#Slavery

Gabriel Piemonte

gabrielpiemonte

Reparations is the necessary step forward. We should all work for it, and the gathering of Reparationists that has unfolded in the last few years is amazing. I want to

Griff Ferris

g__ferris

If we’re gonna talk about the UK’s history with slavery, how about we talk about the MPs whose money + power comes from slavery?Thread: Richard Drax MP (2010-now)Lives in 7,000-acre

Laith لَيث

LaithMarouf

The Ikhwan movement was created by the UK and France at the end of the 1800’s, in a direct response to the rise of Arab Cultural Renaissance & Unification &

mo

mo87mo87

You know an interesting thing I think alot about? How so much of economic justice organizing is built around the scarcity model. We talk about hating that model, but the

Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

Since we are relitigating the confederacy again let me say as someone who totally believed the “well it was really about economic interests and states rights” argument growing up what

Maud Newton

maudnewton

My father was an overt white supremacist who denounced the end of our ancestors' ability to enslave black people. That being the case, unlike many people with ancestors who were

Corporate Machiavelli (Attending To Final Matters)

corporatemach

America's Overton Window has been Shifting Leftwardfor the past 150 years(1870 - 2020).On every major social issue, the Leftwing won, and the Rightwing lost. Curtis Yarvin once said"The Overton Window

Zuri Davis

ProperlyZuri

Guess it’s time to share my most “controversial” opinion. I believe in reparations. I believe reparations for slavery are too late to be done fairly. But there are many atrocities

John Boyne 📚

john_boyne

Dear @LozzaFox, your daily mantra that ‘All Lives Matter’ has finally roasted my chestnuts so deeply that I'm moved to respond. Saying ‘All Lives Matter’ is the ultimate way of

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: December 25, 1831. The Baptist Rebellion began in Jamaica. This slave rebellion of up to 60,000 people, put down over the next couple of weeks,

Allan Cudicio

AllanCudicio

(1/20)Personal Black History Thread (or "More insights in why I abandoned a cushy corporate career"). How an African God led me to discoveries about complex family slavery history and boosted

FUBU

chipotalosa

Real tired of the Treaty Rights of Freedmen being treated as an internal tribal matter. The hypocrisy in using those same Treaties in government to government federal court decisions and

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PetahJane

@mstrut777 asked me if Nashville was a white hat or black hat op because it’s not clear. I was immediately shown an intercepted missile (DEW?)... where literally black turns to

Elliott Kalan

ElliottKalan

1/ AS THREATENED LAST NIGHT: This long thread will be me spinning out some thoughts about what’s going on with our two party system right now. 2/THREE CAVEATS: Caveat 1:

Daily Suffragist

DailySuffragist

Mary Grew, abolitionist leader & newspaper editor. Her work was respected by all the men in the movement—except her own father.Maryback row w/the Penn. AntiSlavery Society. Margaret Burleigh, her partner

Mother Jones

MotherJones

1/ Have you ever wondered where “Ole Miss” comes from? We dug up the history.It’s another case of white supremacy hiding in the nooks and crannies of our language. (Thread.)

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