Header: reproduction of a Jewish Labour Bund election poster from Ukraine. Description of the original: “Poster stating ‘There where we live, there is our country! A democratic republic! Full political and national rights for Jews! Ensure that the voice of the Jewish working class is heard at the constituent assembly!’ Kiev, ca. 1918. The poster further urges Jews to vote for the Bund candidates, Slate 9, in an election following the Russian revolution, when non-Bolshevik parties were still being tolerated by the Communist regime. From the Archives of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York.”
The second installation of links I’ve been reading/sharing/whatever.
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“We are happy to have these people. We call them our brothers.” Here’s how Uganda came to open its borders to refugees.
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Outlive Them calls for Jews worldwide to take action against fascism and anti-Semitism, November 8-11.
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I finally got around to reading this 8-year-old Swedish girl’s own account of pulling a 1500-year-old sword out of a lake and it was truly delightful.
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In the wake of fascist Jair Bolsonaro’s election in Brazil, No One Left Behind / Ninguém fica pra trás is fundraising for organizations that support marginalized people who are now at an increased risk of violence—women, gay, queer and trans people, Black and Indigenous people, and refugees.
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From 1991: how the USPS accidentally sent out thousands of Christmas cards postmarked “You Bitch”.
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Researchers set out to study #BlackLivesMatter discourse framing on the Internet; they ended up learning about Russian troll farms’ strategy to destabilize the United States.
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A new report, Who’s Behind ICE, exposes how tech companies like Amazon and Palantir are abetting ICE deportations. Democracy Now reports.
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Two Muslim charities, partnered with the Islamic Centre of Pittsburgh, spearhead a successful crowdfunding campaign for the families of the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting.
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“Consider the unappreciated beauty of spiders,” writes James Gorman of NYT’s ScienceTake video series, sharing some of his favourites.
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Related: in a very special #ManicureMonday/#Arachtober crossover thread, scientists Catherine Scott, Sean McCann, and Mika McKinnon—all in BC at the moment—showcase nail art inspired (and accompanied) by beautiful spiders.