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    Originally posted by San Bernardhinault View Post
    Biden also made gains among women - just less of a gain. The data suggests to me more like some regular Republican voting women voted for third party candidates in 2016 or stayed home, but like so many political partisans these days drifted back to the fold.
    Correction, Trump made gains amongst White Women by 6% points if that data is to be believedsolets not be tarring everyone with the same brush here.

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      not sure where to put it, but this is history i never knew

      https://twitter.com/MedCrisis/status/1418128647702130689?s=20

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        Thank you for posting that. Again ashamed to say this is history I knew nothing about. It's inspiring and I've sent it on to various friends.

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          I have posted on this a few times in the past.

          For those who are really interested in this, and other British atrocities in Colonial Africa that you were not taught at school. I would strongly urge you to go over to Netflix and search for, "https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81324674" Journey of an African Colony.
          I chronicles Nigerian History from the arrival of the Europeans to Independence with more emphasis on the colonial period.

          For those who want bite size chunks, this is a good place to go on youtube
          https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWv...abIZpUQ/videos (especially episodes 29.30.35)

          There were similar incidents in Yorubaland too, involving Fela Kuti's mother which is why her being killed by the authorities was such a big deal.

          Many on here are aware of some of the atrocities in the Belgium Congo and not realise the British were partial to turning the Gatling gun on any Nigerian who complained about their lot.

          Protesting market women in Owerri or Aba
          Protesting Market women in Lagos
          Striking Miners in Enugu

          And so on and so forth....

          Last edited by Tactical Genius; 22-07-2021, 11:59.

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            Originally posted by Tactical Genius View Post
            I have posted on this a few times in the past.

            For those who are really interested in this, and other British atrocities in Colonial Africa that you were not taught at school. I would strongly urge you to go over to Netflix and search for, "https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81324674" Journey of an African Colony.
            I chronicles Nigerian History from the arrival of the Europeans to Independence with more emphasis on the colonial period.

            For those who want bite size chunks, this is a good place to go on youtube
            https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWv...abIZpUQ/videos (especially episodes 29.30.35)

            There were similar incidents in Yorubaland too, involving Fela Kuti's mother which is why her being killed by the authorities was such a big deal.

            Many on here are aware of some of the atrocities in the Belgium Congo and not realise the British were partial to turning the Gatling gun on any Nigerian who complained about their lot.

            Protesting market women in Owerri or Aba
            Protesting Market women in Lagos
            Striking Miners in Enugu

            And so on and so forth....
            Thanks for the links TG will check them out. What is the story of Fela Kuti's mother? Something else I am ignorant about.

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              The weird thing is that the British shelled Lagos into submission in an attempt to disrupt the slave trade.

              (Of course if Britain hadn't basically set up the slave trade in the first place...)

              Thanks for the links TG. I know you posted them before and I was going to ask you for them again.

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                Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View Post
                The weird thing is that the British shelled Lagos into submission in an attempt to disrupt the slave trade.

                (Of course if Britain hadn't basically set up the slave trade in the first place...)
                Really?

                I know that's what the British say but it was basically a land grab because the British fell out with the local Oba (King). They had been ok with the local behaviour as long as the local leaders were on side.
                I think they bombarded it in around 1853 and formally annexed it in around 1861.

                This episode gives a quick overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kw0_X2qOGM
                and the Netflix series going into it in more depth.


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                  Originally posted by Nefertiti2 View Post

                  Thanks for the links TG will check them out. What is the story of Fela Kuti's mother? Something else I am ignorant about.
                  Here is a quick overview.
                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mfn88VgmUI&t=2s


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                    Originally posted by Tactical Genius View Post

                    Really?

                    I know that's what the British say but it was basically a land grab because the British fell out with the local Oba (King). They had been ok with the local behaviour as long as the local leaders were on side.
                    I think they bombarded it in around 1853 and formally annexed it in around 1861.
                    Yeah that was the claim. You know Britain, saving the world from itself one gunboat at a time.

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                      I recently saw the British anti-slavery patrol described as a delicate balancing act between smashing down on the institution of slavery in all its forms, except on the portuguese and their african allies, as portugal was the biggest purchaser, user, and ultimately murderer of slaves, and also the UK's oldest and best ally.

                      That's actually quite a difficult needle to thread, particularly as command of these ships was usually given to religion based abolitionists, as with the best will in the world, it was a terrible posting
                      Last edited by The Awesome Berbaslug!!!; 22-07-2021, 18:23.

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                        This whole thread is great:

                        https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES/status/1419101039853178884

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                          https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1422337866919813123

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                            https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1422857356061429762?s=21

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                              ^
                              That statement from the Governor had my eyes rolling dangerously upwards

                              "By all means I would (grant them a pardon) and I think that's exactly what would happen" adding that he first wanted "to hear all the facts"

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                                https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1423023827311894531?s=20

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                                  This has been going on all week

                                  [https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1423434122161176577?s=21/

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                                    https://twitter.com/abughazalehkat/status/1423798932040306691

                                    Context:

                                    https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...cy-backsliding
                                    Last edited by Satchmo Distel; 07-08-2021, 23:29.

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                                      Lynchings in Mississippi Never Stopped:

                                      https://archive.is/2021.08.08-182911...ppi-lynchings/

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                                        Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View Post
                                        Lynchings in Mississippi Never Stopped:

                                        https://archive.is/2021.08.08-182911...ppi-lynchings/
                                        that's such a horrendous story. thanks SD

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                                          An interesting variation on the usual garbage

                                          https://twitter.com/darrylleroux/status/1424703535250350082?s=21

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                                            HushPuppi Will be reading that and thinking, "why am I in jail".

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                                              https://twitter.com/citylab/status/1430725090723909632?s=21

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                                                The Bar Standards Board joins the 20th Century. Don't be rude to stroppy teenagers of colour, but we still don't think it's offensive.
                                                A barrister at the centre of a storm of outrage over tweets he published earlier this year has been fined and warned over one of them.

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                                                  Why would you hire someone that obviously unhinged to represent you in court?

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                                                    I'd love to see that in Miami but I think gentrification has forced out a lot of people of some areas already so there's no community left to reconnect. We have something called a desegregation index showing how many people would need to move in order to have true integration and it is always high in Miami.

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