On this day, 3 June 1960 a further protest took place against the Anpo treaty in Japan which would see American troops stationed in the country. Daily demonstrations began of hundreds of thousands of people outside the Diet building in Tokyo, although ultimately the movement was unsuccessful. More info here: https://libcom.org/history/japans-1968-collective-reaction-rapid-economic-growth-age-turmoil https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1137482076436941/?type=3
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“Nothing can endure for all time; when the sun has shined well, it is returned to the sea; the moon has grown small, which was just now full; the wildness of winds often becomes a gentle breeze.” A graffito found near a tavern in Pompeii. (via ancientpeoples) |
Statue of Sekhmet
Standing statue of the warrior goddess Sekhmet in her sanctuary in the Temple of Ptah at Karnak.
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if you don’t have access to poorly-secured and un-backed-up debt records, you can help do this via legitimate means by donating to rollingjubilee.org - they buy debt (the way debt collectors do, for steeply discounted prices - like $20 to buy $500 in outstanding debt owed by someone) and just… forgive it, so it doesn’t need to be paid by the person on whom it’s a burden.
As of November 22, 2018, this information is outdated. Rolling Jubilee is no longer accepting donations. The organization has migrated to https://debtcollective.org/, the next stage in their fight against predatory debt. There is also more information under the “resources” tab on their homepage.
https://tools.debtcollective.org/?donate Here is their donation page
The Debt Resistor’s Operations Manual - This is a book written by StrikeDebt, which is a branch of the Debt Collective. It covers the predatory nature of the debt system, as well as strategies to organize and fight it. It is free to read online at the link.
On this day, 26 November 1883, the formerly enslaved woman and pioneering feminist, Black emancipationist and poet Sojourner Truth died in Michigan aged 86. She was born into slavery in a Dutch-speaking community in New York, and later gave birth to five children. She escaped in 1827, and with the support of an abolitionist family, successfully sued for the return of one of her sons who had been illegally sold in Alabama. After moving to New York City she became a charismatic preacher, helping enslaved people escape and advocating for abolitionism, and for women’s rights, including women’s suffrage. During the civil war Truth assisted the Union side, and after the war she helped people formerly enslaved in the South build new lives, often as wage workers. Truth remained active until the end of her long life, spending time in her later years campaigning for land redistribution to formally enslaved people – which was famously promised as “40 acres and a mule”, but was never delivered. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1275243799327434/?type=3
The Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamun
This coffin of solid gold is covered with incised decorations and inscriptions inside and outside, with the names and epitaph of the deceased king and protective texts. It is inlaid with semiprecious stones and colored glass.
The coffin’s shape is that of Osiris holding the sacred insignia, the heka scepter and the flail. The vulture and the uraeus, or cobra, protect his forehead. The divine beard is made of gold inlaid with blue glass. Deities of Upper and Lower Egypt protect the body of the coffin with their wings. The coffin weighs 110.4 kilograms or 243.4 pounds.
From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 60671
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