Above Photo: Amazon Army Dave Loewenstein Offset Print & People’s History Poster $5, Dave Loewenstein Unlike Most Of The Other Struggles Of This Era, This Strike Rested On The Firm Backbone Of The Women Of The Mining Families And Communities Who Continued The Fight When The Men Were Beaten And Jailed And The Strike Near Defeat. The end of WWI was a disaster for the working class. Mass layoffs, brutal Red Scare repression, anti-syndicalist laws, and Supreme Court rulings jailed organizers, decimated unions, broke the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and led to the arrest and deportation of hundreds of […]
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Luke Pretz In Conversation With Mak, Magda, And Jetzel From KC Tenants This interview is excerpted from a much longer podcast featuring three members of the Kansas City Tenants Union. You can find the podcast here. Luke: describe KC tenants for us. Mak: KC Tenants is an organization led by a multi-generational, multi-racial, anti-racist base of poor and working-class tenants in Kansas City. We organize to ensure that everyone in Kansas City has a safe, accessible, and truly affordable home. We believe people closest to the problem are those closest to the solution. Who better to fight for policy changes that protect tenants […]
Wichita, Kansas Mayor Brandon Whipple has revealed a man was placed under arrest on suspicion of plotting to kidnap and kill the politician over frustrations with Covid-19 restrictions across the city. Meredith Dowty, 59, was booked on Friday evening and could face a charge of a criminal threat over a series of text messages threatening the mayor. “He said he was going to kidnap me and slash my throat and he needed my address because I needed to see the hangman — me and everyone who, something about tyranny,” Whipple told reporters. The mayor said the suspect expressed his outrage over […]
A Kansas man returned home from work on Friday evening with his 10-year-old to find that his wife and four other kids had not yet returned from a trip to buy groceries as expected. Soon after, he got a call from a friend about a terrible car crash near the house and rushed to the scene, where he learned his family’s car had collided with a truck that blew a stop sign. His wife, Jessica Noel, 32, had been instantly killed, along with three of the children, 10-year-old Anaiah, 4-year-old Jeffrey, and 4-month-old Hank, according to a GoFundMe for the family. […]
Last week, Aaron Coleman was declared the winner of a Democratic primary for a Kansas House seat. Coleman, a 19-year-old who cites Bernie Sanders as an inspiration and ran on a platform of defunding the police, free college, and single-payer, defeated a long-time incumbent by 14 votes. But after national outrage he withdrew on Sunday, blaming “feminism” and what he believed was a demand that elected officials be faultless, for his decision. It isn’t that people want their representatives to be perfect — that’s impossible, and such a bar would, and has, stopped plenty of potential leaders from running at all. […]
Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach addresses the crowd as he announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate Monday, July 8, 2019, in Leavenworth, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach addresses the crowd as he announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate Monday, July 8, 2019, in Leavenworth, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Charlie Riedel/AP Kansas Rep. Roger Marshall is projected to defeat former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in the Republican Senate primary, according to the Associated Press, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/05/1080062493_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_2639bf9eba06c718afa3d67e85829b0e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008051080062481-roger-marshall-wins-republican-senate-primary-in-kansas/ Marshall won over former Secretary of State Kris Kobach, raising the Republicans’ chances of maintaining a majority in the Senate after Senator Pat Roberts announced his retirement. Roger Marshall has won the Republican Senate nomination in the state of Kansas, media reported on late Tuesday. He is going to compete with Democratic state Senator Barbara Bollier, who won her party’s nomination. In a phone call on Tuesday, President Donald Trump congratulated Marshall and other Republicans on the victory, saying, “that’s a big night”. Another Republican senator, Martha McSally, won the Senate nomination in Arizona on Tuesday, […]
Some Washington Republicans worry that Kris Kobach, a polarizing conservative who lost a race for governor last year, would become the GOP’s Senate candidate and lose in the general election. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP Some Washington Republicans worry that Kris Kobach, a polarizing conservative who lost a race for governor last year, would become the GOP’s Senate candidate and lose in the general election. Charlie Riedel/AP Voters head to the polls in a handful of states Tuesday, in the latest tests of voting systems stressed by the ongoing pandemic. Primaries are set for Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri […]
