Treaties Matter
Treaties matter. They matter even if the United States fails to recognize the rights of American Indian tribes guaranteed in treaties. They matter even if many were fraudulently constructed, unilaterally abrogated, and used to justify United States federal policies that included the erasure of whole peoples.
Just the right book: The Rabinowitz collection at the East Side Freedom Library
by Zoë Rodine Dr. Paula Rabinowitz’s office on the second floor of Lind Hall at the University of Minnesota has been transformed into a study space for undergraduates in the years since her retirement from the English department, but when I first stepped into the...
Dolores Huerta: A Celebration of Women’s History Month at East Side Freedom Library
“Honor the hands that harvest your crops.” So spoke the labor-rights leader Dolores Huerta, who fought for dignity of labor and life for migrant Latina/o farm workers. Though she often goes unrecognized for her formidable leadership, Huerta’s intersectional,...
All Hail Hydra: A Review of THE MANY HEADED HYDRA: SAILORS, SLAVES, COMMONERS, AND THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ATLANTIC
Review of the The Many Headed Hydra by Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker. Blog by Andres Boland for the East Side Freedom Library