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On this day, 19 June 1937, after employers failed to agree to oil workers' pay demands, workers at one of Trinidad's oilfields went on strike. British colonial authorities attempted to arrest Uriah Butler, a former oil worker-turned preacher, who was helping to lead the dispute. However, he was defended by a crowd of workers, who killed two policemen – soaking one of them with paraffin and burning them. Butler (pictured) then went into hiding. The strike quickly spread across all oilfields, then to the rest of the economy. A state of emergency was declared and two British warships rushed to the island, arriving on 22 and 23 June, bringing marines and additional police from England and Ireland. Two local military units were also mobilised against the workers, and after numerous arrests and imprisonments the rebellion was quashed. Butler was captured in September and jailed for 2 years for sedition.
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On this day, 19 June 1937, after employers failed to agree to oil workers' pay demands, workers at one of Trinidad's oilfields went on strike. British colonial authorities attempted to arrest Uriah Butler, a former oil worker-turned preacher, who was helping to lead the dispute. However, he was defended by a crowd of workers, who killed two policemen – soaking one of them with paraffin and burning them. Butler (pictured) then went into hiding. The strike quickly spread across all oilfields, then to the rest of the economy. A state of emergency was declared and two British warships rushed to the island, arriving on 22 and 23 June, bringing marines and additional police from England and Ireland. Two local military units were also mobilised against the workers, and after numerous arrests and imprisonments the rebellion was quashed. Butler was captured in September and jailed for 2 years for sedition.
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On this day, 19 June 1937, the Women's Day massacre took place when police killed 16 people and injured nearly 300 when striking steelworkers' wives and children demonstrated in their support in Youngstown, Ohio. Workers at Republic Steel had gone on strike when 1,000 union supporters were sacked. Strikers' wives organised a Women's Day to support the men, but the presence of women angered the police captain, who ordered the women to leave. When they refused, instead spitting and cursing at the officers, police fired tear gas at the women, children and even babies. This outraged the workers who rushed to the scene to defend their families. Then police began shooting, killing and wounding scores. Many of those were shot in the back as they ran from the police.
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On this day, 19 June 1937, the Women's Day massacre took place when police killed 16 people and injured nearly 300 when striking steelworkers' wives and children demonstrated in their support in Youngstown, Ohio. Workers at Republic Steel had gone on strike when 1,000 union supporters were sacked. Strikers' wives organised a Women's Day to support the men, but the presence of women angered the police captain, who ordered the women to leave. When they refused, instead spitting and cursing at the officers, police fired tear gas at the women, children and even babies. This outraged the workers who rushed to the scene to defend their families. Then police began shooting, killing and wounding scores. Many of those were shot in the back as they ran from the police.
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Give full play to our style of fighting - courage in battle, no fear of sacrifice, no fear of fatigue, and continuous fighting (that is, fighting successive battles in a short time without rest).
“The Present Situation and Our Tasks” (December 25, 1947), #Mao Zedong Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 161.
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-4/mswv4_24.htm
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“The Present Situation and Our Tasks” (December 25, 1947), #Mao Zedong Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 161.
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-4/mswv4_24.htm
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#Graphic for the #Communist_Party_USA 7th National Convention, June 1930
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On this day in 1967, boxing legend Muhammad Ali was given a prison sentence for refusing to join the US military and fight in the Vietnam War. He was sentenced to five years behind bars and fined $10,000, an unusually harsh sentence aimed at breaking his anti-war resistance.
“Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs?” argued Muhammad Ali.
In retrospect, Ali justified his decision with words that are more relevant today than ever as imperialist wars continue, “The government had a system where the rich man’s son went to college, and the poor man’s son went to war.”
“Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs?” argued Muhammad Ali.
In retrospect, Ali justified his decision with words that are more relevant today than ever as imperialist wars continue, “The government had a system where the rich man’s son went to college, and the poor man’s son went to war.”
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Climate change activists broke into a major London airport and sprayed paint over private jets in an airfield where Taylor Swift’s plane had just landed.
