BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Is slavery back in Alabama? Adam Obernauer, organizing director for the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union—one of five organizations, including the AFL-CIO, now suing to stop it—says “yes.
I believe that leftist forces did manage to make gains and push this rot back (though didn't utterly destroy it), but over the past decades, since the 1980s, it's been growing again with a vengeance.
I say this because the role that socialists, communists, and anarchists played in defeating the "original" Jim Crow laws should not be under-stated, but it's a story that's not often told.
Hell, everything is chalked up to MLK, Jr. and that's that, but that's not how it should be told.
don't call it a comeback, it's been here for years
I somewhat agree and disagree.
I believe that leftist forces did manage to make gains and push this rot back (though didn't utterly destroy it), but over the past decades, since the 1980s, it's been growing again with a vengeance.
I say this because the role that socialists, communists, and anarchists played in defeating the "original" Jim Crow laws should not be under-stated, but it's a story that's not often told.
Hell, everything is chalked up to MLK, Jr. and that's that, but that's not how it should be told.
I upvoted you anyway.
I dont know how many leftist forces were ever in Alabama.
You'd... be surprised.
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Alabama and the South have a long history of activism, organizing, and rebellion.