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On this day, 5th May 1882, pioneering British feminist, anti-fascist and left communist Sylvia Pankhurst was born in Manchester. The daughter of famous suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, Sylvia became disillusioned with the mainstream movement during its right-wing turn, and instead focused on organising amongst working class women.
When the Women's Social and Political Union threw its support behind the Allies in World War I, she opposed the war, and supported the campaign against conscription. Sylvia then supported the Russian revolution, and travelled there, meeting Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, although when Lenin bankrolled the establishment of the Communist Party of Great Britain, Pankhurst considered it too right-wing for her.
Later in life she supported anti-fascists in the Spanish civil war, helped Jewish refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe and was extremely active in campaigning against the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. Security services monitored her for decades, and even in 1948 MI5 (UK domestic intelligence) weighed up different options for "muzzling the tiresome Miss Sylvia Pankhurst." After the death of her companion, she moved to Ethiopia on the invitation of its emperor, Haile Selassie, and upon her death in 1960 received an Ethiopian state funeral.
While her mother and sister have been commemorated at Parliament in London, the House of Lords has vetoed plans to place a memorial to Sylvia at the site on numerous occasions.
When the Women's Social and Political Union threw its support behind the Allies in World War I, she opposed the war, and supported the campaign against conscription. Sylvia then supported the Russian revolution, and travelled there, meeting Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, although when Lenin bankrolled the establishment of the Communist Party of Great Britain, Pankhurst considered it too right-wing for her.
Later in life she supported anti-fascists in the Spanish civil war, helped Jewish refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe and was extremely active in campaigning against the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. Security services monitored her for decades, and even in 1948 MI5 (UK domestic intelligence) weighed up different options for "muzzling the tiresome Miss Sylvia Pankhurst." After the death of her companion, she moved to Ethiopia on the invitation of its emperor, Haile Selassie, and upon her death in 1960 received an Ethiopian state funeral.
While her mother and sister have been commemorated at Parliament in London, the House of Lords has vetoed plans to place a memorial to Sylvia at the site on numerous occasions.
On this day, 13th May 2021, local residents in Glasgow won the release of two people who had been detained by immigration officers by surrounding the vehicle and blockading it for several hours.
During Eid celebrations, Border Force snatched up the men and put them in a van. This was noticed by neighbours, who quickly surrounded the vehicle and contacted friends and local tenant and anti-eviction groups. One man climbed underneath the wheels of the van, where he remained for the duration of the subsequent events. One local resident, Lotte, told the Scotsman newspaper she wanted "to express my utter disgust at the brutal removal of my neighbours from their home".
Soon the crowd had swelled to hundreds of people. Hundreds of police also came to the scene to try to clear the way for the immigration van to leave, but they were unable to dislodge the crowd. By the early evening, authorities relented and agreed to set the men free.
One of those detained, Lakhvir Singh, from India, issued a statement through a translator stating: "I’ve been astonished and overwhelmed by the support I’ve received from the people of Glasgow."
During Eid celebrations, Border Force snatched up the men and put them in a van. This was noticed by neighbours, who quickly surrounded the vehicle and contacted friends and local tenant and anti-eviction groups. One man climbed underneath the wheels of the van, where he remained for the duration of the subsequent events. One local resident, Lotte, told the Scotsman newspaper she wanted "to express my utter disgust at the brutal removal of my neighbours from their home".
Soon the crowd had swelled to hundreds of people. Hundreds of police also came to the scene to try to clear the way for the immigration van to leave, but they were unable to dislodge the crowd. By the early evening, authorities relented and agreed to set the men free.
One of those detained, Lakhvir Singh, from India, issued a statement through a translator stating: "I’ve been astonished and overwhelmed by the support I’ve received from the people of Glasgow."
On this day 14th may 1940, Emma Goldman died.
Emma Goldman was born in Kovno in the Russian Empire June 27, 1869. Goldman immigrated to the US in 1885 and worked in a clothing factory in Rochester before moving to New York City in 1889. Influenced by the libertarian writings of Johann Most, Goldman became an anarchist. Working closely with Alexander Berkman, Goldman became active in the trade union movement.
