#Slavery

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

RevDrBarber

How do you mourn the loss of a great champion for justice like Ruth Bader Ginsburg? You mourn deeply & you vow to continue her work with even greater resolve.

Taniel

Taniel

Jill Karofsky, the liberal challenger, has won Wisconsin's Supreme Court election. She ousts incumbent Dan Kelly, a Scott Walker-appointed, Trump-endorsed incumbent conservative known for things like comparing slavery to affirmative

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radicaltheory

“the american ideology: an unmitigated economic liberalism, masked by a parareligious discourse and packaged with insipid rhetoric about democracy.” “american political culture has been shaped by the establishment of new

G.M Cantaveᴮᴱ⁷

gmcantave1

Being Christian does not give you the right to be an asshole to other people who dont share the same beliefs. Even in Christianity, we can't agree on a common

alexis ♡

MIKHA1LO

okay, i know i’m upset about this and i probably sound like i’m defending them and i am really not trying to so let me try and civilly collect my

A New Radical Centrism

a_centrism

That punch-line is classic Sailer.But it's also empirically supported: For example, in the most recent mayhem hotspot in the US, Minnesota, blacks are 15 times more likely than whites to

Pratichi

rhymingrythm

A little late to the discussion but cannot thank @HinchyJessica more for highlighting this! Personally, I am intrigued by the fact that the same colonial state is busy rehabilitating children

Taco🇲🇽

alaztekiyyah

These people are completely dishonest and since you want to keep qting me—>A thread on slavery in Islamic history, & debunking many of the historically erroneous claims Islamophobes like this

Kathy Black Lives Matter as much as yours Durkin

nowwerevolt

It's no accident that:- You learned about Helen Keller instead of W.E.B. DuBois.- You learned about the Watts and L.A. Riots, but not Tulsa or Wilmington.- You learned that George

Old Weird Scotland

WeirdScotland

Many Scots, while owning Scotland's role in slavery, still take the stance that "normal" or "working class" Scots got no advantages from the fortunes made with enslaved labour, or any

Alana M. Vincent

ProfAMV

This image has been circulating heavily this year, mostly in posts marking Juneteenth. But it’s not quite what it looks like.https://twitter.com/calamity_jt/status/1274041814987620352 In the context it’s being used, it seems like

Fatimah Oyelami

MsTyma_

Every party has supporters as well as members,the constitution allows individuals to choose their party as it is their right,some of you need to get that into your head and

Gray Connolly

GrayConnolly

I am starting a thread below that will expand to link together all of the traditionally Tory, Catholic (and other faiths), and historically conservative, writing that I have found interesting,

Kelsey Wilson

kelseyleewilson

Had the pleasure of shooting this video @Buxton_Museum about the incredible Mary Ann Shadd. She was an anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher and lawyer. Oh btw, she accomplished all this

Mike Best

bestlaidplan

I’ve been reading ⁦@DavidOlusoga⁩ excellent book Black & British and watching the series on BBC4. It starts at Bunce Island in Sierra Leone. Resonates strongly as I was in Freetown

Critical Critical Theory

CCRTheory

1/ Recently saw a post condemning criticisms of #1619gate by so-called "right-wing pseudo-intellectuals". Here are my thoughts on this concern and I hope @ConceptualJames has more to say in response