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David W Grebstad

DavidGrebstad

#GunsofFebruary On 8 Feb '45 the Reichswald area of Germany was subjected to the largest @CanadianArmy artillery barrage in #WW2 Over 1000 guns fired in support of First Canadian Army's

Will McAvoy

WillMcAvoyACN

Okay, let's talk about Robert Smalls, since it seems a high percentage of my followers don't know who he is.If I do my job right, then by the end of

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Fledgist

On 1 August 1834, Britain abolished slavery in its colonies. While this was greeted with rejoicing by the slaves of the British West Indies, and by British abolitionists, not everyone

#CANTPAYWONTPAY

community_witch

This thread comes as update & amplification to the ongoing struggle of migrant farmworkers (majority Black) in the plantation-like system of Southern Italy, run by mafia clans in collusion with

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: December 30, 1900. Advisors from Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, the college run by Booker T. Washington, arrived in Togo to help German colonialists institute a

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hokheseho

I found an English language archive of the "USSR in construction" magazine, the first two images are from a 1937 publication that speaks about all the Soviet Republics and touches

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

Miss_Sin

NoireN

A Thread abt the film Palm Trees In The Snow.It's problematic & utilizes the Born Sexy Yesterday trope whilst literally romanticizing colonialism & slavery. THREAD! Palm Trees In The Snow

Mondo Lopez

mondolopez2

1984..is a dystopian novel by English novelist George Orwell. It was Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. 1984 centers on the consequences of government over-reach, totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and.... 1)

quixoticgeek

quixoticgeek

Just when you thought one epic thread on economic theory was enough for the day, I think it's time I picked up my history rant from a couple of weeks

Latif Nasser

latifnasser

But … that had to be a coincidence, right? How could these two maps 100 million years apart be so eerily similar?! To start, let’s go back to the Cretaceous.

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

It was a dark and stormy night...(I’ve always wanted to tweet that) But seriously, there was a tropical storm when a group of people gathered in the woods. If they

WAP for abolition™️

zwingham

Sept 8-9, I’ll be participating in the #ScholarStrike. Here’s a thread of articles that touch on race, racialization, and/or blackness outside of the U.S., primarily in the MENA region This

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xspotsdamark

Here's a thread on the most enslaved African People of the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade. According to historical records, this groups combined constitute at least 90% of all enslaved Africans. So,

Touricans

Touricans_ng

The realities of YORUBA RELIGION in Brazil/Cuba and how they worship Orishas, Sango, etcThread! Kindly RETWEET and COMMMENT| #wednesdaythought #WednesdayMotivation #bobrisky #tachacurrency #secureournorth Burna Steff jumoke African Giant ap

David Fickling

davidfickling

Here's a story about how a ship-eating clam helped bring about the Industrial Revolution: The naval shipworm Teredo Navalis is an under-appreciated marker of globalization.It's a type of highly adapted

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