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Created Equal: Values From The American Revolution(Post)
"All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." - Thomas Jefferson, July 4th, 1776 Despite my childhood growing up among those bad-guy redcoa ...
Time For Us To Rise: Shays' Rebellion(Post)Thomas Jefferson saw the good side of allowing some expression of discord in the new nation of America - he was referring to Shays' Rebellion of 1786 Typically, our radical tea towel designs ...
Frederick Douglass and the Promise of America(Post)Frederick Douglass said that Independence Day in 1852 wasn't for him. Many still feel left out - dare we hope, as he did, that "'Let there be light' has not yet spent its force"? Image: U.S. Arm ...
Abigail Adams and the Letter that Sparked a Revolution(Post)In November 1775, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John, that the Thirteen Colonies must split with Britain for good. King George’s refusal to recognise American liberties meant that independenc ...
Finding Hope in Radical History on July 4th(Post)For generations of American changemakers, our country's idealistic origins have held the key to its renewal. We put together a quiz to remind people about America's radical roots. Deep within th ...
The Man Who Stood Up To Japanese-American Internment(Post)Born January 30th in 1919, Fred Korematsu took a stand against the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII "I would like to see the government admit that they were wrong and do something ...
The Radical History of Moms(Post)With Mother’s Day fast approaching, remember the radical part played by moms in the story of the United States. Fatherhood has been written into the American story with an energy like ...
Revolutionary Priest: The Radical Life of Miguel Hidalgo(Post)Miguel Hidalgo wasn't just a priest: he was also one of the leading revolutionaries in Latin American history... Miguel Hidalgo was no conventional priest. Working in the parish of Dolo ...
A Day in the Life of a Radical Business(Post)There's something about being part of a 'family and friends' business that's both refreshing and frustrating at the same time. Because you know the people involved so well, you're more confid ...
I Hear America singing: The Radicalism of Walt Whitman(Post)Walt Whitman, born 31st May in 1819, rendered the ordinary magnificent. A poet and a humanist, his vision of culture was free from snobbery and open to all. Image source: Library of Congress ...
Christina Rossetti: Of Moderates and Progressives(Post)Christina Rossetti, the masterful 19th century poet, was born today in 1830. While far from a radical herself, her written work has inspired feminists for generations. It’s often the case that ...
Bringing Marx to America: The Life of Friedrich Sorge(Post)Born on 9th November in 1828, Friedrich Sorge went on to play a key role in American radical history Some of you might have heard of the San Francisco 49ers, named after the California Gold R ...
A Shooting Star: The Radical Life of Tecumseh (Post)Today in 1813, the Shawnee leader Tecumseh was killed in battle while fighting to save his people’s land. A painting of Tecumseh, a Native American (Source: Toronto Public Library) Befo ...
The 19th Amendment: How Women in America Fought for the Vote(Post)Today marks the centenary of the 19th Amendment, the culmination of a struggle which had contested the limits of what it means to be human in the United States.Source: Schlesinger Library on the Hist ...
Jane Addams and Hull House: A True Chicago Story(Post)History gives us many examples of cities which have shown a special talent for producing radical politics. 'Rote Wien' (Red Vienna) was known as a socialist stronghold between the wars until ...
Brother Against Brother: Abraham Lincoln and the US Civil War(Post)The story of Abraham Lincoln's election and the fight to end slavery in the United States... On Tuesday 6 November 1860, Americans voted for a new president. It was a tight election, bu ...