https://znetwork.org/author/zoltangrossman/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Mon, 12 Jan 2026 01:49:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/zoltangrossman/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/10-reasons-why-ice-is-harassing-native-americans/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/10-reasons-why-ice-is-harassing-native-americans/#respond Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:01:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293382 ICE and Border Patrol are increasingly detaining Native American citizens, and ignoring or refusing to treat Tribal ID cards as proof of citizenship. Just north of where ICE killed Minneapolis rights monitor Renee Nicole Good, agents have detained tribal citizens in the clearly Native neighborhood around Franklin Avenue, where the American Indian Movement was itself [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/10-reasons-why-ice-is-harassing-native-americans/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-brief-history-of-u-s-military-interventions-within-the-united-states/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-brief-history-of-u-s-military-interventions-within-the-united-states/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:03:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1284866 This article expands and updates a June 2020 article. Although the National Guard has often been used against civil rebellion, deploying federal military forces within the U.S. is a drastic and historically rare move. I’ve studied the history and geography of U.S. military interventions from the “Indian Wars” to the Middle East, and have documented [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-brief-history-of-u-s-military-interventions-within-the-united-states/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lessons-of-kristallnacht-civil-war-and-mass-deportation/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lessons-of-kristallnacht-civil-war-and-mass-deportation/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1271851 On a recent trip to Germany, I sought to better understand how the Nazi Party rose to power, and carried out the Holocaust, in which most of my Hungarian Jewish relatives perished. 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