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Today marks the birthday of Viola Desmond. In 1946, she took a stand against segregation in Nova Scotia which sent shockwaves across the whole of Canada. Halifax Harbour Ferry Viola Desmond. Source … read more

Frederick Douglass said that Independence Day in 1852 wasn't for him. Many still feel left out - dare we hope, as he did, that "'Let there be light' has not yet spent its force"? Image: U.S. Army … read more

Medgar Evers was born today in 1925. Thirty-eight years later, he gave his life for the cause of racial equality in the United States. Image source: Wikimedia Commons “Our lives are not fully li … read more

Born today in 1881, Crystal Eastman is likely the most important radical you’ve never heard of. Image source: Library of Congress "History tends to bury what it seeks to reject." …and most dom … read more

Tom Paine, who died on June 8th 1809, was a wonderful radical exported from England to America - much to our loss! First Sunderland Bridge completed in 1796 by Thomas Paine. Source: Wikimedia Commo … read more