Legacy of Wounded Knee occupation lives on 50 years later
By Associated Press Madonna Thunder Hawk remembers the firefights. As a medic during the occupation of Wounded Knee in early 1973, Thunder Hawk was stationed nightly in a frontline bunker in the combat zone between Native American activists and U.S. government agents in South Dakota. “I would crawl out there every night, and we’d just […]
Political Matters – September 2020
By Mordecai Specktor Minneapolis erupts, again On Aug. 26, rumors started flying around about the cops shooting a Black man on the Nicollet Mall. In reality, a homicide suspect used his gun on himself, committed suicide, as the police closed in around 6 p.m. on a Wednesday. A crowd gathered and tensions flared –angry outbursts […]