#Confederacy

Having spent a decent chunk of the 20 years studying public monuments & revolutionary iconoclasm, am both awed & dumbstruck by the downpour of falling statues. Since I can't muster
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Ill use this independence to focus on the minority ethnicities. For instance the TIV with a population of around 7 million people are situated in the Nigerian mid belt, predominantly
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ThreadOn this day in 1865, just after the effective end of the American Civil War, U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending a production at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., and died
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The November 3rd coalition against Trump is notable for its breadth—and its standard-bearer Biden is notable for his personification, both real and imagined, of the most varied programs.Contrast with:https://vientosur.info/el-bonapartismo
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This op-ed by Jill Lepore is a disturbing example of professional arrogance--a belief that the agenda and needs of one's own profession are actually identical with the needs and agenda
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Hindu saviors of Dharma across the ages. Thread. Nagabhata I, founder of the Gurjara-Pratiharas repulsed an Arab invasion. Nagabhata utterly defeated the Ummayad Caliphate when it tried to invade Ujjain
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It all looks absurd to us because the convention isn’t aimed at us. It’s aimed squarely at Trump’s "base".Playing entirely to Trump's base isn't as stupid as it seems.Yes, Trump
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The Trump/Bill Barr/GOP response to the black lives matter protests/movement highlights not just the “slouching towards authoritarianism”, but the acceleration of the pace of authoritarianism into a full-blown sprint
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We all know John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln, but who shot Booth?Grab a chair and a strong drink, because it's time for a thread about the wild life of BOSTON
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The history of institutionalized racism in Hanover County Public Schools — a thread 1934: Hanover County School Board rejects the request to buy a school bus for black schools.
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Apparently some folks are just now learning Abraham Lincoln was a Republican. Lincoln helped to organize the GOP in the 1850s. He and his colleagues articulated a vital American ideology,
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By basing much of Civil Rights in the Christian religion, MLK and other leaders appealed to Americans in their spiritual lives and morality. It took a strong hold and emphasized
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All right. People are asking why so many are in denial about Trump possibly committing genocide.Let's have a big conversation about American myth and why so many people fail so
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1.https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-26/california-statues-confederate-name-changes-racism?utm_source=sfmc_100035609&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=26863+Essential+California+06%2f27%2f20&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.
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(Thread) Get the Fighters FightingIf you're a would-be fascist and losing, what do you do?Two of the tricks in Trump's (limited) bag are: "Get the fighters fighting" and "ignite a
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Tf2 soldier voice I have done nothing but play ffxiv for the last two weeks I just found out I can get a set of armor that looks like hein
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