history
“Trail of Tears Walk” commemorates Native Americans’ forced removal
September 21, 2017It is estimated over 60,000 Native people were driven from their homes and the lands they had occupied for thousands of years. It was ethnic cleansing at its worst.
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Lessons not learned: The Vietnamese experience in the Vietnam War
September 19, 2017American authors have primarily viewed the war as part of the Cold War chess game, largely neglecting the experience of the Vietnamese people.
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“Ossies,” former East Germans, compare socialist youth with life under capitalism
September 18, 2017"We had an imperfect socialism but I believe we can do it better next time.”
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This week in history: Feds raid IWW offices and union halls
September 6, 2017On September 5, 1917, federal officials conducted a coordinated nationwide raid on offices and union halls affiliated with the anarcho-syndicalist IWW.
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Book review: Rich depiction of Pacific NW and its people
September 5, 2017Many stories are from Tim’s youth on the family dairy farm in the Dungeness River Valley.
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