A 2022 study listed Swift as the number one celebrity polluter with her total flight carbon emissions for that year coming in at 8,293.54 tons. Since then she continues to use her jet to pick up her boyfriend and fly between cities for concerts.
The Just Stop Oil activists targeted the Stansted airport airfield as part of their campaign demanding an emergency treaty to end fossil fuels by 2030.
A press release by the group highlighted that: “80% of the world’s population has never taken a flight. Just 1% of people cause 50% of global aviation emissions...A single flight in a private jet can easily emit as much carbon dioxide as the average annual carbon footprint for an EU citizen – 8.2 tons.”
A 2022 study listed Swift as the number one celebrity polluter with her total flight carbon emissions for that year coming in at 8,293.54 tons. Since then she continues to use her jet to pick up her boyfriend and fly between cities for concerts.
The Just Stop Oil activists targeted the Stansted airport airfield as part of their campaign demanding an emergency treaty to end fossil fuels by 2030.
A press release by the group highlighted that: “80% of the world’s population has never taken a flight. Just 1% of people cause 50% of global aviation emissions...A single flight in a private jet can easily emit as much carbon dioxide as the average annual carbon footprint for an EU citizen – 8.2 tons.”
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On this day, 20 June 1944, 43 Italian partisans and civilians were shot by a Nazi firing squad in Fondotoce, near Milan.The group had previously been arrested, tortured and forced to walk seven miles behind a banner reading "Are these the liberators of Italy, or are they bandits?"However, one of the partisans survived. Carlo Suzzi fell with two other partisans when he was first shot and wounded. Then when a Nazi came to deliver the final coup de grace to ensure they were dead, the bullet just grazed his head.Suzzi waited under the bodies of his comrades until nightfall, at which point he walked up the hill until he found a house and knocked at the door and collapsed. He woke up some hours later finding himself bandaged up, as an old man named Carlo Bariatti found him out the door and brought him inside.Suzzi soon rejoined the partisan fight against the Nazis under the nom de guerre "43".
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On this day, 20 June 1944, 43 Italian partisans and civilians were shot by a Nazi firing squad in Fondotoce, near Milan.The group had previously been arrested, tortured and forced to walk seven miles behind a banner reading "Are these the liberators of Italy, or are they bandits?"However, one of the partisans survived. Carlo Suzzi fell with two other partisans when he was first shot and wounded. Then when a Nazi came to deliver the final coup de grace to ensure they were dead, the bullet just grazed his head.Suzzi waited under the bodies of his comrades until nightfall, at which point he walked up the hill until he found a house and knocked at the door and collapsed. He woke up some hours later finding himself bandaged up, as an old man named Carlo Bariatti found him out the door and brought him inside.Suzzi soon rejoined the partisan fight against the Nazis under the nom de guerre "43".
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🔴 Pioneers for Communism: Strive to be Like Che
✍🏻 Carlos L. Garrido and Edward Liger Smith
The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once called Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara the “most complete human being of our age.” Today, 96 years after his birth, it is still difficult to find a better example of the socialist human being than the one who proclaimed courageously with his unforgettable last words, “Shoot, coward! You are only going to kill a man!” ...
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https://telegra.ph/Pioneers-for-Communism-Strive-to-be-Like-Che-06-20
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✍🏻 Carlos L. Garrido and Edward Liger Smith
The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once called Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara the “most complete human being of our age.” Today, 96 years after his birth, it is still difficult to find a better example of the socialist human being than the one who proclaimed courageously with his unforgettable last words, “Shoot, coward! You are only going to kill a man!” ...
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https://telegra.ph/Pioneers-for-Communism-Strive-to-be-Like-Che-06-20
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On this day, 21 June 1964, three civil rights workers were murdered by police and Ku Klux Klan members in Mississippi. James Earl Chaney, a 21-year-old Black former union-plasterer and organiser with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) from nearby Meridian, Mississippi, Andrew Goodman (pictured bottom, left), a 20-year-old Jewish anthropology student from New York, and Michael 'Mickey' Schwerner, a 24-year-old Jewish CORE organiser and former social worker from New York were lynched on the night of June 21–22 by members of the Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County's Sheriff Office and the Philadelphia Police Department located in Philadelphia, Mississippi. The three had been working on the "Freedom Summer" campaign, attempting to register Black people to vote. While seven of the killers ended up being jailed on federal charges of civil rights violations, the state of Mississippi didn't prosecute anyone for the murders until 2005, when they eventually charged one of the killers with manslaughter. He was then convicted and sentenced to 60 years imprisonment.Chaney's younger brother Ben later joined the Black Panther Party and the urban guerrilla group the Black Liberation Army, for which he ended up serving 13 years in prison.
