CT History News · @CTHistoryNewsBot
76 followers · 267 posts · Server nutmeg.socialToday in #Connecticut History, September 12: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Teenage Summer in Simsbury
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#connecticut #20thcentury #africanamericanhistory #agriculture #civilrights #connecticuthistory #jimcrow #laborhistory #martinlutherkingjr #mlk #segregation #september #simsbury #socialmovements #tobacco #work
Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
3154 followers · 10082 posts · Server zirk.usThe #TUC has voted for a non-compliance motion on #Tories anti-strike laws (specifically minimum service requirements).
Sometimes the #RuleofLaw is maintained by not complying with unjust laws - maintaining through #civildisobedience that the idea of the rule of law is being violated by unjust laws themselves, which those protesting such injustice should break.
This political manoeuvre has a long pedigree, from #civilrights movements across history;
can the TUC can tap into that history?
#tuc #tories #RuleofLaw #civildisobedience #civilrights
Nonilex · @Nonilex
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The sweeping #redstate drive to roll back #CivilRights & #liberties
by Ron Brownstein
Since 2021, #Republican-controlled states have passed a swarm of #laws to restrict #VotingRights, increase penalties for #public #protest, impose new restrictions on #transgender youth, #BanBooks, & limit what #teachers, #college #professors, & #employers can say about #race, #gender, & #SexualOrientation.
#AbortionRights
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/09/supreme-court-republican-civil-rights/675265/
#redstate #civilrights #liberties #republican #laws #votingrights #public #protest #transgender #banbooks #teachers #college #professors #employers #race #gender #sexualorientation #abortionrights
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
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#AlabamasGottenMeSoUpset: Many of the remarkable achievements of the #CivilRights movement were forged in Alabama. Yet today, the #whitesupermajorities that control both houses of Alabama’s #legislature, along with Alabama’s white republican #governor, Kay Ivey, continue to #disenfranchise #Blackvoters.
#eliminatetheelectoralcollege #AbolishTheFilibuster #ExpandTheCourt #corruptrobertscourt #shelbycountyvsholder
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/7/from_alabama_to_florida_the_fight
#alabamasgottenmesoupset #civilrights #whitesupermajorities #Legislature #governor #disenfranchise #blackvoters #eliminatetheelectoralcollege #abolishthefilibuster #ExpandTheCourt #corruptrobertscourt #shelbycountyvsholder
· @pdougmc
88 followers · 2572 posts · Server mastodon.cloud#education #CivilRights After conservative overhaul, New College of Florida faces federal civil rights investigation https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/after-conservative-overhaul-new-college-of-florida-faces-federal-civil-rights-investigation/ar-AA1gtUZZ?cvid=f0c7ac9c59074144923f2429832e2768&ei=31
MikeDunnAuthor · @MikeDunnAuthor
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Today in Labor History September 10, 1962: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Civil Rights Leader, James Meredith, could be admitted to the University of Mississippi. White rioters burned cars, pelted federal agents and soldiers with rocks, bricks and shot at them. 31,000 soldiers were sent to quell the violence, the largest ever use of the Insurrection Act of 1807. Two people died. Meredith was harassed throughout his time at the university. He went on to organize the March against Fear from Memphis to Jackson. He also was active in the Voting Rights movement. He went on to become an adviser to the right-wing, segregationist Senator Jesse Helms.
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #CivilRights #racism #JimCrow #segregation #JamesMeredith #OleMiss #Riot #SCOTUS
#workingclass #LaborHistory #civilrights #racism #jimcrow #segregation #jamesmeredith #OleMiss #Riot #SCOTUS
MikeDunnAuthor · @MikeDunnAuthor
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Today in Labor History September 10, 1963: 20 black children were integrated into Birmingham schools in spite of opposition by the city. Martin Luther King, James Bevel & Fred Shuttlesworth led the campaign of nonviolent direct action to integrate Birmingham, Alabama, one of the most segregated cities in the nation. Over a thousand were arrested during the campaign. Bull Connors ordered the use of high-pressure hoses and attack dogs on juvenile protesters. Racists bombed the Gaston Motel, in a failed attempt to assassinate King.
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #CivilRights #nonviolence #CivilDisobedience #MartinLutherKing #alabama #bombing #racsim #JimCrow
#workingclass #LaborHistory #civilrights #nonviolence #civildisobedience #MartinLutherKing #alabama #bombing #racsim #jimcrow
PrivacyDigest · @PrivacyDigest
579 followers · 2216 posts · Server mas.toProtecting #FreeSpeech and the Right to Learn in #Florida
#education #school #civilrights #rights
https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/protecting-free-speech-and-the-right-to-learn-in-florida
#rights #civilrights #school #education #florida #freespeech
IndiaNewsWatch · @indianewswatch
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India’s ‘Alternative To Hong Kong’ Proceeds In Lush Nicobar Island, As Govt Ignores Pleas Of Local Tribals
Over the past 17 years, and most recently in 2022, hunter-gatherers, fisherfolk & farmers of a Nicobarese tribe—inhabiting a rainforest-draped island of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago for about 50,000 years—have pleaded with the union government to return them to their ancestral land. But with a Rs 72,000-crore plan to build a giant port, international airport, power plant and tourism facilities by cutting about a million trees in 130 sq km of rainforest, the government has erected a wall of silence to their requests to return home.
