Today in Labor History December 2, 1859: The authorities hanged abolitionist John Brown in Charleston, Virginia for his leadership of a plot to incite a slave rebellion. Victor Hugo, who was living in exile on Guernsey, tried to obtain a pardon for him. His open letter was published by the press on both sides of the Atlantic. His plea failed, of course. On the day of his execution, John Brown rode in a furniture wagon, on top of his own coffin, through a crowd of 2,000 soldiers, to the gallows. The soldiers included future Confederate general Stonewall Jackson and John Wilkes Booth. Walt Whitman described the execution in his poem “Year of Meteors.”
#workingclass #LaborHistory #slavery #abolition #JohnBrown #rebellion #hanging #deathpenalty #poetry #fiction #books #novel #BlackMastadon @bookstadon
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Keith says there to be a complete rewiring of the British state.
I wonder if it includes the following:
1. codified constitution;
2. equality of powers for all devolved administrations;
3. right of secession;
4. electoral reform - PR for *all* elections;
5. fully elected second chamber;
6. reform of rules governing lobbying, political donations;
7. ban on second jobs for MPs.
Note to Keith: that's just the minimum requirements.
PS: the foundations need more fixing than you're prepared to do.
Watching this, I thought of folks like @GottaLaff and @lolgop, who broadcast info and encouraged people to connect into grassroots resistance networks.
I don't know what that looks like for the coming four years, but it's good to know that thinkers are examining the European resistance and reminding us how to fight 'dirty' in ways that can make a difference.
#resist ❤🤍💙
Peter Pomerantsev: How to Fight (and Win) an Information War | TED
youtube.com/watch?v=sgHHRVH0NF…
"Poilievre's office says it has 'no knowledge' of interference."
"CSIS did not advise the Conservative Party of Canada of any intelligence suggesting there was foreign interference in the leadership contest."
Of course not! He's not allowed to see the reports. CSIS doesn't share intel with randos.
"Common sense" is another way of saying "flying by the seat of your pants." Combine that with the willful ignorance on display by not getting security cleared.
Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger retires
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/02/intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-retires/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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New in PN: Kash Patel's nomination signals how bad things can get
“Patel and Trump are promising to embrace the worst of the bureau’s legacy, extending its use as an authoritarian cudgel to pursue grudges and crush dissent.” publicnotice.co/p/kash-patel-f…
Swalwell tells Trump supporters to 'sit out' criticizing Biden pardon (Andrew Howard/Politico)
politico.com/live-updates/2024…
memeorandum.com/241202/p21#a24…
@classicalmusic
Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
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When 170 Wild Monkeys Escaped From a 'Jungle Camp' and Terrorized New York
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-170-wild-monkeys-escaped-from-a-jungle-camp-and-terrorized-new-york-180985537/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Over a year in, I am surprised by how few large players from the underground dance music space have adopted/championed #mastodon - I expected such an aggressively progressive community to desert Twitter/Meta immediately... I’m not seeing too much activity on #Bluesky either.
What am I missing? I suppose starting over really is daunting enough to keep a lot of folks paralyzed?
Please reply with any cool accounts you’re aware of.
Oh, behold my self-proclaimed Divine Impact.
I will save the whole world
Against pollution
Spraying paint all over everything
Preferably over priceless paintings
Without knowing if the paint is also polluting
Of course I remember to film it & share it on social media
So I can make more money at the expense of others.
I want to save the whole world
Against pollution
Glue myself to the roads with insoluble glue
So the whole traffic jam has to wait
Not even caring if the ambulances, fire trucks or other important runs can get by
And not understanding that my skin gets contaminated by all the glue, the paint, the fumes from the cars & the hanging asphalt on my skin -
& now I need an ambulance, which can't come with the help as there is too big a waiting line.
TsL 2024.
Barnier ne fera pas de geste supplémentaire envers le RN, et notamment sur la désindexation des retraites: "Ce serait un puits sans fond, m'explique l'un de ses soutiens à l'Assemblée". A priori, Marine Le Pen va devoir assumer la censure...
#Off #Politique #Barnier #RN #ExtremeDroite #Gouvernement #Censure #Budget #PLFSS
Quand l'exD tente de censurer : "Quelque part c'était inévitable car le PM n'a pas voulu négocier…"
Mit #FrostPendeln bin ich wohl fast durch für diese Saison.
Beim #Alleinunfall heute morgen auf dem Weg #mdrza doof am Drängelgitter weggerutscht und das war’s mit dem Schlüsselbein. Mal schauen, wann die guten Edelstahlverstärkungen montiert werden können.
Euch noch viele km, haltet die Fahne hoch und passt auf Euch auf. Es passiert leider schneller als man denkt und immer dann wenn es gerade nicht passt🥳🙈
Evelyn, who Just. Can't. Even.
in reply to Kit Yates • • •So, lemme get this straight:
1) The Pogues wrote & recorded an iconic Christmas song in which the singer's highly vernacular lyrics compare her lover to a "cheap lousy [homophobic slur]."
2) The Pogues later realized that the slur was both hurtful & harmful, and recorded a new version of the song in which the singer remark is changed to "you're cheap and you're haggard."
3) The man whose portrait lives in the dictionary under "poo-faced," aka Laurence Fox, tweets a demand for the BBC to be defunded unless the slur-bearing version of the song hits the top of charts for Xmas 2020.
4) The authors of both versions of the song respond in the truest High Pogues fashion , by tweeting:
"Fuck off you little herrenvolk shite."