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On this day, 21 June 1964, three civil rights workers were murdered by police and Ku Klux Klan members in Mississippi. James Earl Chaney, a 21-year-old Black former union-plasterer and organiser with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) from nearby Meridian, Mississippi, Andrew Goodman (pictured bottom, left), a 20-year-old Jewish anthropology student from New York, and Michael 'Mickey' Schwerner, a 24-year-old Jewish CORE organiser and former social worker from New York were lynched on the night of June 21–22 by members of the Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County's Sheriff Office and the Philadelphia Police Department located in Philadelphia, Mississippi. The three had been working on the "Freedom Summer" campaign, attempting to register Black people to vote. While seven of the killers ended up being jailed on federal charges of civil rights violations, the state of Mississippi didn't prosecute anyone for the murders until 2005, when they eventually charged one of the killers with manslaughter. He was then convicted and sentenced to 60 years imprisonment.Chaney's younger brother Ben later joined the Black Panther Party and the urban guerrilla group the Black Liberation Army, for which he ended up serving 13 years in prison.
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On this day, 21 June 1972, around 150 workers at the Briant Colour Printing works on Old Kent Road, London, took over their workplace after it was announced the firm was going into voluntary liquidation.The workers moved in food and bedding, and restarted production under workers' control. In addition to commercial printing jobs to make money, the workers printed their own newsletter, and printed numerous materials to support other groups of workers elsewhere, for example the Pentonville 5 group of imprisoned dockworkers.Negotiations also began with prospective buyers to try to retain a level of workers' control in the future, but these fell through in May 1973, and the plant was eventually bought by a Peter Bentley, who on July 3 rehired an undetermined number of the remaining occupying workers. He subsequently closed the plant in November 1973, making the last 50 workers redundant, and employed security guards to ensure they could not occupy the plant again.
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On this day, 21 June 1972, around 150 workers at the Briant Colour Printing works on Old Kent Road, London, took over their workplace after it was announced the firm was going into voluntary liquidation.The workers moved in food and bedding, and restarted production under workers' control. In addition to commercial printing jobs to make money, the workers printed their own newsletter, and printed numerous materials to support other groups of workers elsewhere, for example the Pentonville 5 group of imprisoned dockworkers.Negotiations also began with prospective buyers to try to retain a level of workers' control in the future, but these fell through in May 1973, and the plant was eventually bought by a Peter Bentley, who on July 3 rehired an undetermined number of the remaining occupying workers. He subsequently closed the plant in November 1973, making the last 50 workers redundant, and employed security guards to ensure they could not occupy the plant again.
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Excerpt from the film "The Fall of Berlin", #USSR, 1949
The actor is Mikheil Gelovani
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Statue of Lenin in Schwerin, Germany, 2007
When feudalism was overthrown and “free” capitalist #society appeared in the world, it at once became apparent that this #freedom meant a new system of oppression and exploitation of the working people.
#Lenin, The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of #Marxism (1913)
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When feudalism was overthrown and “free” capitalist #society appeared in the world, it at once became apparent that this #freedom meant a new system of oppression and exploitation of the working people.
#Lenin, The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of #Marxism (1913)
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Profile photo of the great Karl Marx bust in Karl-Marx-Stadt, German Democratic Republic 1971
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83 years ago today, Nazi Germany launched an invasion of the Soviet Union during WWII, known as Operation Barbarossa. This brutal conflict led to the loss of up to 27 million Soviet lives in the fight against fascism. More than three million German troops invaded the Soviet Union, committing horrific crimes including the gang rape of tens of thousands of women, torture, and extrajudicial killings.
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