| Introduction |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Prologue: Howard Zinn, "Against Discouragement" (May 15, 2005) |
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Chapter 1 Fighting War And Injustice In The New Millennium |
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Anita Cameron, "And the Steps Came Tumbling Down---ADAPT s Battle with the HBA" (2000) |
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11 | (2) |
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Manning Marable, "Race, Class, and Globalization: The Global Struggle for Democracy" (April 13, 2001) |
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13 | (6) |
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Kenny Riley, "We Won't Rest Until They're Vindicated" (July 4, 2001) |
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19 | (4) |
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Orlando Rodriguez and Phyllis Rodriguez, "Not in Our Son's Name" (September 15, 2001) |
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23 | (1) |
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Monami Maulik, "Organizing in Our Communities Post-September 11th" (2001) |
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24 | (2) |
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Boots Riley, "Heven Tonite" (November 6, 2001) |
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26 | (3) |
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Rita Lasar, "To Avoid Another September 11, United States Must Join the World" (September 5, 2002) |
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29 | (2) |
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Rachel Corrie, Letter from Palestine (February 7, 2003) |
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31 | (3) |
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Danny Glover, Speech During the World Day of Protest Against the War (February 15, 2003) |
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34 | (1) |
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Amy Goodman, "Independent Media in a Time of War" (April 21, 2003) |
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35 | (4) |
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Arundhati Roy, "Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy (Buy One, Get One Free)" (May 13, 2003) |
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39 | (2) |
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Robin D. G. Kelley, Freedom Dreams (June 15, 2003) |
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41 | (4) |
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Toni Smith-Thompson, "If They Don't Want Politics in Sports Then They Need to Take the National Anthem Out" (March 12, 2004) |
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45 | (4) |
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Camilo Mejia, "I Pledge My Allegiance to the Poor and Oppressed" (July 3, 2005) |
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49 | (2) |
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Cindy Sheehan, "It's Time the Antiwar Choir Started Singing" (August 5, 2005) |
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51 | (5) |
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Chapter 2 The Struggle For Justice In The Aftermath Of Hurricane Katrina |
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Patricia Thompson, Kalamu Ya Salaam, and Father Jerome Ledoux, Voices from the Storm (Fall 2005) |
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56 | (3) |
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Howard Zinn, "Don't Despair about the Supreme Court" (October 21, 2005) |
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59 | (5) |
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Elvira Arellano, Statement of Elvira Arellano in Sanctuary (August 15, 2006) |
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64 | (2) |
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Evann Orleck-Jetter, Statement on Marriage Equality (March 18, 2009) |
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66 | (1) |
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Moustafa Bayoumi, "My Arab Problem" (October 24, 2010) |
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67 | (2) |
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Gustavo Madrigal-Pina, "Undocumented and Unafraid" (August 22, 2011) |
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69 | (3) |
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Troy Davis, Letter Given to His Lawyers Before His Execution (September 21, 2011) |
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72 | (4) |
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Chapter 3 Occupy Opens A New Era |
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Occupy NYC General Assembly, Declaration of the Occupation of New York City (September 29, 2011) |
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76 | (3) |
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Manissa Maharawal, "So Real it Hurts---Notes on Occupy Wall Street" (October 4, 2011) |
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79 | (3) |
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Naomi Klein, "Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now" (October 6, 2011) |
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82 | (4) |
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Kirstin Roberts, "We Stood Up to the Bullies" (October 6, 2012) |
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86 | (4) |
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Farea Al-Muslimi, "Drone Wars: The Constitutional and Counterterrorism Implications of Targeted Killing" (April 23, 2013) |
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90 | (5) |
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Roberto Meneses Marquez, "A Day Laborer" (April 30, 2013) |
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95 | (2) |
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Amber Kudla, "518-455-4767" (June 23, 2013) |
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97 | (5) |
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Chelsea E. Manning, "Sometimes You Have to Pay a Heavy Price to Live in a Free Society" (August 21, 2013) |
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102 | (4) |
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Chapter 4 Standing Up For Each Other |
