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Steve Woods<p>Correction: for 'controverisal' please read 'slightly more historically accurate'.</p><p>Thank you.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Bristol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bristol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/controversial-second-plaque-edward-colstons-10113778" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol</span><span class="invisible">-news/controversial-second-plaque-edward-colstons-10113778</span></a></p>
MediaFaro Magazine<p>French cinema finally examines slavery and its colonial chapters.</p><p>For years, French cinema has ignored stories that dealt with France’s colonial history, but something is now changing.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250417-french-cinema-finally-examines-slavery-and-its-colonial-chapters?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250417</span><span class="invisible">-french-cinema-finally-examines-slavery-and-its-colonial-chapters?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cinema</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Movies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Tirailleurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tirailleurs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/NiChainesNiMaitres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NiChainesNiMaitres</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Fanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fanon</span></a></p>
AFRICAN CONNECTIONS (ACREF)<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NNPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NNPA</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Targets a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a> Removal from the National Museum of African-American History and Culture. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NMAAHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NMAAHC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.postnewsgroup.com/trump-targets-a-slavery-removal-from-the-national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">postnewsgroup.com/trump-target</span><span class="invisible">s-a-slavery-removal-from-the-national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture/</span></a></p>
AFRICAN CONNECTIONS (ACREF)<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NNPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NNPA</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Targets a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a> Removal from the National Museum of African-American History and Culture.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NMAAHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NMAAHC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.postnewsgroup.com/trump-targets-a-slavery-removal-from-the-national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">postnewsgroup.com/trump-target</span><span class="invisible">s-a-slavery-removal-from-the-national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture/</span></a></p>
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦<p>so JD Vance basically told the EU, he &amp; Trump will destroy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> and sic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bombs</span></a> on them, if the union won’t let <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Xitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> and the Silicon Valley fascistocracy, traffic Europeans digitally and rob them of their lives &amp; livelyhoods.<br><a href="https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/post/3lmwippl2ac2w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app</span><span class="invisible">/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/post/3lmwippl2ac2w</span></a></p><p>because let me be clear: they aren't trafficking our "data". they are trafficking us. </p><p>turning humans into tradeable assets is a cornerstone of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>The Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown (1851) is the autobiography of Henry Box Brown (l. c. 1815-1897), who became the most famous fugitive slave of his time when he had himself shipped in a box from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 29 March 1849. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HenryBoxBrown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HenryBoxBrown</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Abolitionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abolitionism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoryFact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryFact</span></a> <a href="https://whe.to/ci/2-2697-en/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">whe.to/ci/2-2697-en/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
AIF-Massachusetts<p>A piece of knowledge many white non-immigrant English-speaking folks may need to absorb and internalize in this moment:</p><p>These government police forces acting brutally towards immigrants? They were always like that. </p><p>ICE and other policing forces in this country are fundamentally corrupt. In fact, the entire systems of "policing" and "border control" in America have racist and xenophobic origins.</p><p>If our country survives this coup attempt with democracy intact, these systems will need to be left behind or rebuilt from the ground up with a new vision. Otherwise we will be trading overt fascism for fascism lite.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antifascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FuckICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckICE</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/legacy-racism-within-us-border-patrol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">americanimmigrationcouncil.org</span><span class="invisible">/research/legacy-racism-within-us-border-patrol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-racist-roots-of-american-policing-from-slave-patrols-to-traffic-stops-112816" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/the-racist</span><span class="invisible">-roots-of-american-policing-from-slave-patrols-to-traffic-stops-112816</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/06/13/876628302/the-history-of-policing-and-race-in-the-u-s-are-deeply-intertwined" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2020/06/13/876628302/t</span><span class="invisible">he-history-of-policing-and-race-in-the-u-s-are-deeply-intertwined</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.vera.org/news/its-2024-and-slavery-isnt-over-in-the-u-s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vera.org/news/its-2024-and-sla</span><span class="invisible">very-isnt-over-in-the-u-s</span></a></p>
skry<p>Harriet Tubman is back at NPS<br><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/national-park-service-restores-original-harriet-tubman-underground-rai-rcna200298" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/nation</span><span class="invisible">al-park-service-restores-original-harriet-tubman-underground-rai-rcna200298</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>Of interest for some. Via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt; Aruba’s Digitized Slavery Documents Added to UNESCO’s International Memory of the World Register <a href="https://blog.archive.org/2025/04/15/arubas-digitized-slavery-documents-added-to-unescos-international-memory-of-the-world-register/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.archive.org/2025/04/15/ar</span><span class="invisible">ubas-digitized-slavery-documents-added-to-unescos-international-memory-of-the-world-register/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Aruba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aruba</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Caribbean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caribbean</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Dutch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dutch</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/preservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preservation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ReferenceDesk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReferenceDesk</span></a></p>
Real Quack<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@mapache_tico" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mapache_tico</span></a></span> </p><p>This comparison helps diminish the Americanness of <a href="https://union.place/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a>.</p><p>Their forefathers used <a href="https://union.place/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> and the <a href="https://union.place/tags/Bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bible</span></a> to support <a href="https://union.place/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a>. </p><p>This really is <a href="https://union.place/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>. And that we, as a country haven't owned this part of our <a href="https://union.place/tags/heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heritage</span></a> and <a href="https://union.place/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>. </p><p>Remember, this isn't <a href="https://union.place/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> history, this is <a href="https://union.place/tags/white" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>white</span></a> US history.</p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Henry Box Brown (l. c. 1815-1897) was an enslaved African American who became famous as "the man who mailed himself to freedom" after he had himself shipped in a box from Richmond, Virginia, to abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 29 March 1849. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HenryBoxBrown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HenryBoxBrown</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Abolitionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abolitionism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoryFact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryFact</span></a> <a href="https://whe.to/ci/1-24329-en/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">whe.to/ci/1-24329-en/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Voting is Your POWER<p>In response to public backlash, the National Park Service restored original content to its webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. <br>
<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/national-park-service-restores-original-harriet-tubman-underground-rai-rcna200298" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/nation</span><span class="invisible">al-park-service-restores-original-harriet-tubman-underground-rai-rcna200298</span></a></p>
