6 Music Artist Collection - Prince - Prince: Live At The BBC Radio Theatre, September 1993 - BBC Sounds Prince and the New Power Generation recorded at the BBC Radio Theatre London in 1993.

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Video history | ‘Arbeit macht frei’ gate „Arbeit macht frei” - work will set you free - is the inscription over the gate of the German Nazi Auschwitz I concentration camp, one of the most recognizab...

22 April 1980 | Polish man, Jan Liwacz, passed away. A blacksmith.

In #Auschwitz from 20 June 1940.
No. 1010
Liberated in Ebensee.
He supervised the creation of the 'Arbeit macht frei' sign, placed over the main camp gate.

Watch a clip about its history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9aBOp28H5Q

Debunked: Fringe commentator from US spreads false rumour of stabbing at Connolly Station An accident which left a thick trail of blood appears to have prompted the story.

False claims of a stabbing at Connolly Station on Saturday night were shared to millions of people by a US commentator who had travelled to Ireland to cover the fuel price protests.

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22 April 1943 | A transport of 2,800 Jewish men, women and children arrived at #Auschwitz from the ghetto in Thessaloniki.

After the arrival selection 225 men and 413 women were registered in the camp. The remaining 2,132 people were murdered in gas chambers.

As Mr. Marx pointed out "Being determines consciousness".

22 April 1945 | Soviet & Polish soldiers liberated the #Sachsenhausen concentration camp. More than 200,000 people were imprisoned there between 1936-45. At least 30,000 people perished there (some estimates say about 50,000 victims).

More: https://bit.ly/3QAnX3R

"When you see homelessness in a world of empty houses, hunger in a world of wasted food, or people working three jobs while Billionaires contemplate buying a 3rd yacht, something inside you recoils. . You are not reacting to a technical problem of policy failure; you are reacting to a moral obscenity. Your body knows what the media refuse to say: nobody has the right to create scarcity in a world of abundance. The hoarding of resources by a tiny few is not natural, inevitable, or efficient; it is enforced with violence, deception, and political manipulation. Anarchism is simply the refusal to accept that arrangement." . - David Graeber

On Anarchism.

A young woman kneeling on the floor of something that looks like a balcony or a terras. She is wearing a blouse with short sleeves and a dress. She has long dark hair.

22 April 1926 | A French Jewish girl, Charlotte Zlotnicki, was born in Paris.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 26 August 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 908 people murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

#OtD 22 Apr 1944 200 Black people, mostly @HowardU students, held a sit-in at a segregated restaurant in Washington DC. The disruption forced HQ to order the branch to start serving Black customers. A key organiser was LGBT+ Pauli Murray (pictured) stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9444...

Today we remember Stephen Lawrence, murdered in a racist assault on this day in 1993 whilst waiting for a bus.

We recognise his loved ones' long struggle for justice and the legacy of change they have inspired. Rest in peace.

Reclaiming the radical legend of Robin Hood The far right want to claim Robin Hood as a tax dodging aristocrat. Judy Cox looks at the origins of a class fighter

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Margaret E Ward: ‘Saving the family’ is really about putting women back in their boxes An unholy trinity of conservatives, Christian nationalists and tech bros are planning to strip American women of their rights

authoritarians use five consistent mechanisms: controlling women’s bodily and reproductive autonomy; blocking equal access to the workplace and public life; reducing penalties for domestic and sexual violence; and reinforcing strict gender and sexual hierarchies’.

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

A dominant motivation for these agitators getting up close to the group they're counter protesting is to
A) rile people up to get content for their channels
B) an understated hope someone might take a swing at them so they can get one of their opponents arrested

The PSNI are facilitating this.

National Housing Demo calls for rent controls and council housing Thousands of people marched through London on Saturday for a national housing demonstration.

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6 Music Artist Collection - Prince - Prince Playlist - BBC Sounds A career celebration, from his 1978 debut through to his untimely death in 2016.

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A photo of a very young boy from the waist up. He has short blond hair with a curl on top of his head. He is wearing a wool turtleneck with small pom-poms attached to the collar.

22 April 1938 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Gyuszi Ivan, Goldberger was born in Katymár.

In June 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q

No platform for racists and fascists.

#OtD 22 Apr 1891 anarchist Nicola Sacco was born in Italy. Moving to the US, he was later framed with Bartolomeo Vanzetti for murder, sparking an international campaign for their release, but they were both executed stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9442...

BTW, for all those liberal types who said "the Irish far right don't do well in elections", here's a bit of a wake-up for you -
these lads have 24 councillors, four TDs and an MEP.
Start taking the far right seriously - the calls are, in this case literally, coming from inside the House.

