Some of you have doubtless heard of the Haymarket Affair.
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Some of you have doubtless heard of the Haymarket Affair.
I have written before about the battle of Matewan, [stderr] which was a small engagement in what later was known as “The Coal War.”
Riots (excuse me, “protests”) are the history of labor in the US. Probably pretty much of the rest of the world, too. In the US, we’re not taught about them in school – instead we are taught that the police are basically great people, who are here to protect us, and the national guard’s job is to pull cats down from trees when there’s a flood.
None of that is true.
PS: happy Oligarchy Day!
You may recall when a disturbed Trump fan sent a bunch of fake bombs to various media people and Trump critics. [stderr]
I was listening to this episode of Snap Judgement podcast [the country doctor] and found my eyes kept filling with tears of shame and sorrow. As I listened, I realized that they were exposing the true core of “down home” America: racist but above all ignorant chucklefucks who don’t think – they robotically adopt the attitudes of their collective at church, and what they hear on TV.
I had a depressing realization the other day: Bernie Sanders is not a threat to the system.
This story has not gotten enough media coverage. I suspect it’s because the news has discovered that ordinary Trump crimes don’t sell papers anymore; none of it matters.
I came at this one from a weird angle. One of the Pacifica Radio Archive shows I listened to was an interview with Betty Friedan (FTV074) @13:53 during a question period someone asks: [Read more…]
One of the big surprises of the cold war was how effective the Soviet intelligence apparatus appears to have been.