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Open Thread for May 23, Happy World Crohn's and Colitis Day.

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 05/23/2016 - 7:00am


May 23rd is the 143rd day of the year, there are 222 days remaining.

23 is:
The 9th prime and the sum of 3 consecutive primes; 5, 7 and 11
The atomic number of Vanadium
The number of chromosomes in a human sperm or ova (haploid)
The number of times that Julius Caesar was stabbed.

Hellraisers Journal: Western Federation of Miners & Industrial Workers of the World vs A. F. of L.

Submitted by JayRaye on Tue, 04/19/2016 - 12:30pm
There are no limits to which powers of privilege
will not go to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
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Thursday April 19, 1906
From the Appeal to Reason: George Shoaf on Idaho Frame-Up, Part II

Haywood, Moyer, Shoaf, AtR, Apr 14, 1906.png

Bread & Roses: Protest Songs that parody oppressive religion

Submitted by Gerrit on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 6:30am

I so enjoyed the comments and great music that c99 folks posted on last weekend's Bread and Roses article. This weekend, let's have some fun with religion parody songs. It's been a helluva week and we could use a bit of a giggle. First off, Phil Ochs' classic definition of protest music. See below.

Bread and Roses

Submitted by Gerrit on Fri, 03/25/2016 - 11:08pm

I love protest songs, of all kinds, all eras, all genres, pretty much all the time. Like many here, I'm particularly fond of protest songs from the 60s & 70s; I'm such a folkie, it's embarrassing. I have no expertise but lots of enthusiasm, and I so hope you'd contribute some of your knowledge and experiences of the songs. First, what is a protest song? Phil Ochs has the best definition of them all. Please see below.

Hellraisers Journal: "Penned In By Fire!" Mine Disaster at Butte, Montana-10 Dead, 12 Missing

Submitted by JayRaye on Mon, 02/15/2016 - 12:54pm
Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones

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Tuesday February 15, 1916
Butte, Montana - Miners Trapped by Fire, Rescue Attempts Ongoing

Newspapers across the nation this morning are reporting on the fire which erupted last night in the Pennsylvania Mine at Butte, Montana. We offer a few examples:

From Salina, Kansas:

PENNED IN BY FIRE
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Flames In Airshaft of Anaconda Mine
Imprisoned Miners At Butte.
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TEN VICTIMS KNOWN DEAD
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Other Workmen Have Not Been Heard From
Since the Disaster.
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Butte, Mont., Feb. 15.-At least ten miners lost their lives in a fire which started last night in the air shaft on the 12,000 [1200] foot level of a mine of the Anaconda copper Mining Company and which still was burning early today....

Butte, Montana, Pennsylvania Mine, ab 1900, Disaster of Feb 14, 1916.png
Pennsylvania Mine, about 1900
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Hellraisers Journal: "The Lumber Jack" by Arthur Boose, IWW Organizer in Northern Minnesota

Submitted by JayRaye on Fri, 01/01/2016 - 12:54pm

You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age.
Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones

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Saturday January 1, 1916
From the International Socialist Review: Arthur Boose on Organizing Lumber Jacks

From this month's edition of the Review we offer an article by Arthur Boose who is currently engaged in the organizing effort of the Industrial Workers of the World amongst the Timber Workers of Northern Minnesota.

Lumber Workers, Waiting for Dinner Up In The Woods, ISR Jan 1916.png

THE LUMBER JACK

By ARTHUR BOOSE

I HAVE been asked to contribute an article on the lumber industry and the conditions which obtain in it. I have spent a good deal of my life in that industry and take pleasure in telling about the life of the men known as lumber jacks.