#OtD 6 Feb 1921 France's colonial govt began construction of the Congo-Ocean Railway in what is now the Republic of the Congo. At least 14,000 people died making it and it was used to transport goods like rubber stolen inland to be shipped to Europe https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7969/congo-ocean-railway
#OtD 6 Feb 1921 France's colonial govt began construction of the Congo-Ocean Railway in what is now the Republic of the Congo. At least 14,000 people died making it and it was used to transport goods like rubber stolen inland to be shipped to Europe https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7969/congo-ocean-railway
born this day: Maria Mies of Germany. Author of numerous books including Ecofeminism, & Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale. She coined the phrase "housewifisation" for the devaluing of women's labour. She wrote extensively about the intersection between capitalism, patriarchy & colonialism. One of her main concerns was the development of an alternative, feminist and decolonial approach in methodology and in economics. (6 February 1931 - 15 May 2023)
#OtD 4 Feb 1899 fighting broke out between the USA and the Philippine Republic as the US tried to take over the newly-independent country. It waged a vicious campaign and officially won in 1902 although resistance continued https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/13471/us-and-phillipines-war-begins
#OtD 4 Feb 1913 Rosa Parks was born. Often wrongly described as "quiet", she was actually a lifelong activist who supported Black power, Malcolm X and worked alongside the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit. More about the LRBW in our pod: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/08/28/e12-the-league-of-revolutionary-black-workers-in-detroit/
#OtD 5 Feb 1933 a mutiny of Indonesian and Dutch crew started on the Dutch ship, De Zeven Provinciën in protest at pay cuts. When they wouldn't surrender, Dutch aircraft bombed the ship killing 23 people. Many of the survivors were jailed for years https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10508/de-zeven-provinciën-mutiny
#OnThisDay, 5 Feb 1919, Mary Pickford co-founds United Artists in Hollywood. The production company was an attempt by actors and directors to control their own work rather than being owned by a studio.
#ReclaimTheFrame #HollywoodHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OtD 5 Feb 1933 a mutiny of Indonesian and Dutch crew started on the Dutch ship, De Zeven Provinciën in protest at pay cuts. When they wouldn't surrender, Dutch aircraft bombed the ship killing 23 people. Many of the survivors were jailed for years https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10508/de-zeven-provinciën-mutiny
#OnThisDay, 5 Feb 1919, Mary Pickford co-founds United Artists in Hollywood. The production company was an attempt by actors and directors to control their own work rather than being owned by a studio.
#ReclaimTheFrame #HollywoodHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
44 years ago today
Bad Brains is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band Bad Brains, recorded in 1981 and released on the cassette-only label ROIR on this day in 1982
#punk #punks #punkrock #badbrains #hardcorepunk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
49 years ago today
Debbie Harry photographed by Michael Brennan in New York City on February 5, 1977.
#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #poppunk #debbieharry #blondie #history #punkrockhistory #otd
