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Re: Key Historical Events ...THAT YOU MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF
By: AGelbert Date: January 31, 2018, 7:20 pm
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January 29, 2018
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[move][font=courier]Historian Peter Kuznick says that in spite
of his famous warning, Eisenhower can be called the father of
the industrial-military complex; when he takes office, the U.S.
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Re: Key Historical Events ...THAT YOU MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF
By: AGelbert Date: February 4, 2018, 11:00 pm
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FEB 03, 2018 TD ORIGINALS
[center]American History for Truthdiggers: Original Sin[/center]
[center] The swampy environs of Jamestown, Virginia, claim the
life of another 17th-century English settler in this painting by
National Park Service artist Sydney King. (National Park Service
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Truthdig editor’s note: The past is prologue. The stories we
tell about ourselves and our forebears inform the sort of
country we think we are and help determine public policy. As our
current president promises to “Make America great again,” this
moment is an appropriate time to reconsider our past, look back
at various eras of United States history and re-evaluate
America’s origins. When, exactly, were we “great”?
The “American History for Truthdiggers” series, which begins
with the installment below, is a pull-no-punches appraisal of
our shared, if flawed, past. The author of the series, Danny
Sjursen, an active-duty major in the U.S. Army, served military
tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and taught the nation’s checkered,
often inspiring past when he was an assistant professor of
history at West Point. His wartime experiences, his scholarship,
his skill as a writer and his patriotism illuminate these
Truthdig posts.
[center][font=times new roman]American Slavery, American Freedom
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Origins matter. Every nation-state has an origin myth, a
comforting tale of trials, tribulations and triumphs that form
the foundation of “imagined communities.” The United States of
America—a self-proclaimed “indispensable nation”—is as prone to
exaggerated origin myths as any society in human history. Most
of us are familiar with the popular American origin story: Our
forefathers, a collection of hardy, pious pioneers, escaped
religious persecution in England and founded a “new world”—a
shining beacon in a virgin land. Of course, that story, however
flawed, refers to the Pilgrims, and Massachusetts, circa 1620.
But that’s not the true starting point for English-speaking
society in North America.
The first permanent colony was in Virginia, at Jamestown,
beginning in 1607. Why, then, do our young students dress in
black buckle-top hats and re-create Thanksgiving each year?
Where is the commemoration of Jamestown and our earliest
American forebears? The omission itself tells a story, that of a
chosen, comforting narrative (the legend of the Pilgrims), and
the whitewashing of a murkier past along the James River.
The truth is, the United States descends from both
origins—Massachusetts and Virginia—and carries the legacy of
each into the 21st century. So why do we focus on the Pilgrims
and sideline Virginia? A fresh look may help explain.
The Age of ‘Discovery’
When it comes to history—like any story—the starting point is
itself informative. I taught freshman history at West Point, a
far more progressive and thoughtful school than many readers
probably imagine. Nonetheless, with cadets required to take only
one semester of U.S. history, we had just 40 lessons to
illuminate the American past. So where to start? The official
answer—as in so many standard history courses—was Jamestown,
Virginia, 1607.
Read more:
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Re: Key Historical Events ...THAT YOU MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF
By: AGelbert Date: February 19, 2018, 9:42 pm
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Do you know who Judith Miller [img
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we-the-people (US War Crime in Iraq) with daily LIES in the New
York Times. Learn more about how you are being lied to for
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Published on Nov 1, 2017
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Re: Key Historical Events ...THAT YOU MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF
By: AGelbert Date: February 20, 2018, 7:35 pm
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[center]Chris Hedges and Sheldon Wolin: Can Capitalism and
Democracy Coexist?
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Peter Shev
Published on Nov 20, 2014
Journalist Chris Hedges interviews political philosopher Sheldon
Wolin, who says democracy requires continuous opposition and
vigilance by the citizenry.
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Re: Key Historical Events ...THAT YOU MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF
By: AGelbert Date: February 21, 2018, 5:43 pm
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[center]Learn about NRA Hypocrisy and also the REAL HISTORY of
How and Why the Second Amendment was Added to the
Constitution[/center]
Feb. 20, 2018 3:30 pm
By Thom Hartmann
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Re: Key Historical Events ...THAT YOU MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF
By: AGelbert Date: February 22, 2018, 8:24 pm
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[move]Peter Kuznick: Three False Myths Americans
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Published on May 22, 2016
American University professor, Peter Kuznick, destroys the WWII
myths that have underscored US foreign policy since 1945. Peter
co-authored The Untold History of the United States with Oliver
Stone. The book and a ten part film series are available from
Amazon.
