Tag: Selma
From Selma to Springfield: Why we’re marching in Illinois
Our loved ones – past, present, and future – are always in this struggle with us. We march for all of them, and for all of us.
In Selma, Memories of Bloody Sunday Spur Action Today
The fiftieth-anniversary commemoration of Bloody Sunday in Selma this past weekend was a look back at living history. It was also a moment to remember the martyrs of the civil-rights movement then and now. Will bringing together past and present help shape a new future?
Martin Luther King III: Don't Idolize My Father, Embrace His Ideals...
In celebration of Bloody Sunday, King’s eldest son, Martin Luther King III, spoke this past weekend in Selma and asked the people to embrace his father's ideals of freedom, justice and equality rather than idolize him.
Voting Rights Remain Under Attack 50 Years After the Bloody Sunday...
This past weekend, thousands of people, including President Obama and more than 100 members of Congress, marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Still, the Voting Rights Act is under peril today.
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My conversation with Karl Marx about Donald Trump
The dialogue between Norman Solomon and Karl Marx debated if Trump's power derived from individual action or underlying class relations.
What I saw when I stopped pretending
In every person, there is a soldier or warrior spirit, long waiting for a direction worth fighting for.
Donald Trump, arsonist in chief
Someday, Donald J. Trump will undoubtedly be remembered as the president from—yes, it’s an all too appropriate and accurate word—hell.
Inside ALMA Backyard Farms’ mission to reclaim formerly incarcerated lives
Founded in 2013, it focuses on restorative justice, environmental stewardship, and ending food insecurity in underserved communities.
America 250 flyovers: A celebration of militarization
As they try to normalize the militarization of our streets and skies here, these displays, framed as celebration and "freedom," also serve another grim reminder.