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The Radical Politics of Mark Twain(Post)
There is more to Mark Twain than Huckleberry Finn… "Who are the oppressors? The few. Who are the oppressed? The many." Countless American writers have had a radical side in politics, from ...
Anna LoPizzo: Murdered for Going on Strike(Post)108 years ago, Anna LoPizzo was murdered for going on strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Today in 1912, an Italian-American woman was killed in Massachusetts. She was a victim of war. Not war b ...
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 ...
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 ...
Crystal Eastman: America's Forgotten Radical(Post)Born today in 1881, Crystal Eastman is likely the most important radical you’ve never heard of. Image source: Library of Congress "History tends to bury what it seeks to reject." …and most do ...
Thomas Skidmore: The conflicting fight of freedom for all(Post)Today in 1790, educator, politician, and radical philosopher, Thomas Skidmore, was born in Connecticut, USA.When someone calls for freedom, it's always healthy to ask: freedom for whom? To do what?As ...
Defying Convention: The Radicalism of W.E.B. Du Bois(Post)Born today in 1868, W.E.B. Du Bois remains an icon of black and radical history in the US...On 28th August 1963, about 250,000 Americans took part in Dr King’s March on Washington.It was one of the g ...
Fiorello La Guardia: A Little Flower in the Big Apple(Post)Fiorello Henry La Guardia was born today in 1882. While best-known for the airport named after him, his greatest legacy was a decade of progressive leadership as New York’s Mayor during the 1930s and ...
What You Should Know About the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall(Post)In June 1969, America’s besieged LGBTQ community battled homophobic cops at the Stonewall Inn in New York, kicking off the modern day gay rights movement. The Caribbean radical CLR James once ...
And So I Am an Anti-Imperialist: How Mark Twain Became a Radical(Post)The story of Mark Twain, American author and radical convert... British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said of his colleague Tony Benn that he “immatures with age”. Obviously we don’t ...
The Long Road to Marriage Equality: Obergefell v Hodges(Post)The anniversary of the 2015 Supreme Court decision legalizing marriage equality is a moment to acknowledge our place in history. Marriage equality in the United States turns four toda ...
Let Robeson Sing: Paul Robeson and the Civil Rights Movement(Post)Robeson’s story is one of singing, solidarity, and the courage to stand up to injustice even at great personal cost. On 26th June 1963, President John F. Kennedy gave his famous ‘Ich bin ein Ber ...
The Grapes of Wrath: John Steinbeck and the Great Depression(Post)In the California heat of August 1939, the officers of the Kern County Board of Supervisors banned a new book from the public schools and libraries under their jurisdiction. Despite the book bei ...
Anarchists on Trial: The Story of Sacco and Vanzetti(Post)On this day in 1927, two Italian anarchists were executed in America for a crime they didn't commit “I am suffering because I am a radical and indeed I am a radical; I have suffered becaus ...
Brave Woman: The Radicalism of Ida B. Wells (Post)Today marks the birthday of Ida B. Wells, one of the greatest radicals in the history of the United States. There’s plenty Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) would have found confusing about 2020. She w ...
Rebel Girl: The Story of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn(Post)Born on this day in 1890, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn devoted her life to the radical struggle “History has a long-range perspective. It ultimately passes stern judgement on tyrants and vindicates ...