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Investigation of the Mumbai attacks has led to the arrest of the head of a Pakistani Islamic organization, Lashkar-e-Taiba. The attacks, carried out by masked gunmen, resulted in nearly 180 deaths and have been declared by the Indian political elite as India’s “9-11”. Pakistan’s newly elected government is extremely fragile, facing pressure from …

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President-elect Barack Obama has picked the chief of Chicago’s Public school system to be his Secretary of Education. Arne Duncan has headed the nation’s third largest school system since 2001 and is a friend and basketball partner of Obama. Duncan must be confirmed by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to …

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The great African-American singer and activist Paul Robeson will be brought back to life this weekend in an exciting one-man show. In “Speak of Me as I am,” classically trained opera singer K.B. Solomon pays tribute to Robeson’s life in song and struggle. Through a riveting narrative of the outspoken artist, the historical …

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The Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Sixty-four years ago on this day in people’s history, the Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed. On December 17th, 1943, Congress acted to dissolve the discriminatory legislation that disallowed Chinese immigrants from entering the United States since 1882. Lawmakers were prompted to act due …

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President Bush concluded his two day trip to Afghanistan and Iraq yesterday after meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Bush reportedly assured Karzai that the incoming Obama administration would be as reliable as his own had been in supporting the Afghan presidency, even as violence has sharply risen. The visit to Afghanistan …

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President-elect Barack Obama announced the names of his Energy Secretary and other members of his environmental team yesterday: A Nobel-prize winning Physicist Steven Chu is Obama’s choice for Secretary of Energy. Chu specializes in carbon-neutral energy sources and currently heads the Berkeley National Laboratory. Carol Browner, a former Clintonite, is to be …

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As Barack Obama is set to be sworn in as the nation’s first African-American commander in chief, new evidence is suggesting that white supremacists are continuing to fill the ranks of the U.S. army. The ongoing economic recession has been openly cited by the Pentagon as a main reason why re-enlistments and …

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On the Roadshow with Che by Gabriel San Roman

The eternal revolutionary nomad Ernesto “Che” Guevara is back on the road once more. The immense historical figure returns not on a motorcycle, nor a small, undersized yacht headed for the shores of an oversized history, but on the silver screen. The massive two-part four hour and …

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The Heroine of the Paris Commune by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

One-hundred and thirty-seven years ago on this day in people’s history, Louise Michel stood trail for her participation in the Paris Commune. On December 16th 1871, the French revolutionary schoolteacher was sentenced to deportation to New Calendonia. The condemnation followed a …

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The Senate Republican Minority late last week voted down a bailout for the big three Detroit auto makers, only to be followed by President Bush pledging to dip into the earlier Wall Street bailout to save the companies. Now President Bush wants to use $14 billion of funds from the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief …

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