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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We’re thrilled to announce that @jessehagopian.bsky.social, campaign director at ZEP & editor at @rethinkingschools.bsky.social, has won the David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English for his book “Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education”! Learn more: ⬇️

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Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education

Book — Non-fiction. By Jesse Hagopian. 2025. 302 pages. A call to defend honest education for our students, showing how we can reclaim suppressed history by creating beloved classroom communities and ...

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Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

✨❤️ I’m honored that “Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education” has won the 2026 NCTE David H. Russell Award! NCTE is the leading org representing English/language arts teachers and literacy educators across the country. #NCTE #TeachTruth

Graphic announcing the 2026 NCTE David H. Russell Award for Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education by Jesse Hagopian. The design features a green textured background, Jesse Hagopian’s portrait in the upper right, and the Teach Truth book cover near the center-right. Large text reads “2026 NCTE David H. Russell Award,” with the book title and author name below.

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Teaching for Change @teachingchange.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Short notice (we just got it) but in case you're available today: "Teaching Antifascist History in K-12 Today" by Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives w/ @rethinkingschools.bsky.social editor / @zinnedproject.bsky.social campaign director @jessehagopian.bsky.social ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/teaching-a...

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Teaching Antifascist History in K-12 Today

ALBA Roundtable: Teaching Anti-Fascist History

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

On Democracy Now!, I floated a new theory: AI companies really have unleashed a killer monster that has slipped their control. But plot twist - the monster is human. And it's the President of the United States. @astra.bsky.social @democracynow.org

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Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Must read from Dave Zirin! Dave has been covering rapacious billionaire Robert Kraft for years & has important insight into his attack on Macklemore for saying “ #FreePalestine” Macklemore is a true artist: using his creativity to speak against injustice. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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Justice for Macklemore

The rapper has been dumped from Ed Sheeran’s tour for saying “free Palestine.” That’s a disgrace.

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Happy #PublicationDay to George Theoharis & John Rogers! 🏫 EDUCATING IN DANGEROUS TIMES is a compilation of leading education scholars on reenvisioning & creating equitable, inclusive & democratic public schools. “Read this book—and then join the resistance.” — @jessehagopian.bsky.social

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 12/08/2026

"This year marks not only 500 years since the first Africans were stolen from their continent and trafficked to land that would become the United States, but also the beginning of resistance to African enslavement on North American soil." #SouthCarolina #USA #Spain #Slavery

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500-Year-Old Slave Revolt of 1526 Redefines Freedom as US Turns 250

Before 1776 or 1619, enslaved Africans seized freedom in 1526 on land that would become the United States.

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 07/08/2026

The cockroaches have come together. The rest of us must decide whether we will keep competing for our assigned places in an unjust world—or join them in creating one in which every child has the chance to flourish, writes @jessehagopian.bsky.social.

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India’s Cockroach Movement Shows How to Fight Autocracy and the Testocracy

How a leaked high-stakes exam exposed capitalism’s broken promise—and why standardized testing keeps igniting struggle.

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Nora Kenworthy @kenworthy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Happy Friday! Seattle's finally decided to make universal school meals a reality. It shouldn't have been this much of a fight. This week, the amazing @jessehagopian.bsky.social talks with us about fighting for educational justice, in Seattle and everywhere. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Ep 61: Teach Truth and Feed the Damn Kids with Jesse Hagopian

Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · July 24 · 1h 4m

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 22/07/2026

OUT TODAY, the AAUP just released the first comprehensive account of how the Trump administration has taken the same playbook it's used on law firms & foreign governments & turned it on American universities. US higher ed has, in effect, become a target of a massive extortion racket. 🧵

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New Report on Extorted Compliance Charges “Massive Extortion Racket” Against Higher Ed

A new AAUP report, "Extorted Compliance: A Threat to Institutional Autonomy, Academic Freedom, and Shared Governance," exposes how the Trump administration has extended its pay-to-play approach to gov...

