In celebration of Black History Month, we’re tracing the origins of Bob Dylan’s reverent and timeless Civil Rights anthem “Blowin’ in the Wind”
August 28th was the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. Ignore the lies and distortions — the reality, as the latest research shows, is that scores of socialists influenced or were themselves key figures in the civil rights movement.
John Lewis' 1963 speech bluntly assailed deficiencies in the civil rights bill others were championing — but succeeded in doing so without undermining the day’s unity.
Every now and then, a voice can matter. Mahalia Jackson had one of them.
"First Amendment, what's that?" in 1918. GIs sit-in, go to jail in 1968. An invasion is an invasion in 1968. KKK run out of town in 1923. Lead paint deadly in 1983 (and it still is). Trying to outlaw war in 1928. March on Washington in 1963.
A fascinating new book from historian William P. Jones puts the 1963 action in its organizing context. Every U.S. school child learns the opening words of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech, but how many are taught that the march was the brainchild of the nation's leading black labor activists--and called not only for an end to prejudice, but also for a federal jobs program, equality at work, and a boost to the minimum wage?
Fast Food Workers Stand Up on 45th Anniversary of Assassination of MLK;
Readers Comments on: 1963 March on Washington; BRICS; NCAA; Labor Law Loses Its Watchdog; Media Bits and Bytes; Reader Apprciation.
Rally for Immigration Reform - Jersey City - Apr 6; The Safety Net, Sequestration and Austerity Politics - NYC - Apr 8; US Prison Industrial Complex: A Labor Issue? - NYC - Apr 18; Dred Scott Heritage Foundation.
In Memoriam: Leo Robinson; Stephen Coats; Harry Kelber
Civil rights leader John Lewis recounts his remarkable life in a graphic novel trilogy
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