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#OTD in 1943 members of the German anti-Nazi group the White Rose, Sophie & Hans Scholl, were arrested & beheaded for distributing antifascist leaflets at Munich University.

Sophie Scholl #resist

"How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up…to a righteous cause? Such a fine, sunny day & I have to go, but what does my death matter, if…thousands of people are awakened & stirred to action?"

#antifa

#OtD 18 Feb 1943 members of the German anti-Nazi group the White Rose, Sophie and Hans Scholl were arrested distributing leaflets at Munich University. They distributed several anti-fascist leaflets before they were caught and beheaded stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8970...

“Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don’t dare express themselves as we did.” Sophie Scholl, #OTD in 1943, speaking in her defence, during her "trial". #WW2 #HISTORY

People want to believe that most Germans didn't know about it or that lots of them were good people like Sophie Scholl. Too easily do we forget that we remember Sophie Scholl specifically because of how extraordinary she was. She did what many wouldn't.

#OTD 22nd February 1943: First three members of the White Rose resistance group put on trial and executed by guillotine in Nazi Germany https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i01EkSnD0g8 #historyteacher #sschat

Das Hauptgebäude der LMU im Schnee. Links steht ein Baum.

Das Straßenschild Geschwister-Scholl-Platz im Schnee.

Das Hauptgebäude der LMU München sowie rechts der Brunnen am Platz mit Schnee.

And just like that, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz is transformed into a winter wonderland! ❄️🌨️ Happy Friday! #lmumunich #lmumuenchen #winter

22 February 1943 – #WW2 Members of White Rose resistance group Sophie Scholl, age 21, Hans Scholl, age 24, and Christoph Probst age 23, were executed by guillotine in Nazi Germany, guilty of distributing anti Nazi leaflets. They had been arrested by the Gestapo 18 and 20 February 1943 for treason.

The Nation, one of the oldest continuously published magazines in the U.S., has nominated Minneapolis for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for its human rights protests and community activism #NOH8

Black history is American history. The music, the movements, the sacrifice, the triumph - it has all shaped who we are.

In celebrating Black History Month, let us learn the untold stories and honor those who paved the way for progress.

During the Nazi occupation of their country Norwegians made and wore red tasseled hats as a form of visual protest Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal and punishable by law to. wear, make, or distribute. As purveyors of traditional craft, we felt it appropriate to revisit this design.

I have the hat pattern for the Melt the Ice hat, will be casting on in the next few days, the money I paid will go towards the protests, and I will donate two hats to whoever wants them, Minneapolis and Minnesota residents only.

An oil painting with pelargoniums and a wooden lizard

Another still life, this time featuring pelargoniums, a wooden lizard and a wooden bird with a long beak, poppy seedheads and autumn colours in the leaves outside the studio window. That old earthenware pot with twisty handles is a favourite. Oil on gessoed board, 2019.
#oilpainting #stilllife

Minneapolis' Community-Driven Anti-ICE Organizing Is Showing The Way What Minneapolis activists have to teach us about organizing communities to resist ICE

ICE’s tactics have been terrifying and tragic, but Minneapolis is responding in incredible ways. Residents are organizing, feeding and housing their neighbors, and putting real social infrastructure in place. What’s taking shape isn’t just a reaction, it’s a blueprint for resistance.

BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES YouTube video by Billy Bragg

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis

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The federal presence in Minnesota has been especially tough on our local businesses.

Choosing to shop local, grab takeout, or visit a neighborhood store is one way we can stand with our neighbors and continue to show the nation what it means to respond with care and decency.

September 9th 2024
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New watercolor sketch of Ferry Beach here in Scarborough, Maine from last summer posted to my online shop. #Watercolor #Maine #Seacoast #Painting

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I am donating 25% of sales this week to the Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition.

Old sketch on Charmouth beach, pastel on Ingres paper

Old sketch on Charmouth beach, pastel on Ingres paper

Just a couple of beach sketches from long ago when we regularly visited Charmouth in Dorset in our little red VW Beetle with our small son. I'll find some more. Happy memories brought back as only a sketch on the spot can do!
#pastel #Dorset

ICE Will Reportedly Be Used As Security At Winter Olympics ICE officers will be used as security for February’s Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, despite opposition from Italian government officials.

ICE officers will be used as security for February’s Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, despite opposition from Italian government officials.

Four images, artworks with symmetrical geometric designs in various colours with many lines

Emma Kunz (1892-1963), Swiss healer, visionary and outsider artist who published three books and produced many drawings #womensart

Greg Bovino Loses His Job The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.

Bovino was forced out of Minnesota because the American people stood firm. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in below-freezing temps to peacefully defend their neighbors & freedoms.

We’ll keep fighting. No more deaths at the hands of rogue DHS agents.

This is the democratic opposition party in Italy protesting against ICE involvement in the Winter Olympics in Milan

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the six million Jewish people murdered by the Nazis, as well as countless other victims.

We honor their lives by rejecting the evils of antisemitism, dehumanization, and authoritarian violence wherever they appear.

Never again means never again for anyone.

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

I was breastfeeding my baby when ICE agents came and grabbed her Heidy Sánchez remains in Cuba, eight months after she was separated from her one-year-old daughter and American husband at an immigration appointment

Heidy Sánchez remains in Cuba, eight months after she was separated from her one-year-old daughter and American husband at an immigration appointment

Thousands rally in Union Square, NYC, standing in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis-St. Paul.

NYC standing in solidarity with MN.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social