PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 7 months agoIrish dock workers striking to prevent the export of food to Britain during a period of food insecurity in Ireland, 1920media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down10
arrow-up1125arrow-down1imageIrish dock workers striking to prevent the export of food to Britain during a period of food insecurity in Ireland, 1920media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squarecerement@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 months agoit 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 …
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoWell, 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.
minus-squarerhythmisaprancer@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months ago syndicalist Thanks for using this term, i had to look it up. Very relavent. Also, thanks for sharing this photo!
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 …
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.
Thanks for using this term, i had to look it up. Very relavent. Also, thanks for sharing this photo!