German officer Klaus Barbie was nicknamed the “Butcher of Lyon” for his brutal torture of prisoners as head of the Gestapo in the French city.

In 1943, he was awarded the Iron Cross by Hitler for his campaign against the French Resistance.

By 1947, he was recruited by US intelligence to aid in anti-communist efforts. As he spied on French intelligence activities, the US government housed Barbie and protected him from prosecution by the French government for his war crimes.

Upon learning this, French authorities requested the US hand him over.

The US High Commissioner refused.

Karl Marx was born on this day in 1818.

His work helps us not only understand capitalism, but fight for a world free of exploitation and domination 🧵 Karl Marx’s final years of life are often overlooked as a period of intellectual and physical decline.

But his thought remained vibrant to the end, as he addressed political questions that are still relevant to us today.

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Thomas Sankara, the socialist president of Burkina Faso in West Africa, was born on this day in 1949🧵 Sankara was an anti-imperialist, anti-colonialist revolutionary who fought to free his country from the domination of foreign corporations and neoliberal economic institutions.
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Karl Marx was born on this day in 1818. His work helps us not only understand capitalism, but fight for a world free of exploitation and domination. It remains relevant today.🧵 Karl Marx’s final years of life are often overlooked as a period of intellectual and physical decline. But his thought remained vibrant to the end, as he addressed political questions that are still relevant to us today.
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The Supreme Court is an anti-democratic monstrosity and a driving force of rightward drift in American politics. Recent rulings show that the court will stop at nothing to stand in the way of even modest progressive change. It's time to abolish the Supreme Court 🧵: President Biden said he won’t expand the Supreme Court because doing so would “politicize” the court in an unhealthy way. But it’s a political institution by its nature — and a disturbingly undemocratic one. jacobin.com/2023/07/suprem…

Karl Marx was born on this day in 1818. His work helps us not only understand capitalism, but fight for a world free of exploitation and domination. It remains relevant today. 🧵 Karl Marx’s final years of life are often overlooked as a period of intellectual and physical decline. But his thought remained vibrant to the end, as he addressed political questions that are still relevant to us today.
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In celebration of International Workers' Day, here's a quick thread of #MayDay posters from around the world.

Let's start with a Dutch May Day poster from Johan van Hell, 1927. A favorite — a 1973 May Day poster from Czech artist František Kopenec.

The US invaded Iraq 20 years ago this spring. From killing hundreds of thousands of civilians to redistributing wealth to the rich and powerful, it was an unmitigated disaster. These charts show how. By @stephensemler 🧵
jacobin.com/2023/04/the-ca… @stephensemler The US-led coalition kicked off the war by killing at least 7000 civilians in the first month. Over the next 239 months, 200,000 more civilians in Iraq would die from war-related violence.

A quick thread of #MayDay posters from around the world.

First, František Kopenec's May Day poster, Czechoslovakia, 1973 A poster for a May Day rally in New York, early 1950s.

Since we're just an hour away, here's a quick thread of #MayDay posters from around the world.

A Garland for May Day, Walter Crane, Britain, 1895. May Day poster from the Italian Socialist Party, 1902.

The purpose of Turkey's invasion of Northern Syria is simple: to destroy the Kurds' radical democratic dreams. jacobinmag.com/2019/10/rojava… A new collection of photography captures the Kurdish struggle against ISIS — and their efforts to build a radically egalitarian society based on principles of peace and democracy. jacobinmag.com/2019/08/kurdis…