Dec 02 2008
The Monroe Doctrine by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Exactly One-Hundred and seventy-five years ago on this day in people’s history, the Monroe Doctrine was declared by the United States. On December 2nd, 1823, President James Monroe addressed Congress and articulated a new foreign policy vision that would come to dominate administrations in …
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Dec 01 2008
Who Killed Sergei Kirov? by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Seventy-four years ago on this day in people’s history, Leningrad Communist Party Chief Sergei Kirov was shot to death. On December 1st, 1934 the Bolshevik leader was gunned down by an expelled Communist party member Leonid Nikolaev. Kirov was popular member of the …
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Nov 26 2008
The First National Thanksgiving by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Two-hundred and nineteen years ago on this day in people’s history, the United States observed its first formal national Thanksgiving holiday. The date November 26th, 1789, was designated by President George Washington when he published the Thanksgiving Proclamation in the Massachusetts Centinel. President …
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Nov 25 2008
“Mariposa Sisters Assassinated” by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Forty-eight years ago on this day in people’s history, the Mirabal Sisters were assassinated in the Dominican Republic. On November 25th, 1960, the dictator Rafael Trujillo had Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa Mirabal all killed for their political activities against his regime. The sisters …
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Nov 24 2008
Mollie Steimer by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Eighty-seven years ago on this day in people’s history, Mollie Steimer was deported by the United States back to her native country. On November 24th, 1921, Steimer alongside Simon Lipman, Jacob Abrams and Hyman Lachosky set sail from Ellis Island to Soviet Russia aboard the …
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Nov 21 2008
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The Columbine Mine Massacre by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Eighty-one years ago on this day in people’s history, the Columbine Mine Massacre occurred in Colorado. On November 21st, 1927, striking miners were met with the gunfire of state police leaving six laborers dead. Hundreds of workers had gathered on that fateful morning in an effort to join …
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Nov 20 2008
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Zumbi and Palmares by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Three hundred and thirteen years ago on this day in people’s history, the Afro-Brazilian rebel, known as Zumbi, was executed by Portuguese Colonizers. On November 20th, 1695, the leader of a runaway slave community known as Quilombo dos Palmares, was captured in hiding and beheaded. Palmares, as a symbol …
Nov 19 2008
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“Wobbly Bard Joe Hill Executed” by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Ninety-three years ago on this day in people’s history, the Wobbly Bard Joe Hill was executed in Utah. On November 19th, 1915, Hill, who was best known for his folk songs including, “The Preacher and the Slave,†“Rebel Girl,†and “There’s Power in a Union,†was put before …
Nov 17 2008
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The Athens Polytechnic Uprising by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Exactly thirty-five years ago on this day in people’s history, the ruling military junta of Greece put a violent end to an uprising challenging its dictatorship. On November 17th, 1973, the self-proclaimed “Regime of the Colonels†sent a tank crashing through the gates of Athens Polytechnic to quell a …
Nov 14 2008
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The Women’s Trade Union League by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Exactly one-hundred and five years ago on this day in people’s history, the Women’s Trade Union League was formed. On November 14th, 1903, Mary Kenney O’Sullivan, after organizing with Socialist William English Walling, announced the formation of the union at an American Federation of Labor convention. The initial …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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