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Zed Jilani notes that some of the earliest and most rigorous critiques of the 1619 Project came from the World Socialist Web Site. These critics took issue with the project's dismissal of the American Revolution's democratic significance and its focus on race over class.
An article from the World Socialist Web Site, read by "Dame Jennifer," details the "staggering hypocrisy" of Nikole Hannah-Jones taking money from Shell Oil. The piece outlines Shell's history of human rights abuses in Africa, contrasting it with the project's moral condemnation of historical American figures.
