Organizers plan for more than 1,000 protests this weekend in the fallout of Renee Good's fatal shooting. Plus: Other news you might have missed this week.
I'm so old I remember watching the Army-McCarthy hearings on TV and my mother's withering contempt for the loathsome Roy Cohn. Fascism in America isn't new. It's a drug and it's been around for a very long time. Give in to it and we go to war with each other.
Heather Cox Richardson compares the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good with previous tipping points in United States history:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQPOHCoTbgE
Our collective anger is being expressed with non-violent gatherings:
https://open.substack.com/pub/theblueyankee/p/i-am-renee-nicole-good?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Powerful.
Thank you, Adam. I take hope wherever I find it these days, but I rely on you.
I'm so old I remember watching the Army-McCarthy hearings on TV and my mother's withering contempt for the loathsome Roy Cohn. Fascism in America isn't new. It's a drug and it's been around for a very long time. Give in to it and we go to war with each other.
It's not new at all -- but too many white USians don't seem to realize that Jim Crow and the antebellum South that preceded it are part of the story.
Thank you for amplifying the weekend protests.
Please tell us what’s going on when the 14 days runs out … thank you!
Excellent!
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