"People who once did great things can do them again," Marcus Garvey. On this day...1939 -- Spain: In Madrid, the anarchist Cipriano Mera, heading the IV army corps, routs the communist troops which besieged the national Council of Defense. http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/sinners/MeraCipriano.htm AND 1979 -- US: Supreme Court issues temporary restraining order prohibiting publication by "The Progressive" of an article on H-bomb secrecy. Sam Day was managing editor of The Progressive when it printed "The H-Bomb Secret: How We Got It, Why We're Telling It." The US government tried to halt its publication, which ultimately resulted in a victory for free speech advocates & journalists. Day, a Korean vet, went to prison innumerable times for his advocacy of international peace, & in 2000 wrote in an article published in newspapers across the country on Memorial Day weekend that, "if it is right to honor those who served in the cause of war, then it is equally right to honor those who served in the cause of resistance to war." A very nice tribute page at: http://no-nukes.org/samday/ http://www.progressive.org/ From the Daily Bleed of course.
