1/. Charlottesville's Jackson Monument was erected 100 years ago in 1921
The erection of the statue coincided with a growth of the KKK
Lynchings were commonplace
In 2017, protests against removing the statue sparked a deadly far-right rally
Today it’s finally being taken down
The erection of the statue coincided with a growth of the KKK
Lynchings were commonplace
In 2017, protests against removing the statue sparked a deadly far-right rally
Today it’s finally being taken down
2/. “The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly & quietly & invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams” (Maya Angelou)
Last month, marked the centenary of the Tulsa massacre in Greenwood
Last month, marked the centenary of the Tulsa massacre in Greenwood
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1266786044592218116
3/. In 1921, membership of the Ku Klux Klan exploded following a three-week front-page exposé of the Klan in the New York World
There is a mutually beneficial relationship between the far right & the news media
100 years on we are witnessing this again. theguardian.com/world/2018/mar…
There is a mutually beneficial relationship between the far right & the news media
100 years on we are witnessing this again. theguardian.com/world/2018/mar…
4/. Camus also describes fascism as plague
“The plague bacillus never dies or disappears for good: it can lie dormant for years…& perhaps the day will come when, for the bane and the enlightening of men, it will rouse up its rats again & send them forth to die in a happy city.”
“The plague bacillus never dies or disappears for good: it can lie dormant for years…& perhaps the day will come when, for the bane and the enlightening of men, it will rouse up its rats again & send them forth to die in a happy city.”
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1299717959749902336
5/. Populists around the world are not only feeling emboldened, they are winning
Far-right views are increasingly normalised in our politics & in our media
This isn’t happening by chance
It’s part of a strategy that’s been secretly planned & funded for a disturbingly long time
Far-right views are increasingly normalised in our politics & in our media
This isn’t happening by chance
It’s part of a strategy that’s been secretly planned & funded for a disturbingly long time
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1125022414860095490
6/. That favourite hypotheical - “What would I have done in 1930's Germany to fight the rise of fascism?" - is no longer a hypothetical
Like the frog in the saucepan, the temperature is rising heated by a intensifying culture war whose invisible strings are pulled by dark forces
Like the frog in the saucepan, the temperature is rising heated by a intensifying culture war whose invisible strings are pulled by dark forces
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1131623919159513088
7/. The final retreat!
The statues of Confederate Generals Jackson & Lee were removed from #Charlottesville today
Gen Lee was responsible for the deaths of more US soldiers than any German, Japanese or Vietnamese general
All in the defence of slavery...
The statues of Confederate Generals Jackson & Lee were removed from #Charlottesville today
Gen Lee was responsible for the deaths of more US soldiers than any German, Japanese or Vietnamese general
All in the defence of slavery...
8/. This footage👆(via @CAMcGrady) is reminiscent of that final scene in Goodbye Lenin
“This is not erasing history. This is correcting who we honor from history...The conservators of racism want us to honor the conservators of slavery. No more.” @DrIbram
“This is not erasing history. This is correcting who we honor from history...The conservators of racism want us to honor the conservators of slavery. No more.” @DrIbram
9/. Following the money, @ACLU’s Jeffery Robinson reveals the truth about cotton, colonialism, the Confederacy & slavery
“The money went into companies & to their employees giving them the ability to pass wealth through the generations”
Plus ça change!
“The money went into companies & to their employees giving them the ability to pass wealth through the generations”
Plus ça change!
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