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History of Juneteenth: Emancipation Day

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Note: I first posted this article in 2016. It’s seems appropriate to post it again in light of the fact is was made a national holiday. - Dianne Hermann   June 19th is a holiday called...

This Week in History: June 14-20, 2021

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This Week in Historyby Dianne Hermann“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand inneed of its experienced patriots to prevent...

This Week in History: June 7-13, 2021

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This Week in Historyby Dianne Hermann“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand inneed of its experienced patriots to prevent...

D-Day, June 6, 1944, True Honor

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While Hitler slept, his people afraid to wake him, and Rommel away in Germany, the allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy this day, 77 years ago. With courage, preparation, the strength of will,...

June 2nd in Civil War History: the last surrender and the first use of...

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Most people think of Appomattox when they think of the last surrender of the Civil War, but it wasn't. The final surrender was in the Trans-Mississippi Theater on June 2, 1865. It was only...

Anarchist Violence

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Anarchist Violence by JC Hall The anarchist movement has a long history and encompasses a wide range of movements from the labor movement to the free love movement, from anarcho-communism to Rothbardian economics. Anarchist theory is...

CIA releases 700 pages of UFO docs

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The CIA declassified a trove of 700 documents about UFOs dating back to the 1970s. The file of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) was published on The Black Vault website on Thursday. Great, now let's get...

Slavery Reparations Bill May be Waiting on Biden’s Desk

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On the first day of the 116th Congress, Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) reintroduced H.R.40, setting up a “Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-American Act.” Sponsored in the House on January 3, 2019,...

[Professor’s warning] The Farce in Washington

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The Farce in Washington by Gennady Shkliarevsky   Karl Marx once remarked: “History repeats itself. First time as tragedy and second time as farce.” Many decades ago, in 1933, at the beginning of the Nazi era, the Nazis...

The Shot Heard Round the World 2.0

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The Boston Massacre refers to the five unarmed civilians who were shot and killed by the British military on March 5, 1770.Subsequent to that, on April 19, 1775, there was a skirmish between American...