Assoc for Scottish Literature
@scotlit@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp last week

Brutalised Africans made Glasgow
amazing disgrace, how sweet the civic amnesia…
mansions without plaques
unrevised street names
no memorial.

—Kate Tough, “People Made Glasgow”

“A contemporary sickness has its roots in unredressed wrongs”

Today, 23 August, is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/people-made-glasgow/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry#Glasgow #slavery #abolition#SlaveryHistory #RememberSlavery

People Made Glasgow Kate Tough Shame in our hulls why else would we drink to incoherence jump on the heads of passing men punch our women tell our children in a checkout queue, ‘Ah hate bank holidays cuz it means Ah huftae look at youse fir three days no two.’ The whip’s crack comes a little after the whip’s stroke. People Make Glasgow obese, rotten-mouthed stroke-felled, emphysemic tumour-choked aye, an proud ae it. What we murdered them for we kill ourselves with. The whip’s crack comes a little after the whip’s stroke. Brutalised Africans made Glasgow amazing disgrace, how sweet the civic amnesia… mansions without plaques unrevised street names no memorial. So, sign-up for the new city tour – The Glasgow Merchant Experience! below deck on the Waverley 100 unclothed families close-chained to plank beds 30 dead since it left Dunoon! On the dock, a real live auction! Feel the excitement as you bid for your very own slave!
People Made Glasgow Kate Tough Shame in our hulls why else would we drink to incoherence jump on the heads of passing men punch our women tell our children in a checkout queue, ‘Ah hate bank holidays cuz it means Ah huftae look at youse fir three days no two.’ The whip’s crack comes a little after the whip’s stroke. People Make Glasgow obese, rotten-mouthed stroke-felled, emphysemic tumour-choked aye, an proud ae it. What we murdered them for we kill ourselves with. The whip’s crack comes a little after the whip’s stroke. Brutalised Africans made Glasgow amazing disgrace, how sweet the civic amnesia… mansions without plaques unrevised street names no memorial. So, sign-up for the new city tour – The Glasgow Merchant Experience! below deck on the Waverley 100 unclothed families close-chained to plank beds 30 dead since it left Dunoon! On the dock, a real live auction! Feel the excitement as you bid for your very own slave!
People Made Glasgow Kate Tough Shame in our hulls why else would we drink to incoherence jump on the heads of passing men punch our women tell our children in a checkout queue, ‘Ah hate bank holidays cuz it means Ah huftae look at youse fir three days no two.’ The whip’s crack comes a little after the whip’s stroke. People Make Glasgow obese, rotten-mouthed stroke-felled, emphysemic tumour-choked aye, an proud ae it. What we murdered them for we kill ourselves with. The whip’s crack comes a little after the whip’s stroke. Brutalised Africans made Glasgow amazing disgrace, how sweet the civic amnesia… mansions without plaques unrevised street names no memorial. So, sign-up for the new city tour – The Glasgow Merchant Experience! below deck on the Waverley 100 unclothed families close-chained to plank beds 30 dead since it left Dunoon! On the dock, a real live auction! Feel the excitement as you bid for your very own slave!
Assoc for Scottish Literature
@scotlit@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp last week

Brutalised Africans made Glasgow
amazing disgrace, how sweet the civic amnesia…
mansions without plaques
unrevised street names
no memorial.

—Kate Tough, “People Made Glasgow”

“A contemporary sickness has its roots in unredressed wrongs”

Today, 23 August, is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/people-made-glasgow/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry#Glasgow #slavery #abolition#SlaveryHistory #RememberSlavery

