Still from the Youtube video, “Bavarian Soviet Republic - 1919 Economy and Reconstruction” showing a soldier, fist in the air, with a flame-filled sky in the background.

Today in #LaborHistory 4/6/1919: Bavarian #Soviet Republic declared. #Writer #BTraven (Death Ship, Treasure of Sierra Madre) was on Central Council of Workers. Quashed by Freikorps, incl Rudolf Hess & other future #Nazis. #workingclass #socialism #communism #germany #fiction #writer #author #books

"Die Baumwollpflücker" ist ein Roman von B. Traven aus dem Jahr 1925 über den Vorabend der mexikanischen Revolution. Jetzt in französischer Übersetzung erschienen bei @libertalialivre.bsky.social
#IWW #LaborHistory #BTraven #Bücher #Buchtipp #Lesen #Literatur #Buchempfehlung #lecture #littérature

Ret Marut mug shot taken in London (1923). He is wearing a miner’s cap and sporting a narrow moustache. Marut is the most popular candidate for Traven's true identity. By British Authorities (London, 1923) - https://www.giessener-allgemeine.de/bilder/2010/03/05/12122247/529450577-39239-Pee9.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=92358128

Today in #LaborHistory 2/23/1882: #BTraven was born. Active in Bavarian #uprising & #Soviet of 1919. Later fled to #Mexico, where he wrote brilliant #satire & #novels sympathetic to workers & peasants, incl Treasure of the Sierra Madre & The Death Ship.
#author #writer #books #fiction #communism

Still from the Youtube video, “Bavarian Soviet Republic - 1919 Economy and Reconstruction” showing a soldier, fist in the air, with a flame-filled sky in the background.

Today in #LaborHistory 4/6/1919: Bavarian #Soviet Republic declared. #Writer #BTraven (Death Ship, Treasure of Sierra Madre) was on Central Council of Workers. Quashed by Freikorps, incl Rudolf Hess & other future #Nazis.

#workingclass #socialism #communism #germany #fiction #writer #author #books

Today in #LaborHistory 2/23/1882: #BTraven was born. Active in Bavarian #uprising & #Soviet of 1919. Later fled to #Mexico, where he wrote brilliant #satire & #novels sympathetic to workers & peasants, incl Treasure of the Sierra Madre & The Death Ship.

#author #writer #books #fiction #communism

Fleet of abandoned ships is growing, leaving more sailors stuck at sea More ships than ever are being abandoned around the world by their owners, according to the United Nations’ labor and maritime organizations, leaving thousands of workers stuck on board without pay or...

#BTraven – apnews.com/article/inte... Fleet of abandoned ships is growing, leaving more sailors stuck at sea #TheDeathShip

- NPA Révolutionnaires Le vaisseau des morts, B. Traven Libertalia, réédition 2024, 376 p., 10 €     B. Traven, militant socialiste de la première partie du 20e siècle, n’a pas son pareil pour dépeindre l’exploitation et la domination à l’œuvre dans la société de classe :…

NPArevolutionnaires📢 - NPA Révolutionnaires: Le vaisseau des morts, B. Traven Libertalia, réédition 2024, 376 p., 10 €     B. Traven, militant socialiste de la première partie du 20e siècle, n’a pas son pareil pour dépeindre… 📢NPA-R #BTraven #Révolution #Exploitation #LutteDesClasses #Travailleurs