Today in Labor History July 22, 1946: In a terrorist attack, the right-wing Zionist group, Irgun, bombed the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, killing 91 people. The hotel was the site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, a League of Nations political entity set up from 1920-1948. During World War I, the UK promised independence to the Arabs in Palestine if they rose up against the Ottomans, who controlled the Levant at that time. The Palestinian Arabs did rise up, helping to force out the Turks. However, the British betrayed them, dividing up the land with the French under the Sykes-Picot Agreement. During that same time, Jewish militias were organizing to create an independent Jewish state in Palestine. The attack on the King David was part of the “Jewish Insurgency” (AKA “Palestine Emergency”), a paramilitary campaign carried out by underground Jewish terrorist organizations against the British in order to create a Jewish state. Disguised as Arab workmen and waiters, Irgun operatives gained access to the hotel basement, where they placed a bomb. They did it in retaliation for Operation Agatha, when the British authorities raided Jewish Insurgency members’ homes and offices and arrested many of their members. Much of the British intelligence on the Jewish militias was stored in the King David Hotel.
#bombing
Today in Labor History July 22, 1916: Someone set off a bomb during the pro-war “Preparedness Day” parade in San Francisco. As a result, 10 people died and 40 were injured. A jury convicted two labor leaders, Thomas Mooney and Warren Billings, based on false testimony. Both were pardoned in 1939. Billings and Mooney were both anarchists and members of the IWW. Not surprisingly, only anarchists were suspected in the bombing. A few days after the bombing, they searched and seized materials from the offices of “The Blast,” Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman’s local San Francisco paper. They also threatened to arrest Berkman.
In 1937, Mooney filed a writ of habeas corpus, providing evidence that his conviction was based on perjured testimony and evidence tampering. Among this evidence was a photograph of him in front of a large, ornate clock, on Market Street, clearly showing the time of the bombing and that he could not have been at the bombing site when it occurred. The Alibi Clock was later moved to downtown Vallejo, twenty-five miles to the northeast of San Francisco. Alibi Bookshop, in Vallejo, is named after this clock. On May 11, 2024, I did a reading there from my working-class historical novel, Anywhere But Schuylkill, during the Book Release Party for Roberta Tracy’s, Zig Zag Woman. Her novel takes place at the time of the Los Angeles Times bombing, in 1910, when two other labor leaders, the McNamara brothers, were framed.
In 1931, while they were still in prison, I. J. Golden persuaded the Provincetown Theater to produce his play, “Precedent,” about the Mooney and Billings case. Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times wrote, "By sparing the heroics and confining himself chiefly to a temperate exposition of his case [Golden] has made “Precedent” the most engrossing political drama since the Sacco-Vanzetti play entitled Gods of the Lightening... Friends of Tom Mooney will rejoice to have his case told so crisply and vividly."
You can read my complete article on Mooney and Billings here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/05/19/tom-mooney-and-warren-billings/
You can get Anywhere But Schuylkill here:
https://www.keplers.com/
https://www.greenapplebooks.com/
Or send me $25 via Venmo (@Michael-Dunn-565) and your mailing address, and I will send you a signed copy!
And purchase Zigzag Woman here:
https://www.powells.com/book/zig-zag-woman-9781962465267
#workingclass #LaborHistory #warrenbillings #tommooney #sanfrancisco #bombing #anarchism #union #IWW #labor #alexanderberkman #prison #emmagoldman #playwright #theater #books #writer #author #historicalfiction #novel #author #anywherebutschuylkill #zigzagwoman @bookstadon
Syrian govt forces withdraw from Suwayda after Druze deal to end fighting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXhK7MJfpa8
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa says protecting the rights of the Druze minority is his priority, but he has ceded security control of the southern region ...
Today in Labor History July 11, 1892: Frisco Mine was dynamited by striking Coeur D’Alene miners after they discovered they had been infiltrated by Pinkertons and after one of their members had been shot. The striking miners belonged to the Western Federation of Miners. Prior to this, the mine owners had increased work hours, decreased pay and brought in a bunch of scabs to replace striking workers. Ultimately, over 600 striking miners were imprisoned without charge by the military in order to crush the strike.
You can read my article on the Pinkertons here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/?s=pinkerton
PHARAOS / Roll another blunt
Yeah (ooh-ooh-ooh)
(La-la-ta, ta-ta-ra-ra)
(La, ta, ta
(La-la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la-la)
I was gonna clean my room until I got high (ooh)
I was gonna get up and find the broom, but then I got high (la-la-ta, ta-ta-ra-ra)
My room is still messed up, and I know why (why? Man)
'Cause I got high, because I got high, because I got high (la-la-ta, ta-ta-ra-ra)
“Revealed: UK's #Labour #Government Is Secretly Allowing Israeli Military Planes Involved in #Bombing #Gaza to Land in Britain”
by Abdullah Farooq and Matt Kennard in Drop Site News on Substack
“All the planes landed at RAF Brize Norton, the largest airbase in Britain, located in Oxfordshire. One of these Israeli planes was in the sky over Gaza around the time of two apparent war crimes”
https://open.substack.com/pub/dropsitenews/p/revealed-uk-labour-israeli-military-planes-land-gaza?
