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Working Class History
@workingclasshistory@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

#OtD 22 Nov 1919 the Bogalusa massacre took place. Black labour organiser Sol Dacus was threatened by agents of the Great Southern Lumber Company. White union members and an official came to his defence and four were murdered https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9513/bogalusa-labor-massacre

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@peterjriley2024@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@workingclasshistory

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bogalusa-labor-massacre/

#Bogalusa #LabourMovement #Louisiana #loggers #Organize #sawmillworkers #Solidarity #timberWorkers #unions #workingclasshistory

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Nov. 22, 1919: Bogalusa Labor Massacre, Attack on Interracial Solidarity

The Bogalusa Labor Massacre was an attack on interracial labor solidarity in Louisiana.
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RuthSalter
@RuthSalter@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago

Anybody wanna know about a 1960s adventure play-park in the Gorbals, run by Glaswegian folk singer Matt McGinn, which the council tried to shut down but failed cause like all the kids in the Gorbals marched on City Chambers?

Aye aye. 🧵 1/5

#Glasgow#Scotland#FolkCulture#FolkMusic#Protest#WorkingClassHistory#LabourHistory

A black-and-white photo of a protest of children walking through Glasgow streets carrying protest signs and banners. One is particularly visible, and reads:

'THE VENNY FOR
EVER
DONT PUL IT DOWN
WERE WILL WE GO TO
IF YOU PULL IT DOWN
THERE IS NO
PLACE ELSE'

In the foreground a child holds their sibling as they watch the march.

Photo: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19203889.never-mess-glasgow-wean---gorbals-kids-revolted-threat-playground/
A black-and-white photo of a protest of children walking through Glasgow streets carrying protest signs and banners. One is particularly visible, and reads: 'THE VENNY FOR EVER DONT PUL IT DOWN WERE WILL WE GO TO IF YOU PULL IT DOWN THERE IS NO PLACE ELSE' In the foreground a child holds their sibling as they watch the march. Photo: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19203889.never-mess-glasgow-wean---gorbals-kids-revolted-threat-playground/
A black-and-white photo of a protest of children walking through Glasgow streets carrying protest signs and banners. One is particularly visible, and reads: 'THE VENNY FOR EVER DONT PUL IT DOWN WERE WILL WE GO TO IF YOU PULL IT DOWN THERE IS NO PLACE ELSE' In the foreground a child holds their sibling as they watch the march. Photo: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19203889.never-mess-glasgow-wean---gorbals-kids-revolted-threat-playground/
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RuthSalter
@RuthSalter@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 8 months ago

Sharing this (justly) furious verse from Ewan Robertson's song of c. 1880s about the Highland Clearances, telling Patrick Sellar to burn in hell.

Sellar, a factor (property manager) for the aristocratic Sutherland family, oversaw the forced eviction of tenants to make way for sheep, which could make landowners more money.

From Scottish Studies 1964: 104-6, Gaelic as sung by Andrew Stewart; English John MacInnes; Scots Hamish Henderson.

#FolkSong #Scotland #ScottishHistory #WorkingClassHistory

Black text on a white backgrounds, reads:

Gaelic:
Ach nis, a Shellar, fhuair thu bàs
’S ma fhuair thu ceartas fhuair thu blàths
An tcine leis ’n a loisg thu càch
Gum faigh thu fhéin gu leòr dheth

English:
But now, Sellar, you are dead
And if justice has been done you are warm!
The fire with which you burnt others
May you yourself have enough of it.

Scots:
Sellar, daith has ye in his grip;
Ye needna think he’ll let ye slip.
Justice ye’ve earned, and, by the Book,
A warm assize ye winna jouk.
The fires ye lit tae gut Strathnaver
Ye’ll feel them noo—and roast forever.

[From Scottish Studies 1964: 104-6, Gaelic verse as sung by Andrew Stewart; English trans. John MacInnes; Scots trans. Hamish Henderson.]
Black text on a white backgrounds, reads: Gaelic: Ach nis, a Shellar, fhuair thu bàs ’S ma fhuair thu ceartas fhuair thu blàths An tcine leis ’n a loisg thu càch Gum faigh thu fhéin gu leòr dheth English: But now, Sellar, you are dead And if justice has been done you are warm! The fire with which you burnt others May you yourself have enough of it. Scots: Sellar, daith has ye in his grip; Ye needna think he’ll let ye slip. Justice ye’ve earned, and, by the Book, A warm assize ye winna jouk. The fires ye lit tae gut Strathnaver Ye’ll feel them noo—and roast forever. [From Scottish Studies 1964: 104-6, Gaelic verse as sung by Andrew Stewart; English trans. John MacInnes; Scots trans. Hamish Henderson.]
Black text on a white backgrounds, reads: Gaelic: Ach nis, a Shellar, fhuair thu bàs ’S ma fhuair thu ceartas fhuair thu blàths An tcine leis ’n a loisg thu càch Gum faigh thu fhéin gu leòr dheth English: But now, Sellar, you are dead And if justice has been done you are warm! The fire with which you burnt others May you yourself have enough of it. Scots: Sellar, daith has ye in his grip; Ye needna think he’ll let ye slip. Justice ye’ve earned, and, by the Book, A warm assize ye winna jouk. The fires ye lit tae gut Strathnaver Ye’ll feel them noo—and roast forever. [From Scottish Studies 1964: 104-6, Gaelic verse as sung by Andrew Stewart; English trans. John MacInnes; Scots trans. Hamish Henderson.]
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