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Ret. Labor Hist Prof in Texas; river rat; Hannibal MO roots; singer-songwriter; author of 7 books, including Hard Times in an American Workhouse, 1853-1920 (LSU Press 2024) and Shantyboats and Roustabouts: The River Poor of St. Louis, 1875-1930 (2023).

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Donate to URGENT: Tom has been fired! Defend him and free speech now!, organized by Kim Gasper-Rabuck The Unthinkable has happened! Dr. Tom Alter has been term… Kim Gasper-Rabuck needs your support for URGENT: Tom has been fired! Defend him and free speech now!

Dr. Tom Alter is at the forefront of resistance to the far right's attacks on universities. Please help support if you can.
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An Interview with Tom Alter: History Is Now! Tom Alter On October 12 Suzi Weissman interviewed Professor Tom Alter, a tenured professor at Texas State University and author of Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth the Transplanted Roots of Farmer…

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Reinstate Dr. Tom Alter | Defend Free Speech at All Universities Whether a professor, staff member, student, or community member, we all have the right to our own beliefs, ideas, and values and the right to speak about them openly as private citizens.

Rights of free speech under fire in Texas. actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...

26.09.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Epstein didn’t build the systemβ€”he refined it. The modeling industry was the real pipeline: visas gamed, girls exploited, silence enforced. Trump’s agency played its part. This wasn’t a scandal. It was infrastructure. And it didn’t collapse. It rebranded. Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/1CSK...

24.07.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 6

Superb analysis.

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Happy Juneteenth!

19.06.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thugs

12.06.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts." ISAIAH 3:15, King James Version.

12.06.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sending the Marines to shut this down is 2025's Footloose remake.

09.06.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2501    πŸ” 593    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 16

That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two massive narcissists β€” and that they both individually wield such massive power β€” is an indictment of our political system and further proves the poisonous influence of Big Money on our democracy.

05.06.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 23392    πŸ” 4978    πŸ’¬ 617    πŸ“Œ 246

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"I was aware that many men who have accumulated more millions of money than they can ever use have shown a rabid hunger for more, and have not scrupled to cheat the ignorant and the helpless out of their poor servings in order to partially appease that appetite."--Mark Twain, "The Damned Human Race"

25.05.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's nasty war on working-class and poor people threatens to bring back the days of workhouse horrors.

24.05.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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