The Chicago convention is best remembered for the police violence against antiwar demonstrators by Daley’s beefy police and for the assault on reporters and critics inside the convention center. . The antiwar movement was greatly divided over whether there should have been demonstrations at the..…
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While Democrats remain formally pro-choice, they have retreated and steadily surrendered political ground to the Republican Party, tailoring their politics to appease the political “center”—mostly white swing voters undecided between voting Republican or Democrat—as an electoral..…
Lastly, the very existence of the Comintern made a crucial difference: It provided an international center for the revolutionary movement of that time; a center where there was a potential for an in-depth, honest, direct, free, and democratic discussion on crucial issues of strategy and..…
Over the 20 years, Republicans have become more pro-life and Democrats have trended more pro-choice. ..…
Andrew Cuomo for lighting the World Trade Center pink to celebrate the bill's passage. . Cuomo signed the measure into law on Jan. 22 after the Democrat-led Legislature approved it earlier in the day. . ..…
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