On this day, 31 May 1831, the Merthyr Tydfil uprising was sparked when bailiffs from the Court of Requests attempted to seize goods from the home of Lewis Lewis, known as Lewsyn yr Heliwr (Lewis the Huntsman). Lewis refused to let them in, and with his neighbours managed to prevent them from entering his home. The following day a demonstration by ironworkers began ransacking the houses of bailiffs and returning property to the original owners. The rebellion spread and lasted until mid-June. More info here: https://libcom.org/library/1831-merthyr-tydfil-uprisinghttps://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1135347933317022/?type=3
This is hopefully gonna be a master post of important events that went down in Portland. No doubt the Proud Boys and American Guard are going to try and sweep their activity under the rug so we need to make sure it’s seen. Their narrative is that antifa are violent domestic terrorists and we are the source of conflict, this narrative is hard to maintain whenever they come out because they end up showing their violent nature. We need to call them out on it.
American Guard members opened a bus door to confront antifa, one wielding a hammer. Antifa outside grabbed the hammer and took it off them. This is being spun as antifa attacking with a hammer first. (gif of altercation)
Huh, for a group that keeps accusing us of domestic terrorism for wearing masks, they sure do wear a lot of masks. But maybe they only care if you’re ANTI-fascist.
Granodiorite statue of the warrior goddess Sekhmet, from the Temple of Mut at Karnak. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1391-1353 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum of Turin.