Goldman and Berkman edited and published the journal, Mother Earth, between 1906-1917. Goldman also wrote Anarchism and Other Essays (1910) and The Social Significance of the Modern Drama (1914).
An opponent of America's involvement in the First World War, Goldman was imprisoned for two years for obstructing conscription.
In 1919 Alexander M. Palmer, the attorney general and his special assistant, John Edgar Hoover planned to deport a large number of left-wing figures. On 7th November, 1919, over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists were arrested in twenty-three different cities.
She and Berkman were deported to Russia, but Goldman was shocked by the ruthless authoritarianism of the Bolshevik regime, its repression of anarchists, and its disregard for individual freedom. After less than two years, she and Berkman left Russia in despair.
Her memories "Living My Life", is a unique time document.
Emma Goldman was born in Kovno in the Russian Empire June 27, 1869. Goldman immigrated to the US in 1885 and worked in a clothing factory in Rochester before moving to New York City in 1889. Influenced by the libertarian writings of Johann Most, Goldman became an anarchist. Working closely with Alexander Berkman, Goldman became active in the trade union movement.
Goldman and Berkman edited and published the journal, Mother Earth, between 1906-1917. Goldman also wrote Anarchism and Other Essays (1910) and The Social Significance of the Modern Drama (1914).
An opponent of America's involvement in the First World War, Goldman was imprisoned for two years for obstructing conscription.
In 1919 Alexander M. Palmer, the attorney general and his special assistant, John Edgar Hoover planned to deport a large number of left-wing figures. On 7th November, 1919, over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists were arrested in twenty-three different cities.
She and Berkman were deported to Russia, but Goldman was shocked by the ruthless authoritarianism of the Bolshevik regime, its repression of anarchists, and its disregard for individual freedom. After less than two years, she and Berkman left Russia in despair.
Her memories "Living My Life", is a unique time document.
On this day, 16th May 1920, workers at Knocklong creamery in County Limerick declared a soviet (workers' council) and established workers’ control of production. They prepared for the takeover by arranging deals for milk with local farmers and contracts to sell their butter with retailers. They hoisted a red flag and an Irish tricolour and for five days they continued production under the slogan “We make butter not profits.” They returned control to the owners in exchange for reduced hours, better pay, and the replacement of a hated manager. The success of their revolt inspired similar actions by employees at other businesses owned by the Cleeves family, including in Bruree, where a soviet was declared in 1921.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
There was a very odd protest at her statue in Manchester over the weekend
Who was protesting and why was it odd?
I just saw a photo of this posted online and apparently it was the MRA bellends.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Who are MRA ? All I saw was a photo of some people masked up round the statue and a group of woman arguing with them .
Mens Rights Activists
Where abouts did you see that?
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
On some Manchester Twitter link
Okey dokey. The bloke whose post I saw seemed to think they are MRA's but he wasn't sure what organisation/group they were.
The protest you saw was at the Emmeline Pankhurst statue not Sylvia. Daily Heil and GBeebies are claiming the protesters were pro-trans but who knows - I certainly don't trust those two 'media outlets' but they are the only sources I can find on it -which I find suspicious in itself tbh.
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The39thStep
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Cheers
TERF fuckwits vs IdPol wankers so it turns out.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
I keep well clear of that shit storm tbh
On this day, 18th May 1980, workers and students in Gwangju, South Korea, rose up against their brutal US-backed dictator, Chun Doo-hwan.
Peaceful protesters were fired upon, with many shot and others beaten and stabbed to death by paratroopers. This sparked an uprising across the city, as local residents raided local armouries and police stations, seized weapons and eventually succeeded in driving out government troops.
Workers and locals then took control of the city, running it collectively for several days, until paratroopers invaded once more and bloodily suppressed the rebellion, killing hundreds. Though unsuccessful in meeting its immediate goals, the uprising contributed to the end of decades of dictatorship late in the 1980s.
