Today in Labor History June 5, 1969: 250 imprisoned U.S. soldiers rioted at the military penal stockade at Fort Dix over barbarous conditions and the tortures being inflicted on them by the US military state. The majority were in prison for going AWOL, resisting the draft, or as conscientious objectors. Many were being held without trial. Their grievances included overcrowding, starvation, beatings, being chained to chairs, forced confessions, and participation in an unjust war. 38 of them were charged with inciting to riot. (Note the sign over the entrance to the prison: “Obedience to the Law is Freedom.” The photographer, David Fenton, called it Mussolini-like. It reminds me of the slogan over Auschwitz: “Work Sets You free.” Embarrassed, the military removed the sign soon after the photograph was published).

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»[Recenzja] „Starship. Tom 1: Bunt” Mike Resnick«

Akcję „Starshipa” zaczynamy obserwować od momentu, kiedy Wilson Cole melduje się po raz pierwszy na pokładzie Roosevelta. I nawet nie za bardzo mamy czas się z tym faktem oswoić, gdyż fabuła pędzi do przodu galopem. Nie ma tu bowiem miejsca na długie opisy pomieszczeń, korytarzy, kajut, poznawanie głębi psychologicznej niespiesznie wprowadzanych bohaterów pobocznych, poznawanie geopolitycznego tła konfliktu. No nie, to jest naprawdę powieść w starym, dobrym (dla ludzi, którzy na tego typu książkach się wychowywali) stylu.

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Today in Labor History June 1, 1914: 80 U.S. militia men refused to board a train as reinforcements for the U.S. invasion of Veracruz, Mexico. The U.S. ultimately occupied the region for six months because President Huerta refused to provide the U.S. with a 21-gun salute as an apology for arresting nine U.S. sailors. More significantly, Veracruz was an important oil port. Germany and Britain had been battling for its control. The occupation gave the U.S. greater influence on the still unfolding Mexican Revolution, as well as the growing tensions in Europe. 21 US troops died in the invasion and occupation, while slaughtering over 320 Mexicans.

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»Mike Resnick „Starship. Tom 1: Bunt”«

W lutym 2026 roku, nakładem wydawnictwa Starship, ukazało się nowe wydanie (i tłumaczenie) powieści Mike'a Resnicka "Starship. Tom 1: Bunt".

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'Mutiny': New Image Teases Jason Statham’s Upcoming Action Thriller!! Check It Out!! #AnnabelleWallis, #JasonStatham, #JasonWong, #Mutiny

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Jason Statham’s Upcoming Action Thriller Reveals New Photo After Trailer

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Today in labor history April 28, 1789: Fletcher Christian led a group of mutineers against the brutal Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. Christian began the voyage as the captain’s mate, but Bligh appointed him acting Lieutenant during the voyage. The story of the voyage and mutiny was later retold by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall in their novel “Mutiny on the Bounty.” After their successful mutiny, Christian, 9 other mutineers, 6 Tahitian men and 11 Tahitian women, started a colony on the South Pacific Island of Pitcairn. However, when the mutineers tried to enslave them, the Tahitians rebelled and killed most of them. But not until after many of the Tahitian women became pregnant. The decedents of the mutineers and the Tahitians continue to live there today. Bligh had previously served on the Resolution, as Master, under Captain Cook, on his second and third voyages to Hawaii. And he was present when the native Hawaiians killed Cook.

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