#1930s

(THREAD) Could the huge rally since March 23 be just a bear market rally? And how would we know? Let’s take a look at history—and some charts. #SP500 #SPX #stockmarket
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1/7This is a little surreal. For years certain countries like Germany saw their productivity-adjusted wages decline dramatically relative to those of their trading partners – especially their EU trading partners
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Friend of mine told me a story the other day. His neighbor was a professor, British-Canadian, cynical of empire and it's effects on the world. He invited one of his
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If we’re going to talk about disabled people & the Holocaust today then let’s talk about Hans Asperger and why nobody should use the term “Aspergers” because he was a
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Aprovechando que el Real Cinema ya se ha demolido para levantar un hotel que parece sacado de un polígono industrial, aquí viene el antihilo los hilos guays de Madrid: los
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What history should you read about the New Deal to inform the present moment?With the caveat that I *will* forget something, so forgive me now: I would skew toward more
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Mary Blair, the artist, the icon, the woman. (a long thread) Arguably, one of the greatest and most recognizable Disney artists. Despite a challenging upbringing in Morgan Hill, CA she
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Do not appease the super-whites by @johnastoehr https://stoehr.substack.com/p/do-not-appease-the-super-whites?r=5msd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter 1. I have read a lot over the last four years about the his
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The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), members of which are termed "Wobblies", is an international labor union that was founded in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.
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People are really out here parroting white supremacist talking points about “anarchists,” “radicals,” and “outside agitators.” These narratives have been repeatedly regurgitated by the state and the police and many
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The WTO today issued its trade forecast for 2020. Our economists foresee a steep decline in global trade in 2020 in all regions and sectors, as the #COVID19 pandemic upends
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Every day (unless I slip) over the next month, I'm going to to be tweeting counterhistories of Filipino America, both from my own research as well as the work of
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THREAD ANTI-FASCISM - A READING LISTWant to learn about the history of anti-fascism? Want some suggestions of what to read?Then this is the thread for you... Some general histories first,
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Thread 2! We're starting in THE TREASON OF ISENGARD, Volume 7 of the History of Middle-earth. (I lost my copy of 8 and haven't actually read ever gotten to read
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Boris Johnson is ‘constantly lobbied’ by text, sources admit.Of course he is. The man is a corrupt opportunist liar.Short THREAD about when he dismissed as 'Lefty delusion' allegations that he
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I've been following the criticism of the @IndyMonthly porch party story and there's a central architectural theory talking point that was missed: porch placement design.Most homes built before the 1940s
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