Tactics and Strategies of the English Militant Suffragettes

Ideas and Issues Voting Rights

Dauphine Island         My friend and comrade, Mary Rowles, the organizing director of the British Columbia Government Employees Union (BCGEU) had recommended that I read Antonia Raeburn’s The Militant Suffragettes.  Thanks to the miracles of Amazon and the “long tail,” I was able to find a copy published in 1974 exclusively for the members of the …

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AG Holder Advocates National Automatic Voter Registration System

Voting Rights

New Orleans    Remember the election six weeks ago?  Fierce fights about voter suppression came before the voting and then long lines in state after state were the result of continued obstacles for the electorate.  President Obama in echoes of his recent statement about gun control on election night said, “We need to fix that.”   Finally, Attorney …

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