Reposted by Chris BrownBruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay freeyoutu.beBruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen 42569709140549
Reposted by Chris BrownSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else. 21767911948
Reposted by Chris BrownRyan Brown @redpgh.com · 08/12/2024In 1900, the local press identified the western end of the modern-day Strip District as "the center of the Italian 'reds' of Pittsburgh." Anarchist clubs and houses could be found along Penn Ave. (this article IDs the site of the modern Penn Liberty Plaza as a meeting house). 143
Reposted by Chris BrownRandall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Utopian communities in the mid-19th century US. From: Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty, vol 1. 159318