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Hace 4 días · The power and risks of campus protests in the US The Columbia students’ protest against the Gaza war is part of a high-stakes tradition of advocacy on US college campuses.
Hace 5 días · NEW YORK (AP) — As students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at college campuses across U.S. dug in Saturday and dozens of demonstrators were arrested, some universities moved to shut down encampments after reports of antisemitic activity. With the death toll mounting in the war in Gaza, protesters nationwide are demanding that schools cut ...
Hace 18 horas · Political repression is the act of a state entity controlling a citizenry by force for political reasons, particularly for the purpose of restricting or preventing the citizenry's ability to take part in the political life of a society, thereby reducing their standing among their fellow citizens. Repression tactics target the citizenry who are most likely to challenge the political ideology of ...
Hace 2 días · Cold War, the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. The Cold War was waged on political, economic, and propaganda fronts and had only limited recourse to weapons.
Hace 3 días · The following is a lightly edited transcript of Johanna Fernández’s remarks delivered on the occasion of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s seventieth birthday, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Philadelphia, PA. You can watch Johanna’s speech here . In 1968, 56 years ago, at the height of an era of wars,
Hace 18 horas · In this column, we present our monthly roundup of political prisoner, prison rebel, and repression news, happenings, announcements, action and analysis. Packed in as always are updates, fundraisers, and birthdays. There’s a lot happening, so let’s dive right in! Interview with Tom Nomad on the Exploding Student Anti-War Movement, Counter-Insurgency, and Police Repression In Contempt:...
Hace 1 día · The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a Marxist–Leninist and black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California. The party was active in the United States between 1966 and 1982, with chapters in many major American cities, including San Francisco, New York City ...
