Vol. 72/No. 35      September 8, 2008

The massive mobilizations in the wake of the Aug. 21 assassination of Aquino reveal the breadth of the opposition to the U.S.-backed dictatorship of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos.

On August 25, 500,000 people accompanied Aquino’s body from his family’s house to a nearby church so that more people could view the open coffin. Marchers chanted “Confront them!” and sang songs about their “enslaved country.”  
 
September 8, 1958
The United Socialist Campaign to elect Rev. Joseph P. King to Congress from the Second District [Chicago] won a resounding victory yesterday when the Board of Election Commissioners upheld his right to a place on the ballot.

In a desperate attempt to keep King off the ballot, the machine of incumbent Democratic Congressman Barratt O’Hara had earlier instigated two challenges of King’s nominating petition as being permeated with “fraud.” But Rev. King’s case was so strong that despite its two-to-one domination by Democrats, the election board had no choice but to rule in favor of the socialist candidate. His campaign committee had filed some 3,500 more signatures than legally required.  
 
September 9, 1933
When President Roosevelt was granted the power to reduce the gold content of the dollar by one half and to inflate currency the interrelation of politics and economics was clearly seen by the stimulation this act gave to the increase of the prices of commodities.

The commodities that the workers buy have increased greatly in price and average over 30 percent in many cities.

The apologists of capitalism are systematically propagandizing the general public to the effect that there is no inflation. The cost of living however, has gone up rapidly and consistently, and this is what the worker means by inflation, because this is how inflation is expressed in his every-day life.  
 
 
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