People Made Glasgow Kate Tough Shame in our hulls why else would we drink to incoherence jump on the heads of passing men punch our women tell our children in a checkout queue, ‘Ah hate bank holidays cuz it means Ah huftae look at youse fir three days no two.’ The whip’s crack comes a little after the whip’s stroke. People Make Glasgow obese, rotten-mouthed stroke-felled, emphysemic tumour-choked aye, an proud ae it. What we murdered them for we kill ourselves with. The whip’s crack comes a little after the whip’s stroke. Brutalised Africans made Glasgow amazing disgrace, how sweet the civic amnesia… mansions without plaques unrevised street names no memorial. So, sign-up for the new city tour – The Glasgow Merchant Experience! below deck on the Waverley 100 unclothed families close-chained to plank beds 30 dead since it left Dunoon! On the dock, a real live auction! Feel the excitement as you bid for your very own slave!
People Made Glasgow Kate Tough Shame in our hulls why else would we drink to incoherence jump on the heads of passing men punch our women tell our children in a checkout queue, ‘Ah hate bank holidays cuz it means Ah huftae look at youse fir three days no two.’ The whip’s crack comes a little after the whip’s stroke. People Make Glasgow obese, rotten-mouthed stroke-felled, emphysemic tumour-choked aye, an proud ae it. What we murdered them for we kill ourselves with. The whip’s crack comes a little after the whip’s stroke. Brutalised Africans made Glasgow amazing disgrace, how sweet the civic amnesia… mansions without plaques unrevised street names no memorial. So, sign-up for the new city tour – The Glasgow Merchant Experience! below deck on the Waverley 100 unclothed families close-chained to plank beds 30 dead since it left Dunoon! On the dock, a real live auction! Feel the excitement as you bid for your very own slave!
People Made Glasgow Kate Tough Shame in our hulls why else would we drink to incoherence jump on the heads of passing men punch our women tell our children in a checkout queue, ‘Ah hate bank holidays cuz it means Ah huftae look at youse fir three days no two.’ The whip’s crack comes a little after the whip’s stroke. People Make Glasgow obese, rotten-mouthed stroke-felled, emphysemic tumour-choked aye, an proud ae it. What we murdered them for we kill ourselves with. The whip’s crack comes a little after the whip’s stroke. Brutalised Africans made Glasgow amazing disgrace, how sweet the civic amnesia… mansions without plaques unrevised street names no memorial. So, sign-up for the new city tour – The Glasgow Merchant Experience! below deck on the Waverley 100 unclothed families close-chained to plank beds 30 dead since it left Dunoon! On the dock, a real live auction! Feel the excitement as you bid for your very own slave!
FIJA National
@FIJAnational@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
#JuryNullification#Jury#JuryDuty#Abolition#Abolitionism#PrisonAbolition
STORIES OF JURY NULLIFICATION “I'have been on juries pretty often [over] the last 10 years. I'm in Saint Louis and especially after the Ferguson uprising, I've tried to get [my fellow jurors] to reconsider their own bias and how we often insert our own experience erroneously especially in regards to race and crime. I find gently asking questions about assumptions folks make to be pretty useful. Asking folks if their goal is punishment, protection for the vulnerable or rehabilitation can allow me to slide in word tracks about abolition without people realizing what Iam doing. And, of course, being prepared to be the hold out and explaining why I am, gently and in a granular way, can get others to join me.”
STORIES OF JURY NULLIFICATION “I'have been on juries pretty often [over] the last 10 years. I'm in Saint Louis and especially after the Ferguson uprising, I've tried to get [my fellow jurors] to reconsider their own bias and how we often insert our own experience erroneously especially in regards to race and crime. I find gently asking questions about assumptions folks make to be pretty useful. Asking folks if their goal is punishment, protection for the vulnerable or rehabilitation can allow me to slide in word tracks about abolition without people realizing what Iam doing. And, of course, being prepared to be the hold out and explaining why I am, gently and in a granular way, can get others to join me.”
STORIES OF JURY NULLIFICATION “I'have been on juries pretty often [over] the last 10 years. I'm in Saint Louis and especially after the Ferguson uprising, I've tried to get [my fellow jurors] to reconsider their own bias and how we often insert our own experience erroneously especially in regards to race and crime. I find gently asking questions about assumptions folks make to be pretty useful. Asking folks if their goal is punishment, protection for the vulnerable or rehabilitation can allow me to slide in word tracks about abolition without people realizing what Iam doing. And, of course, being prepared to be the hold out and explaining why I am, gently and in a granular way, can get others to join me.”
fulanigirl
@fulanigirl@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
#BlackMastodon#BlackTwitter#Ujiima Medics #Chicago#CommunityMutualAid#Abolition
Keeping our communities safe is a major aspect of the abolitionist movement. In Chicago, Ujiima Medics, a grassroots organization provides, and trains others how to provide emergency medical care in their communities. They are giving a Protestor Health and Safety workshop this weekend. More info here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNNfCttq3tfLm0VPBusfrzkucaOIMqMYXi9b09Er8BjMZA2g/viewform
fulanigirl
@fulanigirl@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
#BlackMastodon#BlackTwitter#Ujiima Medics #Chicago#CommunityMutualAid#Abolition
Keeping our communities safe is a major aspect of the abolitionist movement. In Chicago, Ujiima Medics, a grassroots organization provides, and trains others how to provide emergency medical care in their communities. They are giving a Protestor Health and Safety workshop this weekend. More info here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNNfCttq3tfLm0VPBusfrzkucaOIMqMYXi9b09Er8BjMZA2g/viewform
FIJA National
@FIJAnational@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
#JuryNullification#Jury#JuryDuty#Abolition#Abolitionism#PrisonAbolition
STORIES OF JURY NULLIFICATION “I'have been on juries pretty often [over] the last 10 years. I'm in Saint Louis and especially after the Ferguson uprising, I've tried to get [my fellow jurors] to reconsider their own bias and how we often insert our own experience erroneously especially in regards to race and crime. I find gently asking questions about assumptions folks make to be pretty useful. Asking folks if their goal is punishment, protection for the vulnerable or rehabilitation can allow me to slide in word tracks about abolition without people realizing what Iam doing. And, of course, being prepared to be the hold out and explaining why I am, gently and in a granular way, can get others to join me.”
STORIES OF JURY NULLIFICATION “I'have been on juries pretty often [over] the last 10 years. I'm in Saint Louis and especially after the Ferguson uprising, I've tried to get [my fellow jurors] to reconsider their own bias and how we often insert our own experience erroneously especially in regards to race and crime. I find gently asking questions about assumptions folks make to be pretty useful. Asking folks if their goal is punishment, protection for the vulnerable or rehabilitation can allow me to slide in word tracks about abolition without people realizing what Iam doing. And, of course, being prepared to be the hold out and explaining why I am, gently and in a granular way, can get others to join me.”
STORIES OF JURY NULLIFICATION “I'have been on juries pretty often [over] the last 10 years. I'm in Saint Louis and especially after the Ferguson uprising, I've tried to get [my fellow jurors] to reconsider their own bias and how we often insert our own experience erroneously especially in regards to race and crime. I find gently asking questions about assumptions folks make to be pretty useful. Asking folks if their goal is punishment, protection for the vulnerable or rehabilitation can allow me to slide in word tracks about abolition without people realizing what Iam doing. And, of course, being prepared to be the hold out and explaining why I am, gently and in a granular way, can get others to join me.”
Caro S.
@Heidentweet@todon.eu  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Understanding fascism: a reading list

