Tag: Independence Day
What July 5th taught me that July 4th never did
Real freedom doesn’t come wrapped in patriotic speeches or military parades, it comes through struggle, sacrifice, and the refusal to bow to empire, no matter what form it takes.
The patriotism of killing and being killed
Why are patriotism and war so intertwined in U.S. media and politics?
‘What to the American slave is your 4th of July?:’ James...
July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, he gave one of his most famous speeches, “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.”
Trump’s Fourth of July
We must share these ideals if we are to have a functioning society. Without them, there is no America.
Independence Day Delusions
However we interpret the concept, we may not be as "free" as we're led to believe.
‘What, to the American Slave, Is Your 4th of July?’
Frederick Douglass told a crowd gathered in Rochester, N.Y., on July 5, 1852 that to slaves the white man's celebration of the Fourth of July is a "sham." And today, the gross injustice and cruelty he was talking about are still existent.
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Noem revives ICE secrecy playbook after Renee Good killing, blocking congressional oversight
A new DHS order demands seven days’ notice for detention site visits, defying a recent court ruling as Minnesota Democrats are turned away from a Minneapolis facility.
EPA moves to value human lives at zero in air pollution rules while prioritizing...
Internal documents show the Trump administration’s EPA is abandoning decades of public health accounting in favor of business compliance costs.
Could Trump’s diversion of Venezuelan oil to US save the Iranian regime?
This substantial gain for the Islamic Republic, however, will only help it weather the current political crisis if it manages to survive until April or May.
We found more than 40 cases of immigration agents using banned chokeholds and other...
DHS policy bars using chokeholds and carotid restraints just because someone is resisting arrest. Agents are doing it anyway.
The next frontier of climate accountability: Making Big Food pay its ecological bill
The “polluter pays” principle transformed the energy industry half a century ago. Now, as industrial agriculture drives climate breakdown, deforestation, and water scarcity, experts say it’s time to apply the same rule to our food systems—and make corporations, not consumers, bear the cost of the damage.