20 June 1967: Muhammad Ali arrested for “draft dodging”

This week in working class history

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@Tattered @TheViking Do not compare Mr. Bonespurs with a civil rights activist. One was a coward, with his daddy arranging things so he wouldn't go (because rich people don't fight in wars), the other had political reasons.

@CStamp @TheViking Goodness, no! That is far from my intention.

Mueller was sent to another country to kill left-wing people of colour. He returned to the US, where he spent his career in a body that, infamously, worked against both left-wing and Black organization.

Trump is a terrible human being. I agree.
I don’t see anything in Mueller’s life as being worth celebrating, though. My intended point was that Ali’s life was worth celebrating, as a true brave American who wouldn’t have had room for Trump, or for Mueller.

@Tattered @TheViking Unfortunately, at the time, there was a draft. Criticize the government of the time.

@CStamp @TheViking

I do. Often.

I also celebrate those brave enough to take a political stance against it. Particularly Ali.