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Plantation Progressive on the Federal Bench: Law, Politics, and the Life of Judge Henry D
Alabama Law Scholarly Commons Working Papers Faculty Scholarship 3-10-2008 Plantation Progressive on the Federal Bench: Law, Politics, and the Life of Judge Henry D. Clayton Paul Pruitt University of Alabama - School of Law, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_working_papers Recommended Citation Paul Pruitt, Plantation Progressive on the Federal Bench: Law, Politics, and the Life of Judge Henry D. Clayton, (2008). Available at: https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_working_papers/624 This Working Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at Alabama Law Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Working Papers by an authorized administrator of Alabama Law Scholarly Commons. THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF LAW Plantation Progressive on the Federal Bench: Law, Politics, and the Life of Judge Henry D. Clayton Paul M. Pruitt, Jr. Revised from Southern Studies, Volume XIV (Fall-Winter 2007), 85-139 This paper can be downloaded without charge from the Social Science Research Network Electronic Paper Collection: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1104005 Electronic copy available at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1104005 1 Plantation Progressive on the Federal Bench: Law, Politics, and the Life of Judge Henry D. Clayton* Note: This is a lightly revised version of an article previously published in Southern Studies, XIV (Fall-Winter 2007), 85-139. I. Preface From the fall of 1901 to the spring of 1914, Thomas Goode Jones was judge of Alabama’s Middle and Northern districts.1 A former governor, Jones had been a well- known figure in Alabama before receiving judicial appointment from President Theodore Roosevelt. -
It's Not Just Wisconsin: a Nationwide
www.peoplesworld.org April 998, 2011 It’s not just Wisconsin: A nationwide counteroffensive is emerging By Sam Webb his is a moment of heightened class and section of the working class, the main social force democratic struggle. The signs are ev- combating right-wing extremism, a badly weak- erywhere - not least in states in the na- ened actor in U.S. politics and society. tion’s heartland. It isn’t a time for the But as Robert Burns said about “the best laid Tfainthearted. schemes o’ mice an’ men,” they go oft astray. Nei- The Republican right is squeezing labor and ther labor nor its allies is rolling over and throw- other sectors of the people’s movement at the fed- ing in the towel. Instead, a working class led coun- eral, state and local level. Nothing like it has oc- teroffensive is emerging - so much so that it is fair curred in the post-World-War-II period. And we to say a new phase of a struggle is afoot, in which haven’t seen the worst of it. labor and its allies could turn the tables decisively Public workers are at the center of this attack in their favor. to be sure, but it also reaches beyond them to the entire working class and people. THIS WEEK: While right-wing Republicans are doing the dirty work, not far behind, pulling the strings • A nationwide counteroffenseive is emerging where necessary, are major sections of the capital- • Editorial: Follow Jimmy Carter’s initiative on Cuba ist class, with a two-fold aim. -
Reflectionsonsocialism
REFLECTIONS ON SOCIALISM By Sam Webb National Chair [ COMMUNIST PARTY USA ] OVER THERE Again, I return from the other world Sometimes you can see it from here, through the blue doors of the sky. Over there, On the other side of this page, are roofs for all to make love under, and fires for all to share. Every hand is guaranteed a wheel, every restlessness a road. And you are there with me in that far country — laughter and ladders in the harvest orchards, a light enkindled on the shores of our skin, and the long streets of poverty have ended, like a poet’s arguments in the sea. Again, I return from the other world, with my hands full of wind. But I’ve seen the giant morning of that country, brothers and sisters under the skin of the sky, have breathed its free peace. And I want us to arise and go now, together laughing on our way to that place we have hunted since the first money drew blood. Sometimes you can see it from here, in the darkest angry eyes. Robert Edwards 1 Communist Party USA www.cpusa.org REFLECTIONS ON SOCIALISM By Sam Webb, National Chair, Communist Party, USA The main political task at this moment is to assemble the necessary social forces to defeat Bush and his counterparts in Congress and elsewhere. The urgency of that task, however, should not be converted into a rationale for socialists and com- munists to push the mute button on the socialist alternative. To the contrary, we should bring our vision of socialism into the public square; we are, after all, the Communist Party and socialism is at the core of our identity. -
Communist Party Convention Opens in New York
