@dyckron
Soon they’ll get their workers for free.

#Rollback #USSlavery

RE: https://mas.to/@BruceMirken/116052828445619739

Step 1: fabricate a labour ‘crisis’ by arresting workers

Step 2: solve labour crisis by renting back the detained workers to businesses, under the guise that it’s ‘only fair’ that detainees should contribute to thier upkeep.

Step 3: profit!

#USFascism #USConcentrationCamps #USSlavery #13a

RE: https://flipboard.com/@slate/news-politics-0nvbl36ez/-/a-60pNRYFMQuackcTOcL6syw%3Aa%3A2627987014-%2F0

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“On Friday, two far-right judges greenlit the Trump administration’s radical reinterpretation of federal law that would sweep millions more immigrants into mandatory detention, potentially expanding the mass deportation machinery in new and horrifying ways. Their 2–1 decision for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals would transform the entire United States into a permanent border zone where unauthorized immigrants can be jailed indefinitely without bond, even years after they arrived.”

#USFascism #USConcentrationCamps #USSlavery

"Confederacy group" [i.e., supporters/descendants of slavers and traitors] sues Georgia state park over exhibit on slavery, white supremacy
"the group argues that a planned exhibit there, which is focused on white supremacy and slavery and segregation, violates a state law that requires preserving the site as a Confederate memorial"
#CivilWar #Slavery #USslavery
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5464717/confederacy-group-sues-georgia-state-park-over-exhibit-on-slavery-white-supremac
“Enormous wrongdoings” of slave traders tackled by City of London project
#Slavery #USslavery
Guildhall statues of two men enriched by slavery have been reinterpreted with input from Caribbean writers to expose the city’s historical ties to the trade
https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2025/07/09/slave-traders/
"Race isn’t a ‘biological reality,’ contrary to recent political claims − here’s how scientific consensus on race developed in the 20th century"
#HistSTM #HistSci #Slavery #USslavery
#Sociologyhttps://theconversation.com/race-isnt-a-biological-reality-contrary-to-recent-political-claims-heres-how-scientific-consensus-on-race-developed-in-the-20th-century-253504

On the night of December 31, 1862, enslaved and free African Americans gathered, many in secret, to ring in the new year and await news that the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect.

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/historical-legacy-watch-night
#Emancipation #Freedom
#USslavery #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon #Blackhistory

The Historical Legacy of Watch Night

Watch Night or “Freedom's Eve,” marks when African Americans across the country watched and waited for the Emancipation Proclamation to take effect. Today, Watch Night service encourages reflection on the history of slavery and the previous year.

National Museum of African American History and Culture