{"id":195,"date":"2022-10-03T22:40:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T22:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richgibson.com\/SWC\/?page_id=195"},"modified":"2023-05-11T22:26:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T22:26:59","slug":"history-101-fall-2022-swc-agenda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/richgibson.com\/SWC\/","title":{"rendered":"History 101 Spring 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Class One, History 101<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>San Ysidro\u00a0 Room 5204<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Rich Gibson, PhD. Pennsylvania State University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Emeritus Professor, SDSU<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Professor, SWC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Please display name cards in each class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Our Phantasmagoric Agenda <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Why are things as they are? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We make our own history, but not in circumstances we chose. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;We can comprehend and change the world.&#8221; (Gibson)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week One Meeting 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #008080;\" title=\"1953\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1953\">1953<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #008080;\" title=\"James Watson\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Watson\">James Watson<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"color: #008080;\" title=\"Francis Crick\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francis_Crick\">Francis Crick<\/a>\u00a0announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of\u00a0<a style=\"color: #008080;\" title=\"DNA\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DNA\">DNA<\/a>; the formal announcement takes place on\u00a0<a style=\"color: #008080;\" title=\"April 25\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/April_25\">April 25<\/a>\u00a0following publication in April&#8217;s\u00a0<i><a style=\"color: #008080;\" title=\"Nature (journal)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nature_(journal)\">Nature<\/a><\/i>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"1991\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1991\">1991<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The first\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_War\">Gulf War<\/a>\u00a0ends.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fireworks Over Baghdad: 1st Gulf War\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RzNC5p06H7U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"1993\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1993\">1993<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bureau_of_Alcohol,_Tobacco_and_Firearms\">Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and <strong>Firearms<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0agents\u00a0<a title=\"Waco siege\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waco_siege\">raid<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Branch Davidian\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Branch_Davidian\">Branch Davidian<\/a>\u00a0church in\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\"Waco, Texas\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waco,_Texas\"><strong>Waco, Texas<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0with a warrant to arrest the group&#8217;s leader\u00a0<a title=\"David Koresh\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Koresh\">David Koresh<\/a>. Four ATF agents and six Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a\u00a0<a title=\"Waco siege\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waco_siege\">51-day standoff<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In most classes, we will ask, What IS up?&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong> <strong><em>That is a brief discussion of our social context which is, or will be, history. The exercise demonstrates connections of the past to the present. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today, let us quickly list world crises that history can explain, and that as future historians, you will be able to make sense of things, Thus making better decisions about what to do.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Agenda:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. The Class Size Problem, the pandemic, masks, and My Solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong><strong> Questions:\u00a0 Who are you?\u00a0 From? Why are you here?\u00a0 Why take this class? What are you curious about?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Who is this professor anyway?\u00a0 Details&#8230;.I&#8217;m curious&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What is history? What were you taught about history? How was it taught? Why? What do you remember most clearly? Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>3. Why have school? This is an examination of critical analysis, checking contradictions and searching for a material base.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***What is the promise and purpose of school? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***What are the main things going on in school? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***What is the social context of school?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***What cannot be taught in K12 schools?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***What is the <em>critical<\/em> nature of Public Schooling?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For next class&#8211;read the syllabus. I will show you how to find it.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. If there is time, what&#8217;s up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Week One Meeting 2 &#8212;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Please display name cards in each class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Phantasmagoric Agenda <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are things as they are? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We make our own history, but not in circumstances we chose. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;We can comprehend and change the world.&#8221; (Gibson)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>March 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/86\/87\/79\/86877927dc38c8e6dea2e078f8485257.jpg\" alt=\"Quote of the Day | James baldwin quotes, Black history quotes, James baldwin\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1919\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1919\">1919<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The first\u00a0<a title=\"Communist International\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_International\">Communist International<\/a> meets in Moscow<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/235446\/original\/file-20180907-90578-r5riyx.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C1917%2C939&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=1356&amp;h=668&amp;fit=crop\" alt=\"Lessons from White House disinformation a century ago: 'It's dangerous to believe your own propaganda'\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1937\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1937\">1937<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0<a title=\"Steel Workers Organizing Committee\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steel_Workers_Organizing_Committee\">Steel Workers Organizing Committee<\/a>\u00a0signs a\u00a0<a title=\"Collective bargaining\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Collective_bargaining\">collective bargaining<\/a>\u00a0agreement with\u00a0<a title=\"U.S. Steel\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Steel\">U.S. Steel<\/a>, leading to unionization of the United States\u00a0<a title=\"Steel\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steel\">steel<\/a>\u00a0industry.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1965\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1965\">1965<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0<a title=\"United States Air Force\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Air_Force\">US<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Republic of Vietnam Air Force\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Vietnam_Air_Force\">Republic of Vietnam Air Force<\/a>\u00a0begin\u00a0<a title=\"Operation Rolling Thunder\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Rolling_Thunder\">Operation Rolling Thunder<\/a>, a sustained bombing campaign against\u00a0<a title=\"North Vietnam\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Vietnam\">North Vietnam<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2nd March 1965: USA launches Operation Rolling Thunder in Vietnam\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pvnk0tK4-gk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/KCECQVA2OII6VKYUMSUKVIX2MY.jpg\" alt=\"How The Post obtained The Afghanistan Papers - The Washington Post\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Our Agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What IS up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Russia and Ukraine&#8211;day after day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***NYTimes Obit on Attica<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***Some additional crises on top of endless war, booming inequality (c0lor coded)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The c0vid, add&#8211;inflation, the end of the food stamp bonus, Biden will fail on student debt bailout,\u00a0 and Trump ruined the branches of government, 5 Investigations of Trump, Immigration, January 6th,\u00a0 and beyond.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is a volatile world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>History can help as a line of defense<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***You Can Learn a lot, selectively, from PBS&#8211;See Freedom Summer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/films\/freedomsummer\/#part01<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Questions about the syllabus?\u00a0 Vietnam and Middle East Units, then back to chronology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Review: What is history<\/strong>? I<strong>t is a battleground<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Why have School? See questions in class one.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Week 2 Class 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Please display name cards in each class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Our Phantasmagoric Agenda <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Why are things as they are? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We make our own history, but not in circumstances we chose. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>&#8220;We can comprehend and change the world.&#8221; (Gibson)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azquotes.com\/picture-quotes\/quote-i-did-not-say-history-was-bunk-it-was-bunk-to-me-i-did-not-need-it-very-bad-henry-ford-146-49-27.