I know it’s probably cheating, but here’s something that I posted over a decade ago on the occasion of Labor Day. If anything, I think it’s even more appropriate today, seeing as how Michigan has since become a so-called “right to work” state, and we now how have an unquestionably anti-worker administration running our country. […]
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A big “thank you” to all those who died in the Chicago rail yards so that we might have the day off to grill hot dogs… Happy Labor Day
Posted in History, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Adam Schiff, Alexander Acosta, American Railway Union, Annual Day of Yard Work, anti-worker, company town, Donald Trump, Eugene Debs, Governor Altgeld, Grover Cleveland, Illinois, Labor Day, Marvin Kaplan, Patrick Pizzella, Pullman, Pullman Palace Car Company, Pullman strike, Richard Olney, Socialism, strikes, tax cuts, the threat of Socialism, unions, William Emanuel, workers rights 17 Comments
A big “thank you” to all those who died in the Chicago rail yards so that we might have the day off to grill hot dogs… Happy Labor Day
I know it’s probably cheating, but here’s something that I posted more than half a decade ago on the occasion of Labor Day. If anything, I think it’s even more appropriate today, seeing as how Michigan has since become a so-called “right to work” state, and we now how have an unquestionably anti-worker administration running […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, History, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Adam Schiff, Alexander Acosta, American Railway Union, Annual Day of Yard Work, anti-worker, company town, Donald Trump, Eugene Debs, Governor Altgeld, Grover Cleveland, Illinois, Marvin Kaplan, Patrick Pizzella, Pullman, Pullman Palace Car Company, Pullman strike, Richard Olney, Socialism, strikes, tax cuts, the threat of Socialism, unions, William Emanuel, workers rights 5 Comments
The Untold History of Zines… Christopher Becker: The Man Who Killed Factsheet Five
When I interview people for this series, I invariably ask them how they came to know about the existence of the underground press — how they came to discover that there were actually brilliant, obsessed people out there in the world who weren’t waiting to get professional writing jobs, but instead just doing it themselves, […]
Posted in Crimewave USA, Mark's Life, Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized Also tagged 22 Fires, 8-Track Mind, Accusation Suspicion & Innuendo, Aisle 3BA, Amusing Yourself to Death, Answer Me, Atomic Books, Brannock Device, cassette tapes, Christopher Becker, Coffee Grounds, Desert Moon, Desert Moon Distribution, Dirty Plotte, Doug Holland, editor's choice, Eraserhead, Factsheet Five, fanzines, Forest Juziuk, FoxPro, Golden Gate Bridge, Heather McAdams, History of Zines, it sucks getting old, Jared Pore, John Marr, Kevin Becker, King Cat, Kinko's, Lee Azus, Luhey, magazine distribution, Mark Saltveit, Mary Fleener, Mike Gunderloy, Milky, Murder Can Be Fun, poker, pooping, pooping in public, Port Huron, Quimby's, R. Seth Friedman, Reading Frenzy, research, Rob Halpern, Ruel Gaviola, Russia, San Francisco, Seattle, suicidal ideation, The Blue Danube, The Untold History of Zines, Tower Records, Wazoo, Wrigleyville, zine archives, zine friends, Zine World, zines 15 Comments