But, but, but, we give billionaires tax cuts, so there! They are just jealous of a rigged system that siphons off labor value to under-taxed capitalists. #Americasplaining
Until DuPont invented “nylon” and bought some congress-critters, everything plastic WAS made from hemp.
Hemp was outlawed as a direct result of the “discovery” of nylon, which is why we all have “microplastics” (tiny pieces of nylon) in our blood and organs.
On this day, 20 December 1973, Spanish fascist prime minister who was hand-picked as dictator Francisco Franco’s successor, Luis Carrero Blanco, was assassinated in Madrid.
Basque separatists ETA had spent five months digging a tunnel under a road he went down to attend mass. They then detonated a bomb as he drove over, shooting his car 20 metres into the air and over a five-storey building, earning Carrero Blanco the nickname of “Spain’s first astronaut”.
His successor was unable to hold together different factions of the government, and so this action was credited by some for helping accelerate the restoration of democracy after Franco’s death.
Learn more about the civil war which resulted in Franco’s seizure of power in our podcast episodes 39-40: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e39-the-spanish-civil-war-an-introduction/
Pic: A reconstruction of the event for the film Ogro (1979) https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/2166305270221278/?type=3
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