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including racism—and by exercising our constitutional rights, including our most powerful tool for change: the vote.

🗳️ Register to vote.
🗳️ Vote in local and national elections.
🇺🇸 Be the change.

#BlackHistoryMonth #History #Civilwar #CivilRights #nurses #healthcare #racism #equality #harriettubman #freedom #vote #hero #humanity #quote #compassion #America #books

Autonomies: **Phil A. Neel: Lies You Will Be Told**

https://autonomies.org/2026/01/phil-a-neel-lies-you-will-be-told/

From Ill Will (25/01/2026) The frozen city is under siege. In the long cold winters at the heart of the Midwest the air can get so cold it hurts to breathe. Masked mercenaries in unmarked vehicles rove through the snowbanks, … Continue reading →

#Commentary #Civilwar #Revolution #Stateterror #Unitedstates

Today in Labor History January 19, 1932: A General Strike turned into an anarchist insurrection in Alt Llobregat, near Barcelona, Spain. Armed miners and textile workers, members of the CNT, declared "Libertarian communism," including the abolition of money and property. The revolt quickly spread to other nearby towns. They cut telephone lines and replaced Republican flags with the red and black CNT flags. By January 27, the authorities had quashed the rebellion. They deported hundreds of rebels to African colonies. The detainees included Buenaventura Durruti, who would later lead the Durruti Column of anarchist soldiers against the fascist armies of Francisco Franco.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #spain #civilwar #antifascism #fascism #generalstrike #cnt #durruti #revolt #rebellion #communism #barcelona #miners #rebellion

Today in Labor History January 19, 1932: A General Strike turned into an anarchist insurrection in Alt Llobregat, near Barcelona, Spain. Armed miners and textile workers, members of the CNT, declared "Libertarian communism," including the abolition of money and property. The revolt quickly spread to other nearby towns. They cut telephone lines and replaced Republican flags with the red and black CNT flags. By January 27, the authorities had quashed the rebellion. They deported hundreds of rebels to African colonies. The detainees included Buenaventura Durruti, who would later lead the Durruti Column of anarchist soldiers against the fascist armies of Francisco Franco.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #spain #civilwar #antifascism #fascism #generalstrike #cnt #durruti #revolt #rebellion #communism #barcelona #miners #rebellion

Heads up! 11th Airbornes preparing for Insurrection Act deployment to Minnesota:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/18/trump-minnesota-insurrection-act/

Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say
Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.

January 18, 2026 at 12:02 a.m. EST19 minutes ago

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outside the Pentagon on Thursday. (Kevin Wolf/AP)

By Dan Lamothe
The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, defense officials told The Washington Post late Saturday, after President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to unrest there.

#Trump #ICE #Minneapolis #Minnesota #Insurrectionact #Civilwar

Heads up! 11th Airbornes preparing for Insurrection Act deployment to Minnesota:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/18/trump-minnesota-insurrection-act/

Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say
Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.

January 18, 2026 at 12:02 a.m. EST19 minutes ago

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outside the Pentagon on Thursday. (Kevin Wolf/AP)

By Dan Lamothe
The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, defense officials told The Washington Post late Saturday, after President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to unrest there.

#Trump #ICE #Minneapolis #Minnesota #Insurrectionact #Civilwar

Tens of thousands are fleeing violence in oil-rich Kordofan, where the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces — locked in a brutal war since April 2023 — are vying for control. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/world/politics/sudanese-escape-kordofan-fighting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #sudan #rapidsupportforces #kordofan #darfur #civilwar #internationalorganizationformigration #worldhealthorganization #un

UVA Press has excellent books in many categories, including Early America, African-American history and, of course, #CivilWar history. Not to mention the Studies in Early Modern German History series, including this one-of-a-kind diary of an executioner in Nuremberg in the sixteenth century.

https://upress.virginia.edu/title/4975/

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Autonomies: **Giorgio Agamben: War is peace**

https://autonomies.org/2025/11/giorgio-agamben-war-is-peace/

Among the horrors of war that are often forgotten is its survival in peacetime through industrial transformations. It is well known – but forgotten – that the barbed wire with which many still fence their fields and properties comes from … Continue reading →

#Commentary #Antimilitarism #Civilwar #GiorgioAgamben #Stateandterror

The myth of “shared suffering” in Vicksburg turned history into faith—and faith into amnesia---for although the first war ended in 1865; the second one still shapes how Southerners see suffering, loss, freedom, sacrifice—and the redemptive struggle for truth.
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Image: Confederate General Lloyd Tilghman dies with flair. Monument at Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, MS. Source: RoadsideAmerica.
#history #Histodons #CivilWar #Mississippi #BlackMastodon #Photography #BlackAndWhite

The myth of “shared suffering” in Vicksburg turned history into faith—and faith into amnesia---for although the first war ended in 1865; the second one still shapes how Southerners see suffering, loss, freedom, sacrifice—and the redemptive struggle for truth.
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Image: Confederate General Lloyd Tilghman dies with flair. Monument at Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, MS. Source: RoadsideAmerica.
#history #Histodons #CivilWar #Mississippi #BlackMastodon #Photography #BlackAndWhite

The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington DC is a stunning tribute to the Civil War general and 18th President of the United States, prominently located in Union Square.

