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They Shall Not Pass!
London. October 4, 1936. Oswald Mosley was the British Hitler. He wanted to parade his "Blackshirts" through the East End to intimidate the Jewish population. The Police Commissioner said the march was legal. He ordered the streets cleared. He underestimated the people.
On the morning of the march, the Fascists arrived in military formation. But waiting for them wasn't just a protest. It was an army of citizens. The Irish Dockers, who usually didn't get along with the Jewish community, said, "No one bullies our neighbors." They showed up with iron bars. Grandmothers leaned out of windows and threw rubbish and hot water on the police charging the lines. Children rolled marbles under the hooves of the police horses.
The crowds chanted the slogan of the Spanish Civil War: "No Pasarán!" (They Shall Not Pass). The police tried to charge the barricades repeatedly. They were beaten back by a wall of humanity. Mosley waited in his car, furious. Finally, the Police Commissioner rode up to Mosley and said: "We cannot get you through. If you go in there, you will not come out." The Fascists turned around and marched away in humiliation. The people didn't rely on the government to stop hate. They stopped it themselves.
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Labor Day is a chance to celebrate America’s workers, and the labor unions who have fought so hard for them. But at a time when AI is threatening to disrupt or even eliminate entire categories of jobs, it’s also important to think about how we can embrace new technology without losing the purpose and dignity that comes with work.
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HAHAHA! The crowd for Trump’s birthday parade is TINY! They claimed 200,000 people would show up and it doesn’t even look like 1,000 showed up. How embarrassing for MAGA! No Kings blew this out of the water!!!
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The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor.
This is a day I hoped I would never see in America.
I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican this is a line we cannot cross as a nation — this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.
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Congrats to the artists selected for the Black History Month Open Call! Your artworks celebrating Black culture will be showcased at the @OneLoveArtDAO gallery at the Gates Hotel, Miami.
Here are the 22
“Culture is what happens when we stop trying too hard” by @nkfrom04
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Tonight, the Senate finally corrects a fifty-year mistake by passing the Social Security Fairness Act.
Millions of retired teachers and firefighters and letter carriers and state and local workers have waited decades for this moment.
No longer will public retirees see their hard-earned Social Security benefits robbed from them, thanks to this bill.
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Don't wait – check your state's voter registration deadline today and make sure you're registered and ready to vote. And then share this with your friends and family so everyone's ready to vote early or by Election Day. VoteSaveAmerica.com/Obama