#OtD 22 Apr 1993 Stephen Lawrence, a Black British man, was murdered by racists in London. Public pressure following the failure to convict the killers led to revelations of institutional racism within the British Police stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9445...

Bernadette Devlin campaigning for election. She's a white woman sat on a fence and holding a poster reading "vote people's democracy - jobs for all - houses for all - votes for all".

#OnThisDay, 22 April 1969, Bernadette Devlin makes her maiden speech in the House of Parliament in London. An Irish Republican, she had rejected their tradition of abstention in order to take her seat. She remained an MP until 1974.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #BritishHistory 🗃️

A blured portrait ID-style photo of a man in a suit. He has short dark hair.

22 April 1899 | A Polish man, Józef Bakon, was born in Siersza. A teacher, politician, member of parliament (The Sejm) in the years 1935-38.

In #Auschwitz from 13 May 1942.
No. 35093
He perished in the camp on 13 October 1942.
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22/04/1870: Birthday of Lenin: The 'final' victory of socialism in a single country is of course impossible. Our contingent of workers and peasants which is upholding Soviet power is one of the contingents of a great world army."

Today marks 32 years since Stephen Lawrence was murdered by racist thugs.
We remember Stephen and continue the fight against racist attacks and institutional racism today. Never forget ✊🏾
#StephenLawrenceDay
Read more here: socialistworker.co.uk/art/46426/St...

www.globalecosocialistnetwork.net/2026/03/18/e...

Plaque in Barcelona to Josep Lluís Facerias, Civil War veteran and anarchist maquis fighter gunned down by the Francoist police here in Nou Barris in 1957. Old man in suit passing by sneered to his friend he was a bandit as I took the photo

‘Urgent need for a new left alternative in Scotland’ after Your Party mass resignations Your Party is over in Scotland–but there is still potential to build a left alternative.

‘Urgent need for a new left alternative in Scotland’ after Your Party mass resignations
🗣️Niall Christie and Ellie Gomersall spoke to Socialist Worker about the crisis of Your Party Scotland—and where next
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Graphic for Ecosocialism forum on Saturday 25 April 2026 at 16:00 Irish time,where author and activist Ian Angus will introduce his new book.

Reminder! Sat, 25 April 11am EST, 4pm GMT - Ecosocialism Forum with Ian Angus.

Online abuse of politicians is a profitable business Senator Eileen Flynn's comments on far-right use of the tricolour have made her a lightning rod for online abuse - because viral hatred is highly profitable

In the space of a few weeks in 2025, Simon Harris required armed gardaí at his family home due to multiple bomb threats, while former taoiseach Leo Varadkar was subjected to a homophobic tirade by a self-styled citizen journalist who filmed the confrontation for social media. A man is due before the courts in July in connection with an alleged assault on Mary Lou McDonald and two canvassers the day before the presidential election last year. The incident was filmed and went viral online. So, last week when a video of Senator Eileen Flynn speaking about racism and nationalist propaganda went viral, a predictable and inevitable online pile on began, with posts attacking Flynn's "patriotism" or perceived

Much of the abuse directed at Ms Flynn came from Irish accounts run by people who benefit from algorithmically amplification (so called blue tick accounts), and content monetisation. Monetisation is now a commonplace feature on social media platforms like X/Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, that allows the company to "share" revenue. The more attention (likes, shares, comments etc) a post gets, the more revenue a user earns. Influencers also often have accounts on three or four platforms and post dozens of times a day, and can also benefit from tips, and paid subscribers so it is difficult to gauge how much they earn, but a single viral post on X can generate over €300 for an influencer, so this can become a quite lucrative activity for not a lot of work. Power

The abuse directed at Ms Flynn did not only come from Irish accounts; international social media influencers whose attention was already on Ireland since the fuel protests latched onto it too. Defiant Ls, an account run by a Macedonian influencer who promotes Maga content shared the video, as did the account LibsofTikTok, with the caption, 'Irish Senator Eileen Flynn says that she is "terrified" to see her nation's flag and thinks it's "disgraceful" to fly it', received more than 250,000 views and over 1,300 comments, mostly abusive. LibsOfTikTok has nearly five million fans and the account is run by Chaya Raichik, a right wing influencer who has previously targeted schools, hospitals and libraries across the United States. Victims of her attention have gone to be inundated with threats of violence.

I have a piece in the Examiner today on how content monetisation is fuelling a new wave of online harassment

Irish influencers with monetised accounts are mimicking the behaviour of people like Chaya Raichik, the owner of LibsOfTikTok, who has turned online abuse & harassment into a business model.

A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.

21 April 1894 | A Polish man, Wojciech Gawrys, was born in Osiek. A farming inspector.

In #Auschwitz from 24 May 1941.
No. 16114
He perished in the camp on 8 August 1941.
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