In New York City, gangs of Irishmen regularly assaulted Black men. A secret organization of workingmen that emerged at this time even included a warning about the perceived danger of emancipated slave labor in their statement of principles. White longshoremen also refused to work with Black men.
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Periodic reminder that the “Proud Boys” have officially been identified as a terrorist organization by both Canada and New Zealand (at least).
When you see reports of their association with other groups, remember that they are known terrorists.
https://indieweb.social/@WillRobinson/110729549915477725
*edit to correct “if” to “of”
Attached: 1 image Moms for Liberty has disturbing connections to the Proud Boys, a White Supremacist Group. They have worked with members of the Proud Boys who were involved in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio once boasted that Moms for Liberty is “the gestapo with vaginas.” Article and photo from Vice: https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d93qd/moms-for-liberty-proud-boys
The appointment of Black men to positions in the custom house, replacing Irish Democrats and allegedly depressing wages, fueled resentment. The substitution of Black workers for whites on a New York harbor ferry line in July 1862 and rumors of contrabands taking jobs in Pennsylvania for low wages added to the discontent.
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United States Representative Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) on Wednesday ridiculed the House Oversight Committee's crusade against President Joe Biden's son Hunter following the Justice Department's multi-count indictment against Chairman James Comer's (R-Kentucky) supposed key informant.Israeli-American...
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To all the dismissive, smoothbrain, libertarian incels who chime in on my posts, mitigating Trump’s sexually violent crimes—let me make this abundantly clear:
Trump is a rapist.
We don't have a cancer drug shortage
We don't have an energy shortage
We don't have an insulin shortage
We don't have a housing shortage
We don't have a teacher shortage
We don't have a labor shortage
We don't have a food shortage
We have a billionaire excess who buy politicians to deny us our basic human rights.