#JustWatched Civil War (2024) from A24.

Firstly, A24 have grown up. A lot.

Secondly, a very confronting movie; or, it should be, given the trajectory the US seems to be on at the moment.

There's no real telling who the good guys or bad guys in the war are, other than the President has changed things up enough to sit for a third term.

Hmmm ... I wonder where that idea came from ...

Looking at the combatants, however, there are no discernable differences. The real baddies are the ordinary people letting their inner Lord of the Flies out.

The main actors, all playing press folk, are brilliant.

It's a tight, well drafted movie that moves forward well.

And the last shot is ... interesting.

Today in Labor History April 26, 1937: The Nazis and Italian fascists bombed Guernica, a town in the Basque region of Spain, at the request of Spanish fascist leader, Francisco Franco. Later that year, Picasso painted his famous painting, Guernica, in protest of the atrocity. This was during the Spanish Civil War. The Republicans, a coalition of anarchist, socialist and communist partisans, were fighting the Nationalists, led by Franco. They bombed Guernica for two hours, killing between 1,000 and 3,000 civilians, or 20-60% of the population.

Today in Labor History April 26, 1649: The English authorities sentenced Robert Lockier to be shot for leading a mutiny. Cromwell’s New Model Army had just defeated Charles I in the English Civil War. However, the Army failed to negotiate a settlement with the King. And when Charles I double-crossed them, they executed him. A conflict arose between the monarchists, who wanted another king, and Cromwell, who wanted a plutocratic Parliament. Then there were the Levellers, who wanted a democracy in which every male head of household had a vote, regardless of whether he owned property. And the Diggers (AKA the True Levellers), who wanted universal suffrage AND common ownership of the land. Lockier was a Leveller and a member the New Model Army. On April 24, he and some other soldiers barricaded themselves in a Leveller meeting place in London. They demanded to paid their overdue wages. Cromwell ended the mutiny after a few days and arrested Lockier as the ringleader.

The Diggers originally called themselves the True Levellers, to distinguish themselves from the more moderate Levellers. However, in April, 1649, they began pulling down enclosures (common lands usurped by the landlords) on St. George’s Hill. And when they started planting the land in common, for the benefit of all peasants, people started calling them Diggers. Needless to say, the local landlords were peeved. They asked the New Model Army to come in and remove the Diggers. However, their commander told the landlords to use the courts. So, the landlords organized gangs to beat and burn out the Diggers. Ultimately, the court ruled that the Army could evict the Diggers if they did not leave. So, they left. But they started new commons in neighboring regions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn31l2idKTA

April 23, 1865 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis wrote to his wife "Panic has seized the country."
https://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2017/a-family-and-nation-under-fire/
#History #CivilWar

Cannon on Little Round Top at Gettysburg battlefield, seen at sunset, symbolizing the historic events of the Civil War.

#BuyIntoArt #LittleRoundTop #CivilWar #Gettysburg #Battlefield #Sunset #Cannon #Artillery #historic

https://john-twynam.pixels.com/featured/cannon-on-little-round-top-at-sunset-john-twynam.html

Today in Labor History April 18, 1912: The governor of West Virginia called out the National Guard against striking coal miners. As a result, fifty people were killed. His action marked the beginning of the West Virginia Mine Wars, initiating one of the most violent strikes in the nation's history. Because of their isolation and geography, the West Virginia mine owners were able to dominate the miners more than almost any other employer in the nation. They hired gun thugs from the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, who routinely murdered miners and evicted their families from the company towns. On April 18, thousands of miners went on strike in Paint Creek, Cabin Creek and in surrounding counties. Many were armed with hunting rifles to defend themselves against the company thugs. Mother Jones and Socialist Party members came to support the miners.

The struggle that began today in 1912 continued for decades and included the Battle of Matewan and the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War, and the largest labor uprising in U.S. history. 10,000-15,000 coal miners battled 3,000 cops, private cops and vigilantes, who were backed by the coal bosses. Up to 100 miners died in the fighting, along with 10-30 Baldwin-Felts detectives and three national guards. Nearly 1,000 people were arrested. One million rounds were fired. And the government bombed striking coal miners by air, using homemade bombs and poison gas left over from World War I. This was the second time the government had used planes to bomb its own citizens within the U.S. (the first was against African American during the Tulsa pogrom, earlier that same year).

You can read my longer article on the West Virginia Mine Wars and the Battle of Blair Mountain here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/14/the-battle-of-blair-mountain/

#civilwar #Nazis #Trump #KilmarAbregoGarcia

Trump staffer threatens criminal charges for ADVOCATING DUE PROCESS for Kilmar Abrego Garcia

If Garcia has been murdered (which is what death camps are used for), than Trump has received a court order he cannot comply with but also cannot admit to the reason he cannot comply. He may have a literal skeleton in his closet, so he threatens protesters, attorneys, and judges with everything from Federal prison to CECOT.

