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What’s at stake in the nuclear game – Japan or bust!

I won’t pretend to have read all the “facts” in the crisis facing Japan relative to its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant these days. Contradicting Tensions: That’s mostly because the “facts” seem to shift, depending on who’s recounting them. One moment, it’s the USA saying the Japanese aren’t properly following procedures, or that Japanese nuclear authorities [...]

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and International Women’s Day: 100 years on

The first International Women’s Day commemorated a demonstration by women workers in New York in 1857. But what established the modern celebration of International Women’s Day in history, was the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York on 25 March 1911 that killed 146 young women workers, most of whom were immigrants. From [...]

Rosenfeld’s Requiem: The Triangle Fire Victims in VerseD

Rosenfeld’s Requiem: The Triangle Fire Victims in Verse On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist company in New York City. Trapped by blocked exit doors and faulty fire escapes, more than 146 workers, mostly young immigrant women, perished in the flames or jumped ten stories to their deaths. One of [...]

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