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What Can We Learn from the Great Depression?: Stories of Ordinary People and Collective Action in Hard Times

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African American workers march past a line of National Guards troops with bayonets fixed.

The National Guard’s History of Violent Labor Repression

Donald Trump recently deployed California’s National Guard to repress protests in LA. The National Guard has a long history of breaking up protests and strikes.

by Dana Frank via Jacobin on June 30, 2025

Publicity still from Black Legion, 1937.

Ohio’s Little-Known Fascist Member of Congress

How a local prosecutor protected white supremacists and went on to a career in Washington, DC.

by Dana Frank via HNN on November 4, 2024

Black Legion members in wearing capes and hoods.

You Know About the KKK, but What About the Black Legion?

The Black Legion was a white supremacist fascist group headquartered in Lima, Ohio. Its worst deeds are lost to memory, but they shouldn’t be.

by Dana Frank via Jacobin on October 18, 2024

Wet-nurse strike in Chicago, 1937.

No Money, No Milk

Black wet nurses made a show of militance in 1937.

by Dana Frank via Hammer & Hope on July 23, 2024

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