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Re: Key Historical Events ...THAT YOU MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF
By: AGelbert Date: February 25, 2018, 7:40 pm
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January 13, 2016
[center]The History of the 2nd Amendment[/center]
TRNN Replay: Historian Gerald Horne tracks the evolution of the
gun debate starting from slavery during the country's founding,
the post-Civil War reconstruction in the south, and through
today's era of mass incarceration
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Re: Key Historical Events ...THAT YOU MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF
By: AGelbert Date: February 25, 2018, 7:54 pm
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February 23, 2018
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The U.S. government has overthrown dozens of governments and
rigged numerous foreign elections, and former CIA Director James
Woolsey finds this funny - Ben Norton reports
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Re: Key Historical Events ...THAT YOU MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF
By: AGelbert Date: June 20, 2018, 7:39 pm
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[quote author=Eddie link=topic=11213.msg156254#msg156254
date=1529531169]
Communism wasn't a negative buzzword here before the war. It all
changed in about '47. The exact circumstances of how that
changed are of interest to me. I think it was the deliberate
work of people like the Dulles brothers and Wild Bill Donovan,
the guys who gave us the real Deep State.
In spite of Palloy's assertions that the story is well
understood in "other countries", I don't really think that's
true, beyond the superficial stuff.
There was a conspiracy at the highest levels. It involved lots
of people who probably went to their graves with secrets they
never told. Now we'll never know.
I thought it was interesting that Trump backed off on
declassifying all the JFK files. There are threads there that
somebody might unravel.
Yeah the one group its okay for any American to hate is the
communists. We learned that sh it. When the Soviet Union fell,
it left a big gap in our "hated enemy" category. So lucky we
found al Quaeda and ISIS before it was too late.
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I totally disagree that Communism was not a negative "buzzword"
before WWII. You are right about the history after 1947. You are
wrong about it before. I know that history well. Palloy's views
have nothing to do with my extensive knowledge of American
History, sir.
We had troops in Russia after the Communist Revolution. They
were not there to provide good will. There is a lot more. If you
want chapter and verse about Hoover's activities, I will dig
them up. If you want to know what went down right around the the
turn of the century (19th to 20th) that was RABIDLY
anti-Socialist in this country, I'll dig it up. Remember the
"anarchists"? They just wanted to get paid properly for their
labor. Their polices were socialist to the core. They were
demonized and crushed because they saw through the Capitalist
bullshit. The "bombings" attributed to the anarchists was part
of that demonization. The real violence was that of our
government against them!
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Red Scare on behalf Capitalists who DID NOT want to pay people
fair wages. It's too long to quote here, but I learned much
about Hoover's skullduggery from reading about Oliver Wendell
Holmes Jr., who is famous for all his principled dissents on the
Child Labor and Capitalist Cruelty defending Supreme Court
(1902-1932). That is NOT taught in American History courses,
even in college. You've got to DIG to find the truth. And that
truth is the US Government (spare me the FDR talk. He could just
barely control the Capitalist Crazies) AND the police were, and
still are, anti-Communist/Socialist to the core!
Here are some quotes that somewhat address the issue:
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The First Red Scare was a period during the early 20th-century
history of the United States marked by a widespread fear of
Bolshevism and anarchism, due to real and imagined events; real
events included those such as the Russian Revolution and
anarchist bombings. At its height in 1919–1920, concerns over
the effects of radical political agitation in American society
and the alleged spread of communism and anarchism in the
American labor movement fueled a general sense of concern
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Now just WHO 💵 🎩do you think was "concerned", if
not the Capitalist Business Community🐉🦕
🦖 that OWNED Hoover?
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Hoover and his investigators used espionage tactics of their
own to locate potential communists, including wiretaps,
surveillance, and infiltrating leftist organizations. The
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The following exercise in US Propaganda happy talk totally
conveniently misses the FACT that many Americans believed all
this hysterical scaremongering because they were lied to about
the "Communist threat" by our government, which manufactured it
out of thin air.