#BuyIntoArt #UnitedStates #CivilWar #Memorial #UlyssesSGrant #WashingtonDC #UnionSquare #HistoricalMonument #CivilWarHistory #TravelDestinations #ArchitectureLovers #StatuePhotography

https://jrtphotography.com/featured/ulysses-s-grant-memorial-in-dc-john-twynam.html

The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington DC is a stunning tribute to the Civil War general and 18th President of the United States, prominently located in Union Square.

#BuyIntoArt #UnitedStates #CivilWar #Memorial #UlyssesSGrant #WashingtonDC #UnionSquare #HistoricalMonument #CivilWarHistory #TravelDestinations #ArchitectureLovers #StatuePhotography

https://jrtphotography.com/featured/ulysses-s-grant-memorial-in-dc-john-twynam.html

RED FLAG WARNING:

Anti-Fascist author Mark Bray BLOCKED at airport from escaping the US at airport

Last night, Mark Bray had already cleared airport security to board a flight to Spain. He had announced he was leaving the US due to death threats and doxxing by Turning Point USA.

Suddenly his reservation for the flight was cancelled, blocking his trip. To reach Spain now he may need to make arrangements to cross into Canada or Mexico by land (where the US has few exit controls) and catch a flight from out of the reach of the United States.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/09/anti-fascism-mark-bray-rutgers-university

If you want out and are not well known, now's the time. If you have a high profile like mine you may already be committed to the fight.

#iamantifa #antifa #civilwar

RED FLAG WARNING:

Anti-Fascist author Mark Bray BLOCKED at airport from escaping the US at airport

Last night, Mark Bray had already cleared airport security to board a flight to Spain. He had announced he was leaving the US due to death threats and doxxing by Turning Point USA.

Suddenly his reservation for the flight was cancelled, blocking his trip. To reach Spain now he may need to make arrangements to cross into Canada or Mexico by land (where the US has few exit controls) and catch a flight from out of the reach of the United States.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/09/anti-fascism-mark-bray-rutgers-university

If you want out and are not well known, now's the time. If you have a high profile like mine you may already be committed to the fight.

#iamantifa #antifa #civilwar

#civilwar
Judge's home in South Carolina explodes and burns to the ground, arson suspected

On the 5th of October, the South Carolina home of judge Diane Goodstein exploded and burned to the ground, injuring three of her family members. The fire is being treated as a suspected arson. Both judge Diane Goodstein and her husband are registered Dems in voting records.

Before the fire she had been inundated with death threats after blocking a Trump/DOJ fishing expedition demanding voter records. If this turns out to be a MAGA arsonist and they are even found, it's probable either Trump will pardon them or they will never be charged at all. If THAT happens MAGA meatheads get the "open season" message concerning any judge who dares to stand up to Trump.

Back story:

"COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A federal request to hand over sensitive information from millions of South Carolina voters is now on hold.

Late Tuesday, Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein issued a temporary restraining order resulting from a new lawsuit challenging whether the South Carolina Election Commission will give voters’ data to the Department of Justice."

https://www.live5news.com/2025/09/03/judge-blocks-south-carolina-giving-doj-millions-voters-data/

#civilwar
Judge's home in South Carolina explodes and burns to the ground, arson suspected

On the 5th of October, the South Carolina home of judge Diane Goodstein exploded and burned to the ground, injuring three of her family members. The fire is being treated as a suspected arson. Both judge Diane Goodstein and her husband are registered Dems in voting records.

Before the fire she had been inundated with death threats after blocking a Trump/DOJ fishing expedition demanding voter records. If this turns out to be a MAGA arsonist and they are even found, it's probable either Trump will pardon them or they will never be charged at all. If THAT happens MAGA meatheads get the "open season" message concerning any judge who dares to stand up to Trump.

Back story:

"COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A federal request to hand over sensitive information from millions of South Carolina voters is now on hold.

Late Tuesday, Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein issued a temporary restraining order resulting from a new lawsuit challenging whether the South Carolina Election Commission will give voters’ data to the Department of Justice."

https://www.live5news.com/2025/09/03/judge-blocks-south-carolina-giving-doj-millions-voters-data/

American democracy keeps facing the same test. Reconstruction. Watergate. January 6th. Each was an inkblot: some saw freedom and law, others tyranny and betrayal.

The danger isn’t just the crisis—it’s perception unmoored from fact. A lie, repeated often enough, creates its own inkblot. Not to reveal the viewer. But to control them.

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#history #blackmastodon #histodons #blackandwhite #photo #photography #politics #democracy #fascism #civilwar