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Phillip Agnew, "#OurMarch" (August 28, 2013) |
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106 | (2) |
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Airickca Gordon-Taylor, "No Justice, No Peace: Families of Police Brutality Victims Speak Out" (June 28, 2014) |
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108 | (3) |
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Chrishaun "CeCe" McDonald, "Standing Up for Each Other" (March 10, 2014) |
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111 | (3) |
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Michelle Farber, "We All Have to Be Brave" (May 14, 2014) |
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114 | (5) |
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Michelle Alexander, "How to Dismantle the `New Jim Crow'" (July 2014) |
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119 | (4) |
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Ursula K. Le Guin, Speech in Acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (November 19, 2014) |
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123 | (4) |
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Chapter 5 The Ferguson Uprising, Barack Obama, And The Limits Of "Equality" |
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Tef Poe, "Dear Mr. President" (December 1, 2014) |
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127 | (4) |
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Ferguson Action, "About This Movement" (December 15, 2014) |
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131 | (2) |
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Amanda Blackhorse, "This Is What Dehumanization Looks Like" (March 21, 2015) |
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133 | (4) |
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Ross Gay, "A Small Needful Fact" (April 30, 2015) |
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137 | (1) |
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Bree Newsome, "Now Is the Time for True Courage" (June 30, 2015) |
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138 | (3) |
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Sins Invalid, "10 Principles of Disability Justice" (September 17, 2015) |
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141 | (4) |
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Dream Defenders, "Social Media Blackout" (September 21, 2015) |
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145 | (2) |
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Lindy West, "I Set Up #ShoutYourAbortion Because I Am Not Sorry, and I Will Not Whisper" (September 22, 2015) |
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147 | (3) |
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Samaria Rice, "Why I Have Not Endorsed Any Candidate: Reflections from a Mom of the Movement" (March 15, 2016) |
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150 | (3) |
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Alicia Garza, "Why Black Lives Matter" (March 18, 2016) |
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153 | (3) |
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Chanel Miller, "Impact Statement" (June 3, 2016) |
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156 | (5) |
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Nick Estes, "Native Liberation: The Way Forward" (August 13, 2016) |
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161 | (6) |
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Kimberle Williams Crenshaw, "The Urgency of Intersectionality" (October 27, 2016) |
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167 | (5) |
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Leonard Peltier, "Our Day of Mourning" (November 30, 2016) |
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172 | (4) |
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Chapter 6 "1,459 Days Of Resistance": Resisting Trumpism And The Far Right |
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Angela Y. Davis, Speech to the Women's March on Washington (January 21, 2017) |
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176 | (2) |
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Addie Bean, "Dear Donald Trump" (January 21, 2017) |
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178 | (2) |
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Rebecca Solnit, The Mother of All Questions (2017) |
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180 | (2) |
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Bhairavi Desai, "A Moment of Urgency" (February 16, 2017) |
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182 | (3) |
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Julian Brave NoiseCat, "Standing Rock Is Burning But Our Resistance Isn't Over" (February 23, 2017) |
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185 | (2) |
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Luticha Doucette, "If You're in a Wheelchair, Segregation Lives" (May 17, 2017) |
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187 | (4) |
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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Keynote at Hampshire College's 2017 |
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Commencement Ceremony (May 20, 2017) |
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191 | (5) |
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Linda Sarsour, "Islamophobes Are Attacking Me Because I'm Their Worst Nightmare" (July 9, 2017) |
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196 | (3) |
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Steven Salaita, "Don't Let Fear Be the Lesson" (July 25, 2017) |
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199 | (1) |
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Victoria-Lola M. Leon Guerrero, "An Open Letter from Guam to America" (August 10, 2017) |
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200 | (2) |
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Jack Christian and Warren Christian, "The Monuments Must Go" (August 16, 2017) |
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202 | (3) |
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Susan Bro, "They Tried to Kill My Child to Shut Her Up" (August 16, 2017) |
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205 | (3) |
