Iran-backed militia fighters enter Syria to help government forces fight off rebels
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Today in Labor History December 2, 1867: British author Charles Dickens gave his first public reading in the United States at Tremont Temple in Boston. He described his impressions of the U.S. in a travelogue, “American Notes for General Circulation.” In Notes, he condemned slavery and correlated the emancipation of the poor in England with the abolition of slavery abroad. Despite his abolitionist sentiments, some modern commentators have criticized him for not condemning Britain’s harsh crackdown during the 1860s Morant Bay rebellion in Jamaica. During his American visit, he also spent a month in New York, giving lectures, and arguing for international copyright laws and against the pirating of his work in America. The press ridiculed him, saying he should be grateful for his popularity here.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #slavery #abolition #fiction #books #novel #dickens #author #writer #reading @bookstadon
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Major brands launch training course in climate action for the industry
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Eight international cycling companies have launched an online training course aimed at educating the industry to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions across global supply chains.
The online training is tailored to suppliers of cycling hard goods. Available in English, Mandarin and Vietnamese, launching next month. The free training is aimed at top management and technical mid-managers.
Guinea stadium stampede kills 56 people following clashes at soccer match, authorities say
Guinea stadium stampede kills 56 people following clashes at soccer match, authorities say
At least 56 people have died and dozens more are injured as security forces tried to quell clashes during a soccer match in southern Guinea’s largest city.AP News
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Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin is taking steps toward a run to unseat current House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerry Nadler.
Raskin's most notable encouragement has come from House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi.
This weekend, Raskin was calling colleagues to gauge support. axios.com/2024/12/02/raskin-na…
“Most of the sounds out there have never been heard by humans, and you can literally go into a backyard in Missouri and hear a sound that no one has ever heard before.” #insects #nature #entomology
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Trump signed the law to require presidential ethics pledges. Now he is exempting himself from it.
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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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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."
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
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"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…
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