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nordstrom: Travis Gumbs’ beaded wingtips. An excerpt from...

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 01:30:10 -0500

Travis Gumbs’ beaded wingtips.

An excerpt from Street Etiquette’s NYFW takeover on @NordstromMen Instagram.

(via Nordstrom Men’s Blog // Instagram Etiquette: Shoes, Shows, Subways)

ive never seen anything more perfect in my entire life?

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Sat, 09 Mar 2013 01:21:09 -0500

thepeoplesrecord: The real history of International Women’s...

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:54:22 -0500

thepeoplesrecord:

The real history of International Women’s Day
March 8, 2013

Do you have $100+ to spare? Then you could attend an International Women’s Day luncheon hosted by the Chamber of Commerce or various business organisations. But, although IWD has become mainstream in recent years, it was historically a socialist event and that is how we commemorate it

Clara Zetkin, a leading member of German Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the early 1900s, argued that the working class would never win its battles without women and raised the issue of special party work among women. Under her leadership a working women’s movement grew rapidly in Germany, and the female membership of the SPD rose from 10,500 in 1907 to 150,000 in 1913.

Zetkin proposed the establishment of an international women’s day at the International Socialist Women’s Conference in Copenhagen in August 1910, inspired by American socialists who had held women’s demonstrations and meetings the year before. The slogan for IWD was to be: “The vote for women will unite our strength in the struggle for socialism.”

In 1911, more than a million women and men took up the idea of IWD enthusiastically, with rallies and marches in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark and other major industrial cities of Europe. According to the Russian revolutionary socialist Alexandra Kollontai, “Germany and Austria were one seething, trembling sea of women… Meetings were organised everywhere – in the small towns and even in the villages, halls were packed full.”

In subsequent years and throughout World War One, IWD continued to provide a focus for activists. In 1913 and 1914 women across Europe held peace rallies on or around 8 March. In 1915, socialist women held a march in Bern, Switzerland, in opposition to their own countries’ war effort, which was treason in wartime. They took a manifesto home to be distributed secretly in their countries. In 1917, female socialists in Turin hung posters addressed to women throughout the working class neighbourhoods protesting rising food prices. And in 1918 in Austria, 3,000 women, despite the ban on demonstrations, marched in small groups past the parliament and the Palace of Justice demanding peace.

In Russia Alexandra Kollontai played a leading role. She brought the idea of IWD to Russia and helped organise events in the pre-war years. In Petrograd (St. Petersburg) in 1913, Bolshevik women workers organised a “scientific morning devoted to the woman question” (this sort of subterfuge was necessary under tsarism). Kollontai wrote:

“This was an illegal meeting but the hall was absolutely packed. Members of the party spoke. But this animated ‘close’ meeting had hardly finished when the police, alarmed at such proceedings, intervened and arrested many of the speakers.”

In 1914 police again intervened and arrested many people. Some women were nonetheless able to celebrate IWD with flash meetings around the city, and similar small actions were possible in 1915 and 1916.

Peace and bread

By 1917, deteriorating living conditions had resulted in strong feelings. Frustration with food shortages and interminable queues had already produced food riots, and the large number of women workers in large factories had already carried out many strikes.

What happened in Petrograd combined food riots, economic strikes and a political strike. And it was all sparked by women determined to celebrate International Women’s Day.

The local Bolsheviks judged the time unripe for militant action. So when a group of women from the Vyborg district asked for advice on how to celebrate IWD they were told to “refrain from isolated actions and follow only instructions of party committee”.

The women decided to strike anyway. In spite of all directives, women in Petrograd chose to protest and strike for “Bread and Peace” on 23 February (8 March on the Gregorian calendar). Demonstrations organised to demand bread were supported by the industrial workforce. Women textile workers in several factories went on strike and sent delegates to metal workers for support. The women workers marched to nearby factories bringing out over 50,000 workers on strike.

By 25 February, the strike had spread to 240,000 workers. Mass demonstrations surged through the town. The following day large parts of Petrograd were in control of the insurrection and when soldiers went over on 27 February, the tsar abdicated.

General Khabalov of the Petrograd Military District summarised the problem facing the authorities: “When they said, ‘Give us bread!’ we could give them bread and that was the end of it. But when they said, ‘Down with the autocracy!’ we could no longer appease them with bread.”

Full article

Happy International Women’s Day!

Pictured: Si Se Puede by Robert Valadez, Chief Theresa Spence, Dr. Angela Davis, Vandala Shiva, Amy Goodman, Malala Yousafzai, Leila Khaled, Pussy Riot & Zapatista women.

I spent a good amount of time compiling these photos of my favorite women <3

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Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:34:36 -0500

fuck everything

thepeoplesrecord: The People’s Record on Break Thru RadioMarch...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:46:49 -0500

thepeoplesrecord:

The People’s Record on Break Thru Radio
March 7, 2013

Hey Tumblr, we (Robert & Graciela of The People’s Record) did an interview for this really cool regular podcast on Break Thru Radio conducted by DJ Margaret. If you want to give a listen to what we had to say about the blog, or if you just want to lull yourself to sleep with our pretentious voices, go on and click here.

