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  1. Hype for the Future 116L: City of Kent, Ohio

    Introduction The City of Kent is a city located at the western edge of Portage County, Ohio, most notable as home to Kent State University and part of the Greater Akron area within the combined area of Cleveland, Akron, and Canton. Today, the City of Kent is a larger community than the nearby community of Ravenna, the county seat, to the east. Amenities Within the City of Kent is Kent State University, infamous for the Kent State Massacre from the Vietnam War on May 4, 1970. Campus […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  2. coming in for a landing at airport for this weekend's aviation fair.

  3. @spiegelmama

    #USHistoryRevisited
    #KentStateShooting by #OhioNationalGuard

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    Thanks for sharing this excellent article on the #KentStateShooting on May 4, 1970.🙏

    #History does not go around in circles, but it certainly provides spiraling fractal dynamics:

    All members of the #tRump Administration should pay heed to what transpired after the killing of 4 and the wounding of 9 by the #NationalGuard at #KentStateUniversity.

    Back then, it was unprecedented;...

    kent.edu/may-4-historical-accu

  4. Brian VanDeMark: The grim history of using troops against student protesters

    "House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republican Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.) are among the conservative leaders suggesting that the National Guard might be needed to control campus protests across the country against Israel’s war in Gaza. Such calls stir memories of the tragedy 54 years ago at Kent State University in northeastern Ohio."

    #giftarticle #FirstAmendment #freespeech #KentStateUniversity #KentStateShooting #protest
    wapo.st/4aTbzkX

  5. archives.nyc/blog/2020/5/8/the

    May 8, 1970, construction workers in NYC attacked antiwar protesters and journalists, beating them savagely with tools and pipes. 70 were injured.

    This was 4 days after the #OhioNationalGuard shot 13 students & bystanders, killing 4, at #KentStateUniversity

    The “#HardHatRiot” was instigated by #ChuckColson, President #RichardNixon’s dirty tricks manager (aka “ratfucker”) , who called his contacts at the #NYConstructionWorkersCouncil led by #PeterJBrennan.