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Manhood threatened, he says

Submitted by Robyn on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 2:35pm

photo Islan_zpsfcigdlry.jpgJames Dixon has rejected a plea offer of 12 years in prison if he pleads guilty. Now he will face up to 25 years behind bars if convicted of beating Islan Nettles to death on a trial that starts today.

Dixon came forward after police at first had detained Paris Wilson on a charge of assault. Dixon had fled the scene of the assault on Nettles, which was right outside a police precinct in Harlem.

Dixon admitted killing Nettles in a 2013 interview with police.

Hellraisers Journal: Reporter Don MacGregor Killed in Mexico, Was Hero of Battle of Walsenburg

Submitted by JayRaye on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 12:56pm

Men don't scare very easy when they're fighting
to keep other men from shooting up
and burning their homes.
-Don MacGregor
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Tuesday April 4, 1916
News from El Paso, Texas: Don MacGregor Killed While Reporting from Mexico

Resilience: Homage To The Last Plains Indian War Chief

Submitted by Gerrit on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 11:26am

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In this family photo, Joseph Medicine Crow wears a headdress beaded by his granddaughter and a war shirt from the Custer Battlefield Trading Post in Crow Agency, Montana. The Bighorn Mountains are in the background. (Photo by Ramona Medicine Crow)

A strong man passed away on Sunday. A defensive warrior, a scholar, a leader, a patriot, a veteran, a preserver of The Long Memory - the unbroken chain of the spiritual ancestors of progressives everywhere. More below.

Anti-Capitalist Meetup: The Revolutionary Class Of The Future

Submitted by MrJayTee on Sun, 04/03/2016 - 6:37pm

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The desire for revolution lives at the beating heart of anti-capitalism. There may be differing visions of how that revolution will be conducted and on exactly whose terms the new-born society will be ruled, but in the end our mission is to overturn the power of Capital and remake the world for the benefit of the masses.

Hellraisers Journal: Bleeding Mexico, Uncensored, by David Bruce for International Socialist Review

Submitted by JayRaye on Sun, 04/03/2016 - 12:57pm
Forward, comrades! Soon you will hear the first shots;
soon the shout of rebellion will thunder
from the throats of the oppressed...
Land and Liberty!
-Ricardo Flores Magón
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Monday April 3, 1916
From the International Socialist Review: David Bruce Reports from Mexico

Caregiving: Stress and Burnout

Submitted by michelewln on Sun, 04/03/2016 - 8:18am

"Be careful. There is now a diagnosis for Caregiver Fatigue." (It is also referred to as Caregiver Stress Symptom.) My Doctor told me this as I was back for another infection. One thing that is rarely considered when a person becomes a caregiver is the stress that this situation causes. I became caregiver to both my Mom and now my brother Reid because of necessity.

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