(This is a slightly updated reprint of a 2020 article by Speak Out Now.) Monday, October 10, 2022 is Indigenous People’s Day, but the longstanding U.S. tradition is to celebrate it as Columbus Day. The official change of name was marked in 1989 with a decree by the...
Twenty-two years ago, on September 28, 2000, a massive struggle erupted in the occupied territories of Palestine. The territories are located to the East of the state of Israel, and are home to four million Palestinian people living under military occupation by...
On September 17, 2011, two thousand protesters in New York occupied Zuccotti Park in Manhattan, in the heart of New York City’s financial district. The protesters were united by their outrage at the massive inequality between the 99% and the 1%. Their anger found an...
On September 11, 1973, the Chilean military, with the support of United States intelligence services, violently overthrew the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende. The documentary, “The Battle of Chile”, by Patricio Guzmán is an excellent portrayal of...
(August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) Today, August 24, marks the 100th anniversary of Howard Zinn’s birth. Many of us may know Zinn as a great historian, but he was more than just that. He was also a fighter and critic of the system of exploitation and war that poor...
