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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Koko Taylor (September 28, 1928 - June 3, 2009)

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Bud Powell (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966)

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sam Rivers (September 25, 1923 – December 26, 2011)

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

John Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967)

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Chico Hamilton (September 20, 1921 – November 25, 2013

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My interview with @coryhaala.bsky.social, author of “When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992,” is in the current issue of the Illinois Labor History Society Reporter.

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Emily Remler (September 18, 1957 – May 4, 1990)

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Anti-fascist Friday with Bela Lugosi.

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hammiet Bluiett (September 16, 1940 – October 4, 2018)

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Riley B. "B.B." King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015)

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975). Photographed by Kwame Brathwaite, 1959.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Every day that major media fail to clearly declare that the president is out of his mind and is building a dictatorship is a day when they are betraying their duty to the American people.

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Otis Redding (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967)

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Elvin Jones September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004)

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Remember that we can always find power, solidarity, and hope in the labor movement. [Artwork by Ricardo Levins Morales]

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Sonny Rollins (September 7, 1930 – May 25, 2026)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/09/2026

Minnesota right-wing Alpha News has uncovered the huge scandal that a school board candidate in my hometown of Forest Lake also plays in a rock band! The horror!

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Forest Lake school board candidate moonlights as punk rocker fighting 'fascism' | AlphaNews.org

Forest Lake school board candidate Claire Luger has has performed at “No Kings” rallies sporting "Fight Fascism" t-shirts.

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Mickey Roker (September 3, 1932 - May 22, 2017)

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Alice Coltrane (August 27, 1937 – January 12, 2007)

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My dad was a public school teacher; and he always said the toughest parts of the job were: 1. Having to pay for your own classroom chalk, and 2. Performing gender-reassignment surgeries during class hours w/out parents finding out.

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023)

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Anti-fascist Monday. Liberation of Paris, August 24, 1944.

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Nobozos @bozoboy66.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

“It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.” — Jacob Bronowski

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

William James "Count" Basie August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984)

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Jerry Mitchell @jmitchellnews.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#OnThisDay in 1619, 20+ kidnapped Africans landed in Virginia on a 160-ton English ship known as the White Lion. They were the first recorded Africans to arrive in England’s American colonies. By the time slavery ended, 15M Africans had landed in the Americas. mississippitoday.org/2023/08/20/o...

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Bill Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980)

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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

To be a prominent antiracist Black scholar is to know you are a target, almost totally surrounded by resentments. You know that at any point, the attacks can come like a lynch mob. My latest @TheEmancipator.org. theemancipator.org/2026/08/15/i...

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The Media Lynched Jason Arday

The death yesterday of Jason Arday, a 41-year-old Black scholar who resigned from the University of Cambridge after waves of attacks over the last few weeks, hits close to home. His death left me so d...

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to killing the Health Insurance CEO. But how many people did the person he killed kill to make billions in profits from their Health Insurance payments that never went on Healthcare?

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

People of colour are nothing new to European society. Here's are some beautiful studies of a Flemish neighbour of Peter Paul Rubens from over 400 years ago, painted in around 1615.

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Greta, Otis, and Gillian wish a happy International Cat Day to everyone, but especially to their sister and brother felines.

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), with his wife Lucille. Giza, 1961.

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Anti-fascist Friday. Daily Herald, August 6, 1938.

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Mike Bloomfield (July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981)

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Jerry Mitchell @jmitchellnews.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

#OnThisDay in 1963, when a National Guardsman poked his bayonet at Gloria Richardson in Cambridge MD, she pushed it away, refusing to back down during racism protests. Her stand inspired change. Two days later, she and others signed the Treaty of Cambridge. mississippitoday.org/2024/07/21/1...

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1963: Gloria Richardson pushes bayonet - Mississippi Today

On this day in 1963, Gloria Richardson pushed away a National Guardsman's bayonet he poked at her.

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David Cochran @dcochran1004.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Woody Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967)

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