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Join the discussion with RTF co-founder, @benjaminhjohns1.bsky.social and learn why “Texas Is Bigger Than You Think It Is,” as well as a roundtable discussion on Trouble in the Borderlands. All community members are welcome.
New Blog Post ➡️ refusingtoforget.org/terror-is-th... Refusing to Forget member @leahlao.bsky.social demonstrates how the violence that the world is witnessing in Minneapolis and the murders that have occured in other cities since Trump resumed office, is horrific....but it is not new.
New Blog Post ➡️ refusingtoforget.org/the-canales-...
On January 30, 1919, began an unprecedented exposure of state-sanctioned violence by the Texas Rangers & accomplices. Witnesses testified about murder, torture, displacement, and other efforts of intimidation of Border Mexicans by the Rangers.
On January 30, 1919, began an unprecedented exposure of state-sanctioned violence by the Texas Rangers & accomplices. Witnesses testified about murder, torture, displacement, and intimidation of Border Mexicans by the Rangers. Learn more in today's blog post: refusingtoforget.org/the-canales-...
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Today we remember the Porvenir massacre and the lives that were lost. Read more here: refusingtoforget.org/porvenir-mas...
Today we remember the Porvenir massacre and the lives that were lost. Read more here: refusingtoforget.org/porvenir-mas...
The violent history of border policing is now devouring what is left of democracy in the USA. We refuse to forget the murders of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and so many others. www.publicbooks.org/borders-dont...
As Monica Martinez wrote, "through policing and enforcement—Indigenous, Asian, Mexican, & African people were cast as un-American, foreign, incapable of being citizens, and as a threat to the nation. Racist violence was used to subordinate & control populations who refused government intervention."
They understand what a clear-eyed study of the border violence of 1910s shows: that impunity for agents and the denigration of entire communities can lead to mass state-sanctioned killing and the destruction of basic democratic and human rights.
We applaud the federal prosecutors who have resigned in protest of such orders, and calls for accountability from local officials and Minnesota residents.
We note with alarm the statements by Trump administration officials, including the Attorney General, slandering the victims, lying about the incidents, and ordering an investigation not of the perpetrators but of the victims.
Refusing to Forget mourns the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis.
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They understand what a clear-eyed study of the border violence of 1910s shows: that impunity for agents and the denigration of entire communities can lead to mass state-sanctioned killing and the destruction of basic democratic and human rights.
We applaud the federal prosecutors who have resigned in protest of such orders, and calls for accountability from local officials and Minnesota residents.
We note with alarm the statements by Trump administration officials, including the Attorney General, slandering the victims, lying about the incidents, and ordering an investigation not of the perpetrators but of the victims.
New on the blog: A guest post marking 115 years since the Rocksprings lynching of Antonio Rodríguez. Contributor Ignacio Minjarez examines the 1910 lynching & invites readers to consider how the stories told after the violence helped define who Rodríguez was. refusingtoforget.org/115-years-si...
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The forced resignation of Kate Rogers of the Alamo Trust, the firing of Tom Alter from TX State, & lawsuits against historians & journalists are all aimed at suppressing certain historical truths.
Virtual Talk Tonight! Join us as we bring together these powerful voices to reflect on this urgent moment & the ongoing struggle to protect truthful history. @stevanzetti.bsky.social @drmphillipsut.bsky.social
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On Sunday, local community members made the yearly walk to the Matanza of 1915 historical marker. RTF cofounder @gonzalest956.bsky.social, said the murders happened "in response to the last colonial rebellion by ethnic Mexicans against U.S. sovereignty."
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🕯Día de los Muertos is upon us.🕯
Join us in remembering the stories and honoring the lives of those who have been victims of racial violence in Texas and those who have fought against these cultures of violence.
View our virtual ofrendas on our website.
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Refusing to Forget members are @ccarmona.bsky.social, Juan Carmona, John Morán González, Sonia Hernández, @benjaminhjohns1.bsky.social, @leahlao.bsky.social, Monica Muñoz Martínez and @alacranita.bsky.social, another co-founder is @gonzalest956.bsky.social. /20
This thread is a part of the #OTD in Ranger history campaign that refusing2forget.bsky.social is running this year. Follow this handle or refusingtoforget.org/ranger-bicentennial-project/ and visit our website refusingtoforget.org to learn more. /19
Despite Molina’s call to “learn more about the Rangers” and “their whole history,” Ranger defenders appear to have learned nothing from the dark side of their history, since they won’t even acknowledge egregious incidents like this one. /18 calendar.eji.org/about
In summer of 2023, the TX Ranger Museum inducted Garrison into its Hall of Fame. His entry makes no mention of his blackface performance, Banks' cooperation with mobs, or Allee's thuggery. /17 www.texasranger.org/Hall-of-Fame...
In 2020, Dallas authorities removed a statue modeled after Banks from Love Field. Molina, chair of the Ranger bicentennial commission, tells the press that he is seeking another location. /16 www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdo...
