
The Many faces of “Bella Ciao”
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On Friday, July 17, in Chicago, Black & Indigenous organizations led protests that wanted to take down a statue of Columbus. The Chicago Police Department responded by attacking protestors. A statue dedicated to hate was more important to the city than Chicagoans. The Columbus statue should stay down, here’s why (hover over slides to pause them so you can read, use arrows to scroll):
Compiled and written by Dave Stieber. To share a version of this slide show on Twitter, click here.
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The defense of the statues marks a shift to the right, in defense of privileges acquired over the decades By Luca Peretti Translated by Amy Bizzarri
America is in a season of rage, seemingly boundless and beyond control. Its leaders could learn from those among its citizens who are the children
Helen Cirese waited for the elevators on the 11th floor. Her law firm, Bonelli, Quilici, & Cirese, was located in the City Hall Square Building
This is the Christopher Columbus the anti-maskers who fought to keep his statue in Chicago do not want you to see. Columbus was viceroy over