julius and ethel rosenberg

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 423

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 1, 2019

This is the grave of David and Ruth Greenglass. David Greenglass was born in 1922 to Jewish immigrant parents on the Lower East Side. Ruth Printz was born in 1924 in the same neighborhood. Like many young Jewish people in the 1930s and early 1940s,...

General

This Day in Labor History: March 29, 1951

By Erik Loomis

On March 29, 2017

On March 29, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of treason for passing classified information to the Soviet Union. A few days later they were sentenced to death. This.

wengler He's getting trounced by someone that pulled out of the race awhile ago.
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wengler Meh my preferred candidate has literally never won an open election in a presidential primary. Never. And I still vote for the person who did. Every time.
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