#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BLM #DMV #PoliceViolence A group of grass roots folks are conducting a walking tour of police violence in DC. Not sure exactly what it will cover, but it is taking place on Sunday, Nov. 17th. The tour starts at 1pm at Black Lives Matter Plaza in NW Washington.
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Today in Labor History November 10, 1898: White supremacists launched a coup d’etat in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 is the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in U.S. history. The local white press declared it a race riot, caused by blacks, but it was actually a coup by members of the state's Democratic party, who conspired and led a mob of 2,000 white men to overthrow the legitimately elected biracial government. They deported opposition black and white political leaders from the city and may have killed over 300 people. They destroyed black property and businesses, including the only black newspaper in the city. And they got away with it, too. Charles Aycock, one of the main organizers, went on to become governor of North Carolina. Rebecca Felton, a feminist who supported equal pay for women and the lynching of black residents, went on to …
Today in Labor History November 10, 1898: White supremacists launched a coup d’etat in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 is the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in U.S. history. The local white press declared it a race riot, caused by blacks, but it was actually a coup by members of the state's Democratic party, who conspired and led a mob of 2,000 white men to overthrow the legitimately elected biracial government. They deported opposition black and white political leaders from the city and may have killed over 300 people. They destroyed black property and businesses, including the only black newspaper in the city. And they got away with it, too. Charles Aycock, one of the main organizers, went on to become governor of North Carolina. Rebecca Felton, a feminist who supported equal pay for women and the lynching of black residents, went on to become the nation’s first female senator. Numerous other coup leaders and supporters went on to hold state and federal offices.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #whitesupremacy #racism #insurrection #racism #massacre #NorthCarolina #coup #journalism #freespeech #BlackMastadon #blm
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Today in Labor History November 3, 1979: KKK and Nazis shot and killed 5 members of the Communist Workers Party during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. The CWP had come to support workers' rights among mostly black textile industry workers in the area. The first 2 trials acquitted all the attackers.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #greensboro #massacre #kkk #racism #communism #nazis #fascism #antifa #antifascism #BlackLivesMatter #blm #BlackMastadon
#Project2025 #TechBros #CorpMedia #Oligarchs #MegaBanks vs #Union #Occupy #NoDAPL #BLM #SDF #DACA #MeToo #Humanity #FeelTheBern
#JinJiyanAzadi #BijiRojava Johnson Attempts Damage Control After Saying GOP, Trump Would Repeal Job-Creating CHIPS Act
https://www.commondreams.org/news/chips-act-2022
"The Republican Speaker of the House just told the tens of thousands of construction workers building New York and America's future they want to send them pink slips ASAP," said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer...
2014 Ferguson Rebellion political prisoner Josh Williams' birthday is coming up on November 25!
Josh has spent almost his entire 20's locked up on ridiculously exaggerated and politically motivated charges aimed at breaking up his effective community organizing and agitation in defense of black lives -- write him a letter to celebrate his life and let him know he's not forgotten and that we have his back.
