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Today in Labor History February 21, 1919: Kurt Eisner, a socialist activist in the Bavarian revolution and president of the Republic of Councils, was assassinated by extremists in Munich. The Central Council of the Republic declared a General Strike and state of siege in response, leading to the Bavarian Soviet Republic in April 1919. The republic was run through workers’ councils. The reactionary Freikorps paramilitary, along with elements of the German Army, quashed the republic in May. Many of those involved in the overthrow of the Bavarian Soviet Republic went on to become members of the Nazi Party.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #communism #councilcommunism #soviet #bavaria #kurteisner #germany #nazis #socialism

This is a picture of Kurt Eisner, seated, balding, with long gray beard and round, wire-rim glasses. the president of the Bavarian Socialist Republic. By Photo by Germaine Krull (1897-1985) - I believe this picture to be in public domain in the United States as the image dates back to before 1919. It is impossible that the photo was taken after that, because Eisner was assassinated on February 21, 1919. The image was obtained from https://www.dhm.de/fileadmin/medien/lemo/images/96003586.jpg.Corrected information:Photo by Germaine Krull (1897-1985)taken in late October/early November 1918 after Eisner was discharge from prison on October 14, 1918.The photo is not public domain in the country of origin and will not be public domain until 2056.The photo is assumed public domain in the U.S., evidence for that (publication) is however missing. Without this evidence the work must be assumed as unpublished in the U.S. and is protected also in the U.S. for the authors lifetime +70 years following the authors death., PD-US, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27415073

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kuchinster

@kuchinster@hub.hubzilla.de · 2 days ago

Israeli Plan, 1970

Israeli Plan 1970"

# Israel # israeli # occupation # violence # violencesystem # Gaza # Palestine # soviet # poster # history

kuchinster

@kuchinster@hub.hubzilla.de · 2 days ago

Israeli Plan, 1970

Israeli Plan 1970"

# Israel # israeli # occupation # violence # violencesystem # Gaza # Palestine # soviet # poster # history

MikeDunnAuthor

@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social · 3 days ago

Today in Labor History February 19, 1990: After a 10-month strike, rank-and-file miners at the Pittston Coal Co. ratified a new contract. Ninety-eight miners and a minister occupied a Pittston Coal plant in Carbo, Virginia, inaugurating the year-long strike. While a one-month Soviet coal strike dominated the U.S. media, the year-long Pittston strike received almost no media coverage in the U.S. The wildcat walkouts involved 40,000 miners in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. Over 2,000 people occupied Camp Solidarity. Miners and their families engaged in Civil Disobedience, pickets, work stoppages and sometimes sabotage, vandalism and violence. Over 4,000 were arrested.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #pittston #coal #strike #union #miners #sabotage #vandalism #picket #CivilDisobedience #solidarity #soviet #wildcat

Women supporters of the Pittston Strike, possible members of the Daughters of Mother Jones. Some are wearing camouflage t-shirts.

Obsidian Urbex Photography

@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social · 6 days ago

💎 Visions in Blue. A spectacular split-flight staircase at the heart of an abandoned and decaying Soviet-era sanatorium.

📌 Sanatorium Iveria, Tskaltubo, Georgia

More photos and history: https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/leisure/sanatorium-iveria-tskaltubo-georgia/

#Georgia #Soviet #Abandoned #History #Photography #UrbanExploration #Urbex

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Sanatorium Iveria, Tskaltubo, Georgia

Sanatorium Iveria is a prominent ruin in the old spa town of Tskaltubo. A crumbling reminder of the days when Georgia was part of the USSR.

Obsidian Urbex Photography

@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social · last week

An old MiG-15, a Cold War-era jet fighter, languishing in a field somewhere in Latvia

This lonely MiG-15 sits near a private runway in Latvia, a survivor of the Soviet Union's early jet fighter era. Developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich, the aircraft was an early innovator in swept-wing design intended to reach supersonic speeds.

More history & photos of this plane - https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/military/mig-15-latvia/

#Latvia #ColdWar #Airplane #JetFighter #Soviet #Military #History #Photography

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An abandoned, weathered silver fighter jet, marked "30", sits on green grass under an overcast sky, showing rust and damage.

A weathered, riveted silver airplane under a cloudy sky, showing a yellowed cockpit canopy.

A close-up of a distressed metal surface, an aircraft tail, featuring a large, peeling red star.

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Mig-15, Latvia

This lonely MiG-15 sits near a private runway in Latvia. This 1940s Soviet Union aircraft was an innovative early jet fighter.