{"id":46306,"date":"2026-01-25T22:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T06:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=46306"},"modified":"2026-01-25T22:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T06:18:52","slug":"how-to-fight-ice-norm-finkelsteins-hope-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/how-to-fight-ice-norm-finkelsteins-hope-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fight ICE &amp; Norm Finkelstein&#8217;s Hope for the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Fight ICE &amp; Norm Finkelstein&#039;s Hope for the Future\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rv81EnvYHpQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel Jan 22, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-52.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-52.png 500w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-52-218x300.png 218w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-52-109x150.png 109w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(Image from Wikipedia.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Charles Sumner was asked, &#8220;What do we need now?&#8221;  He replied, &#8220;Backbone, backbone and more backbone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Google AI Overview<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Sumner, a staunch abolitionist U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1851\u20131874), embodied &#8220;backbone&#8221; through his uncompromising, Radical Republican stance against slavery and for civil rights<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>. His 1856 &#8220;Crime Against Kansas&#8221; speech, which targeted the slavery oligarchy, demonstrated his fortitude despite the threat of violence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The &#8220;Backbone&#8221; Incident:<\/strong>&nbsp;Following his fiery two-day speech, Sumner was brutally assaulted with a cane by Rep. Preston Brooks on the Senate floor in May 1856.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Physical and Political Courage:<\/strong>&nbsp;Despite severe, long-lasting injuries from the beating, Sumner returned to the Senate three years later to continue fighting for equal rights, demonstrating immense personal and political courage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Legacy:<\/strong>&nbsp;Known as the &#8220;conscience of a nation,&#8221; he was a steadfast proponent of the Thirteenth Amendment and the first civil rights bills.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sumner&#8217;s &#8220;backbone&#8221; represents his refusal to be intimidated by the violent defense of slavery by Southern proponents.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Sumner, a staunch abolitionist U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1851\u20131874), embodied &#8220;backbone&#8221; through his uncompromising, Radical Republican stance against slavery and for civil rights . His 1856 &#8220;Crime Against Kansas&#8221; speech, which targeted the slavery oligarchy, demonstrated his fortitude despite the threat of violence.&nbsp; Sumner&#8217;s &#8220;backbone&#8221; represents his refusal to&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/how-to-fight-ice-norm-finkelsteins-hope-for-the-future\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46306"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46306"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46309,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46306\/revisions\/46309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}