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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 59m

many people are saying this (me)

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 1h

OTD in 1945, delegates from across the world gathered in Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall in Manchester to take part in the Fifth Pan-African Congress.

Theo Williams on Black and anti-colonial politics and British radical memory.

The Fifth Pan-African Congress, 1945: A Landmark Moment in British Radical History

In October 1945, delegates from across the world gathered in Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall, half a mile south of St Peter’s Field, to take part in the Fifth Pan-African Congress.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 1h

At a broader level the number of times I actually had *stuff to do* at 5 minutes before opening was usually quite high, espeically on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday morning.

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 1h

Any basic hospitality experience makes you realise most pettiness is down to management policy and poor pay

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 1h

Being from 1993 it includes a cursory acknowledgement of stronger contemporary solidarity between the black world and Palestine (obviously) but...still

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 1h

Got to the bit in Gilroy's Black Atlantic where he starts talking about Zionism and Black consciousness which basically consists of A Lot of Really Interesting and Profound concepts that cannot be repeated on the internet for want of nuance

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 2h

A lot of things click into place when you realise that, as much as people try to pretend otherwise, reducing immigration in the age of Ryanair is a significant spending commitment and therefore demands for lowering immigration or reducing migrants' rights are demands for a luxury good

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 1h

DUNCAN NO

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 2h

You can really tell a billionaire who's read about Haiti from one who hasn't. (none of them have read about Haiti.)

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Matthew Stienberg @matthewstien.bsky.social · 2h

There was a great article years ago where someone interviewed billionaires concerned about their personal security forces post-apocalypse and when the interviewer suggested they just treat them well, like family, the billionaires just scoffed. I'm sure this is what each of their guards was thinking.

Errant @errantv.bsky.social · 1d

"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own bunker, who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves.'

The techbros will be the first to be torn to pieces by mobs if society collapses

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 2h

"They don't think they're evil-" listen if you're building a massive defensive compound to hold off hordes of people coming for your blood, you think they have a reason to do that because if it was just for your money...what use is that in the apocalypse?

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 2h

The billionaire doomsday prepper "craze" has always felt downstream of every other pychosis rich people who know what they do is evil have. It's the same sort of paranoid freakishness that led the plantocracy to self-destruction.

Errant @errantv.bsky.social · 1d

"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own bunker, who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves.'

The techbros will be the first to be torn to pieces by mobs if society collapses

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Errant @errantv.bsky.social · 1d

"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own bunker, who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves.'

The techbros will be the first to be torn to pieces by mobs if society collapses

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 3h

Cars account for just 4.3% of journeys in Paris. So motorists may be 'living in fear' (although that sounds unlikely) but the vast majority of Parisians, far from seeing red, are pretty happy with expanded space for pedestrians, cyclists and public transport users

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 3h

Paris sees red as mayor drives cars off the road

Motorists in the French capital live in fear of the tow truck and sky-high parking fines

Paris sees red as mayor drives cars off the road

www.thetimes.com

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 3h

Really looking forward to the video of one of these fucking up on a mini roundabout

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h

Driverless taxis from Waymo will be on London’s roads next year, US firm announces