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The fact that 115 million persons gave their lives fighting for nation-states in the twentieth century is stark evidence of the power of epigenesis.71 It shows that many did consider the survival of their nations to be matters of life-and-death importance. The question is whether that attitude will carry over into a new age with different
... See moreJames Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg • The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017
The surest way to eradicate a people’s right to their land is to deny their historical connection to it.
Rashid Khalidi • The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017
including the one at Loop College in Chicago in 1970, Hamer disclosed that one of the officers present that morning was S. L. Milam, the brother of one of the men who lynched fourteen-year-old Emmett Till in 1955.59 His presence at her home that morning was meant to terrify Hamer, sending a warning that her efforts to expand voting rights in the
... See moreKeisha N. Blain • Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America
A woman protecting her home came from a place more primal than politics.