cari amici moderati
src: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLiNdNYoO1y/
cari amici moderati, amici “7 ottobre!”, amici “che però israele”, amici “antisemitismo!”, “equidistanza”, “genocidio non è la parola”, eccetera, capite?
o non capite?
da quasi due anni condivido valanghe di #prove .
cosa vi serve ancora? esattamente, cosa deve fare ancora lo stato colonialista razzista e genocidario per farvi posare la forchetta e profferire un “oh”?
non mi fate ripetere quello che è chiaro a tutto il mondo tranne che a voi.
dunque. mettiamoci d’accordo, ora:
qui su slowforward.net andate nella barra della ricerca e digitate “Palestina”.
quando avrete letto e visto tutto quello che ho letto e visto e (lo sapete) condiviso in questi anni, potremo parlare. penso che vi troverò diversi. o vi troverò meno amici.
qui di seguito solo pchissimi aggiornamenti recenti
l’estremismo genocida di yehuda vach: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AiRrHHqv7/
Francesca Fornario: 700 Rabbini, oltre 50 sinagoghe, più di 21mila ebrei hanno comprato una pagina del Nyt e cartelloni luminosi in giro per Ny per chiedere a Israele di fare entrare gli aiuti umanitari a Gaza. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18GSaY1ZaT/
Arwa Mahdawi: ‘Gaza must be eliminated’: Israel’s airwaves are filled with pro-genocide propaganda (The Guardian, 27 Jun 2025): https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/27/israel-gaza-propaganda
baby rescued from the rubble: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLe5CvhqXGk/
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+30% di attacchi da parte dello squadrismo sionista in Cisgiordania
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a girl under the age of six, almost killed by an israeli airstrike
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after the israeli bombing of the osama bin zaid school, in gaza (short video)
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l’orrore è indescrivibile. i bambini colpiti alla testa: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLfPmDZobKI/
#Gaza #genocide #genocidio #Palestine #Palestina #warcrimes #sionismo #zionism #starvingpeople #starvingcivilians #iof #idf #colonialism #sionisti #izrahell #israelterroriststate #invasion #israelcriminalstate #israelestatocriminale #children #bambini #massacri #deportazione #concentramento #bombing #bombedschools #bombedshelters #charredbodies #peopleburnedalive #haaretz
#politics #trump #Bombing #Dereliction #Treason #Qatar #alt #Militarybases
Heather Cox Richardson 6/28/25
TRUMP BOMBING U.S. BASE DERELICTION OF DUTY
Ukrainian President Moves to Withdraw From Ottawa Convention: What to Know https://www.byteseu.com/1150337/ #bombing #mines #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #Ukraine #VolodymyrZelensky #warfare
after the israeli bombing of the osama bin zaid school, in gaza (short video)
BEWARE: GRAPHIC CONTENT
src: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLZ97OSMVL1/
#Gaza #genocide #genocidio #Palestine #Palestina #warcrimes #sionismo #zionism #starvingpeople #starvingcivilians #iof #idf #colonialism #sionisti #izrahell #israelterroriststate #invasion #israelcriminalstate #israelestatocriminale #children #bambini #massacri #deportazione #concentramento #OsamaBinZaidSchool #bombing #school #charredbodies #peopleburnedalive
«#IAEA chief: #Iran “months away” from #uranium production despite strikes
«#UN #nuclear watchdog chief Rafael #Grossi reveals that Iran could resume #enrichedUranium production "in a matter of months," despite extensive damage from recent #US and #Israeli #strikes.»
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410809
So, why the #bombing then, if it has failed!? Tis #civilianKilling !
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Ukrainian drones strike 4 fighter jets in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast — [vlog/video] Warfare in Ukraine has changed… again — Clashes ongoing in eastern Ukrainian village near lithium deposits, as military rejects claims of Russian capture — Ukrainian manufacturers able to produce 4 million drones per year — North Korea deployed 20% of Kim’s elite ‘personal reserve’ to fight against Ukraine in Russia … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/saturday-june-28-2025/
Is it just me, or do these two look very similar? Two bombings, both killed dozens of people.
Do you find it easy to find which 4 or 5 belong to each bombing?
There's 4 or 5 images of each and 4 other nearby locations.
cc the other me @kmpiw@mastodon.social @kmpiw@kolektiva.social @kmpiw@aus.social posting to @palestine @israel Is there a Lebanon topic group?
#politics #trump #iran #bombing #beachboys # brutality #alt #war #undignified #authortarinism #incitingviolence #mosques #headofstate
Heather Cox Richardson 6/24/25
THE BEACH BOYS AND TRUMP’S MENTAL HEALTH
I know lies and disinformation from the Trump administration isn't new news so please forgive my mention of the inconsistent messaging on the supposed effectiveness of the US bombing. What is worth mentioning is that even Fox News is questioning Trump's word. Granted they didn't press the issue when Vance artlessly dodged but I am grasping for something positive here.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-confronted-on-live-tv-over-mystery-of-irans-uranium/
