• The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
        102·
        11 days ago

        the vast majority of americans don’t know the first thing about political movements originating from the global south. let’s start there

          • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
            71·
            11 days ago
            • the women’s war in syria
            • liberation movement throughout africa seeking to erode neocolonialism
            • the origins and collapse of congolese independence work that was disrupted by the CIA leading to the current civil war
            • who the opposition to Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela is

            there’s all sorts

              • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
                82·
                11 days ago

                Syria is absolutely part of the global south. you know the global south is primarily about economic exploitation and not geography, right? and good for you knowing these things. but most americans aren’t keyed into all this at all

                  • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
                    81·
                    11 days ago

                    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_North_and_Global_South

                    not my defitition. and by the generally understood definition, Syria is not in the north and is surrounded by other countries also in the global south. where are you demarcating north? the equator? because it’d be better to think of it as being around Russia’s southern border, or around the Mediterranean sea based on how the countries of the global north treat the global south

      • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
        52·
        11 days ago

        We could start with the violent history of union formation. I only got like one line in an elementary school textbook telling me the pinkertons existed and that was it. Then we can move on to the violent bombing of Tulsa, OK which nobody talks about.