Today is the hundredth anniversary of the murder of Rosa Luxemburg by the proto-fascist Freikorps, operating at the behest of Friedrich Ebert's SPD government. I wrote on what we still have to learn from Dr Luxemburg: novaramedia.com/2019/01/15/wha…

To celebrate our Smoke and Mirrors exhibition opening today we're giving away 3 copies of ‘The Spectacle of Illusion’ by Dr. Matt Tompkins Thames & Hudson. 🥳 There's no illusion involved in this giveaway. Simply RT to enter! The lucky winners will be announced on Monday!

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#OtD 13 April 1985, Danuta Danielsson, a woman of Polish-Jewish origin whose mother had been put in a concentration camp, hit a neo-nazi in the head with her handbag in Växjö, Sweden. The fascists were subsequently chased out of town #herstory

#OtD 19 April 1882, hundreds of women, men and children fought police on the mountainous Isle of Skye in northwest Scotland. It was the start of what would become a widespread land revolt that required a military invasion to restore order libcom.org/history/hebrid…

📷 rivesveronique: Women Dancing In a Ring , 1900 ,anonym photographer tmblr.co/Zdl6we2hp0Jl1

📷 the-two-germanys: A party of “wild” Perchten. The Perchten Dancers of Salzburg Mrs. Herbert Vivian London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1908. tmblr.co/Zdl6we2kRBNvZ

📷 wilburwhateley: The Carnival of Vevcani, Alan Taylor via The Atlantic  (see captions for photographer credits) *  “Each year, the Macedonian village of Vevcani marks the Orthodox St. Vasilij Day—the beginning of the old Julian calendar... tmblr.co/Zdl6we2kRq1zQ

Answer: this is slime mold, an astonishing organism that may remind you of the alien creature #Venom who attaches itself to Tom Hardy in the sci-fi blockbuster movie. The slime mold doesn't live on humans or animals, so you are totally fine😉 More: bit.ly/2WacnfG

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#OtD 31 May 1927 Donald Trump's father Fred Trump was arrested at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Queens, NY. Despite Donald Trump denying it happened, multiple newspapers reported it, giving Fred Trump's address and reporting that all of those arrested were wearing KKK robes.

New guide on Coronairus Regulations and protesting - check it out here. #Solidarity #BlackLivesMatter #LDNBLM greenandblackcross.org/guides/coronav…

On the 9th of Feb 1855 people in #Devon awoke to heavy snow & a trail of cloven prints that were dubbed the Devil's Footprints. They ran for 100 miles across the county, over walls, under a gooseberry bush & through narrow pipes, & are still unexplained today #WyrdWednesday

The reason you don’t see lots of police at white supremacist rallies is the reason you don’t see Clark Kent and Superman in the same room.

Why are so many Americans hardwired to spew ridiculous dramatics like this?