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Alex

The internet has MUCH less in common with the printing press than radio, film, and TV. But none of those 3 can be as easily spun as triumphant stories of a libertarian approach to tech that disempowered “incumbents”; they were, and still are, heavily regulated, and attempts at their deregulation (eg fairness doctrine repeal) are rightly seen as right-wing plots. The printing press wasn’t a deregulation success story, either, but most don’t know the context. #book #books #bookstoread #bookstodon

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MikeDunnAuthor

Today In Labor History April 7, 1804: Haitian general, Toussaint Louverture died on this day. He was one of the most prominent members of the Haitian revolution for independence from France. The slave revolt against the French began in 1791 with the call by Dutty Boukman, a vodou priest. Encouraged by the French and American revolutions. Louverture led 100,000 enslaved Haitians in revolt, winning their freedom in 1793. In 1804, Haiti became first free black republic in the world. The U.S. refused to recognize Haiti for the next 70 and France extracted millions in restitution, destroying any hope of ever moving out of deep poverty. Louverture was betrayed in the end and died in prison. For a fantastic history of the Haitian Revolution, read “The Black Jacobins,” by C.L.R.James.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #toussaintlouverture #haiti #revolution #slavery #racism #boukman #vodou #revolt #independence #BlackMastadon #prison #BlackJacobins #CLRJames #book #writer #author #nonfiction @bookstadon

Posthumous 1813 painting of Louverture, in a double-breasted blue officer’s coat, with brass buttons and gold epaulets on the shoulders, and a three-cornered hat. By Alexandre-François-Louis, comte de Girardin - allposters.com, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46545226
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Brett Hodnett

In a post apocalyptic world, there won’t be zombies or battles for oil. Just regular people trying to let go of their past and doing the best they can to create new ways to live. Three more days for #FediHumans to get a free copy of my just released novel HUMAN. Visit bretthodnett.com/FreeHUMAN.htm and use the code ‘fedihuman’ to get your free EPUB!

bretthodnett.comHUMANA remarkable exploration of family, society, and what makes us human, HUMAN will take you from the post-apocalyptic world of the near future, to the two very different societies that emerge 15 million years later, where those few surviving individuals have evolved to become something that we might not fully recognize as human.
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Bitmap Books

Turrican - Featured in our book - Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium

With a mixture of pixel-perfect arcade conversions and mind-bending original titles, the Commodore Amiga was the go-to games machine of the late ’80s/early ’90s. Rediscover its glory days in this visual compendium.

Reprints due July 📚

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