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@jimherbwill

Retired educator, writer, organiser and raconteur.

Katılım Ağustos 2014
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The People's Forum
The People's Forum@PeoplesForumNYC·
🚨 OUT TODAY: Public figures, elected officials, artists & orgs—incl. 22 NYC Council Members, Mark Ruffalo, Kal Penn, Susan Sarandon, Alice Walker, & others—have signed a Call to Conscience demanding an end to Trump’s assault on Cuba. Sign on now: letcubalive.info
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Glenn Tunes
Glenn Tunes@glenn_tunes·
HE'S A MURDERER 🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️
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ArchaeoHistories
ArchaeoHistories@histories_arch·
Penny auction at foreclosed Michigan farm (1936). At penny auctions farmers would conspire to offer low bids, resulting in a low return to the creditor. The final buyer would then return the property to the destitute farmer. Hangman nooses served as a warning to squirrelly bidders. This haunting photograph from 1936 captures a penny auction at a foreclosed farm in Michigan, one of the most defiant and ingenious acts of resistance to emerge during the Great Depression. When banks repossessed farms after families could no longer meet their mortgage payments, local communities often took matters into their own hands. Farmers would gather in large groups and agree beforehand to bid only pennies on each item — from livestock to land — driving the auction prices down to virtually nothing. The final “buyer,” usually a trusted neighbor, would then return the property to the original owner, ensuring the family could remain on their land. The nooses seen hanging in the background weren’t decorative; they served as chilling warnings to outsiders who might attempt to outbid the crowd. These were not empty threats — solidarity and survival left little room for betrayal. The penny auctions became powerful symbols of rural unity and defiance. They weren’t just about saving one farm, but about preserving a way of life, one desperate bid at a time. By 1933, more than 200,000 farms were foreclosed across the Midwest, sparking organized movements like the Farmer’s Holiday Association, which fought to halt foreclosures entirely. © History Pictures #archaeohistories
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mike luckovich
mike luckovich@mluckovichajc·
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Antifa_Ultras
Antifa_Ultras@ultras_antifaa·
🇨🇺 The Cuban Revolution is 67 years old! The Cuban Revolution triumphed on this day in 1959 after years of armed and political struggle that advanced from the mountainous countryside to the capital, Havana. With the defeat of the US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista, the construction of socialism began on the Caribbean island, a bold project carried out directly under the geographic shadow of the United States. Under the leadership of Fidel Castro, the revolution reshaped the economy to serve Cuba’s impoverished population, ending a mafia-linked casino economy that catered to the US elite. US dominance over Cuban politics, the economy, and military basing came to an end. Cuba declared war on illiteracy, poverty, racism, and imperialist plunder, investing heavily in public services, especially healthcare. Life expectancy rose from around 59 years before 1959 to approximately 79 years. Despite decades of US economic warfare and dozens to hundreds of CIA-backed assassination plots against Fidel Castro, Cuba maintained its independence and inspired people across Latin America and beyond to rise up against imperialism.
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