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The Radical Pacifist History of Mother's Day
Seeded on Sun May 13, 2012 5:36 AM EDT (Nation of Change)
Mother's Day began in America in 1870 when Julia Ward Howe wrote the Mother's Day Proclamation. Written in response to the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War, her proclamation called on women to use their position as mothers to influence society in fighting for …
Nicholas Katzenbach, 1960s Political Shaper, Dies at 90
Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 1:54 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, who helped shape the political history of the 1960s, facing down segregationists, riding herd on historic civil rights legislation and helping to map Vietnam War strategy as a central player in both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, died Tues …
President Obama's Endorsement of Gay Marriage Just the Latest Turn in the Long, Bumpy Evolution of Matrimony (Slide Show)
Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 4:15 PM EDT (Discovery.com)
May 10, 2012 -- President Barack Obama announced that he now supports legal recognition of same-sex marriage, the first sitting U.S. president in history to do so. The statement comes on the heels of a vote in North Carolina that banned state recognition of same-sex unions. Ac …
The establishment politics of the May 1 Occupy protests
Seeded on Thu May 3, 2012 6:13 PM EDT (World Socialist Web Site)
On May 1, the Occupy Wall Street movement organized a series of demonstrations in cities throughout the US. The day’s protests were for the most part fairly small, and to the extent that they expressed any definite political conceptions, they posed no threat to the par …
France: Sarkozy facing defeat as polarised electorate leans left
Seeded on Thu May 3, 2012 5:52 PM EDT ( International Journal of Socialist Renewal)
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal/Green Left Weekly -- The results of April 22 first round of the presidential elections in France directed a powerful spotlight on a society polarised by economic crisis and the austerity regime of President Nicolas Sarkoz …
In the streets for May Day
Seeded on Thu May 3, 2012 5:25 PM EDT (Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org)
Many who were initially attracted to the Occupy protests because they were looking for a way to fight against inequality and the domination of the corporate and financial elite failed to find it. They are now confronted with the fact that a real oppositional movement must be …
Chris Hedges strays from the facts
Seeded on Thu May 3, 2012 5:01 PM EDT (Articles ยป peoplesworld)
"Capitalism, as (Walter) Benjamin observed, called on human societies to embark on a ceaseless and futile quest for money and goods ... It enslaves nearly all its adherents ... The suffering visited on Native Americans, once Western expansion was complete, was soon endured …
Remarks by President Obama in Address to the Nation from Afghanistan ['(M)y administration has been in direct discussions with the Taliban']
Seeded on Wed May 2, 2012 10:39 AM EDT (Welcome to the White House)
Fourth, we’re pursuing a negotiated peace. In coordination with the Afghan government, my administration has been in direct discussions with the Taliban.
Howard Fast: May Day 1947
Seeded on Tue May 1, 2012 10:51 PM EDT (http://www.trussel.com/hf/mayday47.htm)
This is a tale . . . but not for all of you! Only for those of you who love life, and who would live it as free men. Not for all of you, but for those of you who hate injustice and wrong, who find no good in starvation, misery and homelessness. For those of you who rememb …
"No Work, No Shopping, Occupy Everywhere": May Day Special on OWS, Immigration, Labor Protests
Seeded on Tue May 1, 2012 10:45 PM EDT (Democracy Now!)
As Occupy Wall Street plans nationwide protests marking International Workers’ Day, or May Day, we discuss the movement with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, Chris Hedges; Amin Husain, editor of Tidal magazine and a key facilitator of the Occupy movement; Marina Sitrin …
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