Transcribing the Past

    M. Ĵ. Perlow : Usona Socialista Movado de M. Ĵ. Perlow (Daŭrigo) Workers Party of America  ( Laborista Partio de Ameriko ). - En Septembro 1919, organiziĝis du Komunistaj Partioj. Dum malpli ol kvar monatoj, ili libere propagandis por Komunismo. La unuan de Januaro 1920, la registaro per invado detruis la Komunistajn Partiojn, kaj oni deklaris la Komunismon kontraŭleĝa. Ĉar laŭleĝan komunistan laboron oni ne povis fari, tial organiziĝis la kaŝitaj Komunistaj Partioj. Ĉi-lastaj estis ĝenataj en sia propagando, ĉar ili ne povis tuŝi multe da laboristoj. Por sukcese propagandi la Komunismon, unu el la kaŝitaj Komunistaj Partioj starigis laŭleĝe organizaĵon sub la nomo "Amerika Laborista Asocio", kiu staris sub la kontrolo de l’kaŝita K.P. kaj propagandis la Komunismon sub la nomo : "revolucia Socialismo". Samtempe la maldekstraj anoj de Socialist-Partio starigis novan organizaĵon sub la nomo : "Workers Council" (Laborist-Konsilantaro), kaj oni ko...

  Link  https://youtu.be/pdjvnGVWPyY The Granite Mountain/Speculator Mine disaster of June 8, 1917 was the most deadly mine disaster in the history of the United States. Nearly two hundred miners died most from asphyxiation. Utah Phillips reads some of the trapped miners letters. First letter Dear wife, this may be the last message you will get from me. The gas broke about 11:15 pm, I tried to get all the men out, but the smoke was too strong. I got some of the boys with me in a drift and put up in a bulkhead. If anything happens to me you better sell the house and go to California and live. You will know your Jim died like a man and his last thoughts were for his wife that I love better than anyone on earth. We’ll meet again, tell mother and the boys goodbye, With love to my wife and may God take care of you. Your loving Jim Jay D Moore Second Letter Dear Pat, well we are waiting for the end, I guess it won’t be long. We take turns rapping ...

  Elisée Reclus, Scientist and Conscientious Objector Not an Ordinary Scientist Elisée Reclus was an atypical scientist. Engels considered him as nothing more than a compiler; mainly because he believed libertarian communism was in opposition to Marxism, and on the other hand Reclus never proposed a new theory of his own. Its true that regarding man in the world Reclus preferred to reinterpret the latest knowledge and combined it with his libertarian principles  in order to integrate them into a philosophy of life and action. Because of this undogmatic approach he was neglected for a long time, his work has only recently received recognition from the academic community, although he had received gold medals from both the London and Paris geographical societies and had been famous during his life with over 30,000 pages published in the field of geography, including the first full treatise on physical geography. In his department; geography, he is often seen as a pio...

  Link  https://youtu.be/xBcTOje1v4s The Peterloo Massacre Transcript Note: Melvyn Bragg interrupts a lot in this segment and often appears to do so without a fully formed question in mind. So, I've dealt with this in two ways, either typing out what I believe he meant to say based on the context of the discussion and the replies, or failing that cut out the interruptions.  In addition while this talk on Peterloo is important particularly as it relates the other events of political and economic change that surround the meeting on St. Petersfield it does still contain some myths which I've decided to respond to via footnotes. Melvyn Bragg: Hello in 1819 Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote “I met Murder on the way— He had a mask like Castlereagh— Very smooth he looked, yet grim; Seven blood-hounds followed him: All were fat; and well they might Be in admirable plight, For one by one, and two by two, He tossed them human hearts to chew ...