood Disappears original ↗

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The Squatters of Peoples Housing Action original ↗

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2023

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“By Spring We’ll Be In Potter’s Field”original ↗

18 Nov 2023

Memorial Day: Reckoning and Remembrance original ↗

4 Nov 2023

“Unloved, overworked, underpaid,” but workers are still fighting back.original ↗

24 Sept 2023

From Angola Prison to Hartford: the Life of a Black Panther original ↗

10 Mar 2023

2022

Howard Zinn still shows us history’s fugitive moments of compassion original ↗

15 Sept 2022

The artist must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. original ↗

1 Jul 2022

May Day !original ↗

1 May 2022

The Freedom Journey of Nancy Jackson original ↗

27 Apr 2022

Brookwood Labor College: ”We teach the truth”original ↗

27 Apr 2022

Reckoning with Racist Violence original ↗

27 Apr 2022

2021

Captain John Mason (and his defenders) Should Take a Hint original ↗

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19 Jun 2021

Baseball is Still a Civil Rights Battleground original ↗

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Mark Twain and the Stain of Torture original ↗

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Wise Men and Macheteros original ↗

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2020

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Two, Three, Many Labor Days original ↗

13 Sept 2020

The Preacher Who Called for Reparations in 1837 original ↗

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June 27th: Happy Birthday Lucy Parsons!original ↗

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“Take Away Their Clubs and Give Them Shovels”original ↗

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“Justice & Faith” Walking Tour Review original ↗

31 Jan 2020

2019

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8 Nov 2019

When Sylvia Came to Town original ↗

7 Oct 2019

Jewish Women Who Were Local Labor Organizers (plus video)original ↗

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Original Sin And Social Control original ↗

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Oscar Wilde in Hartford original ↗

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The War Criminal and the Patriot original ↗

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2018

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29 Oct 2018

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Rock and Roll vs. Racism original ↗

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