"The works below not only reject the lure of liberalism as an antidote to fascism, but also refuse to limit themselves to the European interwar period. In his classic Discourse on Colonialism, Aimé Césaire identified that fascism in the metropole was the boomerang effect of European colonialism in the periphery. We see this today: the genocide in Gaza is expanding authoritarianism within the imperial core. Noura Erakat writes, “In order to resist fascism, we have to fight it on two fronts of U.S. state violence: at home and abroad.” Organizing against fascism, therefore, urgently calls on us to build interconnected, internationalist movements." - Harsha Walia

https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/understanding-fascism

#AntiFascism#Fascism #BlackLiberation#Palestine#TheBlackAntiFascistTradition#InternationalSolidarity#LateFascism #capitalism#ForAntiFascistFutures#BloodInMyEye#HostileHomelands#Kashmir #abolition
@israel @bookstodon @palestine
Caro S.
@Heidentweet@todon.eu  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Understanding fascism: a reading list

"The works below not only reject the lure of liberalism as an antidote to fascism, but also refuse to limit themselves to the European interwar period. In his classic Discourse on Colonialism, Aimé Césaire identified that fascism in the metropole was the boomerang effect of European colonialism in the periphery. We see this today: the genocide in Gaza is expanding authoritarianism within the imperial core. Noura Erakat writes, “In order to resist fascism, we have to fight it on two fronts of U.S. state violence: at home and abroad.” Organizing against fascism, therefore, urgently calls on us to build interconnected, internationalist movements." - Harsha Walia

https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/understanding-fascism

#AntiFascism#Fascism #BlackLiberation#Palestine#TheBlackAntiFascistTradition#InternationalSolidarity#LateFascism #capitalism#ForAntiFascistFutures#BloodInMyEye#HostileHomelands#Kashmir #abolition
@israel @bookstodon @palestine
Renewed Resistance
@renewedresistance@channel.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Wishing everyone a meaningful and reflective #Juneteenth. A day to honor liberation, resilience, and the ongoing fight for justice.

Want to learn more about the holiday’s history and how it’s celebrated?
📖 https://www.nytimes.com/article/juneteenth-day-celebration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE8.SMkB.8rd5EUUw0Tz7&smid=url-share

#BlackHistory#EmancipationDay#FreedomDay#Abolition
Renewed Resistance
@renewedresistance@channel.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Wishing everyone a meaningful and reflective #Juneteenth. A day to honor liberation, resilience, and the ongoing fight for justice.

Want to learn more about the holiday’s history and how it’s celebrated?
📖 https://www.nytimes.com/article/juneteenth-day-celebration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE8.SMkB.8rd5EUUw0Tz7&smid=url-share

#BlackHistory#EmancipationDay#FreedomDay#Abolition