[A peoples tribunes birthday. Opposing the Vietnam War in 1968.
Opposing U.S. imperialism in 1898. Debs 1918 sedition conviction. A
win for abolitionists in 1833. Boycotting Jim Crow in 1953. Thousands
say, Escalate the war on poverty! in 1968.]
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THIS WEEK IN PEOPLE’S HISTORY, JUNE 13 . . .  
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_ A people's tribune's birthday. Opposing the Vietnam War in 1968.
Opposing U.S. imperialism in 1898. Debs' 1918 sedition conviction. A
win for abolitionists in 1833. Boycotting Jim Crow in 1953. Thousands
say, 'Escalate the war on poverty!' in 1968. _

Michael Ratner.,

 

_JUNE 13, 1943 (80 YEARS AGO)._  Michael Ratner, who grows up to be
an authentic tribune of the people, is born in Cleveland, Ohio.
 Ratner, who died in 2016, spent his professional life using the law
to fight against injustice. Ratner and his colleagues at the Center
for Constitutional Rights won many significant legal victories,
perhaps most memorably convincing the Supreme Court in 2004 that --
contrary to the position of the U.S. government -- prisoners held by
the U.S. on the island of Cuba have the Constitutional right to legal
counsel, even though they were not in U.S. territory. Ratner was the
author of many books, including _The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld: A
Prosecution by Book_ and _Against War with Iraq, and Guantanamo: What
the World Should Know._

_JUNE 14, 1968 (55 YEARS AGO)._  In Federal court, Benjamin Spock,
William Sloane Coffin, Mitchell Goodman, and Michael Ferber are
convicted of conspiracy to counsel, aid, and abet draft resistance by
publicizing the very effective "A Call to Resist Illegitimate
Authority" concerning the war in Vietnam.  When the judge sentences
them to two years in prison, he tells them "Where law and order stops,
obviously anarchy begins."  A year later, on July 11, 1969, a Federal
appeals court sets aside the convictions Spock and Ferber and orders a
new trial for Goodman and Coffin but the prosecution later abandoned
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_JUNE 15, 1898 (125 YEARS AGO). _ With more than 10 thousand U.S.
troops poised to invade the Philippines, the American Anti-Imperialist
League is established at a large meeting at Boston's Faneuil Hall.
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_JUNE 16, 1918 (105 YEARS AGO). _ Eugene Debs, the head of the Social
Democratic Party of America, delivers a speech at the state convention
of the Ohio Socialist Party.  Two weeks later, Debs was indicted for
having given a speech that violated the Espionage Act because it
"attempted to cause and incite insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny and
refusal of duty in the military and naval forces of the United States"
and "obstructed and attempted to obstruct the recruiting and
enlistment service of the United States."  Debs was convicted and
sentenced to 10 years in prison. While in prison Debs ran for
President on the Socialist ticket and received 3.4 percent of the
votes cast.
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_JUNE 17, 1833 (190 YEARS AGO)._   A large number of abolitionists
surround the Detroit jail, where self-emancipated former slave
Thornton Blackburn is being held for deportation to his Kentucky
slavemaster. A melee ensues, during which Blackburn escapes and
crosses the border into Canada.  Michigan requested Blackburn's
extradition, but the Canadian governor refused on the ground that
lifetime slavery is too severe a punishment for any crime less than
murder, establishing the firm precedent that Canada will not extradite
self-emancipated former slaves to the U.S.
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_JUNE 18, 1953 (70 YEARS AGO). _ In Baton Rouge, Louisiana's third
largest city, Black transit riders decide to resist official
segregation of buses (the city's only public transportation) by
forming the United Defense League to boycott the segregated buses.
 The boycott is extremely effective due to community support and a
UDL-organized ride-sharing progam. In what was than a rare victory
against Jim Crow in the deep South, after only six days the City
Council agreed to modify the segregation to make it substantially less
onerous, in what transit riders regarded a significant victory.
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_JUNE 19, 1968 (55 YEARS AGO). _ Five weeks of Poor People's Campaign
actions in Washington, D.C., demanding an escalation of the war on
poverty, climax in a Juneteenth rally, which attracts an audience of
50,000 - 100,000 participants.
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* U.S. history
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* Guantanamo; US Military Prison at Guantanamo;
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* Center for Constitutional Rights
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* Michael Ratner
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* Anti-Vietnam War movement
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* Eugene Debs
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* Espionage Act of 1917
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* slavery
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* slavery and abolition
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* Racial segregation
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* Poor People's Campaign
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