By Eugene Debs

Eugene Debs was born in Indiana in 1855. A militant trade unionist, he became the leader of the Socialist Party. He is best known for his working-class and internationalist opposition to World War I.

After the U.S. entered the World War, Debs continued to speak out opposing the war. In 1918 he was sentenced to ten years in prison under the Sedition Act. He ran for president on the Socialist Party ticket from his jail cell in 1920 and received nearly a million votes.

His article was published in 1915, titled “When I Shall Fight.”

“I refuse to obey any command to fight from the ruling class, but I will not wait to be commanded to fight for the working class. I am opposed to every war but one; I am for that war with heart and soul, and that is the world-wide war of social revolution.

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Crazy Frog Axel F is based off the revving sound of a Swedish mo-ped.

“This song is incredibly irritating and puerile and we’re still trying to understand why people like it,” Gennaro Castaldo, a spokesman for HMV [A British music retailer], said.

Click Watch the Video to hear the ring tone. *I* didn’t find it to be obnoxious, but then my ring tone is “I Wanna Be Sedated” by the Ramones.

Malcolm McLaren, the ex-Sex Pistols manager, told The International Herald Tribune: “Listen to this song and you can hear the death knell of the traditional music industry.”

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‘The second French revolution’

What the British press had to say about the result of the French EU referendum

After France’s no vote, all bets are off on EU

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From the Washington Post

“Philadelphia, its suburbs and indeed much of Pennsylvania have experienced a foreclosure epidemic as low-income homeowners take on mortgage debt they cannot afford. In 2000, the Philadelphia sheriff auctioned 300 to 400 foreclosed properties a month; now he handles more than 1,000 a month. Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, had record auctions of foreclosed homes, and officials speak of a “Depression-era” problem. The foreclosures fall particularly hard on black and Latino families.”

via BOPnews

Real estate foreclosure rates soar in Sunbelt

Dallas may lead Texas, nation in home foreclosure rate

Here’s the chart for all states.

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