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STONEWALL RIOTS - 1969 Was Only The Beginning

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First Posted: 06-26-09 10:33 AM   |   Updated: 07-27-09 05:12 AM

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The Socialist Alternative:

Something unremarkable happened on June 27, 1969 in New York's Greenwich Village, an event which had occurred a thousand times before across the U.S. over the decades. The police raided a gay bar.

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Something unremarkable happened on June 27, 1969 in New York's Greenwich Village, an event which had occurred a thousand times before across the U.S. over the decades. The police raided a gay bar. GE...
Something unremarkable happened on June 27, 1969 in New York's Greenwich Village, an event which had occurred a thousand times before across the U.S. over the decades. The police raided a gay bar. GE...
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