The Occasionalists Podcast

1965: Ink & Irons


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We wrap up 1965 with a look at how the media covered the height of the Civil Rights Movement. From the Deep South to the West Coast, America was embroiled in a civil rights battle that the establishment would prefer to have crushed rather than even acknowledge.

The similarities to our present are stark—once more, the establishment is using state-sponsored violence and repression in the face of civil unrest, and is actively trying to rewrite a narrative we are watching in real time.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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