Forwarded from Hüseyin Dogru Journalist / red. media founder
Happy birthday to the Red Army sniper with the probably coldest quotes, Lyudmila Pavlichenko! With 309 confirmed kills, she was feared by the fascists and earned the nickname “Lady Death” – the most successful female sniper in history.
When the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Pavlichenko was in her fourth year of studies in Kyiv, which she abandoned to serve voluntarily in the Red Army. During the defense of Odessa in 1941, she eliminated 187 enemy troops in only two and a half months.
The higher the number of Pavlichenko’s confirmed kills rose, the more dangerous her operations became. This included counter-sniping or engaging in duels with enemy snipers. Pavlichenko won every sniper duel she fought without exception, passing away only in 1974 in Moscow, almost 30 years after the victory over Nazi Germany.
“The sooner the monster of fascism can be destroyed, the less blood will be shed—and that means your blood as well as ours.” — Lyudmila Pavlichenko.
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When the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Pavlichenko was in her fourth year of studies in Kyiv, which she abandoned to serve voluntarily in the Red Army. During the defense of Odessa in 1941, she eliminated 187 enemy troops in only two and a half months.
The higher the number of Pavlichenko’s confirmed kills rose, the more dangerous her operations became. This included counter-sniping or engaging in duels with enemy snipers. Pavlichenko won every sniper duel she fought without exception, passing away only in 1974 in Moscow, almost 30 years after the victory over Nazi Germany.
“The sooner the monster of fascism can be destroyed, the less blood will be shed—and that means your blood as well as ours.” — Lyudmila Pavlichenko.
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Forwarded from Ministry of good ideas
Good Idea: listen to radio stations from across the globe
http://radio.garden
Using a real globe you can select radiostations based on location, which makes for some nice discoveries and lets you learn about different cultures without leaving your chair.
http://radio.garden
Using a real globe you can select radiostations based on location, which makes for some nice discoveries and lets you learn about different cultures without leaving your chair.
radio.garden
Explore live radio by rotating the globe
Explore live radio by rotating the globe.
Forwarded from Radical Graffiti
"Refugees are our brothers. Let's deport the fascists"
Graffiti in Athens by Panathinaikos football fans
Graffiti in Athens by Panathinaikos football fans
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Forwarded from Hüseyin Dogru Journalist / red. media founder
The lesser-known but no less dirty CIA covert war in Colombia, known as “Plan Colombia,” was launched 24 years ago today by former US President Bill Clinton. What followed was over a decade of brutal counterinsurgency warfare aimed at revolutionary forces, most notably the communist FARC guerrillas, in Colombia. The Colombian government was the most significant ally of US imperialism in Latin America at the time.
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Forwarded from Working Class History
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On this day, 13 July 1977, a two-day blackout began in New York City, during which many residents took advantage of the situation to expropriate goods from shops.Following multiple lightning strikes on power lines, the lights went out in all five boroughs by 9:40 PM. Amidst a financial crisis, and widespread cuts and layoffs, unrest broke out especially in working-class Black neighbourhoods like Bushwick and Harlem.Residents looted supermarkets, using the shopping trolleys to fill with food, while elsewhere people broke windows of closed stores to steal goods. Arson attacks also occurred.One young teenager, Jalil Muhammad, recalled to Ramsey Khalifeh and Amanda Rozon of Gothamist:"What tends to happen, especially in an economic depressed area, you live among the 'have-nots'... You see things and you want it, and this is the opportunity to go and get it."Before the power came back on on July 15, over 1600 shops had been damaged, over 1000 fires had broken out and around 4000 people arrested.More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/12574/new-york-blackout * If you enjoy our social media posts be sure to check out our podcasts. In our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History, we speak with participants in social movements about their experiences, and our daily mini podcast, On This Day in Working Class History, has one of our anniversaries each day. We also have a website and map containing thousands of our stories with full sources. All of our work is funded by you, our readers and listeners, on Patreon. To learn more and support us check out our links in our bio.
On this day, 13 July 1977, a two-day blackout began in New York City, during which many residents took advantage of the situation to expropriate goods from shops.Following multiple lightning strikes on power lines, the lights went out in all five boroughs by 9:40 PM. Amidst a financial crisis, and widespread cuts and layoffs, unrest broke out especially in working-class Black neighbourhoods like Bushwick and Harlem.Residents looted supermarkets, using the shopping trolleys to fill with food, while elsewhere people broke windows of closed stores to steal goods. Arson attacks also occurred.One young teenager, Jalil Muhammad, recalled to Ramsey Khalifeh and Amanda Rozon of Gothamist:"What tends to happen, especially in an economic depressed area, you live among the 'have-nots'... You see things and you want it, and this is the opportunity to go and get it."Before the power came back on on July 15, over 1600 shops had been damaged, over 1000 fires had broken out and around 4000 people arrested.More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/12574/new-york-blackout * If you enjoy our social media posts be sure to check out our podcasts. In our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History, we speak with participants in social movements about their experiences, and our daily mini podcast, On This Day in Working Class History, has one of our anniversaries each day. We also have a website and map containing thousands of our stories with full sources. All of our work is funded by you, our readers and listeners, on Patreon. To learn more and support us check out our links in our bio.