Daily Archives: June 15, 2024

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  • Mother Jones Memorial

    WE COUNT IT DEATH TO FALTER, NOT TO DIEMary “Mother” Jones is buried in the Union Miners Cemetery in Mount Olive, Illinois, just off old US Route 66. This is a picture of her memorial monument there. A founder of the International Workers of the World, she never faltered in her support for working people. [...]

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    Rock on, Edna

    It’s Dervala‘s birthday tomorrow.  It was George’s birthday yesterday.  Happy birthday to all. My correspondent, Fatwalla T. Jones, suggests the recent concern in these quarters re South African plonk may be misplaced.  They claim after all to be but the best South African wine for the money.   I don’t see any claims about being in [...]

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