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for henry ford history is bunk\" width=\"450\" height=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The World at War Series is online&#8211;here is the key battle of WWII-Stalingrad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The World At War Episode 9 HD - Stalingrad (June 1942 \u2013 February 1943)\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player.html?video=x3oeatq&#038;\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>March 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"1950\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1950\">1950<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Cold War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\">Cold War<\/a>: The\u00a0<a title=\"Soviet Union\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\">Soviet Union<\/a>\u00a0issues a statement denying that\u00a0<a title=\"Klaus Fuchs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Klaus_Fuchs\">Klaus Fuchs<\/a>\u00a0served as a\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\">Soviet<\/a>\u00a0spy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1965\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1965\">1965<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Selma to Montgomery marches\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches\">Bloody Sunday<\/a>: A group of 600\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Civil Rights Movement\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_Rights_Movement\">civil rights<\/a>\u00a0marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in\u00a0<a title=\"Selma, Alabama\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Selma,_Alabama\">Selma, Alabama<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Selma 50 years later: Remembering Bloody Sunday\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vn6uQBDAr_U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>American Experience Freedom Riders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/video\/american-experience-freedom-riders\/<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1986\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1986\">1986<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Space Shuttle Challenger disaster\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster\">Challenger Disaster<\/a>: Divers from the\u00a0<a title=\"USS Preserver (ARS-8)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Preserver_(ARS-8)\">USS\u00a0<i>Preserver<\/i><\/a>\u00a0locate the crew cabin of\u00a0<i><a title=\"STS-51-L\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/STS-51-L\">Challenger<\/a><\/i>\u00a0on the ocean floor.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"War Machine | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a9Jg20Ukf4E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What is UP?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Ukraine and WW3&#8211;See New Yorker Viewpoint&#8211;What is an Empire? What is Nationalism? Ruskies Use Mercenaries!!!!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chalmers Johnson - Speaking Freely\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VPr_T7btVgA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Coal Miners&#8217; Strike Sold out after two years<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Questions About Syllabus? It is on Canvas now but I do not use canvas much.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Review what is history<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Why Have School??? See questions below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"n8H08c UVNKR \">\n<li class=\"zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn \" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong><span class=\"C9DxTc \">What is the promise of school?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn \" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong><span class=\"C9DxTc \">Main things going on in schools?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn \" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong><span class=\"C9DxTc \">What is the social context of US schooling, that is, what is going on in society?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn \" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong><span class=\"C9DxTc \">What of PUBLIC schooling?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span class=\"C9DxTc \">4. \u00a0 \u00a0 Chalmers Johnson (San Diegan author of the great\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">Nemesis<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0trilogy) says that Americans are so unaware of history they cannot connect cause and effect. Is that true? Why, or why not? Proof? What is our social context today?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Week 2 Meeting 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Please display name cards in each class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Our Phantasmagoric Agenda <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are things as they are? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We make our own history, but not in circumstances we chose. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;We can comprehend and change the world.&#8221; (Gibson)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>History is a set of lies agreed upon. Napoleon Bonaparte<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>March 9th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"1916\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1916\">1916<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Mexican Revolution\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexican_Revolution\">Mexican Revolution<\/a>:\u00a0<a title=\"Pancho Villa\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pancho_Villa\">Pancho Villa<\/a>\u00a0leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in\u00a0<a title=\"Battle of Columbus (1916)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Columbus_(1916)\">an attack<\/a>\u00a0against the border town of\u00a0<a title=\"Columbus, New Mexico\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Columbus,_New_Mexico\">Columbus, New Mexico<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Who Was Pancho Villa?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jgD9Lu-0p7M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<a title=\"1945\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1945\">945<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 World War II:\u00a0<a title=\"Japanese coup d'\u00e9tat in French Indochina\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_in_French_Indochina\">A coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat<\/a>\u00a0by Japanese forces in\u00a0<a title=\"French Indochina\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Indochina\">French Indochina<\/a>\u00a0removes the French from power<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"true\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jacobinmag\/videos\/sir-no-sir\/1943898838970141\/\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>1945 \u2013 World War II:\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Allied forces (World War II)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allied_forces_(World_War_II)\">Allied forces<\/a>\u00a0carry out\u00a0<a title=\"Bombing of Tokyo\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bombing_of_Tokyo\">firebombing over Tokyo<\/a>, destroying most of the capital and killing over 100,000 civilians<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<a title=\"1954\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1954\">954<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"McCarthyism\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McCarthyism\">McCarthyism<\/a>:\u00a0<a title=\"CBS\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CBS\">CBS<\/a>\u00a0television broadcasts the\u00a0<i><a title=\"See It Now\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/See_It_Now\">See It Now<\/a><\/i>\u00a0episode, &#8220;A Report on Senator\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_McCarthy\">Joseph McCarthy<\/a>&#8220;, produced by\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Fred Friendly\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_Friendly\">Fred Friendly<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Have You No Decency?&quot; | McCarthy | American Experience | PBS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/svUyYzzv6VI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<a title=\"1987\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1987\">987<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chrysler\">Chrysler<\/a>\u00a0announces it<\/strong><strong>s acquisition of\u00a0<a title=\"American Motors Corporation\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Motors_Corporation\">American Motors Corporation (BIG FISH Eat Kittle Fish_<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Ukraine&#8211;battle of Bachmud<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Mexico Murdered Americans and Kidnapped Americans found in two days&#8212;over 100,000 Mexicans still missing&#8211;including the students<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Protests in Georgia&#8211;the Country&#8211;another Color Revolution?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>General Strike in France over Retirement Age and Women&#8217;s Strike in Iran<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I hate Trump passionately&#8221;&#8212;Tucker Carlson of Fox News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Our Agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***The real end of the Seal Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Continuing Why Have School after Corruption<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">***<strong><span class=\"C9DxTc \">What is the promise of school?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong><span class=\"C9DxTc \">Main things going on in schools?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong><span class=\"C9DxTc \">What is the social context of US school? What is going on in society?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What of PUBLIC Schooling?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the Material Base of Schools?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I<strong>f there is time&#8212;<span class=\"C9DxTc \"> We will work through the Master\/Slave exercise here: <\/span><a class=\"XqQF9c\" href=\"http:\/\/richgibson.com\/masterslave2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc aw5Odc \">http:\/\/richgibson.com\/masterslave2.htm<\/span><\/a><span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next week we will begin the Vietnam Unit&#8211;it&#8217;s on my main web page&#8211;you might want to begin to read it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Week Three<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A major bank failure (actually three) took place over the weekend. The government moved to bail out the banks in ways similar to 2008. Whether or not this will lead to a wider collapse is unclear. The brief video clip from &#8220;The Big Short&#8221; will give you an easy to understand explanation of why the 2008 collapse happened.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Big Short - &quot;Jenga&quot; Clip (2015) - Paramount Pictures\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3hG4X5iTK8M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I believe several colleagues are not very aware of what happened on January 6&#8211;the fascist coup attempt at the capital. The US government report (whose views I do not share) is linked in the video clip below. Everyone in the US should be aware of that event.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Jan. 6 Committee hearings - The Final Report\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YtwItbTPWNE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Good health to you, every one. RG<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why are things as they are?<\/p>\n<p>We make 0ur own history, but not in circumstances we chose.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/history-quotes-cover_800.png\" alt=\"134 History Quotes That Are Perfect For When You Are Living Through Historic Events | Bored Panda\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"1935\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1935\">1<strong>935<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Adolf Hitler\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Hitler\">Adolf Hitler<\/a>\u00a0orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the\u00a0<a title=\"Treaty of Versailles\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Versailles\">Treaty of Versailles<\/a>. Conscription is reintroduced to form the\u00a0<a title=\"Wehrmacht\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wehrmacht\">Wehrmacht<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is Fascism? