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Adrienne Redd

Adrienne Redd is a professor of sociology and anthropology at the Community College of Philadelphia, an environmental advocate, outdoors-woman and political organizer. She is the author of Fallen Walls & Fallen Towers: The Fate of the Nation in a Global World (2010) and numerous articles and lectures on the trajectory of the public view of the nation-state in an increasingly fragmented planetary economy and international system.

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From Kristallnacht to the Berlin Wall: The Tragedies and Triumphs of Nov. 9 remind us of the Dangers of Racism and the Beacon of Liberty

From Kristallnacht to the Berlin Wall: The Tragedies and Triumphs of Nov. 9 remind us of the Dangers of Racism and the Beacon of Liberty

Adrienne Redd

Philadelphia, Pa. (Special to Informed Comment) – November 9 is momentous. We move forward with new hope. However, we must not forget to be humble and compassionate, to remember that of which people are capable, both the evil and the triumphant. On November 9 and 10, 1938 (called Kristallnacht), mobs rampaged through Germany, smashing windows, […]

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