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1/ Look up the "Molly Maguires."

You'll see portrayals of a vicious gang of Irish coal miners that murdered mine owners in the dead of night.

How vicious?

Aaaah... pretty vicious, according to historians at the time. From F.P. Dewees (1877) #colorofsurveillance
2/ Problem?

This xenophobic caricature ignores the brutalization of coal miners by mine owners and the state...

ignores many workers' dual role as labor leaders...

justifies their infiltration by the Pinkertons...

who laid the ground for executions of 10 of their leaders.
3/ At #ColorOfSurveillance, you'll hear from the @nytimes' @mdbulik on a updated and more complete history of "The Sons of Molly Maguire."
irishcentral.com/roots/history/…
@nytimes @mdbulik 4/ RSVP here! eventbrite.com/e/the-color-of…
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1/ The most vulnerable are in a no-win situation:

The unhoused struggle to have privacy (or control) in their lives.

Yet those who *find* shelter often live in spaces designed to maximize surveillance.

(Sound familiar?) #colorofsurveillance
2/ At #ColorOfSurveillance, @GotNoPlace will explain the maze of local laws that basically criminalize not having a home.

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1/ For the unhoused, giving up deeply personal information is a part of daily life.

Below -- a template for the Homeless Management Information System intake form for homeless people seeking shelter. #colorofsurveillance
2/ Many may assume that poor and working class people don't value their privacy.

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...aaand they deposited it into traditional, pre-tax IRA.

So now I'm out X thousand dollars -- and no, Vanguard won't help fix it. Careful who you bank with.
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