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Today in Labor History November 4, 1918: 100,000 German sailors mutinied at Kiel, seizing control of all ships. The revolt triggered the German Revolution that marked the end the monarchy and the beginning of the Weimar Republic. It also led to the Spartacist Uprising of 1919. Today in Labor History November 4, 1924: Nellie Tayloe Ross, […]

Worse Than the Big One: California’s Coming Megaflood

Michael Dunn / November 1, 2021 / Labor History / Leave a Comment

When people think of California and natural disasters, they usually think of earthquakes, wildfires and droughts. But the worst natural disaster to hit the west in the last 160 years was the Great Flood of 1862, a series of storms that inundated much of the land, from Oregon to San Diego. The agriculturally rich Central

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