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Various maps from the War Resisters League, detailing nuclear weapons facilities, transportation routes, etc. These are great examples of activist mapping, and attempts at using maps to illuminate how power functions. Publishing dates unavailable, most are from late 1970s - mid-1980s.

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The Pentagon's Alliance with Industry, American Legion Magazine, June 1971

#DropTheMIC #American Legion #DoD #Pentagon #Military Industrial Complex

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#FortressBayArea AlamedaCounty LivermoreCA LLNL

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July 31, 1968: A letter from Carol Rivera, a school teacher-turned-whistleblower in #Venezuela who worked for U.S. Steel in the company town of Ciudad Piar. A great historical glimpse into U.S. democracy at work.

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Some of the 550 black troops of the 394th Quartermaster Battalion are shown in drill order, late July 1941, during the construction of the Oakland Army Base. 

Below, in August of the same year, the troops are seen moving into the newly completed barracks from pup tents. Most of the base was built between 1941 and 1942.

(Oakland Tribune Photos)

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“BART has sat on its hands & delayed adoption of a surveillance technology ordinance approved by its tech committee in 2016. Now BART police are attempting to rush through an aggressive new surveillance network with only 72 hours notice. #NoDACforBART #FortressBayArea #BayArea

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I fixed the Department of Defense logo.

#DepartmentOfDefense #Syria #Yemen #Iraq #Afghanistan #Libya #Somalia #Kwajalein #Henoko #Okinawa #Jeju #SouthKorea #Guam #DiegoGarcia #Tinian #Rojava #Gaza #Palestine #Chagos #Guantanamo #NoForeignBases #SoleSuperpower #AmericanExceptionalism #ManifestDestiny