Today in Labor History June 16, 1869: In the small mining town of Ricamarie, France, troops opened fire on miners who were protesting the arrest of 40 workers. As a result, troops killed 14 people, including a 17-month-old girl in her mother’s arms. Furthermore, they wounded 60 others, including 10 children. This strike, and another in Aubin, along with the Paris Commune, were major inspirations for Emile Zola’s seminal work, “Germinal,” and the reason he chose to focus on revolutionary worker actions in that novel.

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Today in Labor History June 14, 1848: Afro-Cuban revolutionary and guerrilla leader Antonio Maceo was born (1848-1896). Known as the "Titan of Bronze," Maceo helped defeat the Spanish and win Cuban independence. People also called him the “Greater Lion.” He participated in over 500 battles during the Ten Years’ War. He earned the Bronze Titan moniker after surviving numerous gunshot and blade wounds. He rose to the rank of Brigadier General within five years. However, he would have risen more quickly if it weren’t for racism.

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When Europeans crossed the Atlantic in search of India, and instead found indigenous Americans who knew about potatoes, corn, aubergine (eggplant), and tomatoes?

Do you ever wonder what Belgians fried before potatoes?

What Greeks layered in moussaka before aubergine (eggplant)?

What Italians ate on their pasta before tomato sauce? And what they ate before pasta came from "the far east"?

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#Art vs. Cucker Tarlson: #Revolutionary #Tools or "Tools"? (w/ #SaulWilliams) #yt

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Watched #ILoveBoosters and it was insane omg. 😂 I was loling irl. With #SorryToBotherYou, I’m a Virgo, and now this, #BootsRiley is 3-for-3 for me. Also, I was the only one in the #theater. 😭 Come for the WOC-led #heist, stay for the #Chinese factory worker storyline, teleportation(!) shenanigans, #revolutionary #politics (of course), and [redacted]!!

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