Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 08:08:58 -0700
Subject: Daily Bleed: 6/19 John Heartfield


Daily Bleed, [almost] in full
[Please note some images & links (to John Heartfield &
Renau's Rosenberg image)
to the Burn site at the University
of San Diego may not appear due to censorship;
after 7 years, the University shut the
site down with a scant 24 hour notice, without explanation]
http://www.recollectionbooks.com/bleed/today.htm

1816 -- Staying up all night to tell ghost stories with his wife
& Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley suddenly becomes hysterical
& runs shrieking from the room.

1891 -- Anti-fascist collage artist Helmut Herzfeld
(John Heartfield) lives, Berlin.

1953 -- Despite widespread international protest & compelling evidence
of their innocence, Julius &  Ethel Rosenberg electrocuted for alleged
sale
of atomic secrets to Russians, Sing-Sing Prison,
Ossining, NY. The first native-born Americans to die for committing
espionage in peacetime...

Most horrifying of the FBI's role is portrayed in their
final questioning of Julius just before his execution
when they asked, "Was your wife cognizant of your
activities?"

Ethel was about to be executed as a full-fledged
partner in Julius' crime. They doubt her
participation now, only minutes before her
execution?

1988 -- Haitian civilian government overthrown
by U.S.-backed military coup.