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Alex Wakeman Rouse @awakerouse.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

“Years in public school classrooms have taught me something policymakers sometimes overlook: hunger doesn’t follow the neat lines that eligibility rules try to draw.” Universal school meals now! Thank you @jessehagopian.bsky.social for this www.thestranger.com/guest-editor...

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Guest Rant: Seattle Can't Afford Not to Feed Every Child - The Stranger

Every August, before I thought about lesson plans, I went shopping for snacks. When I taught elementary school in a Washington, DC neighborhood shaped by generations of segregation and concentrated po...

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Tomorrow! July 15 @ 4pm, join ‘The Other 250: America from Below’ w/ @rebeccanagle.bsky.social, @jessehagopian.bsky.social, & others. The virtual roundtable will explore the contested terrain of the U.S. semiquincentennial & the counter-histories that confront the authoritarianism of the present.

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wickenkamp.bsky.social @wickenkamp.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Cracking open history to reveal new new futures waiting for us, Hagopian offers searing clarity to today's convoluted spectacle. So. Damn. Good.

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To decolonize our understanding of 1776, however, is not simply to recover missing voices to the story of the American Revolution. It is to recognize that the most expansive traditions of freedom were not the product of a colonial elite, but instead lived in Indigenous resistance to conquest, in slave rebellions, in the Haitian Revolution, in abolitionism, in Reconstruction, and in the many social movements for collective liberation.

It is no accident that these traditions are being targeted today.

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

"Decolonizing 1776 requires more than rethinking the past; it requires reclaiming our capacity to imagine a different future." -- @jessehagopian.bsky.social in "Trump’s UFC Cage Fight Is an Apt Metaphor for a Nation Built on Colonial Violence" via @truthout.org Here: truthout.org/articles/tru...

white text on black backround says: The U.S. republic emerged from the smoke of burning villages, the holds of slave ships, and the ambitions of a colonial elite . . . — Jesse Hagopian, “Trump’s UFC Cage Fight Is an Apt Metaphor for a Nation Built on Colonial Violence” via Truthout

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Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Yes, Trump’s UFC cage fight for America’s 250th birthday was grotesque. But the rising fascism of our time is not a detour from the nation’s founding ideals. My new piece for @truthout. truthout.org/articles/tru... #Decolonize1776 #America250 #TeachTruth #BlackHistory

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Trump’s UFC Cage Fight Is an Apt Metaphor for a Nation Built on Colonial Violence

The White House’s Freedom 250 spectacle grotesquely exposed the settler-colonial legacy of 1776.

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

#tdih 1969 Stonewall Uprising in NYC. Police attack patrons at gay bar who resist. Often called spark that launched the gay rights mov't, the history is longer. See NY Historical Society & Throughline ⬇️ Defend right to teach this history. Poster via @justseeds.bsky.social of Sylvia Ray Rivera

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June 28, 1969: Stonewall Riots

Police arrived at the Stonewall Inn and arrested anyone found to be cross-dressing, resulting in mayhem and what are now referred to as the Stonewall Riots. This was a milestone in a long history of L...

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Teach the Black Freedom Struggle ’26–’27 classes are here! #BacktoSchool🧵 Sept. 28: 100 Years of HS Student Organizing @jessehagopian.bsky.social joins historians @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social & Jon N. Hale to discuss student organizing & state repression. www.zinnedproject.org/news/one-hun...

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One Hundred Years of High School Student Organizing

Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian will be in conversation with historians Aaron G. Fountain Jr. and Jon N. Hale about student organizing and state repression. This class is part of the Zinn Edu...

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Don't miss tonight @ 7pm ET: Join Educators For Strong Schools: Momentum From May Day. Be part of the movement. Learn about historic May Day actions & building strong unions for the common good Featuring @jessehagopian.bsky.social & Cierra Kaler-Jones of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social Register ⬇️

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Educators For Strong Schools: Momentum From May Day · Mobilize

**Hear lessons from educators in NC and WI building from their build up to the historic actions on May Day 2026 shutting down schools for massive May Day rallies and how we can build strong unions wor...