If they follow through on this is is a declaration of active warfare against all dissent and the entire legal profession. This is true whether we fight or not.

It is quite likely the primary intended target of this threat is Judge Boasberg, who is holding Trump in criminal contempt over the exact same case. If Boasberg is black-bagged and sent to CECOT to die like what may have happened to Mr Garcia himself, that is not only a declaration of war on dissent, but a declaration of war on the entire US constitutional form of government. Extrajudicial renditions and murders of judges over a case involving death camps by the executive branch is as bad as it gets.

There has been a "greatest generation" before. Now is the time, now is the hour for another to arise. The Nazis are in front of us and history is calling.

denying #FEMA funds, just like the abortion ban and attacks on transgender women, are a a forced #secession.

this is what #CivilWar looks like by guys who’ve never had to sign up to join the Army and, instead, use money to kill their opponents. this is what Civil War looks like when waged behind desks by criminals in business suits.

https://toad.social/@tend2wobble/114348347908071130

Apathetic idiots going "oh, no, violent resistance is NOT the answer!!"

FUCK YOU, PASSIVE COWARDLY COLLABORATOR.

LOOK AT THE FUCKING PICTURES OF #CECOT. IT'S A CONTEMPORARY CONCENTRATION CAMP.

Yes, by definition, Holocaust Museum.

Your privileged position as white citizen won't do much when the emboldened fascists come for ANYONE who dissents in the slightest manner.

They want ABSOLUTE POWER. They want ZERO RESTRAINTS, no Law.

Last year, the Monitor profiled Sudan’s emergency response rooms, local initiatives working where international aid groups could not. Two years after the war started, we revisit them to see how they are coping with fighting and funding cuts. #sudan #hunger #CivilWar

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2025/0414/sudan-civil-war-emergency-response-usaid?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN YOUR WORLD @what-just-happened-in-your-world-csmonitor

A paramilitary force at war with Sudan’s army has escalated attacks in Darfur, killing hundreds of refugees in aid camps. Read more from @npr
https://flip.it/X.TMcN
#CivilWar #Africa #Sudan #Refugees #War

Today in Labor History April 13, 1873: The Colfax massacre, occurred in Colfax, Louisiana. A mob of former Confederate soldiers and current KKK members murdered 60-153 black militiamen after they surrendered. The militiamen were guarding the parish courthouse in the wake of the contested 1872 election for governor. Southern elections during Reconstruction were regularly marred by violence and fraud. It was the worst act of racist violence during Reconstruction.

Today in Labor History April 13, 1975: Phalangists in Lebanon killed 26 members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. This marked the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War. 120,000 people died in the war and nearly one million people fled the country. One of the worst atrocities of the war was the Sabra and Shatila massacre. Lebanese Phalangists, allied with the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), slaughtered 3,500 Lebanese and Palestinian civilians in a refugee camp. IDF soldiers facilitated the slaughter by blocking exits and preventing civilians from escaping. In 1983, the Kahan Commission found then-Israeli Defense Minister, Ariel Sharon, personally responsible for the massacre. He resigned and then became Prime Minister.

An American Civil War spy drama ("epic" but I'm not so sure about that) that kicks off at a Passover seder? Sure, why not. It's timely, that's for sure. The writing is a a little choppy, and the main character seems to be a bit of a schlub, but I think I'll stick with it. #FridayReads #AmReading #Books #Bookstodon #Audiobooks #Fiction #History #CivilWar #Mazeldon @bookstodon

Bob Lemmons, Carrizo Springs, Texas. Born a slave about 1850, south of San Antonio, Texas. Came to Carrizo Springs during Civil War with white men seeking new range for their cattle. In 1865, with his master was one of the first settlers. He knew Billy the Kid, King Fisher, and other noted bad men of the border

#BobLemmons #CarrizoSprings #Texas #SanAntonio #CivilWar #first #Billy #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017763146/

Happy 160th anniversary of a bunch of murderous cowards finally giving up on the idea that they should own other human beings.

"The Battle of Appomattox Court House [...] was the final engagement of Confederate General in Chief Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia before they surrendered to the Union Army of the Potomac under the Commanding General of the United States Army, Ulysses S. Grant."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House

The 4th New York Independent Battery Monument at Gettysburg, with views of the Devil's Den and a historic witness tree.

#BuyIntoArt #DevilsDen #Gettysburg #CivilWar #Battlefield #monument #historic

https://john-twynam.pixels.com/featured/gettysburg-4th-ny-battery-monument-1-john-twynam.html

Imagine being told what you are allowed to protest and not.
Why the #UK has not erupted into a #CivilWar with its people demanding true #FreedomOfSpeech, Assembly, Thought, and Liberty is astounding.

RE: https://mas.to/users/therightarticle/statuses/114292715102827235