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Subversive Historian – 11/23/09

Von Ossietzky’s Peace Prize Back in the day on November 23rd, 1936, the Nobel Committee chose to award its Peace Prize for the previous year to pacifist and journalist Carl von Ossietzky. The honor was announced at a time when the German anti-fascist was hospitalized and kept under constant surveillance by Gestapo forces.Von Ossietzky’s health had [...]

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Brown Like Me?

Tim Wise is a noted anti-racist activist whose books and speeches dissect the continuity of white supremacist structures in our society. I have broadcast and promoted his work on several occasions as I find his information generally useful. Tonight Wise will be bringing his message to an audience in Los Angeles addressing racism and the [...]

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SanTana = Lazarus?

There’s a nice little debate going on in the always great OC Weekly Navel Gazing blog about an article in the Orange Coast Magazine. Written by journalist Agustin Gurza, the piece’s title “The Ressurection of Santa Ana,” has been enough to ruffle a few feathers.  The article then goes on to basically profile the city’s [...]

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Subversive Historian – 08/13/09

Newspaper Guild Strike of 1936 Back in the day on August 13th, 1936, a newspaper guild strike was called against the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. At the center of the dispute was the firing of two long-time employees by the management of the William Randolph Hearst owned daily. Editorial staff members of the P-I believed that the real [...]

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Subversive Historian – 08/07/09

The First Edition of Regeneracion Back in the day on August 7th, 1900, Ricardo Flores Magon with the help of his brother Jesus published the first edition of “Regeneracion.” A law student who heeded the call of journalism, Flores Magon initially oriented the periodical around critique of the criminal justice system in Mexico. In time, [...]

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