Author name: Mammad Mahmoodi

Manzanar, the site of an internment camp.

Fear and loathing are back in fashion, part three

“We already did this.” U.S. history is repeating itself. And previous victims of racist hate policy are speaking up for the newest targets. https://youtu.be/eAp4IS3JSxE?si=Nv79IUDnXLsrcAwJ On February 18, 1942, a little more than 82 years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, an order that paved the way for the military to evacuate and […]

Fear and loathing are back in fashion, part three Read More »

An early daguerreotype of John Brown

Fear and loathing are back in fashion, part two

John Brown | Augustus Washington | Daguerreotype c.1856 | National Portrait Gallery The radical thinker and abolitionist John Brown (1800-1859)  believed that simply identifying yourself as anti-slavery was not enough. When Brown, a deeply religious man, prayed for guidance, he concluded that direct and armed action was the only way to eradicate slavery. He embarked

Fear and loathing are back in fashion, part two Read More »

Scroll to Top