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Socialist Workers Party @sh.itjust.works Universal Monk @lemmy.dbzer0.com 1886 excerpt from the Cleveland Gazette, an African American newspaper, suggesting Statue of Liberty torch not be lit until the United States became a free nation for real
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Interesting little excerpt from The Cleveland Gazette, an African American newspaper dated November 27, 1886.
Shortly after the dedication of the Statue of Liberty, The Cleveland Gazette suggested that the statue's torch not be lit until the United States became a free nation "in reality":
"Liberty enlightening the world," indeed! The expression makes us sick. This government is a howling farce. It can not or rather does not protect its citizens within its own borders. Shove the Bartholdi statue, torch and all, into the ocean until the "liberty" of this country is such as to make it possible for an inoffensive and industrious colored man to earn a respectable living for himself and family, without being ku-kluxed, perhaps murdered, his daughter and wife outraged, and his property destroyed. The idea of the "liberty" of this country "enlightening the world," or even Patagonia, is ridiculous in the extreme.
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www.crimrxiv.com The Genesis of Library Genesis: The Birth of a Global Scholarly Shadow LibraryDigital librarianship—the digitization, collection, and cataloguing of texts—was one of the earliest uses of networked computers. By most accounts, the first digital library was Project Gutenberg, which began making public domain works available in 1971 via the Arpanet, the ...
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jacobin.com Balancing Union Support and Worker ControlTo capture the surging pro-union spirit across the United States, unions must be prepared to support worker-led organizing without attempting to control it, writes former Starbucks rank-and-file organizer Jaz Brisack.
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jacobin.com Trump’s IRS Pick Has Ties to Shady Donors Under IRS ScrutinyDonald Trump’s nominee for Internal Revenue Service director, Billy Long, just had his six-figure debt paid off by campaign donors whose firms are under scrutiny by the IRS for potential tax fraud.
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jacobin.com Today Is a Day to Celebrate Union Victory and EmancipationApril 9, the day that the American Civil War ended in 1865, should be a national holiday celebrating the defeat of the Confederacy, the end of slavery, and the triumph of liberty.
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billypenn.com Faculty, staff at Community College of Philadelphia vote overwhelmingly to authorize strikeFaculty and staff members of AFT Local 2026 voted 97% in favor of authorizing a strike amid ongoing contract talks.
