Trade Unionist, Democratic Socialist, Lover of football, books and honeybadgers. AVFC GRFC and a Hatchet Man

Rathcoole NI UK
Joined October 2018
15 October 1937 | A French Jewish boy, Jacques Wisznia, was born in Paris. In February 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber.
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Last night was special, Villans 💫 Be there next week, as we do it all over again against Viking ⚔️ 🎟️ go.avfc.co.uk/Viking-X
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❗️MISSING CHILD❗️ Police are concerned for the whereabouts of 16 year old Carson Graham. Carson was last seen at around 2210 hours on 14th October in the area of Brunswick Street. He is described as being 5'7" in height, slim build and wearing black bottoms and a black puffer coat. If you have seen Carson or know of his whereabouts please contact Police on 101 quoting serial 1694 of 14/10/26. #Belfast #NorthernIreland
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15 października 1910 | W Pradze urodziła się czeska Żydówka Hildegarda Nettlová. Deportowana do #Auschwitz z getta w #Theresienstadt 4 października 1944 r. Nie przeżyła.
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15 October 1930 | Czech Jewish girl, Gertrud Gunst, was born in Prague. In March 1939 she emigrated to Norway. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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“I don’t think the robots are taking over. I think the men who play with toys have taken over. And if we don't take the toys out of their hands, we're fools.” — Ray Bradbury
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15 October 1940. Charlie Chaplin's film, The Great Dictator, had its premiere in New York City. Chaplin played 2 roles in the film: a ruthless fascist dictator and a persecuted Jewish barber. The film featured a moving monologue against totalitarianism.
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"Of all the worlds created by man, that of books is the mightiest." Heinrich Heine
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#OtD 14 Oct 1943 400 prisoners at the Sobibór death camp staged a mass breakout. They killed several guards before being discovered and having to dash for freedom under fire. 150 escaped, many joining partisan units or the Red Army stories.workingclasshistory.…
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Happy 48th birthday to this masterpiece... In M🎯D we trust... #facesofrock1
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Alias Smith and Jones
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Two young parents and a pensioners garden completed tonight as well as two public spaces. Lifted 10 green bags of garden waste. Second last evening shift for the lads as the daylight deserts us.
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Debates on declining literacy should be referencing Jonathan Rose's remarkable book The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes. The links between literacy, personal autonomy, working class self improvement, and democracy, from mid eighteenth to mid twentieth century.
Finally reading this revelatory book. The individuality& intellect of everyday folk recovered& respected. Autodidact Nonconformists with a literacy forged by the Bible, mass membership independent working class mutual improvement societies, the first generations to be schooled...
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‘Australia without migrant workers’ Who made this? 👏 Mandatory viewing for any fool who still doesn’t understand the implications of slamming the gates shut.
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13 October 1906 | A Pole, Stanisław Przybysz, was born in Włocławek. In #Auschwitz from 16 July 1942. No. 47033 He perished in the camp on 27 August 1942.
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Released on this day in 1978: Public Image, the debut single by #PIL youtu.be/rIAZ8unRm2c?si…
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Released on this day in 1978: Down in the Tube Station at Midnight #TheJam youtu.be/hf4EFDGP4yg?si…
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12 October 1921 | A Polish Jew, Dawid Aleksander Baumgart, was born in Aleksandrów Kujawski. In #Auschwitz from 11 December 1941. No. 24274 He perished in the camp on 20 December 1941.
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12 October 1912 | A French Jew, David Silberman, was born in Paris. In #Auschwitz from 30 March 1942. No. 28080 He perished in the camp on 10 August 1942.
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