• ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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        7 days ago

        We could start with the violent history of union formation. I only got like one line in an elementary school textbook telling me the pinkertons existed and that was it. Then we can move on to the violent bombing of Tulsa, OK which nobody talks about.

      • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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        7 days ago

        the vast majority of americans don’t know the first thing about political movements originating from the global south. let’s start there

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            • the women’s war in syria
            • liberation movement throughout africa seeking to erode neocolonialism
            • the origins and collapse of congolese independence work that was disrupted by the CIA leading to the current civil war
            • who the opposition to Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela is

            there’s all sorts

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                7 days ago

                Syria is absolutely part of the global south. you know the global south is primarily about economic exploitation and not geography, right? and good for you knowing these things. but most americans aren’t keyed into all this at all