On 4 June, 1938, a mob of over 200 people attack Norman Thomas at a Socialist rally in Jersey City, as a fusillade of eggs struck the speaker, this photo was snapped and appeared in …
Politics
The Making of Modern Russia
It was on 7 May, in 2000, that Vladimir Putin first took office for a full term as President of Russia. Putin was born in Leningrad, Russia, in 1952. His mother was a factory worker …
Uncle Charlie Turns 200
It was 200 years ago, on 5 May, 1818, that philosopher Karl Marx was born in Trier, Germany. His 1848 pamphlet, ‘The Communist Manifesto’ and his three volume magnum opus, ‘ Das Kapital’, are still …
The Man Nobody Knew
27 April marks the day that former CIA Director William Colby disappeared in 1996. His body would be found on May 6, in a marshy riverbank lying face down. Born in Minnesota in 1920, Colby …
Man vs. Junta
It was on 28 march, 1968 that police in Brazil killed student Edson Luis de Lima Souto. Four years earlier, the democratic government had been replaced with a military dictatorship as the result of a …
James Brown-Profile in Black History
On 3 May in 1933, James Brown was born into extreme poverty in South Carolina. His family would soon move to Georgia but his conditions did not improve. Soon his mother abandoned the family and …
The Week that Changed the World
It was on 21 February, in 1972, that President Richard Nixon arrived in the People’s Republic of China. The visit was a major turning in US diplomatic relations and was dubbed, ‘The week that changed …
Harold Washington – Profile in Black History
Harold Washington was born 15 April, 1922 and would go on to serve as Chicago’s first, and so far only, African-American Mayor. Growing up in the ‘Bronzeville’ neighborhood of the city, Washington attended DuSable High …
Guns Against Civilians
It was on 30 January, 1972, that British soldiers fired into the participants of a protest, billed as a ‘Catholic Civil Rights’ march in Derry, Northern Ireland. Those shot dead by soldiers of the 1st …
Six Great Goals
It was on 22 January, 1971, that President Nixon gave his State of the Union address to the 92nd Congress. He announced ‘Six Great Goals’ to reform government and transform society. His address read in …