www.peoplesworld.org May 28, 2010 Communist Party convention opens in New York By Teresa Albano ust blocks north of Wall Street here, the people of color, but also from the white majority site of the biggest crime spree in history, and white workers” it can be stopped. Communist Party Chairman Sam Webb “My guess,” said Webb, “is that the Repub- J said executives who planned, aided and lican Party, which has turned into an instrument abetted the theft of wealth and sent the economy of unabashed racism ... will not be successful” in into a tailspin deserve to “be in prison.” Webb 2010 or in 2012. opened the 29th Convention of the Communist Webb called on the delegates to step up their Party USA, May 21. involvement in the fights for jobs, anti-racism and Anger at corporations and “bosses,” who con- grassroots election work. stantly take, take, take from workers, communi- Webb also expanded on a vision for socialism. ties and taxpayers leaving financial crises, jobless- ness, foreclosures and environmental disasters in T H I S W E E K : their wake, was apparent at this gathering of a few hundred delegates and guests. Anger was also di- • Communist Party convention opens in New York rected at the use of racism and immigrant-bashing • Editorial: Rand Paul’s racism to further their pro-Wall Street agenda. • Calif. governor proposes budget cuts But there wasn’t just anger in the keynote and • En NYC se solidarizaron con los estudiantes de la UPR delegate speeches. There was also optimism, com- passion and readiness to organize a fightback on • 2010 Kentucky primaries jobs and in the mid-term elections. -
Alternative Thoughts and Practice to Contemporary
International Critical Thought Vol. 2, No. 2, June 2012, 127–138 Alternative thoughts and practice to contemporary capitalism: A response to Francis Fukuyama’s criticism Cheng Enfua∗ and Ding Xiaoqinb Translated by Wang Shan aChinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China; bMarxism Research Institute and Center for Economics of Shanghai School, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China As Karl Marx revealed, the current deep crisis of capitalism is caused by the insurmountable interior conflicts along with its course of development. The capitalist world is facing a persistent crisis on the levels of economy, society, institution, and ideology. This paper from a global point of view summarizes the theories and practices of the alternatives to contemporary capitalism. The theoretical criticism and the innovative attempts on social reform and revolution against capitalism indicate the destiny of capitalist society and also reveal the future possibilities. Keywords: Marxism; socialism movement; socioeconomic reform; financial crisis 1. Introduction After the eruption of the 2008 global financial and economic crisis, the United States and most of the advanced capitalist countries in Europe have temporarily gave up the neoliberal policies. With the risk of being called ‘communist’, they have implemented a number of active bailouts. However, the monopolistic financial capitalists are rescued successfully while the general working class as a whole has been trapped by the debt crisis. And meanwhile, they have to bear the high unemployment and the reduced social welfare, when the financers are still enjoying the high bonus and the lowest tax rate. The ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement represents the emotional outbreak from the 99% of ordinary American people who do not have as much power as the financial and political elites who only account for 1% of the US population. -
People's World Photograph Collection
http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8pz5fz6 No online items Finding Aid to the People's World Photograph Collection Finding aid prepared by Labor Archives staff. Labor Archives and Research Center 2012, Revised 2017 San Francisco State University 1630 Holloway Ave San Francisco 94132-1722 [email protected] URL: http://www.library.sfsu.edu/larc Finding Aid to the People's World larc.pho.00091986/073, 1990/013, 1992/003, 1992/049, 1 Photograph Collection 1994/037, 2011/015 Title: People's World Photograph Collection Date (inclusive): 1856-1992 Date (bulk): 1930-1990 Creator: People's World. (San Francisco, Calif.). Extent: 22 cubic ft. (45 boxes) Call number: larc.pho.0009 Accession numbers: 1986/073, 1990/013, 1992/003, 1992/049, 1994/037, 2011/015 Contributing Institution: Labor Archives and Research Center J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460 San Francisco State University 1630 Holloway Ave San Francisco, CA 94132-1722 (415) 405-5571 [email protected] Abstract: The People's World Photograph Collection consists of approximately 6,000 photographs used in People's World, a grassroots publication affiliated with the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA). The photographs, along with a small selection of cartoons and artwork, highlight social and political issues and events of the 20th century, with the views of the newspaper aligning with the CPUSA's policies on topics such as civil rights, labor, immigration, the peace movement, poverty, and unemployment. The photographs, the bulk of which span the years 1930 to 1990, comprise predominantly black and white prints gathered from a variety of sources including government agencies, photographic studios, individual photographers, stock image companies, and news agencies, while many of the cartoons and artwork were created by People's World editor and artist Pele deLappe. -
Does It Matter Which Party Wins?
