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Michael W. Twitty
KosherSoul
#watchwithTwitty hi all! So we are about 25 minutes out from the #UnitedShades episode on slavery and reparations. I just wanted to put out a thread with some base concepts
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abolitionism = spicy reformism
no_slave_coasts
ontological slavery is the enslavement of a people "a priori" - the decision that a people are "enslavable""ontology" = study/nature of being. ontological slavery is a worldview that says some
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mary ✨ מרים
marywithak
I don't want to go all history minor on this, but a few facts:1. the north had slaves, they did not start the war over slavery + did not have
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Hannah Lewis
DrHJLewis
Launching today! Our initial findings report 'Faith responses to modern slavery'. It recommends all those supporting people exiting exploitation-secular or faith-based-implement @HumanTraffFdn Survivor Care Standards @SheffieldMRG @
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Netflix
netflix
If you’re wondering why people are calling for today, Juneteenth, to be a national holiday... you might only know part 1 of the “how slavery ended in America” story.When white
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Jimbo Smiffey
JSmiffey
Why fully own slaves and be responsible for their food and shelter, when all you really want is their labor?Simply devise a system whereby a portion of their labor is
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dante 🌹
videodante
You can't discuss racism without discussing capitalism, the two are inextricably linked. Juneteenth is a holiday built on the emancipation of black people in America from slavery, which was *drumroll*
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E R I N M A 😷
erinmaochu
Connecting with folks like #MalcolmX & #AngelaDavis & they might reflect on what’s happening in America. What they said back then, put folks in jail or got folks shot. History
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The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy
glasgow_sugar
The idea of Scottish political parties censoring historic connections with slavery is an interesting one. One bona fide case I'm aware was the (Labour led) Scottish Executive booklet in 2006-7
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Fraser MacDonald
JAFMacDonald
This kind of glib disavowal is dangerous. Here’s why. My great aunt was a Mary MacDonald who lived in a slum flat in the Gorbals. Working class, worked all hours
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Scott Lemieux
LemieuxLGM
Comrade Hawley continues to focus on the material needs of the working class by [checks notes] defending symbolic support for treason in defense of slavery and lawlessness in defense of
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Senator Jeff Merkley
SenJeffMerkley
The 13th Amendment outlawed slavery—with one big caveat: “except as a punishment for a crime.” For a century and half, that’s been used to re-enslave American citizens (disproportionately black men).
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@thetimelinepreacher
tlpreacher
It’s worth noting that many of the verses tweeted below have nothing to do with modern day slavery that’s founded upon racism and man stealing. Much of the slavery mentioned
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George Reisman
GGReisman
Socialism Is Slavery and Worse Socialism is government ownership of the means of production. Since all work requires the use of means of production, under socialism the government is a
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𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝙳𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚗
martyduren
A few thoughts on misusing Philemon to defend antebellum slavers. THREAD:It is common in convos about the antebellum South to see Philemon used as a means of defending, if not
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Marius Turda
mariusturda
By officially abolishing #Romaslavery in 1856 politicians such a M Kogălniceanu could claim that Romanians were 'civilised', 'modern' and European - prerequisites deemed essential if they wanted to have their
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