TIL about #Irish #women #revolutionary artists

Worth going to Dublin for...

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/apr/10/freak-pictures-irelands-art-revolutionaries-who-were-treated-so-badly-one-fled-to-a-nunnery

Today in Labor History April 6, 1781: Tupac Amaru II was captured in Peru after being denounced by a turncoat. He led a large Andean uprising against the Spanish in Peru. As a result, he became a hero in the Peruvian struggle for independence and the indigenous rights movement. The Tupamaros revolutionary movement in Uruguay (1960s-1970s) took their name from him. As did the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary guerrilla group, in Peru, and the Venezuelan Marxist political party Tupamaro. The American rapper, Tupac Amaru Shakur, was also named after Tupac Amaru II. Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, wrote a poem called “Tupac Amaru (1781).” And Clive Cussler’s book, “Inca Gold,” has a villain who claims to be descended from the revolutionary leader.

#indigenous #genocide #peru #tupac #inca #colonialism #poetry #fiction #pabloneruda #Revolutionary #socialism @bookstadon

#Africa #World #Revolution #Solidarity #Future #Military #Community

Since the ongoing #war began in #Sudan, #revolutionary #youth groups that were critical in ending the 30-year #dictatorship of #OmarAlBashir have been #organizing and running #EmergencyResponse Rooms across the country, to provide #MutualAid to #civilians. The #SudanSolidarityCollective is #fundraising for them, and running #workshops for #advocacy and #CommunityBuilding.

#Donate here, and/or #share:

https://www.sudansolidarity.com/

Today In Labor History April 4, 1866: Russian revolutionary, Dmitry Karakozov attempted to assassinate Czar Alexander II. He failed and the government executed him. Some believe that Karakozov chose the year 1866, since that was the year in which a character in Chernyshevsky’s “What Is To Be Done?” planned to launch a revolution. In the book, the protagonist, Vera Pavlovna, escapes a controlling family, and an arranged marriage, to start a socialist cooperative and a truly egalitarian romantic partnership. She starts a seamstress commune, with shared living quarters, profit-sharing and an on-site school to further the women’s education. Chernyshevsky wrote the novel in response to Turgenev’s “Fathers and Sons.” He wrote the book while imprisoned in the Peter and Paul fortress. The book inspired generations of Russian radicals, including the nihilists, anarchists and even many Marxists.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #nihilism #anarchism #communism #chernyshevsky #russia #novel #fiction #Revolutionary #commune #socialism #books #fiction #author #writer @bookstadon

Tatyana Oranskaya, 'Chinese revolutionary woman' (1960)

In a leader-centered political order, whatever the boss says sets the agenda for every underling.

Under #tyranny rule, the interests of the “people” are equated with the personal interests of the ruler, so no conflict can ever arise between the two.

President Trump’s new regime, if he is able to consolidate it, will amount to nothing less than a #revolutionary change in the American political system. IMO, it is inherently corrupt and inefficient.

https://www.persuasion.community/p/sins-of-the-father

In a leader-centered political order, whatever the boss says sets the agenda for every underling.

Under #tyranny, the interests of the “people” are equated with the personal interests of the ruler, so no conflict can ever arise between the two.

President Trump’s new regime, if he is able to consolidate it, will amount to nothing less than a #revolutionary change in the American political system. IMO, it is inherently corrupt and inefficient.

https://www.persuasion.community/p/sins-of-the-father

Today in Labor History March 23, 1931: The authorities hanged Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar for killing a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian Independence movement. Singh was a anti-colonial revolutionary, from Punjab, who was inspired by both Bolshevism and anarchism.

Today in Labor History March 19, 1742: Tupac Amaru was born. Tupac Amaru II had led a large Andean uprising against the Spanish. As a result, he became a mythical figure in the Peruvian struggle for independence and in the indigenous rights movement. The Tupamaros revolutionary movement in Uruguay (1960s-1970s) took their name from him. As did the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary guerrilla group, in Peru, and the Venezuelan Marxist political party Tupamaro. American rapper, Tupac Amaru Shakur, was also named after him. Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, wrote a poem called “Tupac Amaru (1781).” And Clive Cussler’s book, “Inca Gold,” has a villain who claims to be descended from the revolutionary leader.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #indigenous #inca #tupac #conquest #colonialism #uprising #Revolutionary #PabloNeruda #poetry #novel #tupacamaru #peru #fiction #books #author #writer #poetry @bookstadon

For international women’s day here’s a quote from a revolutionary woman

A second #American #Revolutionary #Uprising is necessary
to regain #Democracy #Rights and #Freedoms in America
and save the Nation from fascism

The 'We the People' The American patriots will have to face as in 1783
americans who will support the 'monarchy' the Trump's dictatorship.

A quotation from Orwell

Most revolutionaries are potential tories, because they imagine that everything can be put right by altering the shape of society; once that change is effected, as it sometimes is, they see no need for any other.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1939), “Charles Dickens,” sec. 6, Inside the Whale (1940-03-11)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/orwell-george/74967/

Today in Labor History February 20, 1931: An anarchist uprising in Encarnación, Paraguay briefly transformed the city into the revolutionary Encarnación Commune. Students and workers created popular assemblies to run the city. They tried to create communes in other towns, too, but the authorities thwarted their attempts. When the authorities began to retake Encarnacion, many of the insurrectionists stole steamboats and fled to Brazil. Along the way, they attacked yerba mate companies and burned records related to indentured servants. Gabriel Casaccia alluded to the uprising in his novel “Los Herederos.”

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #uprising #brazil #YerbaMate #Revolutionary #commune #paraguay #slavery #novel #books #author #fiction #writer @bookstadon

"It’s hard to imagine any of these moves commanding majority support among #Americans. They have the scent of religious or #revolutionary fervour—as mini-Robespierres go about guillotining any hint of #wokery."

Is ‘#woke’ really to blame for the rise of #Trump?
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/identity/diversity/69228/woke-dei-to-blame-rise-of-trump

#diversity
#polling
#USpol

Today in Labor History February 8, 1805: Louis-Auguste Blanqui was born. He was a French revolutionary and participant in the Paris Commune. Blanqui took an active role in most republican conspiracies of the early to mid-1800s, both in France, and in Italy with the Carbonari society, including the July Revolution of 1830. In 1840, the authorities condemned him to death for his role in a violent rebellion led by the Société des Saisons. However, they commuted it to life in prison and then ended up releasing him during the revolution of 1848. Needless to say, he promptly resumed his attacks. In 1849, they again imprisoned him, but he escaped and led two more armed uprisings. Just prior to the Paris Commune, they arrested him again. While in prison, the Communards elected him president of the commune. The Communards offered to release all of their prisoners if the government released Blanqui. In 1872, along with other leaders of the Commune, the authorities sentenced him to deportation. But because of poor health, they commuted his sentence to local imprisonment. He died in 1881.

After returning from his travels, Howie Hawkins is continuing his "Dispatches from #Europe" series, in which he recounts his travels. His latest is with Yurii Samoilov, Ukrainian #Miners #Union Leader and #Revolutionary #Socialist.

Read the post at https://howiehawkins.us/dispatches-from-europe-no-13/