Unpacking Our History

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National Guard, ICE, and Insurrection Act

This month's reading packet includes: Brookings' "Reference Sheet on the Insurrection Act and Related Authorities;" "Trump's Threat to Invoke Insurrection Act Escalates Showdown with Democratic Cities" from Reuters; "What Does the National Guard Do?" from the NYTimes; "Trump Signes Memo Targeting 'Domestic Terrorism' Amid Fears of Crackdown on the Left" from the Guardian; "Trump's D.C. Rhetoric Echoes History of Racist Narratives" from the AP: "Body Slamming, Teargas, and Pepper Balls" from the Guardian; and finally, "Where Things Stand with Federal Law in Chicago and Portland" from the AP.

Zoom Discussion
Thursday, November 13th, 2025 on Zoom
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.  

Zoom ID: 823 648 5349
Password: 691353

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Sophie Lewis: Enemy Feminisms

Sophie Lewis discusses their book, Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation. Offering a 200 year tour feminist history to uncover 19th century imperial feminists, Klan feminists, and today’s anti-abortion and TERF feminists. This tour paints a complicated picture of women's rights advocates that is sometimes messy, racist, and, yes, even sexist. Sophie Lewis is a writer, speaker, and teacher. She has written several books and articles on feminism and…

Contributor: Sophie Lewis / Date: 2025-10-02 / Collection: Unpacking Our History Interviews
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Stewart Home discusses his book, Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremist, and the New Order in Wellness. Home sweeps away the half-truths of Western yoga to expose a world full of grifters, cult leaders, TV celebrities and fake gurus, the story of yoga has involved some of the strangest currents of humanity. Stewart Home is an artist, filmmaker, pamphleteer, art historian and activist. He is based in London.

Contributor: Stewart Home / Date: 2025-09-23 / Collection: Unpacking Our History Interviews
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