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fridaysforfuture, but everyday (paulfree14@todon.nl)'s status on Friday, 06-Jul-2018 04:05:14 EDT fridaysforfuture, but everyday

''#Facebook censored a post for ‘hate speech.’ It was the Declaration of Independence.''
- via washinton post
What if this one time it was correct?
Then the white dudes will complain!
historic context:
''the white colonists who declared their freedom from the crown did not share their newly founded liberation with the millions of Africans they had captured and forced into slavery.''
https://libcom.org/history/counter-revolution-1776-was-us-independence-war-conservative-revolt-favor-slavery

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1. Juan A. Zamarripa [E.] (jaze@quitter.is)'s status on Friday, 06-Jul-2018 04:57:49 EDT Juan A. Zamarripa [E.]
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  @paulfree14 A #video of the conversation on #DemocracyNow can be found here: http://www.democracynow.org/2014/6/27/counter_revolution_of_1776_was_us #Thanks for the tip!
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  1. “Counter-Revolution of 1776”: Was U.S. Independence War a Conservative Revolt in Favor of Slavery?
    
    from Democracy Now!
    
    As the United States prepares to celebrate Independence Day, we look at why July 4 is not a cause for celebration for all. For Native Americans, it may be a bitter reminder of colonialism, which brought fatal diseases, cultural hegemony and genocide. Neither did the new republic’s promise of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” extend to African Americans. The colonists who declared their freedom from England did not share their newly founded liberation with the millions of Africans they had captured and forced into slavery. We speak with historian Gerald Horne, who argues the so-called Revolutionary War was actually a conservative effort by American colonists to protect their system of slavery. He is the author of two new books: “The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America” and “Race to Revolution: The U.S. and Cuba During Slavery and Jim Crow.” Horne is professor of history and African American studies at the University of Houston.

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