It’s hard not to hate yourself when you hear yourself talk, particularly about things that you care about SO much, but DJ Margaret was beyond helpful in editing out all our various clumsy ums and I’m happy with how the interview came out.

The interview starts at around 11 minutes in & continues at 22 minutes in after a song break, but the music is great so no need to skip around unless you’re in a hurry.

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i was going to add commentary about how elephant is such a...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:22:39 -0500

i was going to add commentary about how elephant is such a significant album to me & then i was like omg jack’s penis is staring at me

realitybl0ws: here’s to all the kids who have never found their name on anything in a souvenir...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:19:49 -0500

realitybl0ws:

here’s to all the kids who have never found their name on anything in a souvenir store

who the hell has my copy of chicago

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:19:08 -0500

who the hell has my copy of chicago

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Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:14:45 -0500

elizamariae: Stay pressed

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:10:50 -0500

elizamariae:

Stay pressed

yourmothershouldknow: Alexander McQueen Otoño/Invierno...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:47:03 -0500

yourmothershouldknow:

Alexander McQueen Otoño/Invierno 2013

Semana de la Moda de París

…..

Alexander McQueen Autumn/Winter 2013

Paris Fashion Week

itwasntparadise: pink-slip: N.Y.C., Harlem Neighbourhood...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:33:05 -0500

itwasntparadise:

pink-slip:

N.Y.C., Harlem
Neighbourhood ballet class, 1968
Photo by Eve Arnold as part of the Black is Beautiful series

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Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:15:35 -0500

beyonce who?

themisandristwhore: QUEEN 5EVER fuck the oscars viva...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:50:48 -0500

themisandristwhore:

QUEEN 5EVER

fuck the oscars viva la Quvenzhané

anakisa: this girl telling me not to eat my cake because i don’t want my thighs to touch they won’t...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:44:22 -0500

anakisa:

this girl telling me not to eat my cake because i don’t want my thighs to touch

they won’t be touching with your man between them

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all of the above

thepeoplesrecord: Pfc. B. Manning has now spent more than 1,000...

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:21:19 -0500

thepeoplesrecord:

Pfc. B. Manning has now spent more than 1,000 days imprisoned without trial. The legal limit for military court is 120 days.

Manning allegedly released classified cables to Wikileaks, including the Collateral Murder video, the Afghan War logs, the Iraq War logs, State Department cables & Guantanamo Bay files.

The soldier has been imprisoned in conditions which Juan Mendez, a UN Special Rapporteur on torture deemed “cruel, inhumane & degrading”. Manning faces 22 charges. The most significant charge is that of “aiding the enemy.” If convicted of “aiding the enemy,” he would serve life in prison without parole.

The leaks have revealed indiscriminate murder of civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, the murder of two Reuters journalists among a group of unarmed civilians in Baghdad, prisoner abuse & torture in Iraq, US officials covering up child abuse by private contractors, such as DynCorp, in Afghanistan, hundreds of innocent people are being held at Guantanamo, an official account of civilian deaths in Iraq & Afghanistan that the Obama administration previously maintained didn’t exist (between 2004 and 2009, the U.S. government counted a total of 109,000 deaths in Iraq, with 66,081 classified as non-combatants), the inner-workings of Obama’s then-secret drone campaign in Yemen among other incidents of corruption & crimes against humanity.

Manning has become the face of Obama’s war on whistleblowers, an attempt to shield the government’s war crimes & human rights violations.

thepeoplesrecord: Hey NYC Tumblr family, our incredibly...

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:17:45 -0500

thepeoplesrecord:

Hey NYC Tumblr family, our incredibly talented friend Alejandro is putting on his show, THE BROWN QUEEN, on March 12 at the LGBT Center in Brooklyn. He was generous enough to let us stay at his place while we were working on our project in New York. He’s a passionate performer, a compassionate human being, and super queer queen with an incredibly bright mind & personality. Help us return the support and share this show on your dash & with all of your NYC contacts. Come out and see it if you can. It’s going to be really entertaining.

The story of a gay Chican@ boy born in El Paso, Texas, who eventually claimed New York City as his queendom.

The Brown Queen begins with Diana Ross on the radio, while cruising downtown El Paso in a 1963 Rebel Rambler. The story travels from an early Chican@ upbringing in the borderlands of Tejas, to Sioux City, Iowa, and finally New York City. Through his tale, discover how the Brown Queen arrives at a fabulously queer life in New York City.

A performance of growth, endeavor, and celebration.

Friends and Foes:

It would be an honor to have y’all come and watch me take it to the floor at my place of employment.
CATEGORY IS: CENTER REALNESS

In the past three years I have had the opportunity to bring small excerpts of my show at different events and now I’m gonna do it all. Not just the tip.

So please come support me—it’s gonna be a shit show, but really funny.

THE BROWN QUEEN
TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2013
8pm
$5
The LGBT Community Center
208 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011

photo by: Camilo Godoy
postcard: Untitled Queen

Much love,

Alejandro
aka
Mz. Bootz
aka
The Brown Queen
aka
Quesa

Here’s a link to the event.

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Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:15:50 -0500

its true