Tag Archives: John Brown

Dubya Bush sings The Battle Hymn of the Republic like he’s dancing on John Brown’s grave.

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Eric Verlo

“He captured Harper’s Ferry with his nineteen men so true. He frightened old Virginia till she trembled through and through. They hung him for a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew. But his soul goes marching on! — Glory, glory, … Continue reading →

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Anniversaries can have meaning

Posted on December 5, 2009 by Eric Verlo

They’re trotting out the geezers to remember Pearl Harbor, like the Maine and the Alamo before it –but not the USS Liberty, or Salvator Allende’s 9-11. Since they show no reticence beating memorialized horses, I’ll commemorate a real tragic anniversary. … Continue reading →

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John Brown, from a grateful people

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Eric Verlo

This weekend marks the 150th anniversary of John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, an attempt to appropriate from the US armory to defend a slavery free territory. The already notorious anti-slavery evangelist had lost the earlier Free State sanctuaries Palmyra … Continue reading →

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John Brown Obama vs Barack Lincoln

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Eric Verlo

In their quest to muddy Barack Obama by his association with Weatherman Bill Ayers, some right wing bloggers dug up a copy of the old SDS/ Weathermen zine OSAWATOMIE which Ayers and company published and distributed while on the lam. … Continue reading →

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