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Our official statement in response to the current wave of book banning. Here’s the link to the eBooks we’re offering for free: ➡️ buff.ly/3kkJldP Here’s the link for the @ncacensorship Report Censorship site: ➡️ buff.ly/3LSf94z #BanBookBans

The world has witnessed the government of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in occupied Gaza. Month after month, the government of Israel has treated Palestinians in Gaza as a subhuman group unworthy of human rights and dignity, demonstrating its specific intent to physically destroy them. Israel's government and state officials responsible for the crime of genocide must be held accountable. We are calling on all States to use every legal avenue to bring suspected perpetrators to justice. No one should be allowed to commit genocide and remain unpunished. amnestyusa.org/gaza-genocide

Today in History: The Montgomery Bus Boycott On December 5, 1955, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began, uniting a community to demand justice. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led with a clear vision, stating, “The bus boycott is not aimed at putting the bus company out of business but at putting justice in business.” Today, we honor this legacy by continuing to stand for justice through nonviolence. #MontgomeryBusBoycott #MLK #TheKingCenter #Nonviolence365

When it comes to architecture, Aaron Betsky says there are 3 reasons why we shouldn’t put up new buildings. We can’t afford to use up natural resources we can’t replenish. #Reuse buff.ly/3ZBFBGt

In our secular democracy, we don't base our laws on what "Jesus defines." The U.S. Constitution enshrines the separation of church and state, ensuring that all individuals, regardless of their beliefs, have equal rights under the law.

The stereotyped images of the Great Depression are the individual white man at the bread line or the migrant mother. Dana Frank is all about the complex ways people organized collectively from below. #HistoryFromBelow @CityLightsBooks buff.ly/4ezYIVD

Freedom is applicated on our American minds. But since freedom is so contested as a concept, @WilliamAyers says we need to unpack what it means, especially when we’re talking about abolition. buff.ly/3Zi6Qo9

We have to shift the center of gravity of our politics. If we don’t, we will seal the fate of this democracy.

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On #HumanRightsDay2024, please join our partners at @UUSC for a conversation with Haitian advocates on the current situation in Haiti, its historical roots, the connections with US policy, and measures we can take to show solidarity. Learn more: uusc.org/haiti-in-crisi…

In our post-election haze, if you’re looking for a story about how ordinary people can rally against tyranny, crack open REVOLUTION BY FIRE by @LesterMecca, Marcus Rediker & Paul Buhle! #GraphicNovel @booksinbc buff.ly/4g9SgWU

On December 4, 1969, Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was murdered by police. “We're going to fight racism not with racism, but we're going to fight with solidarity. We say we're not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we're going to fight it with socialism.”

Why has law enforcement considered the murders of Black women to have been committed by someone they knew rather than by a serial killer? Cheryl L. Neely gets at the root of the issue in her upcoming book, NO HUMAN INVOLVED. @PublishersWkly buff.ly/3CriRQF

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Raise your hand if you’re going to the December 10 @EarfullSeries event at @burrenmusic! Because Michael Patrick MacDonald will be there with Phuc Tran, Carissa Johnson, Joe Gittleman, and Amy Griffin! Get your tix! 🎟️ buff.ly/3VnzenH

A compelling session with Michael Patrick MacDonald about his history in South Boston and Roxbury, the power of community organizing, and how he found his voice.

The conversation around white teachers committed to #antiracist education doesn’t end with FROM WHITE FOLKS WHO TEACH IN THE HOOD. @chrisemdin & @husslington set up fromwhitefolks [dot] org so more teachers can contribute! @Getting_Smart buff.ly/3CARJ1D

Are you reading Uncle Jimmy’s NOTES OF A NATIVE SON?

REVOLUTION BY FIRE brings into full view the US’s slave past and how enslaved people courageously rebelled against their enslavers. @ComicWatchHQ asks @LesterMecca all about adapting this history as a #GraphicNovel. buff.ly/3Zy8Lq5

Should Democrats move to the right? Absolutely not. That's morally wrong and bad politics. The real lesson of 2024 is that Democrats must become an anti-establishment party ready to shake up the system on behalf of working people.

This December 1st was the 69th anniversary of Rosa Parks’s arrest for not giving up her seat on the bus. That evening, she didn’t feel like history was being made. #TDIH @JeanneTheoharis buff.ly/2I1kLLU