www.peoplesworld.org July 9918, 2011 Does it matter which party wins? By Sam Webb t is obvious that there is a growing feeling of - say no, it doesn’t. frustration and even anger among support- Some even go a step further and say a Demo- ers of the Democratic Party with its perfor- cratic victory creates popular illusions, which in mance over the past two years. turn weaken the people’s struggles. And the only IAFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, speak- way out of this vise is to form a third party now. ing for the labor movement, strongly expressed Communists don’t agree with either one of this unhappiness in some recent speeches. these views. In our view, the differences between I am disappointed too with some aspects of the two parties of capitalism are of consequence to the Obama administration’s domestic and foreign class and democratic struggles. policy. Neither party is anti-capitalist, but they aren’t But I don’t forget that this administration identical either. Differences exist at the levels of governs in a very hostile political environment in policy and social composition. And despite the which the right is laboring overtime to wreck its many frustrations of the past two years, the elec- initiatives at every step of the way. In addition, there are the structural pressures THIS WEEK: of governing in a capitalist economy and state. Then there are conservative pressures coming • Does it matter which party wins? from some congressional Democrats and members • N.Y. marriage law giant step for civil rights of the administration. -
For the Year 1981
1981 January 18, 1981 From January 14-17th I was in Ryazan! I was sent there to be elected delegate to the XXVI Congress of the CPSU. It was a surprise which Smolsky (deputy head of the CC Organizational Department) delivered to me back when I was in “Sosny” (a sanatorium near Moscow). He congratulated me profusely. But I suspect this is a “buyoff” not to elect me to the Auditing Commission anymore. I was very anxious about this trip. Zagladin, who went to Oryol for the same reason, talked about his trip excitedly and gave me pointers: he made two speeches and was welcomed with open arms. Then on behalf of the Central Committee he conducted the Plenum of the new oblast committee – to elect the first secretary. And what a farewell dinner they threw for him, how the entire new bureau came to see him off at the train station. I made excuses… and then joked about Zagladin’s ability to be at the top everywhere, and everywhere to look organic in the front row. “That’s not for me,” I decided. Only one thing bothered me – the speech (both Smolsky and his boss Petrovichev said “it’s a must”). What would I say to these people? About the international situation? How bad Reagan and the Poles are? About the International Communist Movement? It might be curious for them to hear, but the speech isn’t supposed to be a lecture. It is a conference, where people will talk about how they feed people like me! I spent all of last Sunday on the speech. -
A Guide to the (Visible) Radical Left in the United States
An Incomplete Guide to the Radical Left in the United States Communist Party USA/Young Communist League The CPUSA formed in 1922 out of two splinters from the original Socialist Party, USA: the Communist Party of America (CPA) and the Communist Labor Party (CLP). V. I. Lenin’s Communist (Third) International (“Comintern”) forced these two groups to merge in order to become the official American section of the Comintern. In 1928, following Leon Trotsky’s expulsion from the Soviet CP, his supporters in the US were similarly expelled; subsequently, they formed the US branch of the Trotskyist movement, while the CPUSA remained loyal to Soviet premier Josef Stalin, as well as all those who succeeded him. CPUSA members thus denied the totalitarian nature of Stalin’s regime. In the 1930s, the CPUSA opposed American intervention against the Nazis (mainly because of the Hitler- Stalin nonaggression pact) and ran campaigns against Franklin Roosevelt. By 1941, when Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, the CPUSA called for the US to enter the war and took part in a “Popular Front” with the Democrats, avidly supporting FDR. After the war, the Popular Front came to an end and the CP entered the presidential campaign of former Vice-President Henry Wallace on the Progressive Party ticket. During the 1950s, the McCarthy hearings and such laws as the Smith Act led to the indictment of many Communist leaders. The CP also suffered from Nikita Khrushchev’s admission in 1956 of the many crimes of Stalin’s dictatorship (responsible for the deaths of millions). Following the split between Khrushchev and Chinese Communist chairman Mao Zedong (the “Sino-Soviet split”), the CPUSA sided with Russia, causing a number of pro-China members to leave the party and form the Progressive Labor Party, which still exists. -