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Khury Petersen-Smith, Speech at the Fight Supremacy! Boston Counter-Protest and Resistance Rally (August 19, 2017) |
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208 | (4) |
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Chapter 7 "We Will Not Be Silenced": Imetoo And The Ongoing Resistance To Trump |
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V, "Even with a Misogynist Predator-in-Chief, We Will Not Be Silenced" (August 23, 2017) |
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212 | (3) |
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Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, "How We Can Organize the South to Save the Country" (September 1, 2017) |
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215 | (3) |
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Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, "700,000 Female Farmworkers Say They Stand with Hollywood Actors Against Sexual Assault" (November 10, 2017) |
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218 | (1) |
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Naseem Johnson Byah, "I Need My Mom, My Family, and My Home" (December 14, 2017) |
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219 | (1) |
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X Gonzalez, "We Call BS" (February 17, 2018) |
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220 | (5) |
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Katie Endicott, "How the Spark Became a Flame in West Virginia" (March 12, 2018) |
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225 | (5) |
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Naomi Wadler, "I Speak for Black Girls Victimized by Guns Whose Stories Don't Make the Front Page" (March 24, 2018) |
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230 | (1) |
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Colin Kaepernick, Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award Speech (April 21, 2018) |
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231 | (3) |
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Malinda Limberhand, "A Mother's Walk for Justice" (May 5, 2018) |
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234 | (2) |
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Carol Anderson, "Voting While Black" (June 7, 2018) |
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236 | (3) |
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Mercedes Martinez, "Hurricane Maria Just Uncovered What's Been Happening in Puerto Rico for Decades" (June 12, 2018) |
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239 | (3) |
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Victor Ricardo Plua, "Don't Put Children in Cages! Reunite Families Now!" (June 28, 2018) |
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242 | (2) |
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Winona LaDuke, "Militarizing Minnesota over Line 3" (October 3, 2018) |
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244 | (4) |
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Chapter 8 "Our Resistance Must Be Intersectional" |
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African American Policy Forum, "Our Fights Are Connected; Our Resistance Must Be Intersectional" (November 2, 2018) |
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248 | (4) |
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Marc Lamont Hill, "Our Solidarity Must Be a Verb" (November 28, 2018) |
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252 | (6) |
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Aja monet, Smoke Signals Studio Artists Manifesto (February 1, 2019) |
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258 | (2) |
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Microsoft Workers 4 Good, "We Did Not Sign Up to Develop Weapons" (February 22, 2019) |
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260 | (3) |
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Isra Hirsi, Haven Coleman, and Alexandria Villaserior, "Adults Won't Take Climate Change Seriously. So We, the Youth, Are Forced to Strike" (March 7, 2019) |
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263 | (3) |
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Lenny Sanchez, "Why I'm Striking Against Uber" (May 8, 2019) |
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266 | (2) |
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Ta-Nehisi Coates, "Testimony to the House on Reparations" (June 19, 2019) |
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268 | (2) |
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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, et al., "Pastoral Letter on the El Paso Shootings" (August 8, 2019) |
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270 | (4) |
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Xiuhtezcatl Tonatiuh Martinez, "To Fight for a Just Climate Is to Fight for Everything That We Love" (September 9, 2019) |
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274 | (2) |
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Stacey Park Milbern, "We Need Power to Live" (October 10, 2019) |
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276 | (2) |
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Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, "For All the Aunties, but Especially for Mary Maxine Lani Kahaulelio" (October 28, 2019) |
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278 | (2) |
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Tarana J. Burke, "The #MeToo Movement's Success Took a Decade of Work, Not Just a Hashtag. And There's More to Do" (December 31, 2019) |
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280 | (4) |
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Antonia Crane, "Dispatch from the California Stripper Strike" (February 8, 2021) |
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284 | (5) |
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Maggie Trinkle, "I (Don't) Want a Wife" (April 16, 2020) |
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289 | (5) |
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Chapter 9 "The Real Pandemic Here Is Capitalism" |
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Astra Taylor, "The Real Pandemic Here Is Capitalism" (March 26, 2020) |
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294 | (2) |