#AndamanNicobarIslands #nicobarese #GreatNicobar #TribalRights #ForestRights #deforestation #andamans #RainForests #environment #EcoDestruction #CivilRights #displacement #UnionGovt #india
#andamannicobarislands #nicobarese #greatnicobar #TribalRights #forestrights #deforestation #andamans #rainforests #environment #ecodestruction #civilrights #displacement #uniongovt #india
Ricardo Harvin · @ricardoharvin
1560 followers · 14840 posts · Server mstdn.socialThe #US state of #Georgia is the best current example of the death of even the idea of #democracy in this country as it prosecutes people in clear and open violation of the most basic of our supposed #CivilRights, #FreedomOfSpeech and association, as the #federal #government does literally nothing to stop the #state, tacitly granting its full approval.
#state #Government #federal #freedomofspeech #civilrights #Democracy #Georgia #US
Todd Bohannon · @toddbohannon
238 followers · 2719 posts · Server spore.social“The family of a 10yo Black boy who was arrested & placed in a cell 4 relieving himself in a parking lot say they will file a fed #civilrights lawsuit against a Mississippi city unless police officers involved in the detention are fired” #AbolishThePolice https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/09/mississippi-ten-year-old-boy-arrested-peeing-car-park
#civilrights #abolishthepolice
RememberUsAlways · @RememberUsAlways
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Raccoon 🏳️🌈 :unverified: · @raccoon
90 followers · 1281 posts · Server writing.exchangeI think something we need to periodically remind ourselves of, as activists for #anarchism, #democracy, #CivilRights, #AntiCapitalist, #Libertarian, and otherwise #AntiAuthoritarian ideas is that we all share the single most important difference with the #NeoNazi movement: we are all against #oppression, #dictatorship, #Authoritarianism, and #genocide.
While we have our disagreements, that alone should be enough for #solidarity against the looming threat: when #Fascism wins, EVERYONE loses.
#fascism #solidarity #genocide #authoritarianism #dictatorship #oppression #neonazi #antiauthoritarian #libertarian #anticapitalist #civilrights #democracy #anarchism
Nihil Curits · @nealcurtis
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The latest on free speech absolutist Elon Musk’s efforts to silence civil rights groups. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/civil-rights-groups-attacked-elon-musk-are-mounting-counteroffensive-rcna103579 #extremism #CivilRights #oligarchy #democracy
#democracy #oligarchy #civilrights #extremism
IndiaNewsWatch · @indianewswatch
315 followers · 2276 posts · Server kolektiva.socialInside Odisha's Crackdown on Adivasis: Bauxite Mining, UAPA, and Forest Act
What explains the state crackdown on Dalit-adivasi activists in south Odisha's Bauxite-rich districts?
https://www.thequint.com/news/india/odisha-crackdown-on-dalit-adivasis-fighting-for-land
#odisha #adivasis #dalits #BauxiteMining #UAPA #ForestRights #mining #bauxite #vedanta #environment #CivilRights #DraconianLaws #india
#odisha #adivasis #dalits #bauxitemining #uapa #forestrights #mining #bauxite #vedanta #environment #civilrights #draconianlaws #india
Todd Bohannon · @toddbohannon
238 followers · 2719 posts · Server spore.social“Historians and other longtime observers of political movements consulted by the Guardian could recall no case in which a US state used Rico against such a large number of protesters or activists.” #CivilRights #StopCopCity
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/07/atlanta-cop-city-racketeering-charges-protests
Blamellors ✔️✔️💙 · @blamellors
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https://www.claytoncountyregister.com/news2/civil-rights-groups-attacked-by-elon-musk-are-mounting-a-counteroffensive/322916/
The US Government should not do ANY business with any entity that amplifies anti-semitism , racism, xenophobia and homophobia.
#musk #US #civilrights #WeStandTogether #twitter #Chieftwit
#musk #us #civilrights #westandtogether #twitter #chieftwit
ManyRoads :coffeecup: · @ManyRoads
712 followers · 5320 posts · Server mstdn.social
"Presidential centers from Hoover to Bush and Obama unite to warn of fragile state of US democracy"
#GOP #Republicans #Constitution #Democracy #CivilRights #HumanRights #Freedom #News #US #Democrats
#democrats #US #News #Freedom #HumanRights #civilrights #Democracy #constitution #republicans #gop
IndiaNewsWatch · @indianewswatch
314 followers · 2261 posts · Server kolektiva.socialUttar Pradesh: PUCL state chief’s home among eight places searched by NIA
The National Investigation Agency seized a laptop, mobile phones and books belonging to Seema Azad of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties.
#UttarPradesh #PUCL #NIA #SeemaAzad #CivilRights #HumanRights #activism #india
#uttarpradesh #pucl #nia #seemaazad #civilrights #humanrights #activism #india
PrivacyDigest · @PrivacyDigest
569 followers · 2171 posts · Server mas.to
New guide helps #journalists know their #rights when #police come knocking
When police applied for a #warrant to raid the #MarionCountyRecord, they didn’t bother mentioning the #PrivacyProtectionAct of 1980 — a federal law that largely bans #newsroom seizures
#privacy #civilrights
https://freedom.press/news/new-guide-helps-journalists-know-their-rights-when-police-come-knocking/
#civilrights #privacy #newsroom #privacyprotectionact #marioncountyrecord #warrant #police #rights #journalists