#OtD 23 Apr 1976, Catalan anarchist Enric Duran i Giralt ‘Robin Bank' was born. He later robbed dozens of Spanish banks of around half a million euros to finance anticapitalist social movements
#OtD 23 Apr 1951, 16-year-old schoolgirl Barbara Johns led her fellow pupils in a walkout against racist and poor conditions in her school. It helped lead to the Supreme Court later declaring segregation unconstitutional https://t.co/4oNI0KxfVy
#OtD 23 Apr 1979 New Zealand born socialist Clement Blair Peach was killed by police on an anti-Nazi demo in Southall, Middlesex after being struck by an illegal weapon. Despite 11 witnesses their evidence was dismissed and no one punished
my hot take (only for white people) is that people of the global south deserve to be resentful for the widespread attention and empathy that ukraine is getting that is not afforded for crises in non European countries
Contrary to what seems to be public opinion, children actually forgive their parents A LOT. Children always give them grace and make excuses for them. If a child decides to cut their parents off, chances are that they’ve reached their breaking point.
I can’t stop laughing at this photo my friend posted of an iguana eating her guacamole at a resort in Cabo. It brings me such joy. And the people looking on with horror/laughter are the chef’s kiss.
BREAKING: new study confirms Earth’s greatest abundances of insect life may be suffering calamitous collapses due to agriculture and abrupt climate change during global capitalism 🧵