A map illustrating the political situation in Europe, East Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa around 1450, just before the fall of Constantinople, the expansion of the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II, the Conqueror, and the transformation of the Grand Duchy of Moscow into the Russian Empire under Ivan III, the Great.
first incidence of good writing advice i’ve seen in 10+ years on this platform and it’s in the notes of a mustelid wreaking absolute havoc in a german grocery store
That split second of the person with a floor squeegee holding it very hesitantly
National Library, (collage) Minsk, Belarus, the actual building was completed in 2006. Architects: Viktor Kramarenko and Michael Vinogradov. Unknown author
On this day, 2 February 1988, four lesbians abseiled into the UK House of Lords in protest at an ongoing debate about introducing the homophobic section 28 law which came into force that May. Section 28 of the local government act 1988 prohibited local authorities, including schools, from teaching “the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship.”
Those who took part in the action were (pictured, left-right) Olivia Butler, Rachel Cox, Angela Nunn and Sally Frances.
In 2017, four other lesbians climbed onto the Houses of Parliament in order to put up a blue plaque commemorating the 1988 action.
Learn more about the movement for LGBT+ rights in the 1980s in our podcast episodes 27-29 about Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e23-25-lesbians-gays-support-the-miners/https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1912230392295435/?type=3