Peaceful protesters were fired upon, with many shot and others beaten and stabbed to death by paratroopers. This sparked an uprising across the city, as local residents raided local armouries and police stations, seized weapons and eventually succeeded in driving out government troops.
Workers and locals then took control of the city, running it collectively for several days, until paratroopers invaded once more and bloodily suppressed the rebellion, killing hundreds. Though unsuccessful in meeting its immediate goals, the uprising contributed to the end of decades of dictatorship late in the 1980s.
On this day, 25th May 1895, libertarian socialist author Oscar Wilde was imprisoned for two years' hard labour for "indecency" for having sex with men.
Though many potential witnesses refused to testify against him, he was convicted, and upon sentencing judge stated: “It is the worst case I have ever tried. I shall pass the severest sentence that the law allows. In my judgment it is totally inadequate for such a case as this. The sentence of the Court is that you be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years.”
Wilde's detention would cause him serious health problems which eventually contributed to his untimely death.
In his essay, The Soul of Man Under Socialism, in which he expounds his political ideas, he declares: "Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion."
You can read the essay here: The soul of man under socialism - Oscar Wilde
Though many potential witnesses refused to testify against him, he was convicted, and upon sentencing judge stated: “It is the worst case I have ever tried. I shall pass the severest sentence that the law allows. In my judgment it is totally inadequate for such a case as this. The sentence of the Court is that you be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years.”
Wilde's detention would cause him serious health problems which eventually contributed to his untimely death.
In his essay, The Soul of Man Under Socialism, in which he expounds his political ideas, he declares: "Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion."
You can read the essay here: The soul of man under socialism - Oscar Wilde
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GarveyLives
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Lest We Forget ...
On 25 May 2020 ...
What Minneapolis Police said happened
What the entire world saw happen
On this day, 25th May 1926, Ukrainian Jewish anarchist Shalom Schwartzbard approached Symon Petliura on Rue Racine in Paris' Latin Quarter and asked him, “Are you Mr. Petliura?” before shooting him five times shouting “This for the pogroms; this for the massacres; this for the victims.” When police arrived, Schwartzbard told them “I have killed a great assassin.”
Petliura had been supreme commander of the Ukrainian army during the Russian revolution and ensuing civil war during which approximately 50,000 Jewish people were murdered in pogroms, including 14 members of Schwartzbard's family.
In Ukraine, Schwartzbard had helped organise the defence of Jewish areas from pogroms, and later enthusiastically joined the Russian revolution. He fought in a Red Guard militia made up mostly of Ukrainian anarchists and Jews, and later joined the Red Army until his unit refused an order to undertake a suicidal mission, for which 24 of his comrades were killed, but Schwartzbard managed to escape.
In France, he was put on trial for Petliura's murder but as acquitted after the jury decided Petliura got what he deserved.
Petliura had been supreme commander of the Ukrainian army during the Russian revolution and ensuing civil war during which approximately 50,000 Jewish people were murdered in pogroms, including 14 members of Schwartzbard's family.
In Ukraine, Schwartzbard had helped organise the defence of Jewish areas from pogroms, and later enthusiastically joined the Russian revolution. He fought in a Red Guard militia made up mostly of Ukrainian anarchists and Jews, and later joined the Red Army until his unit refused an order to undertake a suicidal mission, for which 24 of his comrades were killed, but Schwartzbard managed to escape.
In France, he was put on trial for Petliura's murder but as acquitted after the jury decided Petliura got what he deserved.
On this day, 26th May 1944, a general strike broke out in Marseille, Vichy France. Metalworkers, public servants and transport workers joined a stoppage of shipyard workers the previous day, demonstrating in front of the City Hall demanding "bread!". The strike remained unbroken until the Gestapo had arrested 15,000 workers — but the crackdown was short lived as Marseille was liberated soon after.
Pictured: French resistance partisan migrants in Marseille
Pictured: French resistance partisan migrants in Marseille
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On this day in 946, Edmund, King of the English, was stabbed to death by a convicted thief while attempting to arrest him for breaking his exile.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Those subsequently extolling the divine right of monarchs really should have learnt from this.
