#Slavery

Sarah Cone

sarah_cone

1) This is an all-important question.https://twitter.com/datarade/status/1332675459897843714 2) Recently, they exposed McKinsey’s role in the OxyContin crisis we have.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/business/mckinsey-purdue-oxycontin-o

zvi LikesTV💜

zviltv

So a right wing conspiracist/fake historian is saying, "Kamala Harris has a slaveowning ancestor, so she was never underprivileged! Dems, you support someone whose ancestor OWNED SLAVES!" But what US

Patrick Corrigan

PatrickCorrigan

Who benefitted from slavery in Ireland? When it was abolished in British colonies in 1833, the equivalent of £millions of pounds was paid out in compensation to almost 100 slave

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ownedbykyla

history of braids and it’s cultural significance of certain styles — a thread So before I begin, a lot of the information I’ll provide is stuff I’ve learned and

Dr Aleisha Ward

nzjazzhistory

Seeing a lot of discussion about sea shanty tip Tok, and in particular analysis of 'The Wellerman' and indirect references to slavery via the line 'bring us sugar and tea

Tom Forth

thomasforth

While the UK cuts foreign aid from 0.7% of GNI to 0.5%, France is increasing foreign aid from 0.44% to 0.7% of GNI, thus more than making up the difference.

Sai Akash | సాయి ఆకాష్

Akash_NSA

Just finished reading this book "Pakistan or Partition of India" by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. Very interesting comments on various aspects of pre independent India. I have listed some from

Âbdallāh

irenicpoet

Something interesting I’ve been coming across in my labor history studies from an Islamic context: wages seemed to have been specifically for those under contracts of indentured servitude (which people

Dead In Halifax

deadinHalifax

“Drowned at Sea,” James H Martin was a ship’s cook born in Antiqua, West Indies. He was the second mariner his wife Adelaide married. His step-son became a ship’s cook

Arthur Asseraf

ArthurAsseraf

A brief history of Martinique in three destroyed statuesI. A few days ago, the mayor of Fort-de-France, capital of the French Caribbean island of Martinique, announced that the statue of

mike is a comrade

mikelevelsup

That's nearly $48,000/year for those playing at home.https://twitter.com/GravelInstitute/status/1351367068747247617 When I got my first office job in 2011, they offered me $13.25/hour ($27,560/year) and I thought it was an insane amount

MSI Integrity

MSIIntegrity

Today #SCOTUS considers a lawsuit against #Nestle & #Cargill for child slavery in their cocoa supplier farms. Don't be fooled by these food giants: Brands should be held responsible for

Women's Voices

WomenReadWomen

Mostly I tweet about news regarding women's rights globally. Generally, what's most important in my opinion is helping people to realize that patriarchy is real and violence against women is

Matt Glassman

MattGlassman312

I see there is some interest in the issue of statehood as it relates to contemporary hardball politics. I wrote a full dissertation on the topic! Here's a short article

disney was a mistake

aiukliAfrika

"Confounded it would seem by the cultural zeal that accompanies ascendant civilizations, they have mistaken for universal verities the structures and social dynamics retrieved from their own distant and more

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt

nadinebh_

1/4 Too many British people can’t come to terms with the fact that we’re becoming irrelevant - accelerated by our isolationist, xenophobic, and nationalistic governmentThe Empire is (largely) dead, and

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