In the early hours of the 28th June, 1969, police raided Stonewall Inn, a popular place among young gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people. Immediately, they arrested 13 people. These individuals consisted of employees, who had been selling alcohol without a license, and people violating the state’s gender appropriate clothing statute, which disallowed crossContinue reading “Stonewall Riots”
Category Archives: US Politics
“We are the 99%!”
On the 17th of September, 2011, a group of activists took to Wall Street, the finance capital, in order to protest against income inequality across the US. The group, who called themselves Occupy, wanted to draw attention to how the top 1% of the population hold the majority of the world’s wealth, whilst the otherContinue reading ““We are the 99%!””
The Vietnam War
In the past few months, I have been very interested in historical wars. By not taking history for GCSE, and taking geography instead, I feel like my knowledge of history is limited to year 9- which consisted of brief lessons in the two World Wars. However, as I study politics at university, and have beenContinue reading “The Vietnam War”
