This is also very reminiscent of 21-year old organizer Fred Hampton, also assassinated after founding the anti-racist, anti-classist Rainbow Coalition and establishing an alliance among major Chicago street gangs to help them end infighting and work for social change. People rising over the culture war divisions and forming unity is a threat to the powerful. They've made this clear.
this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2025
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