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/richgibson.com\/fascism.html<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adolf Hitler: Speech at Krupp Factory in Germany (1935) | British Path\u00e9\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FJ3N_2r6R-o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"1945\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1945\">1<strong>945<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"World War II\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\">World War II<\/a>: The\u00a0<a title=\"Battle of Iwo Jima\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima\">Battle of Iwo Jima<\/a>\u00a0ends, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persist.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/35\/10735-050-C7D46C6C\/US-Marines-flag-Mount-Suribachi-Iwo-Jima-February-1945.jpg\" alt=\"Battle of Iwo Jima | Facts, Significance, Photos, &amp; Map | Britannica\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"1968\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1968\">1968<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Vietnam War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\">Vietnam War<\/a>:\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"My Lai Massacre\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/My_Lai_Massacre\">My Lai Massacre<\/a>\u00a0occurs; between 347 and 500\u00a0<a title=\"Vietnam\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam\">Vietnamese<\/a>\u00a0villagers are killed by American troops.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/id\/1354468970\/photo\/victims-including-men-women-children-and-infants-of-the-my-lai-massacre-or-th_m-st-m_-lai-in.jpg?s=594x594&amp;w=gi&amp;k=20&amp;c=zNQESrQAoxlxCcrothfRyBCaXHX7viz6IIQV3P8ZSCg=\" alt=\"124 My Lai Massacre War With Vietnam Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"1988\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1988\">1<strong>988<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Iran\u2013Contra affair\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair\">Iran\u2013Contra affair<\/a>: Lieutenant Colonel\u00a0<a title=\"Oliver North\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oliver_North\">Oliver North<\/a>\u00a0and Vice Admiral\u00a0<a title=\"John Poindexter\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Poindexter\">John Poindexter<\/a>\u00a0are indicted on charges of\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Conspiracy (criminal)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conspiracy_(criminal)\">conspiracy<\/a>\u00a0to defraud the United States<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"1995\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1995\">1<strong>995<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Mississippi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mississippi\">Mississippi<\/a>\u00a0formally ratifies the\u00a0<a title=\"Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\">Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution<\/a>, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of\u00a0<a title=\"Slavery\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slavery\">slavery<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-23\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/March_16#cite_note-23\">[23]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch: Afghans Run Alongside U.S. Military Plane At Kabul Airport\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kaJvgUpZtNI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/EDKhVBvGzU4<\/p>\n<p><strong>Long Live the Memory of the Paris Commune of 1871 (painting by Diego Rivera)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/scontent.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/336336951_981782126120059_1201133925498835265_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960&#038;_nc_cat=103&#038;ccb=1-7&#038;_nc_sid=e3f864&#038;_nc_ohc=NAM4DGetwrAAX-XTddU&#038;_nc_ht=scontent.fsan1-1.fna&#038;oh=00_AfBTJsfPP88w3HngsNR07m7RaJJSWmQOZuh2p2dihEnbIg&#038;oe=641787AA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Our Agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is UP?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let us talk about Atmospheric Rivers vs Rain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Three Major Bank Failures took place in the last week. SVB, Standard, and Credit Suisse. The first to are US. The third is Swiss. Now, First Republic bank is up in the air.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Biden is bailing out the banks and the over-FDIC depositers. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This will amount to millions, perhaps billions, of dollars.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To millionaires.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But my friend, a teacher who has taught for twenty years in San Diego, won&#8217;t get bailed out, from 20 thousand dollars of student debt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The US has had financial collapse after collapse. Why? What was done? Who gained?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_economic_crises<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is a Ponzi scheme?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is a nice metaphor for the 2008 collapse.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Big Short - &quot;Jenga&quot; Clip (2015) - Paramount Pictures\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3hG4X5iTK8M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The banks were bailed out at $12.9 trillion. Trillion! Millions of people lost their homes. Losses were socialized, profits were privatized.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How much is a trillion?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Much Is A Trillion Dollars? #shorts\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GUj8XxgPmT0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>What did the bankers promise?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Frontline PBS on how the current financial crisis happened:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JmkdfS5r6X\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/frontline\/documentary\/age-of-easy-money\/\">Age of Easy Money<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Age of Easy Money&#8221; &#8212; FRONTLINE\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/frontline\/documentary\/age-of-easy-money\/embed\/#?secret=uAcWZ208JC#?secret=JmkdfS5r6X\" data-secret=\"JmkdfS5r6X\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Continuing the Master\/Slave exercise in critical thinking. It is the classic Critique of Tyranny.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/richgibson.com\/masterslave.htm<\/p>\n<p><strong>If there is time&#8211;what is capitalism?Why repeated bank failures, financial crises?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>List of Financial Crises<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_economic_crises<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eih67rlGNhU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Too Big To Fail is taken from a book by the same name. The movie is excellent, faithfully following the book.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2011 Too Big To Fail Official Trailer 1 HD HBO Films\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HIOLWBD_g1o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Big Short - &quot;Jenga&quot; Clip (2015) - Paramount Pictures\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3hG4X5iTK8M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Remember, what is imperialism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then on to the unit on Vietnam.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Week Four<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are things as they are?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We make our own history but not in circumstances we chose.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We can comprehend and change the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cpolitics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2015\u00a0<span class=\"authorOrTitle\">Oscar Ameringer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eih67rlGNhU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em><strong>Week of March 20<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>March 21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"1921\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1921\">1921<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0<a title=\"New Economic Policy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Economic_Policy\">New Economic Policy<\/a>\u00a0is implemented by the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Bolshevik\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolshevik\">Bolshevik<\/a>\u00a0Party in response to the economic failure as a result of\u00a0<a title=\"War communism\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_communism\">war communism<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2017\/04\/03\/opinion\/03aliWeb\/03aliWeb-superJumbo.jpg\" alt=\"Opinion | What Was Lenin Thinking? - The New York Times\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1921\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1921\">1921<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0<a title=\"New Economic Policy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Economic_Policy\">New Economic Policy<\/a>\u00a0is implemented by the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Bolshevik\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolshevik\">Bolshevik<\/a>\u00a0Party in response to the economic failure as a result of\u00a0<a title=\"War communism\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_communism\">war communism<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a title=\"1928\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1928\">1928<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Charles Lindbergh\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Lindbergh\">Charles Lindbergh<\/a>\u00a0is presented<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> with the\u00a0<a title=\"Medal of Honor\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medal_of_Honor\">Medal of Honor<\/a>\u00a0for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lindbergh, like Ford, was a fascist. Why is all this stuff named after them?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/lindbergh-fallen-hero\/<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/188\/407829173_f5ca648666.