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Irish dock workers striking to prevent the export of food to Britain during a period of food insecurity in Ireland, 1920 (media.kbin.social)
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[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

it couldn’t possibly be because they had memories of the last time Britain exported all their food during a period of “food insecurity” or anything …

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, pro-independence and syndicalist notions were probably more important than the cultural memory in this case, but yeah, the British Empire had a pattern with that.

[–] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

syndicalist

Thanks for using this term, i had to look it up. Very relavent. Also, thanks for sharing this photo!