95 Candles
Rothschild, Matthew
Editor's Note Matthew Rothschild 95 Candles We've had a lot of fun over the last month preparing this ninety-fifth anniversary issue. In our little conference room high upon the shelves stand the...
...And to Molly Ivins for citing us-and for just being Molly...
...The defendants' lawyer, Jim Harrington, director of the Texas Civil Rights Project, cross-examined Tidmore...
...When two of their legal observers asked questions, they were arrested...
...But more than simply appreciating the archivists' sensations, we took delight in finding treasures of wisdom buried throughout the years...
...Harrington asked him "whether one of the defendants would have violated the ordinance by sporting political buttons, such as those that read No Nukes' and 'Peace,' without the permit," according to the Waco Tribune-Herald...
...Our mission remains the same, these ninety-five years: to make real the promise of democracy...
...To Howard Zinn, for folding some of this magazine's record of peace activism into his story of war resistance over the last ninety-five years...
...They are appealing...
...The five were part of a larger group that was going down to Bush's ranch outside of town to protest the Iraq War last May 3. As they tried to move through Crawford, the police set up a barricade...
...And The Progressive has been prodding this country along every step of the way...
...Opening the volumes also required reverence because the pages are now so thin and crusty that they tear easily...
...And on at least one occasion, my pants were covered with brown dust after holding a volume on my lap...
...When they got out of their cars, Police Chief Donnie Tidmore told them they had three minutes to get in their vehicles and turn back...
...The other is how many essential issues are still with us today...
...But it's also inspiring to see the gains the country has made: the abolition of child labor, women's suffrage, the recognition of unions, Social Security, and the end of Jim Crow all the way up to the possibility of gay marriage today...
...On February 16, a jury convicted five peace activists of violating Crawford's parade and procession ordinance, which required fifteen days' notice and a $25 registration fee...
...The first issue of our predecessor, La Follette's Weekly, came out on January 9, 1909, and Fighting Bob made clear that our mission was to join in the "struggle between special privilege and equal rights" and to "fight for government by the people...
...The activists were fined between $200 and $500 each...
...It is eerie to find an editorial from February 1917 endorsing "compulsory health insurance...
...Special thanks to Bill Moyers, for adapting his great speech on the history of progressivism...
...It is eerie to find, in the January 1927 issue, an editorial entitled "Armed Intervention in Nicaragua" that denounced the Coolidge invasion because it was "without authority from Congress" and based on a "flimsy pretext...
...It could be a sign of demonstration," Tidmore affirmed...
...None of the five was in the act of protesting, they say...
...If you go down to Crawford, Texas, beware...
...Two things strike me every time I wander through these back issues...
...One is the courage and zest the magazine has displayed throughout its history...
...Even pulling them down took care, since they are wedged together...
...It is eerie to find, on June 26, 1940, The Progressive calling for "productive employment at a living wage...
...So it is today...
...In our little conference room high upon the shelves stand the stacks of early bound volumes of The Progressive...
...One other activist was arrested while talking to a TV reporter...
Vol. 68 • May 2004 • No. 5