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Seuss and Lindbergh | Lindbergh was an amazing pilot and\u2026 | Flickr\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1952\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1952\">1952<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Alan Freed\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alan_Freed\">Alan Freed<\/a>\u00a0presents the\u00a0<a title=\"Moondog Coronation Ball\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moondog_Coronation_Ball\">Moondog Coronation Ball<\/a>, the first\u00a0<a title=\"Rock and roll\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rock_and_roll\">rock and roll<\/a>\u00a0concert, in\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Cleveland, Ohio\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cleveland,_Ohio\">Cleveland, Ohio<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ike &amp; Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High (original 1966 promo, edited)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uj0wPrN_Y_4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>March 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"1919\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1919\">1919<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 In\u00a0<a title=\"Milan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milan\">Milan<\/a>, Italy,\u00a0<a title=\"Benito Mussolini\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benito_Mussolini\">Benito Mussolini<\/a>\u00a0founds his\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Italian Fascism\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian_Fascism\">Fascist<\/a>\u00a0political movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/id\/94101584\/photo\/the-corpses-of-italian-dictator-benito-mussolini-and-his-mistress-claretta-petacci-are-hanged.jpg?s=612x612&amp;w=gi&amp;k=20&amp;c=meXsaLe0a_qqJoxvdqQDP-Jok1L55nPbyrOaV8HYPs4=\" alt=\"50 Mussolini Hanging Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1933\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1933\">1933<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0<i><a title=\"Reichstag (Weimar Republic)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reichstag_(Weimar_Republic)\">Reichstag<\/a><\/i>\u00a0passes the\u00a0<a title=\"Enabling Act of 1933\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enabling_Act_of_1933\">Enabling Act of 1933<\/a>, making\u00a0<a title=\"Adolf Hitler\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Hitler\">Adolf Hitler<\/a> dictator of Germany.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Again, what is fascism?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/richgibson.com\/fascism.html<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Extensions from Previous Discussions and readings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>J.B. Foster&#8217;s short essay summarizing his book on the Great Financial Crisis\u00a0\u00a0 https:\/\/monthlyreview.org\/2010\/10\/01\/the-great-financial-crisis-three-years-on\/<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Solidarity Forever - IWW Song (With Lyrics)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RKhwitXvVj8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lyrics (to the tune of John Brown&#8217;s Body)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/P\/B0081EIA3Q.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Harvest of Loneliness&#8211;the Bracero Program, by Gil Gonzalez<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=harvest+of+loneliness&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=vid&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwj6nJOsueb9AhUlhe4BHby0CmkQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&#038;biw=1024&#038;bih=568&#038;dpr=1#fpstate=ive&#038;vld=cid:99c2e49a,vid:PcV2EOo-Xdc<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What is UP?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Twenty Years on, The IRAQ War<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***LAUSD Fake Three Day Strike&#8212;And INFLATION and Planned Layoffs of Millions!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Continuing&#8211;What is Capitalism? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/store.iww.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Capitalist-Pyramid-poster-hi-res-proof.jpg\" alt=\"Pyramid of the Capitalist System Poster \u2013 IWW Store\" \/><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/richgibson.com\/gateways.htm<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.wwnorton.com\/wwnproducts\/TRADE\/0\/9\/9780393351590\/9780393351590_300.jpeg\" alt=\"Flash Boys | Michael Lewis | W. W. Norton &amp; Company\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Week of April 4th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please display name cards in each class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Phantasmagoric Agenda <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are things as they are? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We make our own history, but not in circumstances we chose. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;We can comprehend and change the world.&#8221; (Gibson)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/Ca9FQAeW4AAZDxG.jpg\" alt=\"Quotes From History (@saidfromhistory) \/ Twitter\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1925\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1925\">1925<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0<a title=\"Schutzstaffel\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Schutzstaffel\">Schutzstaffel<\/a>\u00a0(SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler&#8217;s\u00a0<a title=\"Nazi Party\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Party\">Nazi Party<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a title=\"Weimar Republic\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weimar_Republic\">Germany<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1949\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1949\">1949<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Cold War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\">Cold War<\/a>: Twelve nations sign the\u00a0<a title=\"North Atlantic Treaty\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Atlantic_Treaty\">North Atlantic Treaty<\/a>\u00a0creating the\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NATO\">North Atlantic Treaty Organization<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a title=\"1967\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1967\">1967<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Martin Luther King Jr.\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.\">Martin Luther King Jr.<\/a>\u00a0delivers his &#8220;<a title=\"Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beyond_Vietnam:_A_Time_to_Break_Silence\">Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence<\/a>&#8221; speech in New York City&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\"Riverside Church\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Riverside_Church\"><strong>Riverside Church<\/strong>. Exactly one year later he was murdered<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MLK: Beyond Vietnam - A Time to Break Silence\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AJhgXKGldUk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1<strong>975 \u2013 <a title=\"Vietnam War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\">Vietnam War<\/a>: A United States Air Force\u00a0<a title=\"Lockheed C-5 Galaxy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy\">Lockheed C-5A Galaxy<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Operation Babylift\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Babylift\">transporting orphans<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"1975 T\u00e2n S\u01a1n Nh\u1ee9t C-5 accident\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1975_T%C3%A2n_S%C6%A1n_Nh%E1%BB%A9t_C-5_accident\">crashes<\/a>\u00a0near\u00a0<a title=\"Ho Chi Minh City\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ho_Chi_Minh_City\">Saigon<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"South Vietnam\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Vietnam\">South Vietnam<\/a> shortly after takeoff, killing 172 people. This was a CIA psyops operation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Our Phantasmagoric Agenda:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***What&#8217;s Up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump Indicted to appear in court today<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>War drags on in Ukraine&#8211;Why? Read Sun Tzu!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tatarsky &#8230;..Kablooey!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Moment Russian Cafe Bomb Kills Blogger Vladlen Tatarsky\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s7Yi9mIpvfE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finland Joins Nato&#8211;history! Geography! Sun Tzu on War&#8212;again!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nato Countries (now 31)\u00a0<\/strong> https:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natohq\/nato_countries.htm<\/p>\n<p><strong>More?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How to think about how things change in the real world<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ask Prof Wolff: Defining Historical and Dialectical Materialism\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bGPSKZgFH70?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/richgibson.com\/diamatoutline.html<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/richgibson.com\/scedialectical4.htm<\/p>\n<p><strong>How would YOU draw history?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"How Would You Draw History?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/svc\/oembed\/html\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F11%2F19%2Fopinion%2Fhow-would-you-draw-history.html#?secret=rVpMslWlQN\" data-secret=\"rVpMslWlQN\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is racism?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If there is time, on to Vietnam Wars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>APRIL 6th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please display name cards in each class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Phantasmagoric Agenda <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are things as they are? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We make our own history, but not in circumstances we chose. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;We can comprehend and change the world.&#8221; (Gibson)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marat \/ Sade\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zEysfTMWmSY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but, on the contrary, their social existence determines their consciousness. At a certain stage of their development the material forces of production in society come into conflict with the existing relations of production, or &#8212; what is but a legal expression for the same thing &#8212; with the property relations within which they had been at work before. From forms of development of the forces of production these relations turn into their fetters. Then comes the period of social revolution. Marx Critiqye of Political Economy.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/images\/g\/8B0AAOSwCOJh~fhf\/s-l1600.jpg\" alt=\"Picture 1 of 1\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1917\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1917\">1917<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"World War I\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\">World War I<\/a>: The\u00a0<a title=\"United States declaration of war on Germany (1917)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_declaration_of_war_on_Germany_(1917)\">United States declares war on Germany<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a title=\"1930\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1930\">1930<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 At the end of the\u00a0<a title=\"Salt March\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salt_March\">Salt March<\/a>, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, &#8220;With this, I am shaking the foundations of the\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\"British Empire\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Empire\"><strong>British Empire<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/91\/82291-050-EB7A276A\/Mohandas-K-Gandhi-leader-Mahatma-Indian.jpg\" alt=\"Mahatma Gandhi | Biography, Education, Religion, Accomplishments, Death, &amp; Facts | Britannica\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"2010\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2010\">2010<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Maoist rebels\u00a0<a title=\"April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/April_2010_Maoist_attack_in_Dantewada\">kill<\/a>\u00a076\u00a0<a title=\"Central Reserve Police Force\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Reserve_Police_Force\">CRPF<\/a>\u00a0officers in\u00a0<a title=\"Dantewada district\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dantewada_district\">Dantewada district<\/a>, India. NAXALITES! What is a Maoist?