Allow me to introduce Jim Chase. Jim was born into slavery in Maryland, served in the Union Army, became a prosperous Rhode Islander after the war and is buried about 20 mins from my house.
Thread: Whenever I see Far Right gangs I think of helping out in my neighbour’s garden in Dublin.
He was in his late 70s & started telling me, a young boy, of the D-Day Landings which started today in 1944
Things that happened to you in your youth can be prompted in old age.
Join me as I deliver remarks from Normandy, France on the 80th anniversary of D-Day – honoring all those who bravely served and sacrificed for our liberty and prosperity. https://t.co/fFOgA817fq
@wideofthepost The boy needs to learn manners. He should be taught them quickly. If he doesn’t have a major advisor that is dressing him down and teaching him the word “sir” at the moment, then Stanford is not training people how to survive in the real world.
@ChimpMega@Yette1@Ty_Seidule Lee and Davis wasted their lives by committing treason so that their society could continue massive human rights violations. Shut up.
This is what university should look like: protests, activists, chanting, food - a beehive of critical thinkers. No corporate clean environment where students become clients, with fancy eateries and no communal spaces.