On this day, 28th May 2013 during the Turkish Occupy Gezi protests, the "woman in red", Ceyda Sungur, was pepper sprayed by police, which became the defining photo of the movement.
The protests began against development of Gezi Park in Istanbul but transformed into a national movement against the increasing authoritarianism of the right-wing government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
A university worker, Sungur didn't want notoriety, saying "a lot of people who were at the park and they were also tear-gassed… There is not (a) difference between them and I." She was subsequently arrested for “provoking people to disobey laws”, although the following year the charges were dismissed.
The protests began against development of Gezi Park in Istanbul but transformed into a national movement against the increasing authoritarianism of the right-wing government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
A university worker, Sungur didn't want notoriety, saying "a lot of people who were at the park and they were also tear-gassed… There is not (a) difference between them and I." She was subsequently arrested for “provoking people to disobey laws”, although the following year the charges were dismissed.
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On this day, 29th May, 1453 the city of Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turkish army, bringing to a final end the Roman empire after over 2,000 years of history (if you include the time of kings, the republic, the empire and the Byzantine periods).
The city had been besieged on 6th April by between 60,000 and 80,000 Ottomans (contemporary exaggerations put the figure at 200,000). The huge city walls, long said to be impregnable, had held out well, but the new siege cannons finally breached the walls and a massive go-for-broke, throw-everything-at-them assault at dawn on 29 May finally saw the Ottomans enter the city and proceed to loot, pillage and rape, burning any symbols of Christianity they found. Emperor Constantine XI, depending on what source you believe, either died fighting to defend the city, died trying to escape the city or was magically encased in marble and buried beneath the city which he would, one day, return to rule again.
In late afternoon Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed II, entered the city, called an end to the pillaging (4,000 people had been killed outright, and over 50,000 were shipped off as slaves) and declared that the Hagia Sophia church, the centre of Orthodox Christianity, be immediately converted into a mosque. Constantinople was renamed Istanbul and was the centre of the Ottoman empire until it's fall in 1922. A flood of refugees made for Italy, bringing knowledge with them that powered the Renaissance.
The city had been besieged on 6th April by between 60,000 and 80,000 Ottomans (contemporary exaggerations put the figure at 200,000). The huge city walls, long said to be impregnable, had held out well, but the new siege cannons finally breached the walls and a massive go-for-broke, throw-everything-at-them assault at dawn on 29 May finally saw the Ottomans enter the city and proceed to loot, pillage and rape, burning any symbols of Christianity they found. Emperor Constantine XI, depending on what source you believe, either died fighting to defend the city, died trying to escape the city or was magically encased in marble and buried beneath the city which he would, one day, return to rule again.
In late afternoon Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed II, entered the city, called an end to the pillaging (4,000 people had been killed outright, and over 50,000 were shipped off as slaves) and declared that the Hagia Sophia church, the centre of Orthodox Christianity, be immediately converted into a mosque. Constantinople was renamed Istanbul and was the centre of the Ottoman empire until it's fall in 1922. A flood of refugees made for Italy, bringing knowledge with them that powered the Renaissance.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
On this day anniversary of the death of Lyudmila Pavlichenko in 1974.
Offered a role of Nurse by the Red Army which she turned down as she wanted to fight at the front . Became a world renowned sniper during WW2 for the Red Army and accredited with 309 kills . Nicknamed ‘Lady Death’ the Nazis made efforts to get her to defect , she was invited to meet Roosevelt and his wife , and when interviewed it’s claimed she said ‘ I never killed men, I killed fascists ‘.
Offered a role of Nurse by the Red Army which she turned down as she wanted to fight at the front . Became a world renowned sniper during WW2 for the Red Army and accredited with 309 kills . Nicknamed ‘Lady Death’ the Nazis made efforts to get her to defect , she was invited to meet Roosevelt and his wife , and when interviewed it’s claimed she said ‘ I never killed men, I killed fascists ‘.
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BCBlues
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Zeppelin Airship Attacks On London: Mapped
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The first air raid on London in 1915.
This must have been scary as hell at the time to see such a big monstrosity looming overhead.
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