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Tag Archives: world war I
Summer, 1914 – For Armistice Day
It was a Summer of banners, awash in tunics, red and blue bedecked with golden epaulets black boots, silver stirrups pipes, drums, trumpets and Tatoo. It was a Summer of boasts and toasts of poems, songs and innocent prayers nights … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged 1914, anti-war, bag pipes, boasts, Europe, excitement, lovers, marching off, ordinary people, poetry, ruling classes, war fever, world war I
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Enjoy Those Veteran’s Day Sales!
A re-post from last Veteran’s Day Veterans Day will soon be upon us. When I was a kid it was still called Armistice Day. It was changed in 1954 to Veterans Day. The original holiday memorialized the signing of the armistice which ended World War I. … Continue reading
Posted in history
Tagged armistice day, Austria-Hungary, deaths, gavrilo princip, Germany, history, Ho Chi Minh, Italy, Japan, League of Nations, modern middle-east, Ottoman Empire, results, russia, veterans' day, vietnam, Woodrow Wilson, world war I
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The Jewish Fascist
Ettore Ovazza and Benito Mussolini Ettore Ovazza was one of three brothers born into a wealthy and influential family in Turin. The Ovazza were one of Italy’s leading banking families with all the privilege and power that comes with … Continue reading
Posted in history
Tagged acceptance, assimilation, banking, black shirts, Caporetto, Ettore Ovazza, fascism, holocaust, Italian Jews, Italy, Jewish, murder, Mussolii, red years, socialism, Turin, world war I, world war II
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The “Red Years” and the Murder of Matteotti
A re-post from a year and a half ago Giacomo Matteotti Italy was at war – the First World War. By 1918 Italy had been at war for more than three grueling years. By the end of the war, Italy would … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920s, communists, fascists, Fiat, history, industrialists, Italian Confederation of Industry, Italy, Lenin, Matteotti, murder, Mussolini, Olivetti, red years, socialists, Soviet Union, Trotsky, world war I
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The Murder of Jean Jaures – July 31, 1914
Jean Jaures “What will the future be like, when the billions now thrown away in preparation for war are spent on useful things to increase the well-being of people, on the construction of decent houses for workers, on improving transportation, … Continue reading
Summer, 1914
It was a Summer of banners, awash in tunics, red and blue bedecked with golden epaulets black boots, silver stirrups pipes, drums, trumpets and Tatoo. It was a Summer of boasts and toasts of poems, songs and innocent prayers nights … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged 1914, anti-war, bag pipes, boasts, Europe, excitement, lovers, marching off, ordinary people, poetry, ruling classes, war fever, world war I
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Tearless the Enemies of Peace
Dalton Trumbo with his wife Cleo at the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings in 1947. “World War I began like a Summer festival – all billowing skirts and golden epaulets. Millions upon millions cheered from the sidewalks while plumed Imperial … Continue reading
Posted in history, Uncategorized
Tagged "vounteers", Dalton Trumbo, HUAC, peace, V.A.., vietnam, war, world war I
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I Heard Marlene Dietrich Sing
Saw some 1920’s photos when we had ended all the wars thinking we would all be rich livin’ fat and driving fancy cars But it didn’t quite turn out that way as kids went over there again once more to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged anti-war, grave yerds, Marlene Dietrich, perpetual war, vietnam, Where have all the flowers gone?, world war I, world war II
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Enjoy Those Veteran’s Day Sales!
Veterans Day will soon be upon us. When I was a kid it was still called Armistice Day. It was changed in 1954 to Veterans Day. The original holiday memorialized the signing of the armistice which ended World War I. The Great War. The war to … Continue reading
St. Vitus Day – June 28, 1914
A re-post for the 100th anniversary Such a warm and pleasant Summer’s day for a leisurely ride on down the Quai the top was down on the Graft und Stift that glorious June St. Vitus Day Breezes ruffled feathers green … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, a wrong turn, ArchDuke Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary, Auustria, Bosnia, coincidence, crossroads of history, death of millions, Dual Monarchy, gavrilo princip, Grand Duchess Sofia, Hapsburgs, history, poetry, Sarajevo, Schiller's Deli, Serbia, St. Vitus Day, unforeseen developments, world war I, world war II, wrong place wrong time
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