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What IS Up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>More on Trump Indictments: Trump paid, over time, through lawyer Michael Cohen (who did a year for other crimes) Stormy Daniels, porn star and hooker, $130,000 for her time. Daniels&#8217; story was killed by editor David Pecker. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump also paid another woman and a door man. He listed those expenses as legal fees, and filed that with election officials.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump is being investigated for, and will probably be indicted for, his role in the January 6th fascist coup attempt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/03\/19\/14\/Stormy%20Daniels%20and%20Trump%20copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"Who is Stormy Daniels? | The Independent\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump is also being investigated for stealing top secret documents, hiding them in Mara-la-Go and deliberately failing to turn them over when demanded by authorities. This happened on several occasions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He is also being investigated for financial crimes in NY State.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Maryland&#8211;new report on Catholic Clergy Child Rape <\/strong><\/em>https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2023\/04\/05\/baltimore-archdiocese-catholic-sex-abuse-report\/<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spotlight Official Trailer #1 (2015) - Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton Movie HD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/56jw6tasomc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\">America and the Taliban: Part One (full documentary) | FRONTLINE<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"America and the Taliban: Part One (full documentary) | FRONTLINE\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0aF_-J5n1RU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ask Prof Wolff: Capitalism and Racism\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jNuqjRqeIDw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Pending Questions<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is fascism? Socialism? Communism? Anarchism? Sexism?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We have defined capitalism, imperialism, racism, democracy, republic but if you have questions please ask.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Back to Vietnam at Dien Bien Phu (decisive battle 1954)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Week of April 11<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please display name cards in each class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Phantasmagoric Agenda <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are things as they are? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We make our own history, but not in circumstances we chose. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;We can comprehend and change the world.&#8221; (Gibson)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said &#8216;Let us pray.&#8217; We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. Desmond Tutu<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>April 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Casablanca. La Marsellesa (La Marseillaise)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sx52OYpJS28?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lyrics to Marseilles and full video of the French National Anthem, from the French Revolution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.classicfm.com\/discover-music\/periods-genres\/national-anthems\/marseillaise-french-lyrics-meaning\/<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/api.time.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/buchenwald-liberation-05.jpg\" alt=\"Buchenwald: Photos From the Liberation of the Camp, April 1945 | Time\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"1945\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1945\"><strong>1945<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"World War II\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\">World War II<\/a>: American forces liberate the\u00a0<a title=\"Buchenwald concentration camp\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\">Buchenwald concentration camp<\/a><\/strong>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-12\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mmb.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/general-macarthur-with-pipe-looking-left-600x479-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Who Was General Douglas MacArthur? - MacArthur Museum Brisbane\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>1951 \u2013 Korean War: President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"1961\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1961\">1961<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The trial of\u00a0<a title=\"Adolf Eichmann\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Eichmann\">Adolf Eichmann<\/a>\u00a0begins in\u00a0<a title=\"Jerusalem\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerusalem\">Jerusalem<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Trial of Adolf Eichmann Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tt4a-abd7ug?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Full movie&#8211;the Trial of Eichman<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Never put on line \/The Trial of Adolf Eichmann - Documentary\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uANesju1B58?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><u>WHAT IS FASCISM?<\/u><\/b><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/richgibson.com\/fascism.html<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">A Synopsis of\u00a0<em><u>Fascism And Social Revolution<\/u><\/em><\/h1>\n<p>https:\/\/richgibson.com\/synopsisfascim.htm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Back to Vietnam (Duck and Cover!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>April 13<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Harry Belafonte - Oh Freedom\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JR08QzzD-VI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please display name cards in each class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Phantasmagoric Agenda <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are things as they are? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We make our own history, but not in circumstances we chose. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;We can comprehend and change the world.&#8221; (Gibson)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>REMEMBER&#8211;LONG PAPERS DUE THIS WEEK! CATCH UP!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.&#8221; Henry David Thoreau<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1941\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1941\">1941<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 A\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese_Neutrality_Pact\">pact of neutrality<\/a>\u00a0between the\u00a0<a title=\"Soviet Union\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\">USSR<\/a>\u00a0and Japan is signed.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1953\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1953\">1953<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Central Intelligence Agency\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Intelligence_Agency\">CIA<\/a>\u00a0director\u00a0<a title=\"Allen Dulles\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allen_Dulles\">Allen Dulles<\/a>\u00a0launches the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Mind-control\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mind-control\">mind-control<\/a>\u00a0program\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Project MKUltra\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_MKUltra\">Project MKUltra<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=znri_so-xxY<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"1970\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1970\">1<strong>970<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2013 An\u00a0<a title=\"Oxygen\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oxygen\">oxygen<\/a>\u00a0tank aboard the\u00a0<a title=\"Apollo 13\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_13\">Apollo 13<\/a>\u00a0Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the\u00a0<a title=\"Apollo command and service module\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_command_and_service_module\">Apollo command and service module<\/a>\u00a0(codenamed &#8220;<i>Odyssey<\/i>&#8220;) while en route to the\u00a0<a title=\"Moon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon\">Moon<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2017 \u2013 The US drops the largest ever non-nuclear weapon on Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Our Phantasmagoric Agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is UP?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Conscription (the draft) in Russia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<em><strong>Four sailors in the same Navy command in Norfolk, Virginia appeared to have died by suicide in less than a month. It\u2019s the second time in a year that the Navy has been confronted with a rash of suicide deaths. Kayla Arestivo, co-founder of the nonprofit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trailsofpurpose.com\/\">Trails of Purpose<\/a>, joins Geoff Bennett to discuss the ongoing mental health crisis within the military. PBS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>***UC Chancellor gets $500 thousand raise while UC has homeless students<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\">UC San Diego chancellor given $500,000 pay raise to prevent him from taking presidency at unnamed private school<\/h1>\n<p><strong>America and the Taliban Part 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/video\/america-and-the-taliban-part-two-lf2bs7\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Back to Vietnam&#8211;The Chinese Cultural Revolution!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Week of April 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please display name cards in each class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Phantasmagoric Agenda <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are things as they are? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We make our own history, but not in circumstances we chose. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;We can comprehend and change the world.&#8221; (Gibson)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>We can learn from history, but we can also deceive ourselves when we selectively take evidence from the past to justify what we have already made up our minds to do.&#8221; Diderot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>April 18<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1942\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1942\">1942<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"World War II\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\">World War II<\/a>: The\u00a0<a title=\"Doolittle Raid\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doolittle_Raid\">Doolittle Raid<\/a>\u00a0on Japan: Tokyo,\u00a0<a title=\"Yokohama\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yokohama\">Yokohama<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Kobe\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kobe\">Kobe<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Nagoya\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nagoya\">Nagoya<\/a>\u00a0are bombed.