This is a recorded interview with Richard Drake conducted by David Rosenberg of KPFA News in Berkeley, California. It was recorded on April 30, 2024.…
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This is a recorded interview with Richard Drake conducted by David Rosenberg of KPFA News in Berkeley, California. It was recorded on April 30, 2024.…
At sixty-nine and in ill-health, Wisconsin U.S. Senator Robert M. La Follette made a third-party run for the White House in 1924. The long-time progressive…
Monday marks 100 years since the Sykes-Picot agreement between Britain and France. With the then-secret agreement, they planned to divide up much of the Mideast…
The following Letter to the Editor appeared in the March 2016 102 (4) issue of the Journal of American History. To the Editor: “Interchange: World War I,” the online…
(Note: The following article first appeared on The Daily Call, February 23, 2016.) By Richard DrakeSpecial to the Daily Call On 4 April 1917, Senator Robert La…
(The following post first appeared on The Daily Call on January 26, 2015) The current political campaign reminds us of La Follette’s greater genius as a true leader.…
The following article by Richard Drake first appeared on June 28, 2015 on the History News Network. It is republished here with permission. The original…
“Allies against empire: Robert La Follette and Albert Jay nock opposed war from left and right..” The Free Library. 2015 The American Conservative LLC 30…
The following op-ed first appeared in The a Great Falls Tribune on March 18, 2015. In his “Messages to the World,” Osama bin Laden identified…
The following article by Richard Drake appeared on the History News Network on March 1, 2015. Source: http://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/158616 In his Messages to the World, Osama bin…