"Now, once again, democracy is under attack by those who believe some people are better than others."
#Trump #NationalSecurity #Europe #WhiteSupremacy #racism #PearlHarbor #WWII #fascism
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"But as the impulse of WWII pushed Americans toward a more just and inclusive society after it, those determined not to share power warned their supporters that including people of color and women as equals in society would threaten their own liberty. Those reactionary leaders rode that fear into control of our government, and gradually they chipped away the laws that protected equality."
#Trump #NationalSecurity #Europe #WhiteSupremacy #racism #PearlHarbor #WWII #fascism
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"Among the many ethnic groups who fought, Indigenous Americans served at a higher percentage than any other ethnic group—more than a third of able-bodied Indigenous men between the ages of 18 and 50 joined the service—and among those 25,000 soldiers were the men who developed the famous 'Code Talk,' based in tribal languages, that codebreakers never cracked."
#Trump #NationalSecurity #Europe #WhiteSupremacy #racism #PearlHarbor #WWII #fascism
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"It describes the European Union as an adversary whose unity must be undermined. It celebrates the rise of 'patriotic European parties,' the euphemism used for the far-right, anti-immigrant movements aligned with Putin and championed by figures like Marine Le Pen."
#Trump #NationalSecurity #Europe #Russia #NATO #WhiteSupremacy #racism #GreatReplacement
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"America fought World War II to defend democracy from fascism. And while fascism preserved hierarchies in society, democracy called on all men as equals. Of the more than 16 million Americans who served in the war, more than 1.2 million were Black American men and women, 500,000 were Latinos, and more than 550,000 Jews were part of the military."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #NationalSecurity #Europe #WhiteSupremacy #racism #PearlHarbor #WWII #fascism
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@ai6yr My uncle was arrested at gunpoint by US troops with fixed bayonets after spending the whole day as a first responder diving into the burning waters of Pearl Harbor to rescue and recover US sailors and marines on Dec 7, 1941, as a soldier of the Hawai'ian Territorial Guard -- he was suddenly arrested as an enemy Jap. He and his fellow Japanese Americans guardsmen were imprisoned for days in a brig, incommunicado, without a clue what was happening, until a local white officer intervened and white plantation owners vouched for them as loyal US citizens born and raised on O'ahu. He would later volunteer and serve in Europe in the segregated "Purple Heart Battalion" -- the 100th Battalion of the segregated 442nd Regimental Combat Team - the most decorated unit of its size in US Army history. He loved a nation that criminalized him for his race.
#AJA #442RCT #Hawaii #pearlharbor
History repeats itself.
They locked this firefighter up for FOUR WEEKS without due process (finally released). He had proper paperwork and status to work in the US--visa being processed, he was contributing to helping fight fires in Washington. He was ONLY released because of legal action.
"The attorneys argued immigration officers wrongfully arrested Hernandez and violated his constitutional rights. They say his arrest was made without a warrant, based on no information beyond Hernandez’s race and his invocation of his constitutional right to silence, according to the suit.... Hernandez’s attorneys say immigration officials concealed Hernandez’s whereabouts from his family and attorneys for 48 hours after his arrest... Late Tuesday morning, Hernandez’s attorneys got word the federal government had decided to move to dismiss the removal proceedings against him and were releasing him that day. He was released around noon."
Fire Engineering: Firefighter Arrested at WA Wildland Fire Released from ICE Detention
@ai6yr My uncle was arrested at gunpoint by US troops with fixed bayonets after spending the whole day as a first responder diving into the burning waters of Pearl Harbor to rescue and recover US sailors and marines on Dec 7, 1941, as a soldier of the Hawai'ian Territorial Guard -- he was suddenly arrested as an enemy Jap. He and his fellow Japanese Americans guardsmen were imprisoned for days in a brig, incommunicado, without a clue what was happening, until a local white officer intervened and white plantation owners vouched for them as loyal US citizens born and raised on O'ahu. He would later volunteer and serve in Europe in the segregated "Purple Heart Battalion" -- the 100th Battalion of the segregated 442nd Regimental Combat Team - the most decorated unit of its size in US Army history. He loved a nation that criminalized him for his race.
#AJA #442RCT #Hawaii #pearlharbor
History repeats itself.