[blind-democracy] 25, 50 and 75 Years Ago
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Vol. 82/No. 6 February 12, 2018
25, 50 and 75 Years Ago
February 12, 1993
As Washington’s occupation of southern Somalia nears the end of its
second month, the U.S. military unleashed its firepower against forces
loyal to ousted Somali dictator Mohamed Siad Barre that were threatening
to seize control of the port city of Kismayo.
In the capital city of Mogadishu, where thousands of U.S. troops are
deployed, shootings of Somalis have become virtually a daily occurrence
as the U.S. military has begun actively organizing a new police force
there.
With nearly 40,000 troops currently under U.S. command now in Somalia,
UN and U.S. officials continue to discuss plans for replacing U.S.
troops with a 20,000-strong UN force.
According to [UN] special envoy for Somalia Ismat Kittani, the new UN
military force will probably be in Somalia for “not months but years.”
February 12, 1968
The massive National Liberation Front offensive against most of the
occupied cities of South Vietnam opens a new stage of the Vietnamese
revolution. The revolutionary forces demonstrated that they can
challenge U.S. and Saigon armies for control of practically every square
inch of the land.
The world’s mightiest imperialist power has been dealt a stunning blow.
The blow is primarily political, although its immediate military impact
is considerable. Those who are carrying it forward have written one of
the most extraordinary and heroic pages in history.
The attack has already included “no less than 30 of South Vietnam’s 44
provincial capitals, as well as larger cities such as Saigon and Danang,
American installations and uncounted towns,” according to the New York
Times.
February 13, 1943
New demands for wage increases to equal rising living costs were voiced
last week by a number of union bodies.
The growing pressure for wage raises is based on opposition to the
administration wage policy embodied in the Little Steel formula of the
War Labor Board, which bans increases of more than 15% over Jan. 1941
wage levels, although living costs have risen almost twice the 15%
figure during this two-year period.
The United Mine Workers policy committee decided to request $2 a day
wage increases for their 450,000 bituminous coal workers. It is expected
that the union will ask for a similar raise for its 88,000 anthracite
miners.
The head of the UMW policy committee pointed out that “an increase of
42% on the wholesale prices of articles essential to family maintenance
cannot be ignored.”
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