Tag: California
More anti-Mexican violence for LGM’s core of racist commenters who think that the U.S. conquest of northern Mexico was a-ok. White soldiers looking for Mexicans to beat, Zoot Suit Riots, Los Ang
We continue our needed lessons on the history of American colonization of northern Mexico, desperately needed by a racist group of LGM commenters who seem to think that “people move around, oh w
While the University of California has come to an agreement with one of its three striking unions–the postdocs–the other unions remain on strike. Fundamentally, this is a straightforward i
We sometimes forget now just how important southern California is to the rise of the conservative movement, especially in Orange County and in San Diego County. People such as Darrell Issa try to hold
While we’d all like to think that unions exist to promote “the workers” or socialism or the revolution or whatever we want, the reality is that they exist to promote the interests of
Thanks to right-wing extremism, anything in the world can now be part of the culture war. That very much includes wildfire. This article about how people in rural northern California see wildfire is p
On June 24, 1867, Chinese workers building the transcontinental railroad across Sierra Nevada went on strike over the horrific conditions of their work for the Central Pacific Railroad. This remarkabl
We talk a lot about the housing problems of the contemporary cities. But it’s not only the cities. At least in some places, it is also a big problem in rural areas. I grant you that Marin County