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Thursday June 20, 2013
Today in 1864, the Union army in the American Civil War hanged a black deserter outside Petersburg, Va., for in the delicate words of the army dispatch 'an attempt to outrage the person of a young lady' at the New-Kent Court-house.

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods. If such a board actually exists it operates precisely like the board of a corporation that is losing money. — H.L. Mencken


Topic: ‘Freie Arbeiter Stimme’

1. The Free Voice of Labor: Jewish Anarchists

“Jewish Anarchists” traces the history of a Yiddish anarchist newspaper publishing its final issue after 87 years. The story is mostly told by the newspaper’s now elderly, but decidedly unbowed staff. This is the story of one of the largest radical movements among Jewish immigrant workers in the 19th and 20th centuries and the conditions that led them to band together.... - [More]

Posted: February 26, 2011 in Documentary

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