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The "Make America Great Again" stuff was always obvious in its intent to historians, especially when the #MAGA arseholes borrowed the #AmericaFirst line used both by Lindbergh's American Nazi movement and the KKK. #LawAndOrder was always code for racist terror. Watch this video:

Yes, kids, #HarryPotter author #JKRowling is a piece of shit. As a reminder to go with this superb meme, she denied #trans people suffered under the Nazis, and her press statement whining about being called on it pretended Jews were their only victims. share.google/dN8C7GEXg7LDVs…

Here is the band #OceanOfGrief from #Greece. youtu.be/QOwCHq50RA4 youtu.be/YeXa9SYdKxg youtu.be/uRaDQPi0mlE youtu.be/eNr4DUbGyeM #LunchtimeListens #WorldMusic

If you've been here a while you may know I often call out far-right trolls as cowards. Few ever understand what I mean, since they equate courage with violence. I mean the bravery to face uncomfortable truths and to stand on inconvenient principles. Most violence is born of fear.

Again and again, #protests in American history have been met with soldiers, police, mercenaries, and violence. For over 200 years we have pretended to have freedoms we do not possess. The people deserve #CivilResistance, to be free and heard, and to protect their own communities.

Immigration created this country, made it a great power, and sustains its economy to the present day. We depend on migrants for construction, agriculture, and service sector, yes, but also in the sciences and engineering. As Trump fights the universities, consider Kaku's warning:

I am occasionally amused at the sort of childish coward who posts idiotic shit on my page and has a melt-down when I point out that he's wrong. Poor Brandon here missed that Trump is a fan of Andrew Jackson and that modern Republicans defend the legacy of the Southern Dixiecrats.

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1203, the armies of the #FourthCrusade arrived at Constantinople (now İstanbul). Relations with the Romans had deteriorated by then, so Venetians chose to skip the Holy Land and attack their fellow Christians instead. They sacked the city on 12 April 1204.

Here's the band #BrandySenki of #Japan. youtu.be/PsUDCfIiWQU youtu.be/TsL4BOYcW-I youtu.be/VsLlCNzGQ-s youtu.be/7Rw5Hk6L6gQ #LunchtimeListens #WorldMusic

We further wiped out our credibility for negotiations with #Iran and gave an incentive to develop atomic #deterrence by invading and bombing them, spending hundreds of millions in ordnance & fuel, only to fail entirely to destroy their nuclear programme. theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1973, #queer nightclub #UpStairsLounge in #NewOrleans was destroyed by arson. Police refused to investigate and no-one was charged in the murder of 32 people, despite a suspect who had screamed he would "burn you all out". Being gay was illegal in LA then.

What #Carlin is pointing to here is what the #FrankfurtSchool were studying in the '40s. The revolutionary potential of the working class was neutered by the consumer culture of late-stage #capitalism. It is up to us to overcome that indoctrination before the world is destroyed.

Here is a quick contextual rant I did about the supposed threat of #Iran's #nuclear programme, using #history to call out some really weak reasoning in both the #liberal and #conservative media. youtu.be/qOyrb1LfwRM?si…

Here is #MarwanMoussa of #Egypt. youtu.be/t_OhYWt72tc youtu.be/i9Yq3aCa3lg youtu.be/QL8KL9hvSMs youtu.be/LTv9FyjrId8 #LunchtimeListens #WorldMusic

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1876 the battle of #LittleBighorn was fought, aka #CustersLastStand. A force of #Lakota, #Arapaho, and #Cheyenne killed 274 US Army soldiers & scouts in response to genocidal massacres carried out by #Custer & the Army. Happy #VictoryDay #CusterHadItComing

So many ills, from anxiety and depression to addiction and abuse, from gun violence to theft, have socioeconomic factors. Patriarchy, the nation-state, and capitalism produce a toxic brew that is poisoning our capacity for meaningful social lives. Use your anger to demand better.

To-day we have #SymphonicMetal band #Volturian of #Italy. youtu.be/SzzvZ4kYwSQ youtu.be/FQXo8kNqLZw youtu.be/PFwNNnQnRZQ youtu.be/RiOYzAcg1Ww #LunchtimeListens #WorldMusic

Here again is #Mongol #FolkMetal band #NineTreasures from #China's #InnerMongolia. youtu.be/rAQsFN64rEQ youtu.be/ldGmfBYuWpY youtu.be/IyMszGI1M3k youtu.be/oh-vHfun3Qs #FlashbackFriday #LunchtimeListens

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1954, the #CIA overthrew the elected government of #Guatemala to support #UnitedFruitCompany's anti-#union tyranny. Having deposed #Árbenz, the US made sure Guatemala stayed a dictatorship until 1996, including backing it in #genocide against the #Maya.

I'll post a #MidnightMeditations early as I'm tired. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1869, #EmmaGoldman was born in Lithuania. She was a strong influence on me as a kid for her uncompromising love of #freedom, her #feminism, and for advocating #equality of rights and opportunity for all.