#Plantations

Tom Clarke

Tom_Clarke

There are 2 huge non-Covid news events at the moment. Slavery & Food. The outpouring of angst and protest over structural racism #BLM, and the prospect of striking trade free

b-boy bouiebaisse

jbouie

I was actually waiting for this response, which comes from people so addicted to grievence that they are unable to engage with the scholarship as it exists.https://twitter.com/sullydish/status/1274012867839365120 Read McPherson, read

Jaja

JavedJaghai

Jamaica has had a fertility crisis before. At the start of the 19th century, Jamaican planters rejected metropolitan efforts to end the slave trade and abolish slavery. One of their

PeachesIsBack🇺🇸

PeachesJenkins4

@tonetalksThe "Thistlewood Diaries" are the diaries of Thomas Thistlewood who was a Scottish overseers on 3 Jamaican plantations for a total of 23 yearsHis nephew comes to visitHe tells his

Don Robotham

dondee_don

An interesting question: why did a small country like JA have this outsized global cultural impact. Some thoughts: a) JA had most extensive oppressive large slave plantation regime; b) long

Emily Dolhansky

emilydolhansky

Today’s #WellManaged forest is the longleaf pine/wiregrass ecosystem. Did you know they are one of the most diverse forests in the US? You can find up to 50 species of

Nature inFocus

NatureIn_Focus

Hi, I am @ganesh_rag an #elephant biologist and conservationist working with @ncfindia. I live and work in #Valparai. Today, I am going to be telling a story about two Asian

🔴⚪️Fury🍺👌🏻

LeeTheLogical

I think the message I want to get across is that yes, there are truths which people need to know, but that there is a time and a place for

Geoff Clampitt

ClampittGeoff

Hey @benandjerrysUK, we think the real crisis is your hypocrisy. We pulled together a thread for you..Environmental record:Palm oilIn 2014, Unilever was criticised by Greenpeace for causing deforestation. In 2008,

Bo

KingBobIIV

1/ After the Lopez, "this land is your land" wankfest, its worth remembering, Spain invaded America in 1492 under the Crown of Castile & the Spanish Conquistadors. 80% of the

@colhunnybakshi

colhunnybakshi

Since 2009 I have been monitoring & send home a msg that NSCN(IM) is moving into new territory ie Tirap Changlang districts. I had briefed 2 CMs ie Shri Khandu

Dr. Gonzo

DocteurGonzo4

#Thread Esclavagisme moderne et écocides à la chaîne. Vincent Bolloré, propriétaire de @CNEWS & @canalplus, accusé d’avoir rasé des forêts ancestrales au Cambodge et d’exploiter les populations locales pour la

Bonnie

HensNtheHood

I need to rant! The suburbs are a direct result of income extraction from the workings class and poor. They line our metropolitan centers like plantations on hills. They drive

Christopher Krupenye

ChrisKrupenye

Today is International #OrangutanDay, which means it's time to celebrate these ginger beauties! Orangutans are great apes, just like humans, and they live rich and complex lives. A thread 1/6#animals

Russ Whitfield

whitness7

In the church, diversity is not the goal, it's a means to the goal: doxology. Slave plantations were "diverse." The mere presence of "different colors" =/= doxology. God is glorified

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: January 20, 1920. Filipino sugar workers on Oahu, Hawaii, went on strike to demand higher pay. Japanese workers soon joined and a cross-racial strike was

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