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“NO KINGS” All Over Iowa Next Saturday 

Posted on October 11, 2025 by Dave Bradley

Unless you live in a hole you know that there is another NO KINGS rally across the US. Usually I would list the times and places of the protests in Iowa. However, as I write this there are already such … Continue reading →

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What Is The Way Back From Concentration Camps To Democracy?

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Andrea Pitzer is the author of One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World, and The Secret History of Vladimir Nabokov. Times being what they are, lately when I read I … Continue reading →

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On Tyranny Lesson 20: Be As Courageous As You Can

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Trish Nelson

From the On Tyranny series by Timothy Snyder, Lesson #20 of twenty. This will be the final post of the series posted here every Monday for the last twenty weeks.  You can find them all on YouTube.  They are all … Continue reading →

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“Hands Off!” Rallies Next Saturday

Posted on March 29, 2025 by Dave Bradley

US map of events for the April 5th “Hands Off!” Events. Really glad to see 15 events in Iowa plus 2 in Council Bluffs/Omaha – and one in Sioux Falls!  https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/map/ There seems to be a couple of different maps … Continue reading →

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Kent State Redux

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Dave Bradley

As of today we are 54 years removed from the shootings at Kent State University in Ohio. Once again it becomes relevant as protests concerning the Israeli – Palestinian situation are being pushed hard by the corporate media.  Protests have … Continue reading →

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Thank You, Mr. Kaufmann

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Dave Bradley

This one had almost passed me by:   October 14th: Iowa Republicans are questioning the impeachment hearings against President Trump. On Monday, GOP Chairman Jeff Kaufmann led a group of protesters in Cedar Rapids demanding an end to the inquiry. … Continue reading →

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Occupy Iowa Update: Thirty Arrested In Des Moines By State Troopers

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Video below – Reports of dogs, pepper spray, 50-60 law enforcement officers Seems  that arresting people, bringing dogs, using pepper spray on a bunch of Iowans [pepper spray reportedly just used on one person] peacefully assembled is a gross overreaction … Continue reading →

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