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Colorado Labor Wars: 1894 Cripple Creek Strike

Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 08/22/2015 - 11:23am

Most people who know something about union history are familiar with the Ludlow Massacre in 1914, where the Baldwin Felts Detective Agency and the Colorado National Guard killed 18 people, mostly women and children.
What most people aren't familiar with is that the Ludlow Massacre was just one event in more than 30 years of bloody labor struggle in the mountains of Colorado.

Open Sesame 08/22/15

Submitted by hecate on Sat, 08/22/2015 - 5:03am

So I'm reading a local newspaper, and I come upon a letter from an earnest young person, and said letter does begin its beguine in this way:

This food safety issue is perhaps the single most important challenge of our generation.

And I immediately think two things:

Cartoon: Les Beastiables -- Presidential Candidate and Senator Marco Rubioceros!

Submitted by elenacarlena on Fri, 08/21/2015 - 8:44pm
Les Beastiables ("Les Bez"): Beasties say the darnedest things!

Today's Beastiable is Senator Marco Rubio. He has said several beastly things, yet is considered a front runner for the Republican nomination for President. Thus he has earned his turn as one of Les Beastiables.

Marco Rubio has an out-of-character aversion to marijuana; because of prison company donations?

NOTE FOR NEW READERS: This series features a new Les Beastiables cartoon here on caucus99percent every Friday afternoon/evening. We indulge in a little Franglish because the French are tres classy. But I digresse.

For serious source information, please join me below the break. Then you'll be able to "cleanse your palate" with a photo before you leave.

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