Today in Labor History December 23, 1617: America's first penal colony was established in Virginia, creating a “safe, humane home” [sic] for the nascent country's future class war prisoners. Between 1615 and 1699, English courts sent 2,300 convicts to toil in the American colonies, mostly in Maryland and Virginia. Between 1700 and 1775, they sent 52,200 convicts, more than 20,000 of to Virginia. Some were as young as nine and ten. They were cheaper than white indentured slaves and black chattel slaves. Many worked on tobacco plantations.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #penalcolony #prison #colonialism #classwar #slavery #children #slavelabor

#USpolitics #PenalColony #LifeSentences

-The alarming trend of life sentences-
-1 in 7 people in US prison are serving life sentences-
-This is almost 5x more people than in 1984-
-More people were serving a life sentence in 2021....
than all people serving any sentence in 1970-
-The number of people serving without parole was up between 2003 and 2021-
-Over 2/3 of those serving life sentences are people of color-

"The Human Cost of Life Without Parole" [ < 1min]
by nowthisimpact

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aujSoUR9CWY

Quote by nti:
"Dec 6, 2024
Life sentences and life without parole are becoming way too common in the U.S. Even though many who are still imprisoned have 'aged out' of crime, their sentences often leave them with no chance for redemption."

#USbeware #CapitalismIsFailingYou

NSW will remove 65,000 years of Aboriginal #history from its years 7–10 syllabus. It’s a step backwards for #education #boganstate #firstnations #penalcolony #Boatpeople

https://theconversation.com/nsw-will-remove-65-000-years-of-aboriginal-history-from-its-years-7-10-syllabus-its-a-step-backwards-for-education-240111

#Germany’s final three #nuclearpower plants close their doors last year, marking the end of the country’s #nuclear era that has spanned more than six decades.
Meanwhile, #australia , the land of tradies and real estate agents (AND wannabe nuclear physicists like #spud), embarks on an epic journey... Strayia' mate, the quarrypit that exports rocks and imports everything else, is gonna show the Germans how to run a nuclear power plant. #auspol #ginarinehart #lnpfail #olygopolies #penalcolony

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/15/europe/germany-nuclear-phase-out-climate-intl/index.html

"died", my åss!
That fü¢kër had #AlexeiNavalny MURDERED!!!

«Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of #Russian President #VladimirPutin who crusaded against official #corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison Friday, Russian authorities said. He was 47»

#Moscow #Kremlin #Russia #Putin #Novichok #PenalColony #assassination #DmitryPeskov #Navalny #StopPutinNOW #RUpoli
#politics

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/alexei-navalny-the-fiercest-foe-of-russia-s-putin-dead-at-47-russian-authorities-1.6771551

«Jailed #Russian opposition politician #AlexeiNavalny has been tracked down to a #PenalColony north of the #ArcticCircle, his spokesperson said Monday after supporters lost touch with him for more than two weeks»

#StopPutin

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/alexei-navalny-arctic-penal-colony-1.7069337

Today in Labor History December 23, 1617: America's first penal colony was established in Virginia, creating a “safe, humane home” [sic] for the nascent country's future class war prisoners. Between 1615 and 1699, English courts sent 2,300 convicts to toil in the American colonies, mostly in Maryland and Virginia. Between 1700 and 1775, they sent 52,200 convicts, more than 20,000 of to Virginia. Some were as young as nine and ten. They were cheaper than white indentured slaves and black chattel slaves. Many worked on tobacco plantations.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #penalcolony #prison #colonialism #classwar #slavery #children #slavelabor