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"1943\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1943\">1<strong>943<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2013 World War II:\u00a0<a title=\"Operation Vengeance\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Vengeance\">Operation Vengeance<\/a>, Admiral\u00a0<a title=\"Isoroku Yamamoto\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isoroku_Yamamoto\">Isoroku Yamamoto<\/a>\u00a0is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over\u00a0<a title=\"Bougainville Island\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bougainville_Island\">Bougainville Island<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1945 \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Italian resistance movement\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian_resistance_movement\">Italian resistance movement<\/a>: In\u00a0<a title=\"Turin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turin\">Turin<\/a>, despite the harsh repressive measures adopted by Nazi-fascists, a great pre-insurrectional strike begins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1988 \u2013 In Israel\u00a0<a title=\"John Demjanjuk\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Demjanjuk\">John Demjanjuk<\/a>\u00a0is sentenced to death for\u00a0<a title=\"War crime\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_crime\">war crimes<\/a>\u00a0committed in World War II, although the verdict is later overturned<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Escape From Sobibor (1987) HD Full Length Movie - Directed by Jack Gold\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rQLQ1DrnvO0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>What is Up?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Gitmo Torture Demo in Trial<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Fat Leonard and the Corrupt Navy<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\">\u2018Sad, distraught\u2019: New court filing adds details to last weeks before \u2018Fat Leonard\u2019 escape<\/h1>\n<p>https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/courts\/story\/2023-04-13\/fat-leonard-officer-new-trial-motion[<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/ef437b7\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2400x1819+0+0\/resize\/1200x910!\/quality\/80\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F13%2F2434e4b84aeea33853aaebc8beb6%2Fsd-me-interpol-fat-leonard.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/642ba8b\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2400x1819+0+0\/resize\/320x243!\/quality\/80\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F13%2F2434e4b84aeea33853aaebc8beb6%2Fsd-me-interpol-fat-leonard.jpg 320w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/2f10bdd\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2400x1819+0+0\/resize\/568x431!\/quality\/80\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F13%2F2434e4b84aeea33853aaebc8beb6%2Fsd-me-interpol-fat-leonard.jpg 568w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/e35d4f4\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2400x1819+0+0\/resize\/768x582!\/quality\/80\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F13%2F2434e4b84aeea33853aaebc8beb6%2Fsd-me-interpol-fat-leonard.jpg 768w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/cdc4896\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2400x1819+0+0\/resize\/1024x777!\/quality\/80\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F13%2F2434e4b84aeea33853aaebc8beb6%2Fsd-me-interpol-fat-leonard.jpg 1024w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/ef437b7\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2400x1819+0+0\/resize\/1200x910!\/quality\/80\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F13%2F2434e4b84aeea33853aaebc8beb6%2Fsd-me-interpol-fat-leonard.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"Leonard Francis' mugshot is taken after his capture in Venezuela by Interpol.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"910\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Dominion Voting Machines vs Fox News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***A Synopsis of Sun Tzu&#8211;why couldn&#8217;t the US Generals in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam, learn from Sun Tzu?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em><strong>Back to Vietnam and the aftermath&#8211;recapturing the empire<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Remember the Chicago Seven (eight)<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>April 19 and 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please display name cards in each class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Phantasmagoric Agenda <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are things as they are? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We make our own history, but not in circumstances we chose. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;We can comprehend and change the world.&#8221; (Gibson)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/photos_tr\/en\/c\/confucius\/101164\/confucius1.jpg\" alt=\"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. - Confucius\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Too many of our colleagues are too far behind. By now, you should have submitted two short essays and one long one. CATCH UP!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blowing In The Wind (Live On TV, March 1963)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vWwgrjjIMXA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>April 19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Warsaw Ghetto | DW Documentary\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V8QmqHfy-EI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>April 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1914 \u2013 Nineteen men, women, and children participating in a strike are killed in the Ludlow Massacre during the Colorado Coalfield War<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matewan Union Speech\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5RSaBoDl_9k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/images\/g\/U3EAAOSwV9xhlX6V\/s-l500.jpg\" alt=\"Vintage 1975 The Incredible Rocky Comic Book Magazine Rockefeller Joel Andreas | eBay\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1961\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1961\">1961<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Cold War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\">Cold War<\/a>: Failure of the\u00a0<a title=\"Bay of Pigs Invasion\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion\">Bay of Pigs Invasion<\/a>\u00a0of US-backed Cuban exiles against\u00a0<a title=\"Cuba\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\">Cuba<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fidel Castro shares his political ideology, 1959: CBC Archives  | CBC\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QJL1Rj1P_J0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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JOHN WAYNE SIGNED AUTOGRAPH 8.5X11 PHOTO REPRINT - Picture 1 of 3\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6009ab1ed507f0e0031b8531\/master\/w_2560%2Cc_limit\/Trump-Epstein-Relationship.jpg\" alt=\"He's a Lot of Fun to Be With\u201d: Inside Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump's Epic Bromance | Vanity Fair\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trump with Epstein and G. Maxwell<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Back to Vietnam after the Pentagon Papers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>On To Mayday 1971<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But, What is the significance of Mayday?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Haymarket Martyrs--Origin of International Workers Day Pt 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_OQxncb2ihQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>And how is May 1 celebrated in the US today?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Week of April 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please display name cards in each class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Catch up! Catch Up! Catch UP!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Our Phantasmagoric Agenda <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are things as they are? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We make our own history, but not in circumstances we chose. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We can comprehend and change the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><strong>&#8220;Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.&#8221; Sun Tzu (Think Vietnam).<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"2001\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2001\">2001<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 President\u00a0<a title=\"George W. Bush\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_W._Bush\">George W. Bush<\/a>\u00a0pledges U.S. military support in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"2004\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2004\">2004<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"March for Women's Lives\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/March_for_Women%27s_Lives\">March for Women&#8217;s Lives<\/a>\u00a0brings between 500,000 and 800,000 protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the\u00a0<a title=\"Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Partial-Birth_Abortion_Ban_Act\">Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act<\/a>\u00a0of 2003, and other restrictions on\u00a0<a title=\"Abortion\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abortion\">abortion<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a title=\"2014\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014\">2014<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0<a title=\"Flint water crisis\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flint_water_crisis\">Flint water crisis<\/a>\u00a0begins when officials at\u00a0<a title=\"Flint, Michigan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flint,_Michigan\">Flint, Michigan<\/a>\u00a0switch the city&#8217;s water supply to the\u00a0<a title=\"Flint River (Michigan)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flint_River_(Michigan)\">Flint River<\/a>, leading to\u00a0<a title=\"Lead poisoning\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lead_poisoning\">lead<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Legionnaires' disease\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Legionnaires%27_disease\">bacteria contamination<\/a>\u00a0upon the citizens<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"i3NJEgjbo9\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/frontline\/documentary\/flints-deadly-water\/\">Flint&#8217;s Deadly Water<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Flint&#8217;s Deadly Water&#8221; &#8212; FRONTLINE\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/frontline\/documentary\/flints-deadly-water\/embed\/#?secret=OCE767Bg2T#?secret=i3NJEgjbo9\" data-secret=\"i3NJEgjbo9\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>What is UP?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Biden Running Again&#8211;at 80<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***So Long, Tucker! So long, Don! Media firings!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>*Corrupt SCOTUS Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***PBS Frontline America vs the Taliban part 3 airs tonight and will be online&#8211;watch it! We will do SE Asia and Iraq soon. