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Florida school halts use of book about a Black boy's killing A Florida school board is halting the use of “Ghost Boys” after a police union complained to the school district that it's anti-police “propaganda.” Credit: AK Press Author: Associated Press Updated: 6:08 PM EDT May 9, 2021 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida school board is halting the use of a fictional book about a Black boy who is killed by a white officer after a police union complained to the school district that it is anti-police “propaganda.” The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reporte...

Florida school halts use of book about a Black boy's killing A Florida school board is halting the use of “Ghost Boys” after a police union complained to the school district that it's anti-police “propaganda.” Credit: AK Press Author: Associated Press Updated: 6:08 PM EDT May 9, 2021 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida school board is halting the use of a fictional book about a Black boy who is killed by a white officer after a police union complained to the school district that it is anti-police “propaganda.” The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reporte...

Opinion: ‘Havoc’ stems from upholding supremacy, not dumpster fires Today 6:00 AM Anarchists are so committed to the ideal of a world free of all forms of domination and hierarchy, including those based on race, that they are willing to expose themselves to repeated police violence for expressing this view, the author writes. Dave Killen/Staff Facebook Share Paul Messersmith-Glavin Messersmith-Glavin serves on the board of the Institute for Anarchist Studies, a grant-giving organization created in 1996 to support the development of anarchism. The IAS publishes the Perspectives on Anarch...

Book Review: 'We Move Together' A review of a book for younger readers on the topic of disability. Kelly Fritsch (author); Anne McGuire (author); Eduardo Trejos (illustrator) Publisher: AK Press ISBN-13: 9781849354042 A month ago Dr. Suess Enterprises took the decision to stop publishing six books. These include a number you may not be familiar with such as “If I Ran the Zoo” and “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street”. The reason for the decision was that these contain racist and insensitive imagery. These efforts should be encouraged. Likewise newly written and published w...

Attendees of the Million MAGA March in Washington, D.C. – December 12, 2020. Photo: Johnny Silvercloud / Shutterstock.com Shane Burley is a journalist, filmmaker and author who has studied fascism for 10 years. His latest book, Why We Fight: Essays on Fascism, Resistance, and Surviving the Apocalypse, reflects on the evolution of the alt-right in the aftermath of Charlottesville and where the movement might be headed under the Biden administration. We have seen many ebbs and flows of this virulent strain of far-right thought, but it seems the movement will continue to menace America and Eu...