Photo of Lucy Parsons with the following quote: we must devastate the avenues where the wealthy live.
#BlackHistoryMonth: #LucyParsons born to enslaved #AfricanAmerican #woman. Cofounded #IWW #union. Husband Albert falsely executed by state for #Haymarket bombing.
Read full bio here: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/24/l...
#anarchism #racism #civilwar #police #policebrutality #pinkertons #prison
#IWW organizer #LucyParsons led a protest of 1500 unemployed in Chicago on #ThisDayInHistory in 1915. The #police, of course, attacked with live ammunition and clubs. The enduringly powerful #union hymn #SolidarityForever was completed during this event. zurl.co/SFUkW
Photo of Lucy Parsons with the following quote: Let every dirty, lousy tramp arm himself with a revolver or a knife, and lay in wait on the steps of the palaces of the rich and stab or shoot the owners as they come out. Let us kill them without mercy, and let it be a war of extermination.
Today in #LaborHistory 1/17/1915: #LucyParsons, #IWW cofounder, led a hunger march of 1,500 people in #Chicago, with signs saying “We refuse to starve!” #Police attacked with clubs & shot at them.
#workingclass #anarchism #hunger #poverty #policebrutality #prison
Today in #LaborHistory 12/1/1914: Solidarity Forever, written by #IWW songwriter #RalphChaplin, for hunger march in Chicago, led by #LucyParsons.
Enjoy #UtahPhillips cover: youtu.be/OsPOgCPEeKs
Read about Lucy Parsons: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/24/l...
#workingclass #solidarity #folkmusic
1877 Battle of the Viaduct, Chicago showing rows of soldiers firing intro crowd of protesters. By http://libcom.org/history/articles/us-rail-strikes-1877, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39083579
Today in #LaborHistory 7/26/1877: 30 workers killed in #Chicago during #GreatUpheaval #strike wave. Radicalized Albert & #LucyParsons. Albert executed in 1887 as a #Haymarket Martyr. Lucy cofounded #IWW in 1905.
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Battle of the viaduct, Chicago, 1877. Shows armed workers facing off against soldiers with rifles, who are firing at them. By http://libcom.org/history/articles/us-rail-strikes-1877, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39083579
Today in #LaborHistory 7/21/1877: 30,000 #Chicago workers battled #police during #GreatUpheaval #strike wave. Police slaughtered 30, radicalizing future Albert & #LucyParsons radicalized toward #anarchism.
Read more: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/31/t...
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Woman holding a long red banner that reads "The Anarchists of Chicago," with small, medallion busts of the 8 men convicted of the Haymarket bombing.
Today in #LaborHistory 5/4/1886: #Haymarket Square, #Chicago, protest of #police murder of workers. Someone threw #bomb. 8 anarchists falsely convicted, incl Albert Parsons. 4 were hanged. Albert's wife #LucyParsons would cofound #IWW in 1905. Read more: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/24/l...
May 1st - May Day
11am: 353 Broadway, Albany
5pm: Albany Medical Center
Channel the spirit of Lucy Parsons—called “more dangerous than a thousand rioters” for her fearless organizing and commitment to liberation.
Let’s rise together.
#MayDay #LucyParsons #WorkerJustice #SeeUs #AllOfUs
"Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth."
— Lucy E. Parsons ( #LucyParsons (1851 – 1942), social anarchist (and later anarcho-communist))
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Saturday 5-7 #BodyProp screening at #LucyParsons in #JamaicaPlain #Boston
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#BostonFilm #BostonWeekend 12/x
The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants -Thomas Jefferson
#resist #ancom #classwar
#demsoc #Lucyparsons
#anarchism #socialism
Lucy Parsons
Lucy Parson, an influential union organiser and journalist in the United States, understood the importance of a united working class — of black and white workers, men and women, internationally.
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Anybody listen to Macklemores "f***** up" track? Kheds spitting fire. Very ratm feeling. And yes I understand that the state allows that stuff to play as a pressure relief valve. Doesn't change the fact that it slaps.
#ancom #resist #anarchism #stand #lucyparsons
2) #LucyParsons Chicago Police Followed her everywhere She had to wear disguises Even at the age of 80 she was dragged away from Protest After she Died the FBI raided her home & stole all of her writings erasing her words from History Little known #BlackHistory Fact What they won’t Teach you
1) #LucyParsons scared the Police so much they Banned her from Speaking. She taught Workers to use Dynamite to Fight against The Oppression & Brutality of This Country. Little known #BlackHistory Fact. What they won’t teach you in School
See our blog on Lucy Parsons. Parsons was an oirganizer, activist and anarchist. The Chicago police said she was more “dangerous than a thousand rioters.” #LucyParsons.
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A Little Known #BlackHistory Fact. #LUCYPARSONS
“I AM AN ANARCHIST. What they won’t teach you in History Class www.blackpast.org/african-amer...
Photo of Lucy Parsons with the following quote: we must devastate the avenues where the wealthy live.
#BlackHistoryMonth: #LucyParsons born to enslaved #AfricanAmerican #woman. Cofounded #IWW #union. Husband Albert falsely executed by state for #Haymarket bombing.
Read full bio here: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/24/l...
#anarchism #racism #civilwar #police #policebrutality #pinkertons #prison
#LucyParsons was a former slave turned radical labor organizer and anarchist. A key figure in the labor movement and the Haymarket affair, she fought for workers', civil, and women's rights. #LaborHistory #BlackHistoryMonth
Photo of Lucy Parsons with the following quote: Let every dirty, lousy tramp arm himself with a revolver or a knife, and lay in wait on the steps of the palaces of the rich and stab or shoot the owners as they come out. Let us kill them without mercy, and let it be a war of extermination.
Today in #LaborHistory 1/17/1915: #LucyParsons, #IWW cofounder, led a hunger march of 1,500 people in #Chicago, with signs saying “We refuse to starve!” #Police attacked with clubs & shot at them.
#workingclass #anarchism #hunger #poverty #policebrutality #prison
#OTD #January17 #Peace #Love #Art #Activism #BlackHistory #Alabama passed #Act44 1834,
#CassiusClay born #Louisville #MuhammadAli 1942, #GeorgeJackson #FleetaDrumgo #JohnClutchette
charged #Soledad 1970, #LucyParsons #Chicago March 1915, #Prohibition 1920,
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A digital drawing of a woman turned looking over her shoulder holding a switchade on a red background inside of a black frame with the words “No War But Class War Ⓐ Eat The Rich ⭑”
No War But Class War
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Eat The Rich ⭑
“Let every dirty, lousy tramp arm himself with a revolver or a knife, and lay in wait on the steps of the palaces of the rich and stab or shoot the owners as they come out. Let us kill them without mercy, and let it be a war of extermination.” #LucyParsons
Today in #LaborHistory 12/1/1914: Solidarity Forever, written by #IWW songwriter #RalphChaplin, for hunger march in Chicago, led by #LucyParsons.
Enjoy #UtahPhillips cover: youtu.be/OsPOgCPEeKs
Read about Lucy Parsons: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/24/l...
#workingclass #solidarity #folkmusic