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Christian Smalls, "Dear Jeff Bezos, Instead of Firing Me, Protect Your Workers from Coronavirus" (April 2, 2020) |
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296 | (3) |
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Adam Kaszynski, "You Could Start Making Parts for Ventilators within Twenty-four Hours" (April 9, 2020) |
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299 | (2) |
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Emily Pierskalla, "I Want My Death to Make You Angry" (April 13, 2020) |
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301 | (1) |
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Stacy Davis Gates, "They're Not Going to Save Us. We Are Going to Save Us" (May 1, 2020) |
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302 | (3) |
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Sujatha Gidla, "'We Are Not Essential. We Are Sacrificial'" (May 5, 2020) |
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305 | (3) |
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Lateef McLeod, "Disability Justice and COVID-19" (May 8, 2020) |
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308 | (4) |
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Jill Nelson, "Trump = Plague" (May 11, 2020) |
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312 | (4) |
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Chapter 10 Abolition And The Uprising For Black Lives |
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Natasha Cloud, "Your Silence Is a Knee on My Neck" (May 30, 2020) |
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316 | (4) |
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Olivia Olson, "This Is What's Really Happening in Minneapolis" (June 3, 2020) |
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320 | (2) |
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8toAbolition, "#8toAbolition: Abolition Can't Wait" (June 7, 2020) |
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322 | (1) |
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Mariame Kaba, "Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police: Because Reform Won't Happen" (June 12, 2020) |
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323 | (4) |
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Ianne Fields Stewart, "Today Is the Last Day of Trans Oppression" (June 14, 2020) |
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327 | (1) |
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Imani Perry, "Racism Is Terrible. Blackness Is Not." (June 15, 2020) |
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328 | (6) |
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Chapter 11 "Trumpism Can't Be Voted Away" |
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Viet Thanh Nguyen, "Asian Americans Are Still Caught in the Trap of the `Model Minority' Stereotype. And It Creates Inequality for All" (June 25, 2020) |
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334 | (3) |
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, "I Could Not Allow That to Stand" (July 23, 2020) |
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337 | (4) |
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Melania Brown, "My Sister Layleen Polanco Died Alone in Rikers. Solitary Confinement Is Torture" (July 23, 2020) |
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341 | (8) |
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Barbara Smith, "How to Dismantle White Supremacy" (August 21, 2020) 344 Anna Kuperman, "The Emperor Has No Clothes" (September 8, 2020) |
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349 | (2) |
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Mumia Abu-Jamal, "Inside the Inside of Lockdown America" (September 14, 2020) |
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351 | (1) |
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Barbara Ransby, "Trumpism Can't Be Voted Away. We Need Radical Social Transformation." (November 18, 2020) |
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352 | (5) |
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Hakeem Jefferson, "Storming the US Capitol Was about Maintaining White Power in America" (January 8, 2021) |
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357 | (6) |
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Chapter 12 The Struggle Continues |
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Jesse Hagopian, "I'm Not Alone in Pledging to #TeachTruth" (June 12, 2021) |
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363 | (3) |
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Cheri Renfro, "Dear Frito-Lay" (July 2, 2021) |
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366 | (2) |
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Red Canary Song, "Radical Healing from State and Community Violence: Mourning with Asian Massage Workers in the Americas" (August 17, 2021) |
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368 | (2) |
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H. Melt, "I Don't Want a Trans President" (August 23, 2021) |
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370 | (1) |
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Haley Pessin, "What it Will Take to Defend Abortion Rights" (September 12, 2021) |
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371 | (2) |
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Leta Hirschmann-Levy, "Never Again---Not for Anyone, Not Just the Jews" (February 24, 2022) |
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373 | (5) |
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Dissenters, "Dissenters Opposes Imperialist Violence Everywhere" (February 25, 2022) |
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378 | (1) |
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Dorothy Roberts, "Abolish Family Policing, Too" (June 2022) |
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378 | (4) |
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Michelle Eisen, "No Contract, No Coffee!" (June 17, 2022) |
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382 | (3) |
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Melissa Gira Grant, "The Fight for Abortion Rights Must Break the Law to Win" (June 24, 2022) |
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385 | (4) |
| Permissions |
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