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Re: Common Dreams xenophobia

In the Chinese gold mining camps that were near Chico, murkans used to throw dynamite
than have betting pools on the number of bodies that would float by.  good sport.


On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 01:50:17PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> I'm just reading Peter Kwong & Dusanka Miscevic's Chinese America, a
> history of the Chinese in the US. It's distressing to be reminded
> once again how anti-Chinese agitation was practically the founding
> act of the US labor movement. This toxic stuff has a long history.
>
> Doug

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California State University
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