So, happy 89th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians—and someone concussed him with a brick

Police in Bristol said they asked organisers of a far-right protest in city centre to move it or reschedule, because the big Shine Night Walk big cancer charity 10K fundraising walk of 2,000 people - mainly women - was planned for Friday night. Police confirmed the group refused, so walk postponed.

Far right 'were asked to move' protest for cancer charity fundraiser

Police say they asked far-right Bristol Rises protesters to change their plans but 'an agreement could not be reached' so now the big Cancer Research event has been postponed

bristolpost.co.uk

Seeing more and more of this. Really can't understand why people do it.

The Crusader Project@crusaderproject.bsky.social · 4d ago

Hey lads, least appealing wargaming poster of the year just dropped.

On the night of 16/17 May 1943, Operation Chastise used bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis to breach the Eder and Möhne dams. 53 aircrew were killed and over 1,300 women and men on the ground – many were forced women labourers trapped in their accommodation. 1/6

Great read, well worth your time👇

Slightly out of focus@normandy661944.bsky.social · last wk.

My latest Substack article looks at the death of an AFPU photographer on his first assignment, during the Dieppe raid in 1942. insharpfocus.substack.com/p/fatal-assi...

How incredibly shameful. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Portsmouth RNLI lifeboat station off service after anti-migrant protest

The RNLI says it hopes to have the lifeboat station operational again as soon as possible.

bbc.co.uk

In May of 1940 there was a mass panic in Britain - stirred up by the tabloid press - about 'fighting aged men' who had come to Britain as 'refugees' posing a threat to the women and children of this country - and essentially forming a 'fifth column' that could, at any moment rise up against everyone

WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront

ALT: WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront

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This is a very interesting new resource, The Register of British Slave-Traders. 'The Register focusses on the individuals who sought to profit from the enslavement of over 3 million African men, women, and children, whose identity was – for the most part – erased from the historical record.' 🗃️

The Register of British Slave-Traders

The Register of British Slave-traders compiles and presents information on all known slave-traders in Britain who invested in the trafficking of captive Africans from 1563 to 1807.

britishslavetraders.org

Paedophile protects Paedophile The US Government is now protecting paedophiles US Marines conducting a raid on British soil, on which they have no jurisdiction, to seize one of their own diplomats and then use US military resources to ferry the suspect out of the country and fly him to the US 🧵

Ffs.... It's a great museum with great staff. Fascist twats must feel so proud...🙄

Mark O’Neill 🐻@radiobeartime.com · last mo.

Just one example of the real world effects of UK Labour’s cowardice. If Labour won’t defend the RNLI then they certainly won’t defend us immigrants. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's been a long journey and I'm fortunate to have had the privilege of telling the story of Flight 93, the families left behind and the evolution of the crash site over the last quarter century. At 10:03 a.m. today, please pause to remember the bravery and courage of the 40 passengers and crew.

Pennsylvania Capital-Star@penncapital-star.com · last mo.

On this 9/11 remembrance day, EIC @timlambert-pa.bsky.social reflects on his unique role in the story of Flight 93 over the years -- as a journalist, landowner and caretaker. @statesnewsroom.com

Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...

Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now

Sir Edward Leigh MP: “What is happening in the West Bank... is ethnic cleansing... I am proud to say, as the longest-serving member of the Conservative Friends of Israel, that I absolutely and fully support what [Ed Miliband] is doing today, because it’s about standing up for freedom and justice"

The single most effective argument against Mosley’s BUF in the 30s, the one that really broke through with the masses, was that all the creepy fash stuff (esp. the uniforms) was *un-British*. That is the angle to keep pounding away at - the foreign donations, the obvious mimicry of the 🇺🇸 alt-right.

Not everyone's train journey is the same.

Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · last mo.

A detail missing from The Times story… the woman who took the photo shared it to a Facebook group called ‘South east patriots’.

The RNLI’s volunteers head out in any conditions. They don’t question who. They save strangers at sea. People, helping people. Your Christmas shop can help support people who’ll drop everything to save people. shop.rnli.org

RNLI Shop | Lifesaving Gifts

We have the perfect lifesaving gifts for you and your crew. Order them online at shop.RNLI.org and help us to save lives for another 200 years.

shop.rnli.org

Over on X, the far-right British Patriots have launched a hate campaign against the RNLI They are recording RNLI volunteers in order to dox them, reveal their identities and publish details of where they and their families live These men are dangerous

THREAD/Today marks the 86th anniversary of "Black Saturday" - 7th September 1940, what would prove to be the first day of the London Blitz. The docks, the East End, Woolwich Arsenal and the entire eastern half of London suffered most on this day. Here we see the first of two photographs taken by...

7 September 1940. Largest mass air combat in history took place during the fourth phase of the Battle of Britain with 1,200 British and German aircraft operating in an area of 15 x 30 miles

Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.

Anyone struggling to download the map files from the blog link due to size issues, you can use this link (expires Sept 2) we.tl/t-BjwdCGnboC...

The Crusader Project@crusaderproject.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Alright, errata and map pack are now up, as well as the corrected list of maps, photos, documents, tables, plates and figures. I couldn't be bothered with restricting it to people who purchased the book, life's too short. So have at it.

A 1981 internal memo written by the director of one of Exxon’s science labs said it was “distinctly possible” that cumulative carbon emissions could eventually ‘produce effects which will indeed be catastrophic (at least for a substantial fraction of the earth’s population).’”

Nearly 1,400 missing, mostly tourists, after Nepal-Tibet flash flood kills at least 270

Entire villages swept away after glacial collapse triggers flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims

theguardian.com

The 5th Australian Division memorial at Buttes New British #CWGC Cemetery, Polygon Wood, this afternoon. #FWW #WW1 #Ypres #Australia

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

General Leclerc's Division Entering Paris by the Route d'Orléans, 25th August 1944, by Anthony Gross. An impression of the crowd, with the convoy in bolder ink, and more form to the foreground figures. Kids, bikes and a single aircraft in the sky. IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 4496)

Occasionally, I'll come across a Killed in Action report that has been cancelled. In this case, 19-year-old Pte. Elisha Mills of New Brunswick was badly wounded at Mont Sorrel in June 1916, and reported Killed in Action. In fact, he survived, recovered, and went home to Canada. via LAC

MY WW2 NERDS! I need deck plans for a circa 1941 heavy freighter of a type that might have carried German tanks to North Africa. The bigger the better. Help me, WW2 Nerds. You're my only hope.

One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26

81 years ago today, on August 9, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped upon the city of Nagasaki, Japan, by the United States. This was 3 days after the first atomic attack on Hiroshima.