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Hellraisers Journal: Merry Christmas 1915 from the United Mine Workers Journal

Submitted by JayRaye on Fri, 12/25/2015 - 12:30pm

Say, brave boys, say, the star that rose in Bethlehem has crossed the world,
it has risen here; see it slowly breaking through the clouds.
The Star of Bethlehem will usher in the new day and new time and new philosophy-
and if you are only true you will be free.
-Mother Jones

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Christmas Day December 25, 1915
From the United Mine Workers Journal: Merry Christmas

United Mine Workers Journal, Cover, Christmas, December 23, 1915.png

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WE NEVER FORGET: December 24, 1913 - The Italian Hall Massacre, Calumet, Michigan

Submitted by JayRaye on Thu, 12/24/2015 - 12:58pm
Up above the strikers stood Annie Clemenc,
girl leader of the miners.
She was not the usual militant Annie Clemenc.
She was saying a prayer for the children.

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Christmas Eve December 24, 2015

This morning I woke up thinking about the Italian Hall Massacre. I thought of Annie Clemenc and I remembered the miners and their families who preserved through the great Michigan Copper Strike of 1913-14.

Let us always honor their sacrifice and NEVER FORGET:

Italian Hall Memorial Christmas Eve.png
Italian Hall Memorial, Calumet, Michigan

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OT 12-24-15: Folk Music, Protest Music

Submitted by Shahryar on Thu, 12/24/2015 - 6:00am

I might have been too young for the folk boom. When some people had tuned out rock n roll in favor of Pete Seeger et al I was still listening to The Orlons...and liking what I heard. Later I found out there was a "Cuban Missile Crisis". I missed it. I was too busy with "He's a Rebel", "Do You Love Me", "Green Onions" and "James, Hold the Ladder Steady". "If I Had a Hammer" was on the charts, though, and I did like it but in a musical way rather than as a cultural lifestyle.

Christie links transgender kids with terrorism

Submitted by Robyn on Wed, 12/23/2015 - 1:58pm

NJ. Governor: Transgender? Terrorism!!

A California woman asked Gov. Christie about California's 2013 law which allows transgender and gender non-conforming students to use the restroom which most closely aligns with their gender identity.

Christie responded by trotting out his transphobia: He said that life was simpler in New Jersey...

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