#Slavery

hi, one-time Civil War semi-scholar, hard confirmhttps://twitter.com/PopeNicholasVI/status/1278384324967006209 one chapter of my life has been on my mind, where I went from dismissing Confederate memorials and flag displays as just weird
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THREAD 1/xThe longshoremen's union that organized today's shut down of West Coast ports in honor of #Juneteenth and #GeorgeFloydProtests are from THE BAY. @ILWU_10 in San Francisco and Local
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Thankful to have not seen video of young Syrian boy being sexually assaulted by Lebanese men, one of which is reportedly son of senior Hezbollah official. The thought of it
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Thread: So many people are in motion right now which is incredible. If you're at a loss for what to do to show up, here is some advice I’ve given
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To be clear, Marx's economics were crap, his specific brand of historical materialism was crap, and he was wrong in almost all of his explanations and predictions. (This is why
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Bruce Boynton died today. A lot of people don't know his name but he is evidence of how recent slavery was. It's SUCH a crazy, mindblowing story that's centered on
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PSA: spain did a genocidesource: i exist spaniards know they have blood on their hands, that's 100% why get so defensive about their history & start making things up in
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Lt Cdr Nishant Singh & Nayaab We first met at school. He a 12th-grade bully and me an 8th-grade rebel. Without even talking to each other we knew we didn't see eye
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There’s been a lot of talk especially of late about how Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party gave slaves their freedom in America.They didn’t. The slaves freed themselves. THREAD, for
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Thread: Before I provide a breakdown of a number of ways in which @NatalieElphicke is wrong, I need to make a comment about the way in which mindless xenophobia is
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We’ve seen some heated debate this week but today let’s celebrate all the excellent work that has been and is being done on questions of Ireland, empire and race. Please
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on colorism, the instability of racial identity & discomfort with the word “Black” The refusal to name and identify colorism remains one of the great stumbling blocks to dismantling white
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I want to share a few thoughts on why I'm loving #AlbertPike eating dirt. It's probably not for the reasons you think. Yes, he was a Confederate general (a terrible
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I don’t talk about this a lot...But I’m diagnosed with MDD. Major Depressive DisorderMost commonly just called “depression.”I’ve had it since at least 13. (I’m 25)A lot of people have
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• Thread • Topic : Migrant crisis and the allegations of slavery in Libya Disclaimer : This thread is for educational purposes only. I do not justify the scenes that’s
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Today, @GovInslee is starting to rollout pieces of his 2021 budget. But first, he announces he has signed a proclamation that pauses any efforts to terminate a health district, “such
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