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The Irish and the Palestinians share a common story of colonial oppression

The Irish know something about colonialism. Long before there was a British Empire on which “the sun never set,” Ireland was the testing ground for English conquest and confiscating land from the natives. It is understandable, then, that the Irish are especially sympathetic to the plight of the Palestinians. Both people share a common history of victimization by the British.

Vietnam veterans descended on the Capitol 50 years ago this week—not to impede democracy but to practice it

NationofChange Vietnam veterans descended on the Capitol 50 years ago this week—not to impede democracy but to practice it Bigger than the Jan. 6 insurrection, the 1971 antiwar mobilization known as Operation Dewey Canyon III altered the course of the war and uplifted the nation. On Sunday, CBS News’ “60 Minutes” profiled the Oath Keepers, a white-supremacist veterans’ group founded when President Barack Obama assumed office. The program traced the group’s history from its 2009 formation to its armed support of Cliven Bundy in 2014 to its open plotting of sedition in December 2020. Then CBS showed some cell-phone footage of the 40 members of the group on Jan. 6, 2021, as they breached

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