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On Tefere Gebre’s Labor Day OC Register Profile

The more you get into the local politics of Orange County, the more it makes your head spin. Ahead of Labor Day, the OC Register did a story on Orange County Labor Federation Executive Director Tefere Gebre. The headline read ” Labor’s man in OC out to save capitalism!” Gebre’s statements in the article were [...]

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Subversive Historian – 11/10/09

The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 Back in the day on November 10th, 1898, the Wilmington Race Riot occurred in North Carolina. At least twenty-two blacks were killed by white racist members of the Democratic Party as a municipal coup d’etat was staged. Emboldened by a post-reconstruction general election that brought the party back in power [...]

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Subversive Historian – 04/01/09

NY Assembly Expels Socialists Back in the day on April 1st, 1920, the New York State Assembly voted by an overwhelming margin to expel five socialist members from its legislative body. Finding the democratic will of the people to be an “April Fools Joke,” the action taken against them was not enough for one Assemblyman, Louis [...]

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Subversive Historian – 03/02/09

{Hayes: I solemnly swear to sell out the cause of black freedom so help me god!} The Dubious Election of Rutherford B. Hayes Back in the day on March 2nd, 1877, Republican Presidential candidate Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of a controversial election in which his opponent won the popular vote. As with all presidential [...]

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