Today in Labor History June 1, 1981: Two Filipino longshore labor organizers, Domingo & Viernes, were assassinated in Seattle, Washington on orders of U.S.-backed dictator Ferdinand Marcos. In 1986, as a result of ongoing protests, President Ronald Reagan told Marcos to “cut and cut cleanly.” That evening, Marcos and his wife Imelda fled to Hawaii aboard a U.S. air force plane, after 20 years of rule, with an entourage of 90 people (mostly servants), with 22 crates of cash valued at $717 million, 300 crates of jewelry of unknown value, $4 million worth of unset precious gems, $200,000 in gold bullion, $1 million in Philippine pesos and deposit slips for $124 million in banks in the Cayman Islands. Plus, countless crates of shoes. The Marcos hold the Guinness record for the largest ever theft from a government. Today, their son, Bong Bong Marcos, rules over the Philippines, with Sara Duterte as his vice-president, daughter of the brutal previous president, Rodrigo Duterte, who has been linked to the death-squad murders of over 1,400 alleged drug dealers and street children.

#laborhistory #WorkingClass #union #seattle #philippines #filipino #deathsquads #assassination #marcos #duterte #organizers #dictator

Today in Labor History May 31, 1905: The Spanish anarchist Alexander Farras threw a bomb into a procession headed by French President Loubet and the King Alphonso XIII of Spain. The leaders were not hurt, though several people were wounded. Farras was never caught. Four other anarchists were arrested, tried and acquitted. Then, the following year, again on May 31, anarchist Mateo Morral made another attempt on King Alphonso XIII. He hid a bomb in a bunch of flowers and threw it at the King during his royal wedding. Because he worked in the anarchist Modern School’s publishing house and was a friend of Francisco Ferrer (the founder of the first Modern Schools), Ferrer was later arrested and imprisoned as an accomplice. You can read my complete history of Ferrer and the Modern School movement here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2022/04/30/the-modern-school-movement/

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #regicide #atentat #assassination #spain #franciscoferrer #modernschool #alexanderfarras #bomb

Pop pop pop, watchin' Archdukes drop

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2102667/pop-pop-pop-watchin-archdukes-drop

⚡️ 007 First Light is being hyped as this generation's top spy game, basically bumped Metal Gear Solid off the throne.

Not surprising: the announcement that IO Interactive is making an official James Bond title whipped up serious HYPE, and Hitman: World of Assassination has aged like fine wine. It's been far too long since a proper Bond game. 🔥

#SteamAndEpic #Bond #Assassination #Interactive #Hitman #First

Why would God allow a president to be killed?

Kennedy Assassination

#history #JFK #Kennedy #assassination #history #spiritual #God #Jesus #video

A quotation from Mark Twain

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Story (1905-02-02), “The Czar’s Soliloquy,” North American Review, Vol. 180, No. 580 (1905-03)

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/83906/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #assassination #despotism #history #moralist #morals #oppression #politicalhistory #politicalviolence #ruleoflaw #tyranny #violence

#israel #palestine : #gaza / #genocide / #hamas / #assassination / #collectivepunishment / #internationallaw

„Gaza health officials say the strike that killed Odeh, his wife and son left at least three others dead and more than 20 wounded. The strike destroyed the upper floor of an apartment building in the Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City.“

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/palestinians-mourn-slain-hamas-militant-chief-as-israel-escalates-gaza-attacks

#israel #palestine : #gaza / #genocide / #hamas / #assassination

„It was not immediately clear if he had been killed in Tuesday's strike. Odeh was appointed as chief of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades after his predecessor Ezzedine al-Haddad was killed in a strike in Gaza earlier in May.“

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/05/26/israel-says-targeted-new-hamas-armed-wing-chief-in-gaza-strike_6753843_4.html