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A Swift Kick in the Ass!

Last year’s Grammy award ceremony had me wondering ‘what the shit’ as Stevie Wonder was made to sing alongside the Jonas Brothers. This year the humiliation of yesteryear’s legitimate singers/musicians continued as Taylor Swift was paired with Stevie Nicks. The result was just awful as Swift never could hit a note! Her creeky voice didn’t [...]

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Rest in Peace Howard Zinn

Words can not express the deep sorrow upon hearing the news that people’s historian Howard Zinn passed away from a heart attack today at the age of 87. His presence was continuous as just today I returned to his seminal work, “A People’s History of the United States,” to research the Bread and Roses Strike [...]

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Subversive Historian – 05/05/09

The Bay View Tragedy
Back in the day on May 5th, 1886, the Bay View Tragedy took place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Coming the very next day after the Haymarket Tragedy in Chicago, seven marching workers were killed by Wisconsin National Guardsmen in the struggle for the right to an eight hour workday. In the days leading [...]

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Justice Denied for Luis Ramirez

{Emmett Till/Luis Ramirez: Justice Denied Then and Now}
It’s interesting that in the “Age of Obama,” Sonia Sotomayor is a prominent candidate being considered for the Supreme Court in the wake of Justice Souter’s recent announced decision to retire. Of course, if chosen, she would be the first Latina to serve in the highest court in [...]

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Subversive Historian – 05/04/09

The Kent State Shootings
Back in the day on May 4th, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on Vietnam War protesters on the campus of Kent State University. The volley of sixty-seven bullets in thirteen seconds claimed the lives of four students that day and injured nine others. The National Guard had been called to Kent [...]

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