The Uprising of 1 Prairial Year III (20 May 1795) was the last major popular insurrection during the French Revolution (1789-1799). https://www.worldhistory.org/Prairial_Uprising/ #History #FrenchDirectory #FrenchRevolution #Jacobins

Today in Labor History August 22, 1791: Encouraged by the French and American revolutions, Toussaint Louverture led over 100,000 Haitian slaves in a revolt against the French. They were ultimately successful, making Haiti the first black republic in the world. The US refused recognition of Haiti until 1865, as a result of pressure from Southern slaveholders. The French demanded $21 billion In today’s dollars) in reparations for the losses to the former slaveholders, in exchange for peace and recognition of Haiti as an independent nation. The debt was financed through French banks and the U.S. bank, Citibank. The Haitians finally paid it off in 1947. However, the huge interest payments for their independence debt, and the debt incurred through the corruption of the Duvalier dynasty, have made Haiti one of the poorest nations in the western hemisphere. Prior to independence, Haiti was the richest and most productive of all of Europe’s colonies.

The best book I’ve read on the Haitian Revolution is “The Black Jacobins,” by Trinidadian socialist C.L.R. James. Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier explores the revolution in his novel, “The Kingdom of This World” (1949). You can read more about Toussaint Louverture and the slave uprising in Madison Smartt Bell’s trilogy called “All Souls' Rising” (1995) and Isabel Allende’s 2010 novel, “Island Beneath the Sea.”

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #haiti #Revolution #jacobins #ToussaintLouverture #slavery #colonialism #books #CLRJames #novel #fiction #author #writer #IsabelAllende #BlackMastadon @bookstadon

The Uprising of 1 Prairial Year III (20 May 1795) was the last major popular insurrection during the French Revolution (1789-1799). https://www.worldhistory.org/Prairial_Uprising/ #History #FrenchDirectory #FrenchRevolution #Jacobins

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Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794) was a French lawyer who became one of the primary leaders of the French Revolution (1789-1799). From his initial rise to stardom in the Jacobin Club, Robespierre went on to dominate the powerful Committee of Public Safety and oversee the Reign of Terror. He was overthrown and guillotined on 28 July 1794. https://www.worldhistory.org/Maximilien_Robespierre/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Zapier&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia #history #ReignOfTerror #FrenchRevolution #Jacobins

#JACOBINS

• The roots of leftist #antifa #sociakism #communism
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobin

• Related Britannica entry
https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-Europe/The-age-of-revolution

• One of several rounds of mass murder under Soviet communist rule in #russia and #ukraine, which accumulated ~50 million dead bodies after all was said and done
https://www.britannica.com/event/Holodomor

Red #Phrygian caps have become the mascot of the 2024 Summer #Olympics in #Paris.

The #Phrygian cap served as a model for the cap of the #Jacobins during the #French Revolution. Since then, it has been an international symbol of freedom.

On est prêt, on vous attend à 14h à #Rennes aux #jacobins pour les rencontre de l'#ESS cet après-midi 😁 #CAE #cooperation #MoisESS22 et venez tester notre flipper #libre

Lors des rencontres de l'#ESS, dans le cadre du #MoisESS22 Astrolabe vous accueillera sur son stand. Alors venez nous rencontrer afin de découvrir les #CAE :
🌍 #Jacobins à #Rennes
⏰ Samedi 5/11 à 14h

#entrepreunariat #cooperation #CressBretagne #federationCAE #scop https://www.astrolabe.coop/posts/mois-ess-2022/

July 14, 2022 - first Mastodon post from google chrome book

::::::groan ::::

Destroying the Bastille was lovelier than this, no?

Shout out to #Jacobins #Danton and Madame #Guillotine

Militant for for life, Hoes !

(Max~ you were disloyal ... smh)