Mar
05
2009
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The Tracy Trial
Back in the day on March 5th, 1917 the so-called Tracy Trial stemming from the Everett Massacre commenced. The prosecution in the two-month long court case tried to establish that Industrial Workers of the World member Thomas Tracy was responsible for firing the first shot in a confrontation between the radical unionists and …
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Mar
04
2009
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Victor Berger: The First Socialist Congressman
Back in the day on March 4th, 1910, Victor Berger became the first socialist ever elected to the House of Representatives. Coming from the socialist stronghold Milwaukee, Wisconsin– must have been the something in the cheese – Berger’s first term in office was characterized most notably by his calls to …
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Mar
03
2009
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The Feinberg Law
Back in the day on March 3rd, 1952, the United States Supreme Court upheld a New York state statute that effectively banned so-called “Communists,” from teaching in public schools. The 6-3 decision returned by the justices effectively declared the Feinberg Law constitutional. Passed in New York three years earlier, the law required the …
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Mar
02
2009
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The Dubious Election of Rutherford B. Hayes
Back in the day on March 2nd, 1877, Republican Presidential candidate Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of a controversial election in which his opponent won the popular vote. As with all presidential contests, the Electoral College system determines the winner, and prior to a bi-partisan commission, Hayes …
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Jan
30
2009
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The Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Sixty-one years ago on this day in people’s history, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi, India. On January 30th, 1948, the pacifist proponent of non-violence was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist named Nathuram Godse. The assassin was motivated by Gandhi’s last hunger …
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Jan
29
2009
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The Bear River Massacre by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
One-hundred and forty-six years ago on this day in people’s history, the Bear River Massacre occurred. On January 29th, 1863, hundreds of volunteer militiamen from California attacked Northwestern Shoshone Indians camped along the convergence of Bear River and Beaver Creek. Prior to the violence, white Mormon …
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Jan
28
2009
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Magoon leaves Cuba by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Exactly one-hundred years ago on this day in people’s history, the United States withdrew its forces from the Cuba. On January 28th, 1909, Charles Edward Magoon formerly ended his pseudo-constitutional governorship, imbued with absolute authority on the Caribbean island nation. The end of his military rule was …
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Jan
26
2009
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Ruta by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Exactly seventy years ago on this day in people’s history, the leftist libertarian youth paper, “Ruta” or “the path” ended its publication within Spain. On January 26th, 1939, the city of Barcelona fell to the Nationalist forces of General Franco. With the fascists in control, an outspoken radical paper …
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Jan
23
2009
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The Marias Massacre by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
One-hundred and twenty-nine years ago on this day in people’s history, the U.S. army massacred Piegan Blackfeet Indians along the Marias River in Montana. On January 23rd, 1870, cavalrymen led by Major Eugene Baker slaughtered more than 173 people of which women and children comprised the grand …
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Jan
22
2009
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“La Matanza” by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Seventy-seven years ago on this day in people’s history, a peasant led insurrection broke out in the northwestern region of El Salvador. On January 22nd, 1932, with the Central American nation in the grip of the dictatorship of Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez, rebels in the poverty-stricken countryside rose up …
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