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Trump on trial for Rape<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Donald Trump Makes Lewd Remarks About Women On Video | NBC News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fYqKx1GuZGg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Musk&#8217;s Three BILLION dollar failure (yuk yuk)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Starship Explosion Video: Watch Elon Musk&#039;s Rocket Explode After Launch | WSJ\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bl7IqyEyqhY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Harry Belefonte Died<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Harry Belafonte - Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Live)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i5DdaSFKluk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>On To Vietnam and a Great New Book!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Our Agenda April 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please display name cards in each class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are things as they are? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We make our own history, but not in circumstances we chose. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;We can comprehend and change the world.&#8221; (Gibson)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>April 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1945 \u2013 World War II:\u00a0<a title=\"Benito Mussolini\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benito_Mussolini\">Benito Mussolini<\/a>\u00a0is arrested by\u00a0<a title=\"Italian resistance movement\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian_resistance_movement\">Italian partisans<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a title=\"Dongo, Lombardy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dongo,_Lombardy\">Dongo<\/a>, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a title=\"1978\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1978\">1978<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"John Ehrlichman\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Ehrlichman\">John Ehrlichman<\/a>, a former aide to U.S. President\u00a0<a title=\"Richard Nixon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\">Richard Nixon<\/a>, is released from the\u00a0<a title=\"Federal Correctional Institution, Safford\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Correctional_Institution,_Safford\">Federal Correctional Institution, Safford<\/a>, Arizona, after serving 18 months for\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Watergate\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate\">Watergate<\/a>-related crimes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"1989\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1989\">198<strong>9<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0<a title=\"April 27 demonstrations\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/April_27_demonstrations\">April 27 demonstrations<\/a>, student-led protests responding to the\u00a0<a title=\"April 26 Editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/April_26_Editorial\">April 26 Editorial<\/a>, during the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Tiananmen Square protests of 1989\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989\">Tiananmen Square protests of 1989<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is Up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"America and the Taliban: Part Three (full documentary) | FRONTLINE\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OFbgj9RBfgU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Don&#8217;t Forget Mayday, the International Workers&#8217; Holiday!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.iww.org\/graphics\/agitators\/classic\/IWWdrawing.smlr.gif\" alt=\"The Brief Origins of May Day | Industrial Workers of the World\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Israel!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Trump on Trial<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Killer Alec Baldwin back on &#8220;Rust&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Two New Books!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Required Reading in Florida Schools (only 99 dollars)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51PiD11gTMS._SY498_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Admiral McRaven (Seal Boss)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51Y8xJVenVL.jpg\" alt=\"The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy) by [Admiral William H. McRaven]\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>On To S.E. Asia and the Middle East<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Over There&quot; - American Patriotic Song\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/921z4LAHvak?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azquotes.com\/picture-quotes\/quote-never-be-deceived-that-the-rich-will-allow-you-to-vote-away-their-wealth-lucy-parsons-71-71-12.jpg\" alt=\"TOP 11 QUOTES BY LUCY PARSONS | A-Z Quotes\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reuther.wayne.edu\/files\/images\/43036.preview.jpeg\" alt=\"Walter P. Reuther Library (46036) Posters, Anti-War Movement, Military Drafts, 1980s\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Week of Mayday! The International Workers holiday!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMRwWqH1E6D_5NL1FggbRndUNm5ZTXtOaUsk_YY7qRtQ&amp;s\" alt=\"History Quotes, History Picture Quotes &amp; Quotations\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;The Internationale&quot; - International Communist Anthem in English\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fdPAHqHZPwk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>May 2nd<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"1941\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1941\">194<strong>1<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2013 Following the\u00a0<i><a title=\"1941 Iraqi coup d'\u00e9tat\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1941_Iraqi_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\">coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat<\/a><\/i>\u00a0against\u00a0<a title=\"Iraq\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\">Iraq<\/a>\u00a0Crown Prince\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"'Abd al-Ilah\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%27Abd_al-Ilah\">&#8216;Abd al-Ilah<\/a>\u00a0earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the\u00a0<a title=\"Anglo-Iraqi War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Iraqi_War\">Anglo-Iraqi <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Anglo-Iraqi War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Iraqi_War\">War<\/a>\u00a0to restore him to power.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"World War II\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\">World <strong>War II<\/strong><\/a><strong>: The\u00a0<a title=\"Soviet Union\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\">Soviet Union<\/a>\u00a0announces the\u00a0<a title=\"Battle of Berlin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Berlin\">fall of Berlin<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"1964\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1964\">1964<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Vietnam War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\">Vietnam War<\/a>:\u00a0<a title=\"Attack on USNS Card\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attack_on_USNS_Card\">An explosion<\/a>\u00a0sinks the American aircraft carrier USNS\u00a0<i>Card<\/i>\u00a0while it is docked at Saigon. Two Viet Cong\u00a0<a title=\"Frogman\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frogman\">combat swimmers<\/a>\u00a0had placed explosives on the ship&#8217;s hull.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"1982\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1982\">19<strong>82<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Falklands War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Falklands_War\">Falklands War<\/a>: The British\u00a0<a title=\"Nuclear submarine\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_submarine\">nuclear submarine<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"HMS Conqueror (S48)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Conqueror_(S48)\">HMS\u00a0<i>Conqueror<\/i><\/a>\u00a0sinks the\u00a0<a title=\"Argentina\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\">Argentine<\/a>\u00a0cruiser\u00a0<a title=\"ARA General Belgrano\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ARA_General_Belgrano\">ARA\u00a0<i>General Belgrano<\/i><\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1986\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1986\">1986<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Chernobyl disaster\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chernobyl_disaster\">Chernobyl disaster<\/a>: The City of\u00a0<a title=\"Chernobyl\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chernobyl\">Chernobyl<\/a>\u00a0is evacuated six days after the disaster.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1989\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1989\">1989<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Cold War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\">Cold War<\/a>: Hungary begins\u00a0<a title=\"Removal of Hungary's border fence with Austria\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Removal_of_Hungary%27s_border_fence_with_Austria\">dismantling its border fence with Austria<\/a>, which allows a number of\u00a0<a title=\"East Germany\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Germany\">East Germans<\/a>\u00a0to defect.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"2011\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2011\">2<strong>011<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Osama bin Laden\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Osama_bin_Laden\">Osama bin Laden<\/a>, the suspected mastermind behind the\u00a0<a title=\"September 11 attacks\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/September_11_attacks\">September 11 attacks<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a title=\"Federal Bureau of Investigation\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation\">FBI<\/a>&#8216;s most wanted man, is\u00a0<a title=\"Killing of Osama bin Laden\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden\">killed<\/a>\u00a0by the\u00a0<a title=\"United States Navy SEALs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Navy_SEALs\">United States special forces<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a title=\"Abbottabad\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abbottabad\">Abbottabad<\/a>, Pakistan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41EFExdXxXS._AC_UY218_.jpg\" alt=\"Code Over Country: The Tragedy and Corruption of SEAL Team Six\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions? Comments? Criticism? Jokes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Back to the Middle East and S.E. Asia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>May 4th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign In!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We can comprehend and change the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We are responsible for our own history but not our birthrights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. Winston Churchill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Winston S Churchill: We Shall Fight on the Beaches\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MkTw3_PmKtc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Brown&#039;s Body\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E1mpFCRbuFw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"1886\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1886\">1886<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Haymarket affair\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haymarket_affair\">Haymarket affair<\/a>: In Chicago, United States, a\u00a0<a title=\"Improvised explosive device\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Improvised_explosive_device\">homemade bomb<\/a>\u00a0is thrown at\u00a0<a title=\"Chicago Police Department\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago_Police_Department\">police<\/a> officers trying to break up a labor rally, killing one officer. Ensuing gunfire leads to the deaths of a further seven officers and four civilians MAYDAY ORIGINS!