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

THIS is why we produced a Climate Crisis Timeline to use in classrooms. Every young person should be able to spot the misinformation/spin in the Forbes headline. The rewrite by @katharinehayhoe.com is a powerful and accurate correction. #TeachTruth www.zinnedproject.org/news/climate...

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Climate Crisis Timeline

We offer a new timeline of the climate crisis that traces its roots from European colonial expansion and racial capitalism to present-day fossil fuel industry and government projects that exploit and ...

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Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Here’s my application for $30 million from Trump’s new slush fund: “If you think the January 6 defendants have a compelling claim for compensation due to governmental mistreatment, wait until you hear about this historical episode called slavery.” www.commondreams.org/opinion/appl...

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My Application for $30 Million From Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund | Common Dreams

A formal letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, faithfully submitted.

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p.m. newlove @petenewlove.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The clips I saw from this event were truly wild. I’m glad @jessehagopian.bsky.social took the time to break down the madness of it all

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Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The attack on truth teaching about Black history and LGBTQIA identity continues—and so does the resistance ✊🏾🌈 I’m deeply honored by these words about my book from some of the scholars and movement intellectuals who have shaped my own thinking and organizing. #TeachTruth www.teachtruthbook.com

A promotional graphic for Jesse Hagopian’s book Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education. On the left is a 3D image of the book cover featuring a young person shouting into a red megaphone against a dark background, with the title “Teach Truth” in large green letters and Jesse Hagopian’s name in red at the bottom.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14/05/2026

“Pointing out the problem is not enough, although I might enjoy those movies. We need something that makes people want to join a movement that can win.”

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How to steal back the future: Boots Riley on his "best film yet"

The radical writer, artist, and director discusses I Love Boosters, in theaters May 22.

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

“We see that there must be a radical redistribution of economic & political power . . . we have moved into an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions about the whole society.” — Dr. Martin L. King #tdih 1968 Poor People's Campaign began ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/po...

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May 12, 1968: The Poor People’s Campaign Began

The Poor People’s Campaign was a multiracial effort to gain economic justice for poor people.

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

See you later today for “Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea.” Learn how enslaved people resisted not only on land, but across the seas, turning ships, routes, and the very machinery of empire into sites of rebellion & escape. ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/freedom...

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Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea

Historian Marcus Rediker will discuss his new book Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle...

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

If you teach U.S. history -- or simply want to learn more -- join us for our free class today at 4pm PT/7pm ET with historian @marcusrediker.bsky.social to learn about the Underground Railroad on waterways. ASL interpretation & PD certificates provided. RSVP: www.zinnedproject.org/news/freedom...

white and orange text on dark blue background. Text says: Maritime escape was . . . an unstoppable oceanic wave of resistance, bigger and more powerful than we have ever known. -- Marcus Rediker. Join our free online class today. May 4

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Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

My latest in @truthout.org: Before 1776 or 1619, enslaved Africans freed themselves in 1526 on land that became the U.S. 500 years later, during the #America250 hype, this history reminds us: freedom wasn’t given by men in powdered wigs—it was seized by the enslaved. truthout.org/articles/500...

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500-Year-Old Slave Revolt of 1526 Redefines Freedom as US Turns 250

Before 1776 or 1619, enslaved Africans seized freedom in 1526 on land that would become the United States.

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 03/05/2026

"At a moment when the nation is celebrating the semiquincentennial of 1776, it is actively disremembering the quincentennial of 1526 — when freedom was not declared by enslavers, but seized by the enslaved."

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500-Year-Old Slave Revolt of 1526 Redefines Freedom as US Turns 250

Before 1776 or 1619, enslaved Africans seized freedom in 1526 on land that would become the United States.

