Jerry Meyer was a longtime supporter of The Indypendent before his death in November 2021. In this 2019 essay, he explained why he was such a staunch supporter of the Indy and why giving money to support left projects like this one was a source of so much joy to him — and why it should be for others as well.
How the Jewish State’s founding ideology shapes it to this day.
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CUNY Voices: I’m Standing with My Union Because It Always Stood Up for Me
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The Red Decade: Art with a Gritty Heart
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In 1819, in the very wake of triumphant counterrevolution, Percy Shelley, in the last line of his most radical…