flu pandemic: 100 years ago, 50 million died. could it happen again?
As many as million died, or one out of every human beings on the planet, killing more American troops than those that died on World War I battlefields.. ..…
philosophy and politics in an age of war and revolution
End of History, and Eric Hobsbawm, who popularized the idea that the block of time between the outbreak of World War I in 1914 and the dissolution of Soviet Union in 1991 constituted the. ..…
the last days of the great war
At last, it came at 11 00 am on November 11, 1918, amid the mud and fallen leaves of European, World War I was over.. ..…
iowa woman reports on the “real life” of post-world
Davenport Daily Times had sent their correspondent to Europe to report on the pulse beat and heart throbs of real life in the cities and villages that had suffered tremendous death and destruction during Great War.. ..…
u.s. court to hear reparations lawsuit against german government over
Then Germany excluded representatives from Ovaherero and Nama peoples, those who were the victims of the atrocities, and refused to admit that its actions constituted genocide, even after condemning Turkey for its genocide by Ottoman Empire against Armenians World War I. ..…
early twentieth century iowa woman goes from cattle buyer to
During World War I the trio performed in Europe for the troops. . After the war they toured again around the United States. ..…
‘bisbee ’17’: deportations then and now in new documentary –
The IWW was militantly against World War I, yet they saved their lives either by enlisting or being drafted into the army. ..…
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This act of aggression triggered what American school books call the French and Indian War, but many historians refer to as the Seven Years War (1754–1761) and others as the Great War for the Empire, reflecting the fact that the conflict in North America was only part of an all-out war for..…
letter from britain: the real reason for the ‘anti-semite’
The British Labour Party was formed in 1900 before World War I, and if there has been one political movement in Britain that has stood rock solid against all manifestations of anti-Semitism in British life (perhaps more than any other group), it is the British Labour Party, and..…
is the u.s. in a pre-fascist period?
Many Americans objected to the U.S. entry into the “Great War.” Foremost among the groups that campaigned against entry were the Socialist Party of America (SP) and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). ..…
bernie sanders cannot save us
However, the history of socialism in the US includes adamant anti-imperialists like Eugene Debs, who went to prison for opposing the World War I and his counterpart Meyer London, who supported US entry into that imperialist maelstrom. ..…
movie review: american socialist: the life and times of eugene victor
Unfortunately, this success wouldn’t be enough to overcome the obstacles created by World War I, where many socialists gave in to pressures and accepted the war, causing a giant rift in the party. ..…
all wars are illegal, let’s act!
This will be a solemn march led by veterans and military families on the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, which ended World War I, to call for celebrating Armistice Day instead of Veterans Day in the US. ..…
uk tops sweden as sexual assault capital of europe
Bulgaria was part of the Muslim Ottoman Empire before the end of World War I. ..…
orthodox christianity in the 21st century
In 1910 – shortly before the watershed events of World War I, the Bolshevik revolution in Russia and the breakup of several European empires – all three major branches of Christianity (Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Protestantism) were predominantly concentrated in Europe. ..…
109 members of congress urge supreme court to take up bladensburg
Erected in the aftermath of World War I, Peace Cross has stood sailors, airmen, and marines. ..…
pat robertson’s interview with donald trump was a complete waste of
Trump is very proud of for being able to properly pronounce Qatar, knowing when World War I happened, eliminating Johnson Amendment, and bragging about how Christians will be able to speak their minds .. ..…
much like the forgotten genocide of the herero and namaqua people,
After World War I, Allies stripped Germany of its African colonies. ..…
court to rule on bank sales of insurance justices also strike d.c. law
A federal appeals court has ruled that the 1916 law was no longer on the books, because Congress wiped it out during World War I. . . . . . ... Although Congress never said explicitly that it was wiping out that provision, it omitted that language in 1918 when it amended the law to..…
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Emerging from a brief post-World War I recession, the nation enjoyed previously unmatched prosperity. ..…
saddam hussein's concession
The 1919 Treaty of Versailles imposed on defeated Germany by the victors of World War I was similarly punitive. ..…
a tale of press and propaganda from the great war
This is another cross-post from the Great War Blog, a daily diary of your modern world being born in blood and fire a century ago. ... Indeed, they will end the Great War as one of the most profitable news enterprises in the country. . ..…
letters from a georgia jail: anti-nuclear activists await sentencing
Behind their radical leader Alice Paul, twentieth-century suffragists picketed the wartime White House of World War I before being arrested (“obstruction of traffic”), imprisoned, and beaten. ..…
'the greatest catastrophe the world has seen'
In his Russian Origins of First World War, he makes trenchant argument for Great War not so much of Balkans as of the whole of Near East. ... century later we can see the force of his claim that Great War, The War of Ottoman Succession as he..…
the south still lies about the civil war
Race and Reunion, Yale David Blight describes fervor for reconciliation that began in the 1880s and lasted through the end of World War I, fueled large part by South's desire to attract industry, Northern investors desire to make money, and the desire of white people everywhere to..…
socialist alternative: minneapolis ward 9 council candidate revives
By alliance of business interests and campaign alleging that he wanted, Van Lear was defeated after one term, driven from office Germany to win World War I. ..…
the history of the black question
During World War I the needs of Northern industry brought a million Negroes to the North. ... Instead the persecution and discrimination of World War I have been intensified. ..…
revolutionary changemakers
Helen supported women's right to vote and opposed World War I. She supported Eugene Debs, who was imprisoned for his opposition to the war. ..…
iowa center for public affairs journalism
During the 1920's Ku Klux Klan was present Iowa, shortly after World War I. ..…
another christian cross on public property, but the aha is fighting
In Bladensburg, Maryland, there sits a World War I memorial called “Peace Cross.” ..…
what is living and what is dead in social democracy?
Following the cataclysm of World War I and socialist experiment Vienna, the country fell to in 1934 and then, four years later, to Nazi invasion and occupation.. ..…
who should get in?
One way to test the claim that cutting off immigration accelerated assimilation would be to compare the marriage patterns of Italians, Poles, Czechs, and Hungarians born before and after World War I. ..…
1917: the great strike—an engrossing exhibition about mass walkouts
By rail and tramways workers in, The product of collaborative work by Sydney's Carriageworks and City of Sydney, 1917 The Great Strike is exhibition about the historic six-week walkout New South Wales during World War I.. ... The exhibition, which runs until August 27 at..…
turkish president visits berlin as us-european conflict in middle east
factions in both Berlin and Ankara considering reviving longstanding strategic ties between the two countries, stretching back to Germany's Baghdad Railroad plans prior to World War I.. ..…
historian reveals link between suicide and political crisis - latest -
Fear that there might soon be another European war was the reason given at a Hammersmith (London) inquest for the suicide of John James Macdonald, a 42-year-old fitters’ engineer, who gassed himself at his home—he had served in the Navy in ‘mystery’ ships during the Great War. . ..…
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