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23 Feb
More than 6,500 migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have died in Qatar since it won the right to host the World Cup 10 years ago - an average of 12 migrant workers each week - @guardian theguardian.com/global-develop…
"The findings expose Qatar’s failure to protect its 2 million-strong migrant workforce, or even investigate the causes of the apparently high rate of death among the largely young workers." Graphic showing the number ...
Qatar’s intense summer heat is likely to be a significant factor in many worker deaths. theguardian.com/global-develop…
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22 Feb
Woman training to fight against fascists in the Spanish Civil War, August 1936, 📷 Gerda Taro cc: @MaazaMengiste Image
Mujeres Soldados Women Soldiers, 1936, Photographer unknown Image
Fanny Schoonheyt was the only woman among the contingent of Dutch volunteers to take up arms in defense of the Spanish Republic in the war against fascism. albavolunteer.org/2011/12/queen-… Barcelona, May 1937. 📷 Agustí Centelles A black and white photo of ...
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21 Feb
Today is the born day of Claudia Jones, communist, intellectual and journalist who founded the West Indian Gazette, the first Black newspaper in Britain. and the Notting Hill Carnival. (Photo: Getty) Claudia Jones sitting reading a book called Pages From a Wor
#ClaudiaJones was born in #Trinidad, moved to the US as a child, was arrested and jailed several times for her activism and communist politics and deported to Britain.Some articles about her fight for the rights of Black women and the Black working class essence.com/black-history-…
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21 Feb
Nina Simone was born on this day in 1933. My love for her is boundless. Throughout the day I will share some of my favourite things that #NinaSaid for my annual appreciation and respect 💜✊🏽❤️ (Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
“I’ll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear!” #NinaSaid

In a 1999 episode of BBC HARDtalk, Tim Sebastian asked Nina Simone “Tell me about music as a political weapon.” Here’s what #NinaSaid Text: It has helped me for 30 years defend the rights of Ame
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21 Feb
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the youngest woman elected to the U.S. Congress. It shows in the way she refuses to be grateful because the white boys let her in their club called Congress. feministgiant.com/p/essay-aoc-th…
It shows in the way that she calls out those white boys, whether they are the now former congressman Ted Yoho-- who called her a “fucking bitch” last year-- or Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley--who cheered on the January 6 insurrectionists--for the white supremacists they are.
And it shows in the way she threatens men on both the right and the left. It is a reminder of the vicious patriarchy that is alive across the political spectrum and is especially virulent against this young Latinx woman.

And primarily, it shows because AOC is a Disruptor. Text: Thank all the good things that AOC is from a generatio
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21 Feb
This is a great film about African Americans who went to Spain to fight fascism as part of International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. There’s an online event today about it. h/t ⁦@MaazaMengiste⁩ eventbrite.com/e/an-alba-film…
Langston Hughes is mentioned in the film. This is a brief intro to what he wrote about the link between fascism, racism, and the Spanish Civil War
"Cause if a free Spain wins this war,
The colonies, too, are free" Langston Hughes #SpanishCivilWar
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