Today in Labor History July 25, 1867: Karl Marx's “Das Kapital” was first published in Germany. In this book, he showed how capitalists pay workers less than the value of their labor and claim the right to this surplus value through property rights and the armed protection of the ruling elite. “Das Kapital,” is now the most-cited book in social studies courses published prior to 1950. The actual quote that accompanies this image of Marx reads: There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery, and increases in crimes even more rapidly than in numbers. It is from an article he wrote called, From Population, Crime and Pauperism, First Published: in New-York Daily Tribune, September 16, 1859. Marx was a European correspondent for the Tribune which, at the time, had the largest circulation of any newspaper in the world. #workingclass #LaborHistory #marx #communism #capitalism #daskapital #journalism

Today in Labor History July 25, 1853: Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", was supposedly killed. However, many disputed the news of his death and people continued to claim to have seen him long after his death. According to legend, Murrieta was a 49er gold miner and a vaquero from Sonora, Mexico. White men falsely accused him and his brother of stealing a mule. They horse-whipped him, stole his mining claim, hanged his brother and raped his young wife. Swearing revenge, he hunted the men who had violated her. The state of California offered a reward of $5,000 for him, "dead or alive." John Rollin Ridge published the novel “The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murrieta: The Celebrated California Bandit” in 1854. In the early 20th-century, Johnston McCulley based his character Don Diego de la Vega (Zorro) on Ridge's 1854 novel about Murrieta. Pablo Neruda wrote a play about Murrieta, “The Splendor and Death of Joaquin Murrieta.” And Isabel Allende’s “Daughter of Fortune” (1999), includes a portrayal of Murrieta. #workingclass #LaborHistory #joaquinmurrieta #gold #racism #robinhood #mexico #novel #goldrush #fiction #historicalfiction #books #play #writer #author @npub1wceq...lzu8

Never Again for Whom? Buchenwald has banned shows of solidarity with Palestine after a young participant in the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation referred to the genocide in Palestine during her speech. Zionists also did not like the participation of philosopher Omri Boehm, grandson of a Holocaust survivor, for his criticism of Israeli policy toward Palestinians, and his comparisons of the Holocaust to the Nakba The new guidelines for the concentration camp define "Ceasefire Now," and "Stop Genocide," as antisemitic, as well as watermelons and red triangles.

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Controversy Erupts at Buchenwald Commemoration as Youth Highlights Palestine - Berlin Today

Eighty years after the liberation of Buchenwald, a speech referencing alleged genocide in Palestine sparks disagreement among attendees.

Dispute with Israeli government overshadows Buchenwald camp liberation anniversary – POLITICO

TRT World - Are 'Ceasefire Now', 'Stop Genocide' slogans anti-Semitic? A German guide says so

By classifying peace slogans and symbols of a dispossessed people as extremist and anti-Semitic, critics say, Germany risks suppressing the very va...

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Europe's Biggest Port, Rotterdam, prepares for War with Russia, per NATO dictate, despite overwhelming opposition by the working-class, who will bear the brunt of the labor, loading weapons & missiles, and the casualties in any war. Rotterdam was heavily bombed by the Nazis, due to its strategic importance. And it would likely be targeted by Russia in a full on war. Indeed, NATO Lt. General Alexander Sollfrank said that major logistics bases “will be attacked and destroyed very early on...” This would, no doubt include Rotterdam, putting at risk nearly half the nation's population, who live in the Randstad region.

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Today in Labor History, July 23, 1944: Madeleine Riffaud, 19, got off her bicycle, pulled out a gun, and assassinated a Nazi military officer as he took a stroll over the river Seine. She was pursued by French collaborators with the Nazis, beaten, tortured and imprisoned in a concentration camp. She escaped, but was later caught, eventually being released in a prisoner swap. She then joined the armed uprising against the Nazis. After the war, she became a journalist for the Communist newspaper L'Humanité, and other left-wing publications, reporting on anti-colonial rebellions in Algeria and Vietnam. She also wrote poetry and a memoir: On l'appelait Rainer (Called Rainer). #workingclass #LaborHistory #nazis #fascism #antifa #antifascism #journalism #france #communism #poetry #memoir #books #author #writer #poet #bookstadon@a.gup.pe

Today in Labor History, July 23, 1968: The Glenville shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurred. Three white cops, three black nationalists, and one black bystander died. The shoot-out precipitated a riot five-day riot. The militant organization was called the Black Nationalist of New Libya, led by Fred (Ahmed) Evans. The organization formed in order to combat white supremacy, discrimination, and racist violence against black residents. Evans, who survived the gun battle, and who never fired a shot, was later convicted of murder by an all-white jury, in a trial marred by illegalities and bias. He died of cancer in 1978, while serving a life sentence. #workingclass #LaborHistory #cleveland #Riot #racism #police #policebrutality #acab #fredevans #blacknationalism #prison #BlackMastadon