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (right) and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows leave the U.S. Capitol Thursday following a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Samuel Corum/Getty Images Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (right) and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows leave the U.S. Capitol Thursday following a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Samuel Corum/Getty Images It’s exactly three months until Election Day, but the focus this week is on Capitol Hill. Here are five things to watch: 1. Deal […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/11/1079913607_35:0:1235:675_1200x675_80_0_0_e473a6209b59120ee9182471374fbd59.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202007171079913710–ominous-shelf-cloud-leaves-gazers-in-awe-as-thunderstorms-pound-kansas-usa/ Western Kansas has been pounded by storms over the last several days, and while they didn’t sweep any houses away to the land of Oz, they did manage to offer some breath-taking views. A giant, grayish-black “shelf cloud”, was spotted by sky-gazers in Wichita, Kansas on Thursday morning, and photos and videos of the phenomenon were shared across the net. One of the videos of the sinister skies, apparently captured from a car, was provided to Weather Nation by a local witness, leaving netizens amazed and frightened at the same time. “It’s like Armageddon!”, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107983/44/1079834455_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_77ce699e747b0c1fb26ba7d4e053102a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007091079834304-us-attorney-general-launches-operation-to-combat-surge-in-violence-in-kansas-city/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Attorney General William Barr is launching an operation to counter a surge of violence in the state of Missouri’s Kansas City, where homicides are up by 40 percent, the Justice Department said in a press release. “Today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of Operation Legend, a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative across all federal law enforcement agencies working in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight the sudden surge of violent crime, beginning in Kansas City, MO”, the release said on Wednesday. […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is working to defeat Trump favorite Kris Kobach in Kansas.A RINO group “Plains PAC” is spending $2 million in the primary against pro-Trump Republican Kris Kobach. They will run ads against Kobach accusing him of ties with white nationalists. This is a disgusting tactic coming from open border Republicans. Advertisement – story continues below Kobach was with Donald Trump in the 2016 campaign and has advised him throughout his presidency. McConnell and his DC cronies are supporting an anti-Trump RINO Roger Marshall who mocked President Trump and his border wall. TRENDING: Black Lives Matter Leader Toronto […]
The apparent comparison between the anti-COVID protective measure and mass murder of Jews immediately landed in quite a few people’s crosshairs, with the publisher strongly urged to take down the offensive cartoon post. A Kansas paper, The Anderson County Review, whose publisher is a county Republican politician, posted a cartoon on its Facebook page drawing similarities between the state governor’s order to wear face masks in public and the murder of Jews by Nazis during World War Two. The cartoon sports governor Laura Kelly donning a mask with the Star of David on it, and with people in the background being […]
Conservative Kansas State student Jaden McNeil has been the target of countless death threats and attempts to get him expelled from his college over a joke that he made about George Floyd earlier this week — and now Twitter has suspended his account for it. McNeil is an America First conservative who has become quite popular for his gaming live-streams on DLive. In a tweet, he jokingly congratulated George Floyd on “being drug free for an entire month!” A once common quip that has been made in various forms about many drug addicted celebrities who have passed away, notably including Whitney […]
George Floyd protesters in Kansas City tossed pig heads at police this week during their protests. One head was thrown at police in Kansas City this week.KMOV reported: All of the protests have been a strain on police. Most have been stoic on the front lines, but some are opening up about the strain. They’ve been hit with frozen water bottles, rocks, and even pig heads. Officers have been screamed at on the front lines for days and it’s something the FOP has addressed with KCTV5, saying that obviously this kind of strain and stress affects you. And, this will need […]
US 15:22 GMT 06.06.2020Get short URL The US president’s daughter will now join a growing list of conservatives, including world-renowned figures such as Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson, who have been prevented from talking at universities due to holding views that largely liberal university campuses deem politically incorrect. Ivanka Trump has condemned “cancel culture and viewpoint discrimination” after a graduation speech she was slated to give to students at a university in Kansas was canceled amid ongoing criticism of Donald Trump’s response to the killing of George Floyd. Just a few hours after Wichita University and WSU Tech announced that the 38-year-old […]
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had been approached to run for the U.S. Senate from Kansas, but he has demurred. The filing deadline for the Aug. 4 primary is Monday. Nicholas Kamm/AP hide caption toggle caption Nicholas Kamm/AP U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had been approached to run for the U.S. Senate from Kansas, but he has demurred. The filing deadline for the Aug. 4 primary is Monday. Nicholas Kamm/AP With control of the U.S. Senate up for grabs in November, Republicans may have fights on their hands in states they have long taken for granted: Kansas, for example. […]