Today in Labor History March 16, 2003: Israeli Defense Forces murdered American activist Rachel Corrie in Rafah by running over her with a bulldozer. She had been defending a Palestinian home that the IDF was trying to demolish as part of their collective punishment of the Palestinian people.

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@MikeDunnAuthor
I remember this, it doesn’t seem as long ago as the dates (correctly) tell it to have been.