There WAS NO Communist threat in regard to WAR. The REVERSE was
true. Russia wanted to work with us avoid an arms race and
nuclear proliferation. Truman knew that and did not give a rat's
ass about it. Yeah, there was money to be made by our Capitalist
MIC pretending Russia was gonna git us. But, that was just a BAU
benefit of our mens rea modus operandi.
The actual rationale behind BOTH Red Scares was that Socialism
threatens Greed Based Capiitalist BAU and therefore must be
demonized, period. If you believe otherwise, I must vigorously
disagree with you.
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/>the U.S. feared that the Soviet Union and its allies were
planning to forcefully spread communism around the globe,
overthrowing both democratic and capitalist institutions as it
went. With the Soviet Union occupying much of Eastern and
Central Europe, many in the U.S. perceived their fears of
communist expansionism as confirmed. The U.S. also feared that
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Re: Key Historical Events ...THAT YOU MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF
By: AGelbert Date: June 20, 2018, 8:05 pm
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[quote author=Eddie link=topic=11213.msg156264#msg156264
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Unions and the robber baron capitalists certainly had some major
clashes. But the unions ultimately won a lot...for a while. My
father walked the picket lines. I remember his union was on
strike for months when I was about 10 years old. It was a tough
time. When I was young I was actually a shop steward in the
plant where my Dad worked. I paid union dues. So long ago now,
nearly 40 years. Seems like another life.
I'm not questioning your history knowledge. Don't be so touchy.
I'm not saying that the capitalists with their private cops and
strike breakers weren't bad guys. I know about Joe Hill and
Sacco and Vanzetti, and the IWW and all that. The Haymarket
Riots. I took American History too, although none of that stuff
was stressed in the curriculum where I went to school, as you
can imagine.
I even read some of Steinbeck's book In Dubious Battle, which
is very dark and so sad it made me cry. I never could finish it.
But in the 30's it was cool to be communist if your were an
intellectual in say, NYC. That's why the stupid McCarthy
hearings were so damaging. There were plenty of people to
accuse, and they were guilty, if going to a meeting once or
twice made you guilty of something. There was a time during the
Depression when socialism looked pretty good to a lot of
out-of-work Americans.
But something did change materially around the time of
Churchill's famous speech. From that time, there was an intense
campaign by the Bernaysians to make sure every American hated
communism. It certainly was intentional, and in my view, was the
brainchild of someone. And that someone was probably more like
one or more of the people Carroll Quigley wrote about. The
powers behind the throne. And the guys who started the CIA and
founded the USMIC.
If you can point me to a book that covers that part of it, I'd
like to see it. I don't think the story has been told, but I
could certainly be in error.
A very interesting character in the Red Scare was a well-known
radio personality who grew up and lived here. His name was John
Henry Falk. He's dead now. There isn't much left of his work,
but there are a few bits. This utoob is him going off on Reagan
in the late 80's.
He sued the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and finally
won, although it was a pyrrhic victory. One of my heroes.
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Touchy" has nothing to do with the fact that you have an
incorrect view of anti-communist activity in the USA before
1947. You are wrong about that. I have just posted the correct
history to prove you are wrong. Yet, you want to discuss my
"touchyness", followed by a lot of info that is frankly not
relevent to the FIRST RED SCARE, which is the subject you do not
want admit you were mistaken about.
Eddie, I know you. You will NOT back down.
I won't waste any more time explaining to you why you are wrong
about the "fact" that anti-Communist/Socialist sentiment in the
USA "only began after 1947". Capitalism is the reason for ALL
anti-Communist/Socialist sentiment in the USA, even before
"Socialism" actually had a NAME! ANY attempt to defend the
workers and give them a fair shake after the Industrial
Revolution began was BRUTALLY CRUSHED by the Capitalists,
period.
The Haymarket Affair is probably the first exposure of an
in-your-face Capitalist attack on Socialists. The enmity of
Capitalists for employee rights has never abated. I know you
don't think so. Therefore, I respectfully must claim that you
are wrong. Have a nice day.
I'll dig up some quotes from historical documents tomorrow. You
are free to believe what you wish.
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