Working Class History

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28 August 2026 03:38

#OtD 27 Aug 1974 Black inmate Joan Little killed a white prison guard in self-defence from sexually assault and escaped from the Beaufort County jail in South Carolina, US. She faced the death penalty, but with widespread support was acquitted stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9885...

Prof. James Davies

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23 July 2026 14:52

The proliferation of psych-diagnoses isn't leading young people to 'organise against state & fascist oppression' its sadly enabling them to better align with (via drugs & minor accommodations) the dominant structures of contemporary neoliberal society. You'll never diagnose your way to liberation.

Prof. James Davies

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23 July 2026 14:49

'As provision of basic needs (housing, health, education, employment) continues to atrophy, [Neuro-identitarianism] resistance increasingly takes an individualised, myopic form, dissipating collective pressure that might otherwise demand the system be fixed.' www.madintheuk.com/2026/06/on-a...

Anarchists Without Borders

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23 July 2026 14:47

I think "democracy" should be accepted as meaning a place where people rule themselves, and should not mean a place where people rule each other. By that view, you basically have five political systems. Democracy (anarchy) Majority rule Republic Parliamentary monarchy Totalitarian monarchy

Working Class History

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13 July 2026 19:01

#OtD 13 Jul 1921 anarchists detained without charge in Russia ended their hunger strike after the Bolsheviks agreed to exile most of them. One anarchist, however, 34-year-old Jewish factory worker Fanya Baron, was executed on Lenin's orders stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8482...