Norfolk Massachusetts Annual Report - 2020
NORFOLK MASSACHUSETTS ANNUAL REPORT - 2020 About the Cover This painting by Horace Hamlin was to be the centerpiece of the 150th Norfolk birthday party which was to be held in May 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was cancelled. This lovely image is a reminder of how Norfolk Town Hill looked in the 1970's. Thank you to the Hamlin Family. TOWN OF NORFOLK TH 150 ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 2020 IN MEMORIAM James (Jim) Murray February 8, 2020 Plumbing Inspector 1968 - 2011 A. Graham Sterling, Jr. February 12, 2020 Advisory Board 1993 - 2003 Frank Gross February 14, 2020 Town Moderator - over 30 years Norfolk School Committee - over 20 years Marion Graham March 8, 2020 Norfolk Public Library -Volunteer Norfolk Public Library - Technical Services 1983-2003 Noreen Lilja May 31, 2020 Norfolk Public Schools - Speech/Language Pathologist Marcia Christie July 13, 2020 Norfolk Public Schools -Teacher 1986-2005 Janet Marie Prevett July 27, 2020 Town of Norfolk Administrative Assistant - over 25 years Election Poll Worker (Continued) Clara White September 14, 2020 Founder of the Norfolk Public Schools Hot Lunch Program KPHS and Jr. High School Cook Mary Ruth Conlin November 4, 2020 Norfolk Public Schools - Teacher - over 25 years TABLE OF CONTENTS Town Officers, Elected .................................................................................................................................. 1 Town Officers, Appointed ............................................................................................................................. -
The Ideological Impetus and Struggle in Praxis for Multiracial Radical
The Ideological Impetus and Struggle in Praxis for Multiracial Radical Alliances in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1967-1980 by Aaron Byungjoo Bae A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy Approved November 2016 by the Graduate Supervisory Committee: Matthew Garcia, Chair Karen J. Leong Matthew Delmont ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY December 2016 ABSTRACT This dissertation examines the history of multiracial alliances among internationalist radical activists in the San Francisco Bay Area from the late 1960s through the 1970s. Using the approaches of social movement history and intellectual history, I critically assess the ideological motivations radicals held for building alliances and the difficulties they encountered with their subsequent coalitional work in four areas of coalescence—the antiwar movement, political prisoner solidarity, higher education, and electoral politics. Radical activists sought to dismantle the systemic racism (as well as economic exploitation, patriarchy, and the intersections of these oppressions) that structured U.S. society, through the creation of broad-based movements with likeminded organizations. The activists in this study also held an orientation toward internationalist solidarity, linking the structural oppressions against which they struggled in the United States to the Vietnam War and other U.S. militaristic interventions overseas and viewing these entanglements as interconnected forces that exploited the masses around the world. Scholarly and popular interpretations of Sixties radical movements have traditionally characterized them as narrowly-focused and divisive. In contrast, my research highlights the persistent desire among Bay Area radicals to form alliances across these decades, which I argue demonstrates the importance of collaborative organizing within these activist networks. -
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