**note: MODOC and their communications mercenaries are very fussy, so please write to him only on lined paper with black or blue ink (hand-drawn art is acceptable)**
Joshua L. Williams #1292002
c/o Digital Mail Center-Missouri DOC
PO Box 25678
Tampa, FL 33622-5678
Today in Labor History October 26, 1892: Ida B. Wells published “Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases,” which led to threats against her life, and the burning down of her newspaper’s headquarters in Memphis. Wells, who was born into slavery, was a journalist, educator, feminist, and early Civil Rights leader who helped found the NAACP.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #idabwells #racism #blacklivesmatter #blm #lynching #journalism #feminism #civilrights #BlackMastadon #naacp #writer #books #author @bookstadon
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Today in Labor History October 21, 1981: Kuwasi Balagoon was finally captured following a Brinks robbery. Balagoon had been a member of the Black Panther Party. While in prison, he became disillusioned with the Panthers, became an anarchist and joined the more militant Black Liberation Army. He escaped from prison twice. In 1979, while on the lam from his second prison escape, he helped to free political prisoner Assata Shakur, who fled to Cuba and lives there to this day. In 1986, he died in prison from AIDS. In 2019, PM Press released a collection of writings by and about Balagoon called, “Kuwasi Balagoon: A Soldier's Story.” And the prison abolitionist group, Black and Pink, which supports LGBTQ and HIV-positive prisoners, has, since 2020, run a "Kuwasi Balagoon award" for those living with HIV/AIDS.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #blackpanthers #BlackLiberationArmy #racism #blm #newafrika …
Today in Labor History October 21, 1981: Kuwasi Balagoon was finally captured following a Brinks robbery. Balagoon had been a member of the Black Panther Party. While in prison, he became disillusioned with the Panthers, became an anarchist and joined the more militant Black Liberation Army. He escaped from prison twice. In 1979, while on the lam from his second prison escape, he helped to free political prisoner Assata Shakur, who fled to Cuba and lives there to this day. In 1986, he died in prison from AIDS. In 2019, PM Press released a collection of writings by and about Balagoon called, “Kuwasi Balagoon: A Soldier's Story.” And the prison abolitionist group, Black and Pink, which supports LGBTQ and HIV-positive prisoners, has, since 2020, run a "Kuwasi Balagoon award" for those living with HIV/AIDS.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #blackpanthers #BlackLiberationArmy #racism #blm #newafrika #assatashakur #prison #prisonescape #politicalrisoner #author #writer #books #BlackMastadon @bookstadon
I JUST WATCHED the #Texas Senate #debate between #ColinAllred & #CarnivalCruz. Cruz played to his base and I doubt changed many minds.
But I'd like to spotlight one line:
#Cruz repeatedly vilified Nancy #Pelosi… then called #Democrats "violent" (during a question re: #Jan6). Accused #Antifa & #BLM of "burning down cities".
PELOSI IS NO LONGER SPEAKER. And the REASON is b/c a RW psychopath driven by T****'s vitriol went to her house to kill her and ended up bludgeoning her husband w/a hammer.
Today in Labor History October 15, 1966: The Black Panther Party was created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, in Oakland, California. One of their early core practices was open-carry armed citizen’s patrols monitoring abusive police behavior. They also implemented free breakfast programs and community health clinics, and advocated for revolutionary class struggle. The FBI sabotaged the Panthers through its COINTELPRO and participated in the assassination of Panthers, like Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. In 1969, the Panthers officially declared sexism to be counterrevolutionary and ordered its male members to treat women as equals. In 1970, Huey Newton expressed support for the Women’s Liberation Movement, and the LGBTQ Liberation Movement which, he correctly noted, were subject to much of the same police brutality as were African Americans.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #BlackPanthers #marxism #Revolutionary #fbi #cointellpro #policebrutality #police #policemurder #blm …
Today in Labor History October 15, 1966: The Black Panther Party was created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, in Oakland, California. One of their early core practices was open-carry armed citizen’s patrols monitoring abusive police behavior. They also implemented free breakfast programs and community health clinics, and advocated for revolutionary class struggle. The FBI sabotaged the Panthers through its COINTELPRO and participated in the assassination of Panthers, like Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. In 1969, the Panthers officially declared sexism to be counterrevolutionary and ordered its male members to treat women as equals. In 1970, Huey Newton expressed support for the Women’s Liberation Movement, and the LGBTQ Liberation Movement which, he correctly noted, were subject to much of the same police brutality as were African Americans.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #BlackPanthers #marxism #Revolutionary #fbi #cointellpro #policebrutality #police #policemurder #blm #BlackMastadon
One of the baddest #women of our time ✌️#angeladavis #freedom published in 2016 #freepalestine #blm #stopgenocide #prisonindustrialcomplex #militaryindustrialcomplex #tech #surveillance #privacy #palestine #sudan #usa #books #media #journalism #news
There are many, MANY people in need right now, all around the world. I hope you're able to share resources with hurricane survivors and those who are under attack from Israel.
And if you still have something to spare—we are still seeking justice for the brutal racist assault that @nullagent recently experienced. It'll take a big inflow to hire a PI and lawyer and get the ball moving. Any + all help is appreciated!
https://chuffed.org/project/114004-support-a-protester-assaulted-while-defending-housing-rights