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Continuing our mini-interviews with Reconsidering Southern Labor History contributors, today @m_hild & I talk to @JM_Thompson about his fascinating essay on #Atlanta #ATL , #labor, & #race:

#twitterstorians @SouthernLaborSA @lawcha_org

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You can check out @JM_Thompson's website here:

josephmthompson.com
And please ask your library to order a copy of Reconsidering Southern Labor History today!

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“All who have a human face are equal.”
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"You ... believed the world apostle Woodrow Wilson, and you took his hypocritical 14 Points as a reliable creed for a new and better world.
"In your good nature and gullibility, you really believed in international solidarity and the brotherhood of the peoples.
"However, you soon learned the bitter lesson all the chatter about internationalism was lies and betrayal.
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The #legitimacy of any form of #government is not and cannot be based upon #consent, but upon how well it protects the rights of those who refuse to consent.
When the bullshit is stripped away, #Socialism is #theft, and can never be a moral form of political economy, because it cannot protect the rights of those who refuse to consent to the theft of their earned wealth. Those who do consent are not prevented under any other system…
from engaging in #voluntary #cooperative #ownership of #capital. Therefore, #Socialism is not defined by voluntary participation, but by #coercion, or #theft, a universal #moral harm. #Intent is not #magic. Good intent and good works do not and cannot excuse the theft.
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Look @DavidLeyonhjelm sure this is only twitter but most people see through that media release of yours
I disagree with many Greens politics's & even @sarahinthesen8
I support her in this 100%
#thoudothprotesttoo
much #auspol #VAW #respect I #vote #La7L4t
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@DavidLeyonhjelm doesn't want to take responsibility cos he thinks he is admitting guilt and he justifies it by saying
What’s the big deal?” he thinks it is showing vulnerability or weakness.
#auspol #VAW #RespectWomen
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Apologies are hard for guys like @DavidLeyonhjelm
He doesn't see most men as equals why would he see women as co-equals. Especially a woman who annoy him.

#auspol #VAW #Respect
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.@realsportshbo revealed another ugly aspect to @NFL concussion story: Under existing terms of settlement with @NFLPA, board administering funds has denied most claims & major diagnoses such as behavioral issues & depression are not even covered. #labor #publichealth #oligarchy
.@nfl claims that many applications r fraudulent. Of course, people should defer to the league, since it's an expert in fraud. It misled its labor force for years about dangers of the sport & it has misled municipal governments into subsidizing its stadiums #GameRecognizesGame
This story represents almost everything wrong in #USA. #Oligarchy begrudges slimmest slices of pie to #labor, & we the #Idiocracy buy billionaires' merchandise made by more oppressed workers elsewhere & use $ from public treasuries to replace functioning stadiums for those with
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#KarlMarx200 thread:

1. In my own #research, I have found Marx's notion of #contradiction particularly useful.

In his analysis, Marx noted how the contradiction between #labor and #capital accounted for many of the social dynamics of #capitalism.
2. The contradiction does not necessarily mean #conflict, but tendencies that "pull" in different directions and are in a dialectical relation to each other.

The contradiction of labor/capital can be accommodated in different ways and with very different consequences.
3. I like how this notions focuses on changing social dynamics. In my own work on #land use of #Mengen speakers in #PapuaNewGuinea, I've used the notion of #contradiction, to think about social forces underpinning Mengen land ownership and use.
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