95 candles.We've had a lot of fun over the last month preparing this ninety-fifth anniversary issue. In our little conference room high upon the shelves stand the stacks of early bound volumes of The Progressive. Even pulling them down took care, since they are wedged together. And on at least one occasion, my pants were covered with brown dust after holding a volume on my lap. Opening the volumes also required reverence because the pages are now so thin and crusty that they tear easily. But more than simply appreciating the archivists' sensations, we took delight in finding treasures of wisdom buried throughout the years. The first issue of our predecessor, La Follette's Weekly, came out on January 9, 1909, and Fighting Bob made clear that our mission was to join in the "struggle between special privilege and equal rights" and to "fight for government by the people." So it is today. Two things strike me every time I wander through these back issues. One is the courage and zest the magazine has displayed throughout its history. The other is how many essential issues are still with us today. It is eerie to find an editorial from February 1917 endorsing "compulsory health insurance." It is eerie to find, in the January 1927 issue, an editorial entitled "Armed Intervention in Nicaragua" that denounced the Coolidge invasion because it was "without authority from Congress" and based on a "flimsy pretext." It is eerie to find, on June 26, 1940, The Progressive calling for "productive employment at a living wage." But it's also inspiring to see the gains the country has made: the abolition of child labor child labor, use of the young as workers in factories, farms, and mines. Child labor was first recognized as a social problem with the introduction of the factory system in late 18th-century Great Britain. , women's suffrage The term women's suffrage refers to an economic and political reform movement aimed at extending suffrage — the right to vote — to women. The movement's origins are usually traced to the United States in the 1820s. , the recognition of unions, Social Security, and the end of Jim Crow Jim Crow Negro stereotype popularized by 19th-century minstrel shows. [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 138] See : Bigotry all the way tip to the possibility of gay marriage today. And The Progressive has been prodding this country along every step of the way. Our mission remains the same, these ninety-five years: to make real the promise of democracy. Special thanks to Bill Moyers, for adapting his great speech on the history of progressivism. To Howard Zinn Howard Zinn (born August 24, 1922) is an American historian, political scientist, social critic, activist and playwright, best known as author of the bestseller, A People's History of the United States. , for folding some of this magazine's record of peace activism into his story of war resistance over the last ninety-five years. And to Molly Ivins Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30 1944 – January 31 2007) was a liberal American newspaper columnist, political commentator, and best-selling author from Austin, Texas. for citing us--and for just being Molly. If you go down to Crawford, Texas Crawford is a Waco suburb located in western McLennan County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 705. The 2005 census estimates Crawford's population at 789.[1] The town was incorporated on August 12, 1897. , beware. On February 16, a jury convicted five peace activists of violating Crawford's parade and procession ordinance, which required fifteen days' notice and a $25 registration fee. The five were part of a larger group that was going down to Bush's ranch outside of town to protest the Iraq War Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. last May 3. As they tried to move through Crawford, the police set up a barricade. When they got out of their cars, Police Chief Donnie Tidmore told them they had three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. to get in their vehicles and turn back. When two of their legal observers asked questions, they were arrested. One other activist was arrested while talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to a TV reporter. None of the five was in the act of protesting, they say. The defendants' lawyer, Jim Harrington, director of the Texas Civil Rights Project, cross-examined Tidmore. Harrington asked him "whether one of the defendants would have violated the ordinance by sporting political buttons, such as those that read 'No Nukes' and 'Peace,' without the permit," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Waco Tribune-Herald. "It could be a sign of demonstration," Tidmore affirmed. The activists were fined between $200 and $500 each. They are appealing. |
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