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

It’s 💡Cover Reveal Friday💡 for coeditors George Theoharis and John Rogers! EDUCATING IN DANGEROUS TIMES is a compilation of 25 leading education scholars on reenvisioning and creating equitable, inclusive, and democratic public schools. Watch this space in August! 👀 Cover design: Carol Chu

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

“Education is one of the central battlegrounds where the meaning of workers‘ rights is really being redefined.” — @jessehagopian.bsky.social in Colorlines’ #MayDay article from @raceforward.org Read ⬇️ & connect fight for workers’ rights to struggle for #TeachTruth colorlines.com/article/proj...

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May Day: A Fight for People, Power and A New Narrative - Colorlines

Climate As a Labor Right For Leah Obias, Director of Policy and Strategy at Race Forward, the core messaging of May Day is to look at labor through its intersections.

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Join this April 9th webinar with me, Rachel Franz on @fairplayforkids.bsky.social, @jessehagopian.bsky.social, and Adam Sanches hosted by @rethinkingschools.bsky.social on resisting AI in schools. Registration in the link. www.classy.org/event/whats-...

"What's Wrong with AI in Schools?: A Conversation" Thursay April 9th at 7PM ET - pics of the panelists and moderator

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To Love a Mariner Podcast @toloveamariner.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Hell yeah BC teachers!

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CAGJ @cagjseattle.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Jesse Hagopian argues that there has been no single force as destructive for #publiceducation as #BillGates. Hear more from Jesse and other powerful speakers in our recent webinar “Gates’s Global Power Grab: Building a Movement Against Oligarchy”: youtu.be/zPbXxEpM4tk

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Yes. "In an era of mass book bans & laws that prohibit almost 1/2 of U.S. public school students from learning about systemic racism & honest accounts of Black history, 'Sinners' gathers what this country has tried to forget." -- @jessehagopian.bsky.social @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/in-...

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In Era of Book Bans and War on History, Sinners Reveals What US Tries to Forget

Sinners deserves to win Oscars: It’s a blues poem, a freedom cry, and a love letter to powerful culture.

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

#tdih 1942, more than 1,300 Norwegian teachers were arrested by German Nazi-installed gov't after 12,000 of 14,000 nationwide had refused to join new Nazi-oriented teachers’ association & resisted Nazification of the curriculum. Teaching is not neutral. #Resist www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/no...

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March 15, 1942: Norwegian Teachers Resist Nazi Curriculum

More than 1,300 Norwegian teachers were arrested by the German Nazi-installed government.

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

"In an era of mass book bans & laws that prohibit almost 1/2 of U.S. public school students from learning about systemic racism & honest accounts of Black history, 'Sinners' gathers what this country has tried to forget." -- @jessehagopian.bsky.social ⬇️ in @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/in-...

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In Era of Book Bans and War on History, Sinners Reveals What US Tries to Forget

Sinners deserves to win Oscars: It’s a blues poem, a freedom cry, and a love letter to powerful culture.

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Socialism Conference @socialismconference.org · 12/03/2026

Registration is now live for Socialism 2026! It has never been more urgent for us to come together and strengthen our movements by learning from one another.

Politics · Education · Community

Register today!

Register online by Friday, June 19th for the early bird discount

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Chicago · September 4–7

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

This Thursday, March 12th, join me for a virtual conversation with @rethinkingschools.bsky.social @jessehagopian.bsky.social & Cierra Kaler-Jones! Zoom link when you register here: www.classy.org/event/%22i-d...

Read and Black title: I Didn't Come Here to Lie: Book Discussion & Celebration, Thursday March 12th at 4pm PT, 6pm CT, 7pm ET. Cierra Kaler-Jones, Jesse Hagopian, and Elizabeth Todd-Breland. rethinking schools. Gold and white background with headshots of the speakers and the cover image of the book, which includes a picture of Karen Lewis wearing a red shirt and sunglasses with her hands lifted

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame [nor the crime] of killing innocent people." -- Howard Zinn, @zinndigital.bsky.social

White and orange text on blue backround: "There is no flag large enough to cover the shame [nor the crime] of killing innocent people." -- Howard Zinn HowardZinn.org

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