American History

Interesting perspectives on America's past and her ongoing evolution. I believe America's history is within all of her residents, past and present. Our history is culture, art, imperialism, colonization, politics, resistance, acquiescence, slavery, freedom, capitalism and community.

[genderoutlaws]

i tried adding this video in a reblog on the photo of them but it was being funky, so! cute lil clip of these guys having an absolute blast and giving out hugs at the march, from DykeTV's Dyke March compilation

[gardengnosticator]

““Let us free Ireland,” says the patriot who won’t touch Socialism. Let us all join together and crush the brutal Saxon. Let us all join together, says he, all classes and creeds. And, says the town worker, after we have crushed the Saxon and freed Ireland, what will we do? Oh, then you can go back to your slums, same as before. Whoop it up for liberty! And, says the agricultural workers, after we have freed Ireland, what then? Oh, then you can go scraping around for the landlord’s rent or the money-lenders’ interest same as before. Whoop it up for liberty! After Ireland is free, says the patriot who won’t touch socialism, we will protect all classes, and if you won’t pay your rent you will be evicted same as now. But the evicting party, under command of the sheriff, will wear green uniforms and the Harp without the Crown, and the warrant turning you out on the roadside will be stamped with the arms of the Irish Republic. Now, isn’t that worth fighting for? And when you cannot find employment, and, giving up the struggle of life in despair, enter the poorhouse, the band of the nearest regiment of the Irish army will escort you to the poorhouse door to the tune of St. Patrick’s Day. Oh! It will be nice to live in those days! “With the Green Flag floating o’er us” and an ever-increasing army of unemployed workers walking about under the Green Flag, wishing they had something to eat. Same as now! Whoop it up for liberty!”

— James Connolly, Let Us Free Ireland! (1899)

[drumlincountry]

[silviacrossdresser]

Published in “Transvestia” magazine #90 (1977) and reedited in the book “Birth of Barbara”, by Sandy Thomas (Transvestia TV Fiction  #14), published by herself.    

[oldshowbiz]

1946 - Congress looking the other way when it comes to corporate corruption

[bwitiye]

happy leon czolgosz did nothing wrong day!

[unbossed-deactivated20251218]

It’s the first day of Czolgosz, comrades!

[kropotkindersurprise]

Iconic

[rednines]

Holiday is approaching

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Happy holidays

[catgirlforeskin]

Still insanely funny to me that he originally went to Emma Goldman speeches and tried to meet up with anarchists there to do smaller-scale praxis but because he was awkward and very loudly enthusiastic about wanting to do crimes, everyone thought he was a cop and wouldn’t talk to him, so he was like “ok fine I’ll just kill the President by myself then” and did

[indigenoustiktok]

[ID:

We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee by Redbone plays in the background of the Tik Tok.

White text starts at the top of the screen, displaying information. “The song you are hearing was not allowed to be played on U.S radio stations in 1970’s”.

The dancer makes hoops go from Eagle to Earth form.

“It created by a popular Native American band called Redbone and it hit number 1 charts all over Europe.”

“The song raised awareness about what happened at Wounded Knee”

They finish the Earth form, centering themself. “Let’s get it trending”.

Screen switches to the Tik Toker’s name and username, James Jones / @notoriouscree

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[magicalshadesoflamps]

No one’s reblogged this video with versions of the whole song yet, so here’s a spotify link and the youtube video.

[sacredwhores]

Marina Gržinić & Aina Šmid - The Eastern House (2003)

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 14 July 1970, Puerto Rican street gang-turned activist group the Young Lords occupied Lincoln Hospital’s major administrative building in response to the city’s indifference to the health needs of Puerto Ricans and African Americans in the South Bronx and the deplorable conditions of health care delivery at Lincoln Hospital. The Young Lords actions at Lincoln were an extension of the group’s activism around issues of public health in East Harlem. Their health activism included the Garbage Offensive, which protested against irregular sanitation services; the launch of breakfast programs for poor children; the Lead Offensive, during which they conducted door-to-door medical home visits in collaboration with progressive nurses, medical technicians and doctors to test local children for lead poisoning and adults for tuberculosis; and the takeover of a city operated Tuberculosis truck (pictured). More Young Lords writings on health here: https://libcom.org/library/young-lords-reader-%E2%80%9Chealth-hospitals%E2%80%9D https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1474940729357739/?type=3

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 15 June 1990, the Battle of Century City took place, as police in Los Angeles attacked striking janitors and their supporters during a peaceful Service Employees International Union demonstration. Janitors in the Century City office complex, most of whom were employed by cleaning contractor ISS, had gone out on strike on May 29 demanding improvements to pay and conditions. On the June 15 protest, LAPD officers brutally attacked the workers and their supporters, leaving several people seriously injured, including one pregnant woman who miscarried as a result. Rather than deter the workers, the violence caused mass outrage. And ISS subsequently agreed to recognise the workers’ union, provide for family health coverage and pay a living wage. The event also began to be commemorated with the creation of an annual June 15 Justice for Janitors Day. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1451681311683681/?type=3

[thunderstruck9]

Devin Leonardi (American, 1981-2014), Roundup, 2010. Acrylic on paper, 20 x 29 in.

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 27 October 1970, the Nixon administration passed the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act, as part of their “war on drugs”. A Nixon adviser, John Ehrlichman, later admitted “The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and Black people. You understand what I’m saying? We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or Black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and Blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.” Our work is entirely funded by our followers on patreon, learn more and consider joining us today at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1247493525435795/?type=3

[oldshowbiz]

1946 - The Ballad of Isaac Woodward, the World War Two veteran who had his eyes gouged out by a bigoted cop from South Carolina in 1946.

[doomtribble73]

ICE Agent Opens Fire on Immigrants Outside a South Nashville Grocery Store

“This is unlike anything we have seen before. We have never seen an ICE agent use lethal force in a civil matter before,” said Anna Albescu,

“bystander managed to speak with one of the witnesses verifying their story—ICE shot first and used lethal force when a community member exercised their right to refuse to show ID. No other weapon was fired. Nashville Metro Police arrived on the scene after the ICE agent reported gunfire, and soon thereafter, FBI agents arrived to take over and initiate a federal investigation.

“This is unlike anything we have seen before. We have never seen an ICE agent use lethal force in a civil matter before,” said Anna Albescu, member of The MIX. The ICE agent who was involved in this incident was one of two agents involved in a prior incident that occurred in Hermitage, TN, on July 22, 2019.”

[14kgoldupgraded]

“In light of what happened this morning, it is clear that Immigration Customs and Enforcement officials are aware and frustrated that community members understand how to exercise their rights. Now, ICE agents are taking out their frustrations on our neighbors by escalating civil matters into use of lethal force,” said Hernan Crescencio, member of the MIX.

[bmashina]

A Kuwaiti girl, her lamb, an Iraqi T-55 and a burning oil well. 1991-the year

[politicalcartoon]

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[translesbianethics]