tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post4035368526842020676..comments2024-03-22T16:38:44.587-05:00Comments on Yours for Good Fermentables ™: Communism, the Civil War, and St. Louis beerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-91373501121854104062009-04-13T22:20:00.000-05:002009-04-13T22:20:00.000-05:00Beer and communism actually have a long history in...Beer and communism actually have a long history in the United States. One of the very first labor demonstrations in the Chicago was a result of the city closing down bars on Sundays. The result was the Chicago Beer Riot or Chicago Lager Riot. The "rioters," German revolutionaries who escaped from Germany after the revolutions of 1848 were crushed.<br /><br />Prohibition was, in part, an chegitz guevarahttp://luzietti.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-19111713300190368582009-03-19T22:00:00.000-05:002009-03-19T22:00:00.000-05:00Well, if its any consolation, I'm a communist and ...Well, if its any consolation, I'm a communist and I followed a link from Kasama to YOU. Its sad that fifty years after Joe McCarthy's witchhunts people feel obligated to demonstrate that they aren't communists even in the context of passing on a good bit of history on the always important topic of BEER.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-50236274281388260022009-03-19T16:10:00.000-05:002009-03-19T16:10:00.000-05:00Glad you found this piece interesting, Tom. Actual...Glad you found this piece interesting, Tom. <BR/><BR/>Actually the word "Kasama" in Tagalog means "comrade" (not merely "fellow traveler"). And (as you might expect) it is amusing that you feel the need to disavow communist politics, just in order to post one of my articles.<BR/><BR/>Actually, to be clear, Kasama has no connection with the Communist Party of the U.S. (which most communists Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com