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Subversive Historian – 08/24/09

The Communist Control Act Back in the day on August 24th, 1954, the Congress of the United States passed the Communist Control Act into law. President Dwight D. Eisenhower remarked upon signing the bill saying that it was “designed to place into the hands of our law enforcement agencies, better weapons for combating the Community menace.” [...]

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Subversive Historian – 07/28/09

The Eviction of the “Bonus Marchers” Back in the day on July 28th, 1932, hard up World War I veterans encamped in Washington D.C. were forcibly evicted. Having taken place during the depths of the Great Depression, the marchers, dubbing themselves the “Bonus Expeditionary Forces,” and numbering in the tens of thousands, pressured Congress to [...]

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Subversive Historian – 07/23/09

Thoreau’s Night in Jail Back in the day on June 23th, 1846, philosopher poet Henry David Thoreau spent the night in jail for refusing to pay his poll taxes. The acclaimed author of “Walden” did so in protest of the U.S. – Mexican War which had started months earlier. As an opponent of slavery, which many [...]

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Abu Ghraib: A Continuing Shame

An article published today in the Telegraph UK newspaper reveals that withheld photos of detainee torture at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison include depictions of rape and sexual abuse. The shocking descriptions were provided by Major General Antonio Taguba in an interview to the reporters writing the story. In what deepens the national shame of [...]

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Prop H8 Upheld: Sound Off

Minutes ago the California Supreme Court announced its decision to uphold Proposition 8 passed by Californians last year. The ruling effectively bans same-sex marriages in the state. The small caveat in the decision, however, does not roll back and nullify existing same-sex marriage licenses already valid in California in the time that they were legal. [...]

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