Sep 24 2008
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The Start of the Chicago 8 Trial by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Thirty-nine years ago on this day in people’s history, the trial of the Chicago eight commenced. On September 24th, 1969, the defendants in the case were charged with conspiracy and inciting to riot in relation to protests outside of the Democratic National Convention the year before …
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Sep 19 2008
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The Barring of Charlie Chaplin From the U.S. by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Fifty-six years ago on this day in people’s history, legendary comedic actor Charlie Chaplin was refused re-entry to the United States from London. On September 19th 1952, The Immigration and Naturalization Services revoked his permit at the behest of none other than J. Edgar Hoover. …
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Sep 18 2008
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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
One-hundred and forty-eight years ago on this day in people’s history, the U.S. Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. On September 18th, 1850, the new legislation was perhaps the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850 between the Northern states and the southern slaveholders. …
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Sep 17 2008
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The Hurricane of 1928 and Lake Okeechobee by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Exactly eighty years ago on this day in people’s history, Hurricane San Felipe Segundo made its devastating landfall in South Florida. On September 17th 1928, the first hurricane to be recorded as a category five storm in the Atlantic Basin brought destruction to the coastal …
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Sep 16 2008
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The Sabra and Shatila Massacre by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Twenty-six years ago on this day in people’s history, the Sabra and Shatila Massacre began in Lebanon. On September 16th, 1982, members of the Israeli-allied Christian Lebanese Phalangist militia raped, murdered and massacred countless people living in the encircled refugee camps. The exact number, which will never be …
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Sep 15 2008
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The 1963 Birmingham Bombing by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Exactly forty-five years ago on this day in people’s history, members of the Ku Klux Klan killed four black young girls in a church bombing in Alabama. On September 15th, 1963, four racist terrorists conspired to plant nineteen sticks of dynamite under the steps of the Sixteenth Street Baptist …
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Sep 12 2008
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The Executions of San Patricios by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
One-hundred and sixty one years ago on this day in people’s history, thirty members of the San Patricio Battalion were executed by the U.S. Army. On September 12th, 1847 the Irish men who defected from the U.S. Army to join the ranks of the Mexican army during the …
Sep 11 2008
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Hudson’s Arrival to Manhattan by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Four-hundred and ninety-nine years ago on this day in people’s history, English explorer Henry Hudson came ashore on Manhattan Island. Commissioned by the Dutch East India Company in order to find an alternative sea passage to Asia, Hudson happened upon the New York Harbor instead. He also happened upon …
Sep 10 2008
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The Lattimer Massacre by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
One-hundred and eleven years ago on this day in people’s history, nineteen immigrant miners were massacred in Lattimer, Pennsylvania. On September 5th 1897, a county sheriff’s deputized posse opened fire on hundreds of mostly Slavic, Polish and Lithuanian anthracite miners. The peaceful demonstrators joined ten-thousand others in a strike that …
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Sep 09 2008
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The Stono Rebellion by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
One-hundred and sixty-nine years ago on this day in people’s history, black slaves rebelled in the British colony of South Carolina. On September 9th, 1739 a group of twenty slaves met by the banks of the Stono River and began their march to freedom. Led by an Angolan named Jemmy, …
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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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