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The first executions for New York’s 1741 fires took place on this date in 1741, several weeks before any others. They were two slaves of regal name: Caesar, the property of a baker named John Vaarck, and Prince, who was owned by the merchant John Auboyneau. The first thing to know about these two men is that they were arrested in the first days of March … more than two weeks before fire consumed Fort George and initiated Gotham’s burning season. Though Prince was out on bail (as were the tavern owners John and Sarah Hughson, also arrested at the...

NEW YORK: An employee of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, the sister of former U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry, testified Thursday that she canceled a meeting with a women's group last March when she saw prominent anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and several reporters among them.Sheehan and three other women face charges of disorderly conduct, obstructing government administration, trespass and resisting arrest after sitting in front of the U.S. mission and ignoring orders to leave. They each face up to a year in prison if convicted.

Rosie the Riveter has given way to Sally the Sniveler. During World War II, young Rose Will Monroe was the face of American women in adversity: strong, supportive, and resolute against the enemy forces that threatened our existence. Tens of thousands like Rosie rolled up their sleeves, gritted their teeth, and flexed their muscles in factories and shipyards and arsenals across the country. They made rockets and rifles and bombs and boats. They painted and drilled and welded. When they got home to their kids, they cooked and cleaned and collapsed in bed after praying for their husbands and brothers...

John Kerry’s Fellow TravellersA 5-part series exposing John Kerry’s Communist connections.Part 3: Hanoi John: Kerry and the Antiwar Movement’s Communist ConnectionsBy Fedora *NOTE: The term “fellow traveller” as used in this article series refers to someone who is not a member of the Communist Party (CP) but regularly engages in actions which advance the Party’s program. Some apparent fellow travellers may actually be “concealed party members”: members of the CP who conceal their membership. Which of these classifications is applicable to the Kerrys is a question this series leaves unresolved. This series does not argue for any direct evidence of...

<p>Peggy Kerry, sister of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, stressed the importance of this election to about 50 Democrats who paid between $100 and $250 to attend a fund-raiser Sunday at The Works, a Wyomissing restaurant.</p> <p>Peggy Kerry stumps for her brother and 6th Congressional District candidate Lois Murphy at a Wyomissing restaurant.</p>

Thousands of activists marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday to promote abortion rights and family planning two days before the start of the Republican National Convention, which has a strong anti-abortion platform. ---Snip--- Organizers described the rally as nonpolitical and nonpartisan, but many marchers carried signs mocking President Bush and the Republican Party. Some carried posters promoting the candidacy of Sen. John F. Kerry. Kerry's sister, Peggy Kerry, addressed the crowd, saying her message boiled down to "a four-letter word: Vote."

John Kerry’s Fellow Travellers*A 5-part series exposing John Kerry’s Communist connections.Part 1: John Kerry’s Red Roots: Richard Kerry’s Left-Wing LegacyBy Fedora *NOTE: The term “fellow traveller” as used in this article series refers to someone who is not a member of the Communist Party (CP) but regularly engages in actions which advance the Party’s program. Some apparent fellow travellers may actually be “concealed party members”: members of the CP who conceal their membership. Which of these classifications is applicable to the Kerrys is a question this series leaves unresolved. This series does not argue for any direct evidence of Richard...

'When ya gettin' rid of him?' Tony Blair has become an embarrassment to Labour's natural allies across the Atlantic - the Democrats Mark Seddon Friday August 20, 2004 The Guardian Out on the stump in Brooklyn with Democrat Congressional hopeful Frank Barbero came a chance to talk to the footsoldiers in an election that all agree is the most important in decades. America is polarised between red and blue - or, as some Democrats whisper, between progressive America and a revived Confederacy. With George, the Vietnam vet turned transit worker, and Jeff Gold, the eternally optimistic full-time organiser, we leafleted...

Catholic Group Rips Sister of John Kerry Posted Aug. 2, 2004 A Catholic antiabortion group is complaining John Kerry's sister, a U.S. civil servant, is campaigning for her brother at taxpayer expense. Peggy Kerry, who works at the U.S. mission to the United Nations, told "a campaign crowd of feminists" in Boston that, if elected, her brother would overturn various White House policies, such as barring funds for U.N. population-control efforts, the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute said. The State Department confirmed Kerry's sister had sought advice on laws about campaigning, the Washington Post reported Monday. "At one time,...

In a 1996 interview with The Boston Phoenix, Peggy Kerry admitted, "Alexandra's advice during a 1990 Christmas dinner influenced the senator's decision to vote against a Gulf War resolution" - according to a Boston Globe report that same year. The anecdote is reminiscent of President Jimmy Carter's admission during a 1980 debate with then-challenger Ronald Reagan that he consulted his then-13-year-old daughter Amy on nuclear proliferation issues. Carter's admission fueled his reputation for incompetence on foreign policy issues and helped cause his defeat. Alexandra Thorne Kerry was just 16 years old when she persuaded her father to vote against the...

The sister of the Democrat candidate to replace George W. Bush as president of the United States has been vigorously campaigning for her brother. Nothing unusual in that – except that she works for Bush. In a speech delivered in Boston yesterday, Peggy Kerry told a campaign crowd of feminists that, if elected, her brother would overturn various Bush policies, policies she is expected to support in her day job as representative of President Bush at the United Nations. In her campaign speech Kerry said her brother John would reinstitute U.S. funding for the U.N. Population Fund, which President Bush...

Peggy Kerry leaves her office at the U.N. and heads back to Greenwich Village, back to her modest apartment on Barrow St., to feed her 5-year-old daughter. Her younger brother, John, is on a political roll, on the verge of capturing the Democratic Party’s nomination for the U.S. presidency. Balancing her work, Village responsibilities and the campaign, the older sibling, politically experienced, says what her brother says: “I’m cautiously optimistic,” as the brass ring is within reach. In her own way, she has been helping the campaign since Senator Kerry told “Meet the Press” two years ago that he would...