Passionate and divisive, just like their subject matter, this year’s commemorations marking the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune have highlighted the enduring power of a revolution that was fer…
En tan solo 72 días, la Comuna llegó a controlar el precio de los alquileres, implantar el matrimonio civil y el derecho al divorcio, así como entregar fábricas abandonadas a cooperativas obreras .
WASHINGTON In late June of this year,
New Scientistblandly reported that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) had “used a swarm of small drones to locate, identify and attack Hamas militants,” the first documented case of a drone swarm being used in so-called combat.
In his book, “Exterminate All The Brutes,” Sven Lindqvist contextualizes Adolf Hitler’s atrocities in the imperialist violence of the nineteenth century, and in one chapter outlines how European artillery advancements gave colonizers both emotional and physical distance from the indigenous Africans they slaughtered. Europeans were an “invisible and unreachable opponent,” capable of being “victorious without even being present.” This can’t really be called combat, and indeed even Winston Churchill referred to it as “only a sporting element in a splendid game.” Combat was something gentlemen did and in the imperialist mindset, of course, the Africans were savages, barely even human.
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This is the second of a two-part series of columns on Market Street buildings. Part 1 was published on March 27.
The remaining buildings on Market Street, between Chatham and Nelson streets, now will tell their stories before being torn down to make way for an apartment building.
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Huzul’s store at 128 Market St William Huzul (standing) came as an immigrant in 1912. His brother, Carl, came in 1913 and they established Huzul’s Groceries at 128 Market St. They were the creators of the Polish sausage that so many enjoyed. Photo courtesy Dave Huzul jpg, BR