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1961\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1961\">1961<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"American civil rights movement\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_civil_rights_movement\">American civil rights movement<\/a>: The &#8220;<a title=\"Freedom Riders\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freedom_Riders\">Freedom Riders<\/a>&#8221; begin a bus trip through the\u00a0<a title=\"Southern United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_United_States\">South<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"1970\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1970\"><strong>1970<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Vietnam War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\">Vietnam War<\/a>:\u00a0<a title=\"Kent State shootings\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kent_State_shootings\">Kent State shootings<\/a>: The\u00a0<a title=\"Ohio National Guard\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ohio_National_Guard\">Ohio National Guard<\/a>, sent to\u00a0<a title=\"Kent State University\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kent_State_University\">Kent State University<\/a>\u00a0after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"1989\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1989\">1989<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Iran\u2013Contra affair\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair\">Iran\u2013Contra affair<\/a>: Former\u00a0<a title=\"White House\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House\">White House<\/a>\u00a0aide\u00a0<a title=\"Oliver North\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oliver_North\">Oliver North<\/a>\u00a0is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Children sing for King&#8217;s Coronation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"King Charles Coronation: New Song by Children Composed to Mark Event | Newsround\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rxSu7nv3HCA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What is Up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NO CLASS TUESDAY. Next THURSDAY IS OUR LAST CLASS!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Droning Kremlin and Putin! Ukraine? False Flag? Coup Plotters? Who?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-03T133703Z_673531758_RC21R0AT731C_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-RUSSIA-KREMLIN-1683129460.jpg?resize=1920%2C1080\" alt=\"What we know so far about the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin | Russia-Ukraine war News | Al Jazeera\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Who attacked the Kremlin?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TmUjWiVaCrg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>***So Long, History!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Proud Boys Convicted of Sedition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Back to the Middle East and South East Asia&#8211;on to the Arab Spring (farce)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Week of May 8th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sign in!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please display name cards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are things as they are?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We make our own histories but not in circumstances we chose.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We can comprehend and change the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;America goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy.&#8221; John Quincy Adams, former president.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is it to be free?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Portfolios due May 25!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I<strong>n History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>May 9 1800 John Brown Born&#8211;accelerator abolitionists who helped end slavery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"x1ey2m1c xds687c x5yr21d x10l6tqk x17qophe x13vifvy xh8yej3 xl1xv1r\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fsan1-2.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/345607443_3064932060467490_4700252447446694217_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=a26aad&amp;_nc_ohc=dtx9-0tATTQAX_UKCyd&amp;_nc_oc=AQk_F83MMpxVMX-DqUnP_zbAdlE82iOEIGBrnt0-wc7A6C8fpausesDaVhuVREJO58tBg3MZN2E_diFMJjb7avtK&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fsan1-2.fna&amp;oh=00_AfCdpi0cBIZDyCLFLyBFw4RBOBSqqWeD5AH7eyl35lbVlQ&amp;oe=6461DE96\" alt=\"May be an image of 1 person\" width=\"600\" height=\"487\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Brown\u2019s Last Speech Performed by David Strathairn\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dmyswQs6_Bw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"1846\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1846\">1846<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0<a title=\"Donner Party\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donner_Party\">Donner Party<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a title=\"Settler\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Settler\">pioneers<\/a>\u00a0departs\u00a0<a title=\"Independence, Missouri\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Independence,_Missouri\">Independence, Missouri<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<a title=\"California\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California\">California<\/a>, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\"Cannibalism\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cannibalism\"><strong>cannibalism\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Of the 87\u00a0members of the party, 48 survived the ordeal.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"1998\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1998\">1998<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 India conducts\u00a0<a title=\"Pokhran-II\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pokhran-II\">three underground atomic tests<\/a>\u00a0in Pokhran.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This week: 20th Anniversary of Iraq War Invasion&#8212;based on Lies (don&#8217;t notice)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?526698-1\/20th-anniversary-iraq-war<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is UP?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump found guilty of libel and defamation in Caroll case&#8211;Owes her $5 million. CNN gave Trump Ninety Minutes of Prime Time on Wednesday? He lied!!!!!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH: Trump insults attorney, confuses E. Jean Carroll for ex-wife in deposition video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DjTtihu9yLQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>***Waco, Timothy Mcveigh, to Ramsi Yousef (tried to blow up WTC) to Trump (&#8220;I am the retribution.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fascist, racist, sexist, anointed with oil as defenders of Protestants, \u00a0Brit monarchs (read Tom Paine, this is America),crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH: King Charles III crowned in coronation ceremony\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hSqN3toiR6E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top 10 | Most Beautiful Treasures of Princess Diana | Jewelry Collection\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4mXcgbjQRBM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The coronation cost 250 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rep George Santos (who lied about everything) charged with money laundering, stealing public funds, wire fraud, lying to congress, etc., but he remains in Congress.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is Clarence Thomas. He is on the Supreme Court and has been for about 30 years. He accepts hundreds of thousand of dollar in vacations, etc. from a right-wing billionaire. Thomas is a religious fanatic&#8211;or hypocrite?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/106873214-16192052930271-2021-04-23T185916Z-150551797-RC2U1N9O1IM4-RTRMADP-3-USA-COURT-jpg?v=1683643767\" alt=\"Senate Democrats ask billionaire Harlan Crow to list gifts to Clarence Thomas and any other justices\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Inflation and the many crises we listed in our first class (supreme court, presidency, congress, imperial\u00a0 wars, pandemic (not over) border crisis (and the &#8220;Beast&#8221;) segregation and school inequality, booming mysticism, persist. With an education, we can overcome<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pakistan is descending into chaos.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"s-image aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81N4XLbrp2L._AC_UY218_.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81N4XLbrp2L._AC_UY218_.jpg 1x, https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81N4XLbrp2L._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81N4XLbrp2L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg 2x, https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81N4XLbrp2L._AC_UY545_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg 2.5x, https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81N4XLbrp2L._AC_UY654_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg 3x\" alt=\"Descent into Chaos: The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia\" data-image-index=\"1\" data-image-load=\"\" data-image-latency=\"s-product-image\" data-image-source-density=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"true\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jacobinmag\/videos\/sir-no-sir\/1943898838970141\/\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, in my everlasting effort to not be boring, let us take this poem and see how it might apply to connecting some history we know is ahead, and how it connects to what we have done in class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 <em>Life travels upward in spirals.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Those who take pains to search the shadows<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 of the past below us, then, can better judge the<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tiny arc up which they climb<\/strong>,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>more surely guess the dim<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 curves of the future above them.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J7GY1Xg6X20?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Review what we did and fond farewells. I will miss you. Thank you so much for your kindness&#8211;especially on my birthday.\u00a0 Now a note from Charlie and Woody. RG (<em>Remember, portfolios due May 25!<\/em>)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Woody Guthrie - So long it&#039;s been good to know you\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zqiblXFlZuk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Class One, History 101 San Ysidro\u00a0 Room 5204 Rich Gibson, PhD. Pennsylvania State University Emeritus Professor, SDSU Professor, SWC Please display name cards in each class. Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in Sign in! 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