I was interviewed today on Flashpoints, talking about the return of the Gilded Age in the early 21st century. At the end, I even got to talk about how I don't think positive change can come without people openly rejecting corporate capitalism. Not sure how...
Gilded Age
Who wants to hear William Jennings Bryan give his Cross of Gold speech? Recorded in 1923. Surely not with the power of 1896, but still. Bryan's voice starts at about.
Mitt Romney is having a fundraiser in Hamilton, Montana. Not only is this fundraiser hosted by Charles Schwab, but it is at the home of Marcus Daly, one of Montana's.
On this date in 1892, the People's Party held its first convention in Omaha, Nebraska. Building upon two decades of rural labor's deep dissatisfaction with the Gilded Age, the Populists articulated a powerful challenge to the unregulated capitalism of the day. The late 19th century...
I have a piece up at Alternet today comparing the Gilded Age to the present, showing 8 ways that Republicans are trying to recreate the late 19th century, buy elections,.
On this day in 1894, the American Railway Union, headed by Eugene Debs, called a nationwide boycott in solidarity with their striking members at Pullman, Illinois. This action turned a.
A long, long time ago (the Gilded Age) in a land far, far away known as Montana there was a man named William Clark. Not the Lewis & Clark guy but instead a mining capitalist. Born in Pennsylvania in 1839, he followed his family to...
More Gilded Age pugilism--except tonight it is boxing cats! The past is a strange place.
Time to take care of this blog's failure to pay attention to Gilded Age pugilism.
Richard White's Railroaded is an utterly brilliant book. White has been one of the leading historians of the United States over the past 30 years. His first book, Land Use, Environment, and Social Change might seem like a small, local study today but it was...
Another day, another post on the 1884 presidential election. I found this county map of 1884 election results pretty interesting because it shows southern "redemption" in progress. Whites may have.
Another day, another reference to the 1884 presidential campaign. Grover the Good. If that wasn't meant as a denigration, it'd be real hard to swallow. Also, campaigns of the 1880s.