A Boat Against the Current

A cultural "omniblog" covering matters literary as well as theatrical, musical, historical, cinematic(al), etc.

Showing posts with label Domestic Terrorism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Domestic Terrorism. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Flashback, November 1874: GOP Midterm Losses Sound Uncertain Trumpet for Civil Rights

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Stunned and staggered by the midterm elections, the Republican Party wrestled 150 years ago this month with what to do after losing control ...
Saturday, April 24, 2021

Flashback, April 1871: President Grant Strikes at KKK

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With violence aimed at suppressing African-American voting rights rising alarmingly in the South, Ulysses Grant signed the Ku Klux Klan Act...
Thursday, November 1, 2018

Quote of the Day (Bill McKibben, on Threats Made Over Social Media)

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"Threatening to kill or rape someone shouldn’t be banal. It should shock everyone who comes across such a threat. And that should...
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MikeT
I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand
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