https://znetwork.org/author/peterdreier/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:35:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/peterdreier/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/80-years-ago-a-jewish-radical-and-two-negro-league-stars-led-a-crusade-to-integrate-baseball-that-paved-the-way-for-jackie-robinson/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/80-years-ago-a-jewish-radical-and-two-negro-league-stars-led-a-crusade-to-integrate-baseball-that-paved-the-way-for-jackie-robinson/#respond Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:34:55 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1288267 Eighty years ago this week—on September 8, 1945—a little-known episode in the struggle to challenge racial segregation took place in, of all places, Germany’s Nuremberg Stadium, where Adolf Hitler had previously addressed Nazi Party rallies. 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