Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/21/harvard-slavery-decendants-of-the-enslaved
Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa on Monday, one of the final land battles of World War II, with solemn reflections on the sacrifices made by the island’s residents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/23/japan/history/okinawa-80th/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #battleofokinawa #dennytamaki #shigeruishiba #futenma #henoko
Karl Marx coined the term "capitalism" by analogy with feudalism. To describe societies where monopoly power, and resulting wealth concentration, allows monopolists to become aristocrats. That's what radical lefties like me are pointing to when we use the word.
But common usage of the word has drifted so far from its origins that it usually refers to any economy with money and markets. Resulting in a lot of conversations where people are talking right past each other.
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Me:
> Karl Marx coined the term "capitalism" by analogy with feudalism
A couple of comments have challenged this claim, which I thought I'd got from a few sources, including David Graeber, Dmitry Kleiner and c4ss org. Fact-checking myself produced inconclusive results so far.
Although it does suggest Marx wrote mostly in German, which makes it seems less likely he coined an English term, although his translators may have.
Can anyone clarify?
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Remains of Longstone manor dating from the 17th century on the banks of Burrator reservoir, Dartmoor last week. It’s a peaceful spot, with wildflowers and birdsong. The manor would have been there long before the reservoir was built. #Dartmoor#Devon #landscape #history
I used to use #Mosaic long time ago 🙂 First #webBrowser on #Linux back then…
Beatrix Potter is best remembered for her charming tales of Peter Rabbit, but did you know she also studied #science?
Potter collected & examined beetles, butterflies, plants, bird eggs, shells, rocks, fossils & especially fungi. She conducted experiments & wrote a scientific paper with her own illustrations, presented at the Linnean Society of London. However, as a woman in the Victorian era, she couldn’t even attend the meeting. #history #art #books
In 1775, hundreds of enslaved men in Virginia fled their plantations and joined the British in exchange for a single promise: freedom. They formed the Ethiopian Regiment—the first Black fighting force of the American Revolution. This is the story of how they marched under a banner that read Liberty to Slaves, and what became of them in a single, searing year.
Caption: Troiani, Don. Brave Men as Ever Fought. Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia.
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#histodons #history #education
This is a bonfire demo instance for testing purposes
