Jul 20 2009
Subversive Historian – 07/20/09
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The 20th Anniversary of Aung San Suu Kyi’s House Arrest
Back in the day on July 20th, 1989, Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest in Rangoon by the military regime in Burma. The daughter of an assassinated independence hero, Suu Kyi joined forces with the National League for Democracy as uprisings in the country that …
The 20th Anniversary of Aung San Suu Kyi’s House Arrest
Back in the day on July 20th, 1989, Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest in Rangoon by the military regime in Burma. The daughter of an assassinated independence hero, Suu Kyi joined forces with the National League for Democracy as uprisings in the country that …
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Congressional committees are abuzz this week, tackling health care reform and all its myriad aspects. Earlier in the week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee passed its version of a bill that Democrats said would offer more universal, affordable and effective health coverage. The majority of Senators on that committee struck down an amendment allowing …
Convening nationally for the first time in three years, the Episcopal Church has advanced on issues concerning gays within the denomination. Earlier this week, a resolution was passed by both of the Church’s main decision-making bodies that opened ordination to LGBT members of the clergy. The move was seen as a repudiation of the measure adopted three …
Los Angeles is the nation’s “meanest” city according to a new report on homelessness. Homes not Handcuffs tracks the growing trend of the criminalization of homelessness in American cities. The study, conducted by two groups: the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, and the National Coalition for the Homeless, studied 273 cities, and ranked the top ten “Meanest …
Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of 
The three-day gathering of world leaders in L’Aquila, Italy, known as the 2009 G8 summit, concluded earlier today. President Barack Obama was present among his counterparts from seven other developed nations before the meetings broadened to include representatives from countries outside of the G8 like Egypt, Turkey and Mexico. Chief among the agenda items for this year’s summit were …
In 1968, a graphic photo of the execution of a Viet Cong prisoner during the Tet Offensive is credited with helping galvanize antiwar sentiment to end the Vietnam war. That photograph was taken by the iconic Eddie Adams, a Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist who covered 13 wars, and captured the images of almost every celebrity figure of …
