Apr 19 2010
Subversive Historian – 04/19/10
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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Back in the day on April 19th, 1943, the Jewish people of the Warsaw Ghetto rose up against their Nazi oppressors. Having taken place during World War II, many of those living within the bleak confines of the densely packed area in occupied Poland staged a desperate last stand against the impossibility of their …
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Back in the day on April 19th, 1943, the Jewish people of the Warsaw Ghetto rose up against their Nazi oppressors. Having taken place during World War II, many of those living within the bleak confines of the densely packed area in occupied Poland staged a desperate last stand against the impossibility of their …
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The California Democratic Party is convening this weekend in Los Angeles for its annual state convention. Only one Congressional incumbent, Jane Harman of Venice, however will go into the gathering without the pre-endorsement of her Party. The representative of the 36th Congressional district had actually won the backing last month with seventy percent of the vote only to have it …
Yesterday, on April 15th millions of Americans scrambled to file their taxes. It also marked the day that scores of Tea Partiers demonstrated to decry an issue near and dear to them. In demonstrations throughout the country—including multiple events at the nation’s capital—they rallied against what they saw as onerous taxation by the federal government. The protests come …
This Saturday, anti-racist organizations will be joining together for a counter-demonstration against a planned neo-Nazi rally in downtown Los Angeles. Members of the National Socialist Movement will be gathering on the lawn of City Hall this weekend, under the cynical slogan “Reclaim the Southwest, in particular to target undocumented immigrant and sanctuary cities. The neo-Nazi organization has held controversial …
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Eight Red Cross workers were kidnapped last week in the Democratic Republic of Congo by members of the armed Mai Mai Yakutumba militia. The hostages include 7 Congolese and 1 Swiss national. The International Committee of the Red Cross has been one of few foreign aid organizations remaining in the Congo over decades of conflict. Six staff members of …
Artists are often tagged as prolific but few have earned the distinction as thoroughly as my guest Buffy Sainte-Marie. Sainte-Marie was born on a Cree reservation in Saskatchewan, Canada, and raised in the United States. In the 1960s she became known as a singer and songwriter of protest and love songs, and her songs have been recorded by artists …
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