On this day, January 22, in 1946
“Kasherman quickly resumed publishing the Public Press, and set his sights on Mayor Marvin L. Kline, a Republican, whom he accused of allowing gangsters to run rampant. The December 1944 issue of the “Public Press” featured the headline “Kline Administration Most Corrupt Regime in the History of the City.” A month later, on the night of Jan. 22, 1945, Kasherman was ambushed after eating dinner with a friend and shot dead on a sidewalk at 15th and Chicago avenues in Minneapolis. His death made the front pages of newspapers across the Twin Cities, but few in the city were surprised when the police investigation quickly petered out…”
Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were at 310 parts per million.
As of 2026 they are 428 ppm at and rising rapidly. Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think.
Btw, the point(s) of this project is …. the how, the who the hell am I and the what do I currently believe?
The context was the usual corruption!
Why care?
Journalists who don’t get the memo about afflicting the poor and comforting the rich sometimes need reminders of who is in charge….
(How) does it connect to climate change?
Most journalists are basically mostly-house-trained lapdogs. Occasionally they are allowed to nibble a finger to make themselves feel Independent. But pretty much a wing of the public relations industry…
What happened next
How does it help us understand the world?
Know that what you are seeing is, well, filtered.
How does it help us act in the world?
“All the adverts fit to print, all the news printed to fit” etc etc.
The source that it comes from, if necessary,
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The other things that you could read about this or watch
Herman and Chomsky’s propaganda model.
Horace McCoy’s 1937 short novel “No Pockets in a Shroud”.
What do you think?
If you have opinions or info about this, or other things that happened on this day that are worth knowing, let me know!
Also on this day
Working Class History – January 22
Etc