On this day

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Always remembered:

 

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At 1:35 pm, Truss announced her resignation as the leader of the Conservative Party and as prime minister. She gave the following 89-second-long statement:

I came into office at a time of great economic and international instability. Families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills. Putin's illegal war in Ukraine threatens the security of our whole continent. And our country has been held back by for too long by low economic growth. I was elected by the Conservative Party with a mandate to change this. We delivered on energy bills and on cutting National Insurance. And we set out a vision for a low-tax, high-growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of Brexit. I recognise though, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party. I have therefore spoken to His Majesty the King to notify him that I am resigning as leader of the Conservative Party. This morning I met the chairman of the 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady. We've agreed there will be a leadership election to be completed within the next week. This will ensure that we remain on a path to deliver our fiscal plans and maintain our country's economic stability and national security. I will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. Thank you.

 

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On this day George II died on the bog after eating a breakfast of chocolate.

 

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22 November 1963: The President of the USA, John F. Kennedy, was assassainated:

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JFK assassination 60 years on: seven experts on what to watch, see and read to understand the event and its consequences

 

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22 November 1963: The President of the USA, John F. Kennedy, was assassainated:

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JFK assassination 60 years on: seven experts on what to watch, see and read to understand the event and its consequences

The second most historically significant event on this day.

I give you the most important. The final single release from "the best band in the fucking world"

 

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It's Errico Malatesta's 170th birthday today.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It's Errico Malatesta's 170th birthday today.

That name seems to crop up a fair bit on here - it always makes me think of maltesers.

 

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That name seems to crop up a fair bit on here - it always makes me think of maltesers.

Glad that this remains the leading onion, seagull, and Malatesta discussion site. And yeah, understandable. I did see someone with "Meltatesla" as their display name recently, which is a new twist.

 

[hitmouse]

Bit late now by almost a week, but Monday was the 30th birthday of both NAFTA and the Zapatistas.

 

[GarveyLives]

439 New Cross Road, London, 18 January 1981

 

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On this day in 2023, Georgia State Patrol shot and killed Tortuguita:

Cities Across the US Set to Gather for “Day of the Forest Defender” in Memory of Tortuguita

On January 18th, cities across the so-called US and beyond will hold events honoring the life and legacy of Tortuguita, responding to a call to declare January 18th "Day of the Forest Defender." According to a call posted to the counter-info site Scenes from the Atlanta Forest: On January 18...

itsgoingdown.org

Shot 14 times, no charges for police: family’s grief over death of Cop City activist

Manuel Paez Terán, known as ‘Tortuguita’ was isolated and alone as police shot him dead – and his family and friends say the full story is being kept from them

www.theguardian.com

Georgia refuses to release evidence from police shooting of Cop City activist

Experts say decision not to make evidence available to family of Manuel Paez Terán or public sets ‘frightening’ precedent

www.theguardian.com

Atlanta Police and Georgia State Patrol Are Guilty of Murder

We use the Dekalb County autopsy to debunk the police narrative about the murder of Tortuguita and explore what police stand to gain from lying to us.

crimethinc.com

 

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On this day in 2017:

 

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On this day in 2017:

I agree that there is a case for using violence against fascists in some circumstances, but I find it very unpleasant lookng at it.

 

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Missed it by a day but yesterday was the anniversary of Red Clydesdale gatherings in George Square Glasgow.

 

[Pickman's model]

I agree that there is a case for using violence against fascists in some circumstances, but I find it very unpleasant lookng at it.

There is always a case for using violence against fascists but violence is a tactic and there may be times when other tactics can achieve the objective.

 

[hitmouse]

Missed it by a day, but yesterday was the anniversary of Tolstoy buying an unnecessary horse:

On This Day

“I’ve fallen in love or imagine I have; went to a party and lost my head. Bought a horse which I don’t need at all.” —Leo Tolstoy, January 25, 1851

www.theparisreview.org

 

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Missed it by a day, but yesterday was the anniversary of Tolstoy buying an unnecessary horse:

On This Day

“I’ve fallen in love or imagine I have; went to a party and lost my head. Bought a horse which I don’t need at all.” —Leo Tolstoy, January 25, 1851

www.theparisreview.org

Funnily enough, only a few days ago my old Mum reminded me of the tale about her Aunt Myrtle's Dad who got so pissed out at the Sondes Arms one night that he came home with a horse that he'd bought. Don't think he wrote any books, though.

 

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Funnily enough, only a few days ago my old Mum reminded me of the tale about her Aunt Myrtle's Dad who got so pissed out at the Sondes Arms one night that he came home with a horse that he'd bought. Don't think he wrote any books, though.

Well, next time she mentions it you'll be able to say, Aunt Myrtle's dad and Tolstoy, like two peas in a pod.

 

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52 years since Bloody Sunday.

https://www.derryjournal.com/news/people/21-poignant-photographs-of-the-52nd-anniversary-bloody-sunday-memorial-service-in-derry-2024-4495896

 

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The picture's real, but the caption not.

[CW: Video shows racial violence.]

It should also be noted that this photograph does not document the first Black man to fight back against the Ku Klux Klan. While we have not been able to source this image, it was likely taken — judging by the cars and the clothing — in the 1960s or '70s. As the Ku Klux Klan has been around since the 1860s, it's safe to say that the man in this photograph was not the first to fight back against the KKK.

While we are not certain as to who was the first Black man to be photographed punching a member of the KKK, we can say that Black men and women have been fighting against the terrorism of the Ku Klux Klan for more than a century:

Spoiler: video

Did Willie 'Whoopass' Johnson Hit a Klansman?

Whoever Mr Whoopass was, it's great that this moment is commemorated. I hope he's had a good life.

 

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(Source: as stated in image)

... human rights activist Malcolm X assassinated on this day, 59 years ago.​

 

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The picture's real, but the caption not.

[CW: Video shows racial violence.]



Did Willie 'Whoopass' Johnson Hit a Klansman?

Whoever Mr Whoopass was, it's great that this moment is commemorated. I hope he's had a good life.

Did you ever see the interview with Harlon Jones, the man from the "goodnight white pride" image?

 

[Dystopiary]

Did you ever see the interview with Harlon Jones, the man from the "goodnight white pride" image?

Ooh, ta. Hadn't seen that, no.

 

[GarveyLives]

2 March 1981: The Black People's Day of Action, London​

 

[GarveyLives]

(Source: as stated in image)

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27 March 2007: Toyin Agbetu, a Pan African human rights activist, from the Ligali Organisation, paid respect to African Ancestors by challenging the British monarch, Elizabeth Saxa-Coburg-Gotha (Windsor), church and government's commemorative ritual of appeasement and self approval at Westminster Abbey to mark the bicentenary of the British parliamentary Act to abolish what they disingenuously refer to as a 'slave trade'.

 

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On this day in 1649, the Diggers took over wasteland on St George's Hill, which doesn't seem like that much of an April Fool's prank:

Today in radical history, 1649: the ‘Diggers’ take over common land, St George’s Hill

“In the beginning of Time, the great Creator Reason, made the Earth to be a Common Treasury, to preserve Beasts, Birds, Fishes, and Man, the lord that was to govern this Creation; for Man had Domin…

pasttense.co.uk

 

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Poll tax riot