Comments on: Montana / History http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2007/06/23/montana-history/ An Economist's Travelogue Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:11:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brad http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2007/06/23/montana-history/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Brad Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:17:12 +0000 http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/?p=33#comment-397 Butte at one point- around the turn of the last century- had a socialist mayor and majority socialist city council. My old Prof Jerry Calvert wrote a book on it: http://www.amazon.com/Gibraltar-Socialism-Labor-Montana-1895-1920/dp/0917298144 Interesting how things can change. Butte at one point- around the turn of the last century- had a socialist mayor and majority socialist city council. My old Prof Jerry Calvert wrote a book on it: http://www.amazon.com/Gibraltar-Socialism-Labor-Montana-1895-1920/dp/0917298144

Interesting how things can change.

]]> By: Jim Farmelant http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2007/06/23/montana-history/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Jim Farmelant Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:55:13 +0000 http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/?p=33#comment-170 A minor correction. Friedrich Engels DID return to his family's cotton manufacturing business following the 1848 uprisings precisely because he had to be able to support both himself and his family plus Karl Marx and his family. Engels eventually became quite wealthy and was able to retire from the business at the age of 50, by which time he was able to provide Marx with an annuity that enabled him and his family to spend the rest of their lives in relative comfort as well. A minor correction. Friedrich Engels DID return to his family’s cotton manufacturing business following the 1848 uprisings precisely because he had to be able to support both himself and his family plus Karl Marx and his family. Engels eventually became quite wealthy and was able to retire from the business at the age of 50, by which time he was able to provide Marx with an annuity that enabled him and his family to spend the rest of their lives in relative comfort as well.

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