#France / Alban Liechti

Alban Liechti (1935 – 2024) was a French anti-colonial militant. He was the first French soldier to refuse to bear arms against the Algerian people. #Wikipedia

Mort d'Alban Liechti, le « soldat du refus » de la guerre d'Algérie

« Dans cette guerre, ce sont les Algériens qui défendent leurs femmes, leurs enfants, leur patrie, ce sont les Algériens qui combattent pour la paix et la justice. » C’est pourquoi, ajoute-t-il, « je ne peux prendre les armes contre le peuple algérien en lutte pour son indépendance ».

"In this war, it is the Algerians who are defending their women, their children, their homeland; it is the Algerians who are fighting for peace and justice." He adds, "This is why I cannot take up arms against the Algerian people in their struggle for independence."

https://www.humanite.fr/en-debat/carnet/mort-dalban-liechti-le-soldat-du-refus-de-la-guerre-dalgerie

#DirtyWar
#Colonialism #Algeria
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Last year, after a WWII veteran died, his family members discovered 22 stolen Japanese antiques in his attic. These included a hand-drawn map, ceramics, and portraits of Okinawan kings, some dating back as far as the 1700s. On Friday, the FBI announced that the artifacts were on their way back to Japan. NPR has details of what happened, and images of the items.

https://flip.it/F36hzT

#Art #Japan #History #Culture @histodons

And a very happy Kill the #Druids Day to all who celebrate.

Bastards refused to speak Latin.

@history
@histodons
#celtic #history

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

RED RAG. The tongue. Shut your potatoe trap, and give your red rag a holiday; i.e. shut your mouth, and let your tongue rest. Too much of the red rag (too much tongue).

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #crime #language #slang @histodons

Happy Casimir Pulaski Day! Fun Fact: Pulaski was the father of the American Cavalry and was almost definitely intersex. Researching Pulaski was a fun part of writing #NamingGotham #history #histodon #NYC #NewYork #historymatters #awardwinning #book @history @histodons

FUDGE. Nonsense.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Here's a podcast on New Books Network where I talk about (surprise surprise) my new book, 'Visions of a Digital Nation', and why Margaret Thatcher's 1984 #privatisation of British Telecom was a pivotal moment for both #neoliberalism and #digitalisation.

Podcast: https://newbooksnetwork.com/visions-of-a-digital-nation

Book download: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14210.001.0001

#histsci #histodons #history #sts #telecom @histodons @sts #tech #technology #historyoftechnology

The colony of South Carolina was the most radical one south of Virginia.

They’ve always been radical.

Nothing much has changed.

Yesterday’s #radical is the #reactionary of today.

#BirthOfTheUnitedStates #IsaacAsimov #history #AmericanRevolution @histodons

CLOD PATE. A dull, heavy booby.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Heute beginnt die 74. #Berlinale!

Wir erinnern daher an zwei #Filmkritik-Artikel über #Filme, die bei vergangenen Internationalen Filmfestspielen Berlin der Jahre 2000 & 2007 Premiere feierten:

▶️ Christina White, Die Stille nach dem Schuss – Melodram oder Komödie?, #WerkstattGeschichte 27/2000, https://werkstattgeschichte.de/alle_ausgaben/fraeulein/

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#Berlinale2024 #BerlinFilmFestival #BerlinFilmFestival2024 #Movies #Kino #Cinema #Filmgeschichte #FilmHistory #Cinemastodon #FilmStudies

I’m reading The #DarkAges by #IsaacAsimov, and it turns out that it’s the text that is the original source material for a bunch of Wikipedia articles which I’ve perused over the course of spelunking down digital rabbit-holes for two decades.

#history @histodons

If history had taken another path, bar codes would look dramatically different today. Pictured: Here’s some of the options that were being considered, and the bull’s-eye was a favorite ⬇️

“Even in their wildest dreams, [the committee members] could not have imagined how consequential their decision ended up being,” writes Jordan Frith of Clemson University.
https://theconversation.com/how-we-almost-ended-up-with-a-bulls-eye-bar-code-219194
@histodons #histodons #history #technology

BELLY TIMBER. Food of all sorts.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Same-sex relationships and gender beyond a strict cisgender binary was more common in ancient Greece and Rome than many people today assume, if we look at the surviving writings 🏳️‍🌈

https://theconversation.com/ancient-texts-depict-all-kinds-of-people-not-just-straight-and-cis-ones-this-college-course-looks-at-lgbtq-sexuality-and-gender-in-egypt-greece-and-rome-210182

#LGBTQ #History #Histodons @histodons