Free Speech Struggles – San Diego, Then & Now

 

Last September, some friends and I on the Education Committee of DSA San Diego made this video about the history of the 1912 San Diego Free Speech Fight.

To see a timeline and an extensive bibliography click here.

Who left Dash for dead on Duluth's Lakewalk?

Dash is my uncle's wife's sister's son. Somebody stomped on his head and left him for dead on a Duluth sidewalk.

Who left Dash for dead on Duluth's Lakewalk?

Twenty-one-year-old UMD student Walfrid David Ashlie “Dash” Johnson was beaten unconscious and robbed of his wallet and cell phone while walking alone on the Lakewalk early May 20. His family is looking for help in finding his assailants.

By: Mark Stodghill, Duluth News Tribune. May 28, 2010
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University of Minnesota Duluth student “Dash” Johnson stood out among 300 people interviewed this spring for jobs at Little Angie’s Cantina and Grill, allowing him to land a job as a host at the Canal Park restaurant.

“Of all the mass interviews we conducted, he by far had the biggest personality,” said Matt Baumgartner, Little Angie’s service and beverage manager. “He lit up the room. He’s a wonderful, wonderful guy with a lot of personality. This is extremely unfortunate.”


Twenty-one-year-old Walfrid David Ashlie “Dash” Johnson was beaten unconscious and robbed of his wallet and cell phone while walking alone on the Lakewalk between the Fitger’s complex and Leif Erikson Park about 12:47 a.m. on May 20.

Johnson’s cousin, St. Paul police officer Charlie Anderson, came to Duluth this week seeking the public’s help in trying to identify the assailants.

More at Duluth News Tribune's Web Site (Log In May or May not be Required)

Go Charlie!

Greatness Runs In The Family

My Cousin-In-Law Is the St. Paul Minnesota Police Officer of the Year!

St. Paul Police Honor 'Officer Of The Year'
ST. PAUL (WCCO)

Officer Charles Anderson was honored for his community policing. St. Paul Police honored their "Officer of the Year" Wednesday. Officer Charles Anderson was honored for his community policing. Anderson has been working in the Rice Street area. He organized a Public Safety Fair and helped to establish a business association.
He also writes about the community in the neighborhood newspaper, the Monitor.



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Charlie's last name is the same as mine, but he's not a blood relation. He married my cousin Betsy in the Cathedral of St. Paul on 7/7/07. Her maiden name and married name are both Anderson. I haven't seen Charlie's family tree, but the Anderson name on my side only goes back five generations, when Andre Johnson's son Aron came to America in the 19th Century.

I like Charlie a lot. As it turns out, their son ("Thor") is my Grandma Anderson's first great-grandchild (I am her first grandchild). She started the line of Funny Faces, so, that means that if I never produce an heir, the Crown of Funny Faces will fall to him...if he wants it.

Charlie's father (Thorin's Grandfather) was a legend in the St. Paul Minnesota Police Department, too. It is not a stretch, in my opinion, to assume that the future King of Funny Faces could be Chief of Police there in 2050. That's a lot of maybes, but one can dream, can't he?

Warm Regards,

Erik B. Anderson
Independence Township, New Jersey
Established 1782