Wanda Nelson

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Lessons from Kent State.

https://wapo.st/3UM8koH

Decades after Kent State shooting, the tragic legacy shapes its activism

The university where 13 student protesters were killed or injured during the Vietnam War era worries that other schools have learned nothing from its history.

The Washington Post

Today in Labor History May 4, 1970: Ohio National Guards murdered four students at Kent State University. They also injured nine others, including one who was permanently paralyzed. During the massacre, they fired 67 rounds in 13 seconds at the unarmed crowd. The students were protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia. With the current wave of student protests against the Israeli genocide in Gaza, the government’s response is looking sickeningly similar to its response to student protests in the early 70s: Violent repression, use of chemical agents, snipers on rooftops. If the vitriolic rhetoric of politicians and pundits continues, another student massacre seems imminent.

#students #KentState #massacre #NationalGuard #cambodia #bombing #USImperialism #MayTheFourth #freepalestine #EndTheOccupation #genocide #gaza #studentprotests #freespeech

We need to normalise death and dying, says carer

#cancer #death

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68816628

We need to break taboo around death, end-of-life carer says

Abi Jenkins, who cared for a friend with terminal cancer, said "normalising" death might help people.

BBC News

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