Bohemian Peasant<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://turtleisland.social/@Yehuda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Yehuda</span></a></span> </p><p>“… Trump administration, had no basis or justification or excuse or pretext for that sale other than the financial and in-kind “consideration” (contractual value) it derived from its human trafficking with El Salvador’s dictator.”</p><p>2/2</p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/internationalslavetrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internationalslavetrade</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/CECOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CECOT</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/AbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbregoGarcia</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a></p>
Bohemian Peasant<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://turtleisland.social/@Yehuda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Yehuda</span></a></span> </p><p>“The moment a Trump agent wrote to a federal court in Maryland that “the United States does not have control over Abrego Garcia or the nation of El Salvador,” it was confirming that it had sold Garcia to El Salvador for financial considerations and that the man was now, in every respect, the property of El Salvador—even as the United States, in the form of the second …”</p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/internationalslavetrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internationalslavetrade</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/AbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbregoGarcia</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/CECOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CECOT</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a></p>
DJM (freelance for hire)<p>In search of Saadia</p><p>"Over the years of fighting anti-blackness in Tunisia, Mosbah has herself become a living archive of the stories of suffering and humiliation faced by those racialized as black."</p><p><a href="https://africasacountry.com/2025/04/in-search-of-saadia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">africasacountry.com/2025/04/in</span><span class="invisible">-search-of-saadia</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AIAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIAC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tunisia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tunisia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blackness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackness</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Sojourner Truth's Escape from Slavery comes from the Narrative of Sojourner Truth, an account of the famous abolitionist's life as given to her friend and admirer Olive Gilbert and published in 1850. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SojournerTruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SojournerTruth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Abolitionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abolitionism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoryFact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryFact</span></a> <a href="https://whe.to/ci/2-2694-en/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">whe.to/ci/2-2694-en/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
pdiff1<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@jackhutton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jackhutton</span></a></span> Call this what it is: The modern slave trade. This picture is of a slave auction. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/humantrafficking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humantrafficking</span></a></p>
Sankofab<p>Remembering Paul Robeson this weekend.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>usa</span></a> <br /><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PaulRobeson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PaulRobeson</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>africa</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>genocide</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@blackvoices" class="u-url mention">@<span>blackvoices</span></a></span> <br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/blackmastodon" class="u-url mention">@<span>blackmastodon</span></a></span> <br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@blackgirlnerds/" class="u-url mention">@<span>blackgirlnerds</span></a></span> <br /><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>communism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>socialism</span></a> <br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@BLKNewsNow" class="u-url mention">@<span>BLKNewsNow</span></a></span> <br /><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/jimcrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>jimcrow</span></a></p>
Want Change? W🔁rk T🔁gether☑<p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/POLICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POLICE</span></a> I want to believe there are some good people - while I think all enforcement signups know what they are getting into also or that there is more of bad mix perhaps...</p><p>BUT perhaps even they themselves are not told / find out the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/percentage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>percentage</span></a> of each type of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/enforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enforcement</span></a> they will be doing / never actually know until time passed where they fall into and for example how will it will change. Probably people have to go where told and can't just stay in 1 or 2 things unless they fight to stay in places / be less universal <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/soldier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldier</span></a>. It's like that for a lot of jobs where they want squeeze most from people in as many ways as possible.</p><p>So while people sign up for bad things (like any "company" might have) and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/cops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cops</span></a> could use their physicality on people or even like shoot things, it's still a question of the hierarchy using them better.</p><p>I accept people are born with more tendencies and talents but don't like it's for <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> and prefer <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AmericanFootball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanFootball</span></a> or <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/MMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMA</span></a> or <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/shoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shoot</span></a> range as a disciplined <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/sport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sport</span></a> / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/sports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sports</span></a> and sportsman-like ways which police could be as, nice guys even when tackling people to the ground instead of antagonist / those that offer opposition and threat to <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> people. </p><p>So over-focusing on <br>traffic and issuing tickets (<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/quotas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotas</span></a>), <br>harassing the poor people (on <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/estates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>estates</span></a> / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/coucilestates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coucilestates</span></a>) <br>using force to scare even the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/honest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>honest</span></a> people... <br><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> or otherwise... </p><p>...just isn't cool... </p><p>But what to do when it's one of the only consistent jobs going (or was). It's "Fight for us or Starve" like the army used to be and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> /.$tate might say (or it's all the same).</p><p>And all of the above while not fixing the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/cause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cause</span></a> but spending money on the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/symptoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>symptoms</span></a> instead accumulating <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/force" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>force</span></a> as most of the " <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/answer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>answer</span></a> " and perpetuating also hence ACAB :(</p><p>People are $tuck in <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> too I'm sure - fighting a <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/competitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>competitive</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planet</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> either way as <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/soft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soft</span></a> or <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/hard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hard</span></a> fighting - </p><p>Some groups just make more of a <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/killing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>killing</span></a> than others ("making a killing" as in the " <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> " sense of getting <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/phrase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phrase</span></a> for <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/smoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smoe</span></a> kind of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> / working increasingly for <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a> / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/bank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bank</span></a>)</p>
Church of Jeff<p>The History of Wealth</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/therealsarahcooper" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/therealsarahcoope</span><span class="invisible">r</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SlaveLegacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SlaveLegacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NoBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoBillionaires</span></a></p>