http://www.historiann.com/2008/05/01/arise-ye-prisoners-of-starvation-and-make-merry-while-ye-may/ History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:16:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.historiann.com/2008/05/01/arise-ye-prisoners-of-starvation-and-make-merry-while-ye-may/#comment-8423 Knitting Clio Thu, 01 May 2008 20:29:33 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=291#comment-8423 Then there's those of us who blog against disabilism. . Then there’s those of us who blog against disabilism. .

]]> http://www.historiann.com/2008/05/01/arise-ye-prisoners-of-starvation-and-make-merry-while-ye-may/#comment-8421 Feminist Law Professors » Blog Archive » Happy May Day Thu, 01 May 2008 20:25:49 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=291#comment-8421 [...] Celebrate by reading Historiann’s May Day post! [...] [...] Celebrate by reading Historiann’s May Day post! [...]

]]> http://www.historiann.com/2008/05/01/arise-ye-prisoners-of-starvation-and-make-merry-while-ye-may/#comment-8413 Historiann Thu, 01 May 2008 19:58:41 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=291#comment-8413 Thanks for the citation of the Knapp bio. BTW, The other Howard Fast image in the linked collection is of a white male industrial worker, too. Thanks for the citation of the Knapp bio. BTW, The other Howard Fast image in the linked collection is of a white male industrial worker, too.

]]> http://www.historiann.com/2008/05/01/arise-ye-prisoners-of-starvation-and-make-merry-while-ye-may/#comment-8412 rootlesscosmo Thu, 01 May 2008 19:42:08 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=291#comment-8412 Yvonne Kapp's excellent two-volume biography of Eleanor Marx has examples of May Day art from the British trade union and Socialist celebrations in the 1890's, including one that explicitly mourns "E.M.A." (Eleanor Marx Aveling.) The illustration on the Howard Fast document--it looks like the work of Rockwell Kent--is an example of the pernicious equation of "worker" with "white male industrial worker" that most 20th century Left movements have uncritically reproduced. Yvonne Kapp’s excellent two-volume biography of Eleanor Marx has examples of May Day art from the British trade union and Socialist celebrations in the 1890’s, including one that explicitly mourns “E.M.A.” (Eleanor Marx Aveling.) The illustration on the Howard Fast document–it looks like the work of Rockwell Kent–is an example of the pernicious equation of “worker” with “white male industrial worker” that most 20th century Left movements have uncritically reproduced.

]]> http://www.historiann.com/2008/05/01/arise-ye-prisoners-of-starvation-and-make-merry-while-ye-may/#comment-8410 The Velvet Howler › Blog Archive › Happy May Day Thu, 01 May 2008 18:24:57 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=291#comment-8410 [...] Arise, ye prisoners of starvation, and make merry while ye May (Historiann) [...] [...] Arise, ye prisoners of starvation, and make merry while ye May (Historiann) [...]

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