Rep. Connolly issues a scathing response to the House GOP proposal to rename Dulles Airport after #Trump: "Donald Trump is facing 91 felony charges. If Republicans want to name something after him, I'd suggest they find a federal prison."
Today In Labor History March 26, 1918: American anarchist Philip Grosser wrote about being tortured in the prison on Alcatraz Island, while serving time there for refusing to serve in World War I. By 1920, he was the only draft resistor still serving time at Alcatraz. Alexander Berkman referred to him as "one of [my] finest comrades."
Qua mi sa che scenderà più di una lacrimuccia, li ho totalmente persi con gli anni ma i loro primi album hanno fatto la storia di una scena rock italiana irripetibile:
Today in Labor History November 20, 1969: Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seized control of Alcatraz Island and occupied it until the U.S. Government ousted them 19 months later. The protest group called themselves Indians of All Tribes. They took the island because, according to the Treaty of Fort Laramie, all retired, abandoned or out-of-use federal land was to be returned to the Indians who once occupied it. Since Alcatraz had been closed for over 6 years, and the island had been declared surplus federal property, indigenous activists believed that the island was theirs to reclaim. One of the organizers of the Occupation, Richard Oakes, was shot to death in 1972 by a white supremacist YMCA counselor in Sonoma, CA.
on every indigenous peoples day, there is a sunrise ceremony on alcatraz island held by the international indian treaty council. as the sun rises, native folks from across the world reflect on the current state of our struggle against colonization.