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Raise a clenched fist to International Women's Day
Not for me to say what International Women's Day should be or what it should celebrate. I only say what it used to be, what it started out as, in the melting pot of European and American red revolutionary movements of the early 20th century.
Raymond G. TaylorPublished 2 months ago in HistoryThe Police Detective Who Caught…Himself?
Sherlock Holmes, Nancy Drew, Perry Mason, and Magnum P.I. are all well-known fictional detectives throughout our time. However, have you ever heard of Robert Ledru? Probably not.
Kassondra O'HaraPublished 2 months ago in HistoryThey Come from Below
“Shhh, you can’t say anything, or the monsters will get you,” his sister Emily whispered in the pitch-black room. Joseph nodded, scared if he moved his head too much, it would hear his hair rustling, but he would be quiet. He always was.
Matthew FrommPublished 2 months ago in HistoryChasing Myself
I'm not old. I hope to be one day, but I suppose everyone does, in some way or another. Most people don't fantasize of wrinkles or denture cream or canes, practical shoes or non-slip bath mats. I can't say I've ever daydreamed about what retirement home any future family will put me in. I can only hope I make it that far.
Caitlin MitchellPublished 3 months ago in HistoryOne Woman's Survival in the Soviet Gulag Camps
Else Rutgers is ninety-two and was one of the very few foreign nationals who survived the Soviet Gulag camps. Gulag camps began in the Soviet Union in 1919 and were a system of concentration and correctional labour camps.
Sam H ArnoldPublished 4 months ago in HistoryThe 12 Days of Christmas Controversy
Some people are positive that today is the first day of the 12 Days of Christmas... Partridge in a Pear Tree and all that. To them- this will be an awkward read that might get them a bit 'het up'. Nonetheless, we will carry forward.
Judey KalchikPublished 5 months ago in HistoryThe Posthumous Execution of Oliver Cromwell
Some events from history are so strange that we should all take a moment, look back, and collectively say WTF. This is one of those. It's about a man so hated that his corpse was dug up for the sole purpose of mutilating it because being dead wasn't good enough (bad enough?) for those who hated him. Can you think of anything more hate-fueled that could happen to a dead body?
J.A. HernandezPublished 5 months ago in HistoryOrdinary Men: A Personal Encounter with a Dark Past
I just saw the Netflix documentary Ordinary Men — The “Forgotten Holocaust”, directed by Manfred Oldenburg. It was disconcerting to see — but essential to watch.
Jussi LuukkonenPublished 6 months ago in HistoryRest In Peace Sweet Camelot
Stop and go traffic on route 28 heading to Cape Cod on a steamy and sticky August afternoon, would make most people hot under the collar. Not on this day because Eddie and his “with child” wife Brenda were windows open and radio blaring the Tyme’s song
David X. SheehanPublished 8 months ago in HistoryA Whiff of Grapeshot
“What do we do next?” I said to my compatriot at the muzzle next to me. We looked toward him with confusion dotting our faces.
Matthew FrommPublished 8 months ago in HistoryThe Transcendentalists
The town of Concord, Massachusetts was where the first gunshots were fired in the Revolutionary War. On April the 19th 1775, more than a year before the Declaration of Independence was signed, British troops marched on Concord to seize a cache of weapons hidden there. Local residents and farmers, alerted mere hours in advance by Paul Revere and William Dawes, organized into a militia now known as the Minutemen and met the British with armed resistance. In a firefight at Concord’s Old North Bridge, the advancing troops were turned back.
Doc SherwoodPublished 8 months ago in HistoryThe Tower of London Zoo
Many of you will be familiar with The Tower of London, its fame as the world's largest jewellery box is well known. Some will also know that this was the site of two famous beheadings, both of them at the request of King Henry VIII when he asked for his wife's heads to be removed.
Sam H ArnoldPublished 9 months ago in History