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  Talking Heads’ song, “Once in a Lifetime” was initially released January, 1981. National Public Radio named the song one of the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century. “Well, how did I get here?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IsSpAOD6K8

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  Oct 3: On this date in 1925, Simone Segouin (nom de guerre Nicole Minet) was born in Chartres, France. She served in the French Resistance in the FTP (Francs-tireurs et Partisans), a communist group fighting the Nazis. Her wartime exploits included derailing German trains, blowing up bridges, and capturing 25 German prisoners as an 18 y/o during the fall of Chartres. After the war she worked as a pediatric nurse in Chartres. (1/2) #WW2 #Resistance #Antifa #Herstory #France

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  Oct 7, 2023: On this date the last surviving female Special Operations Executive agent to be active in World War II died. "Pippa" Phyllis Latour Doyle died in West Auckland, New Zealand. Born on May 8, 1921 in South Africa, she was aged 102 at time of her death. Latour did not discuss her wartime activities with her family until her children discovered them by reading about them on the Internet in 2000.(1/2) #WW2 #SOE #FSection https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/300985405/dec...

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  Maps and Legends was the 2nd track on R.E.M.’s third studio Album Fables of the Reconstruction released June 10, 1985. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bkse0EO090

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  Oct 10, 1923: Jack Hemingway was born on this date. He was the eldest son of Ernest Hemingway. He served in the Office of Strategic Services & as a Jedburgh agent in France. After the war he was a conservationist, working as a commissioner on the Idaho Fish and Game Commission and as an activist with The Nature Conservancy. #WW2 #OSS #Jedburgh #France #Conservation https://www.thehemingwayproject.com/2018/08/22/luck-pluck-and-serendipity/

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  Greyfriars’ Yvonne cuvée was named to honor Special Operations Executive agent Yvonne Cormeau as part of a the vineyard has named after SOE agents who trained at nearby Wanborough Manor (STS 5). "The story took an unexpected turn during a vineyard tour, when Greyfriars staff were recounting the history of Wanborough Manor & the women of the SOE. Afterwards, a visitor named Natasha revealed that she was Cormeau’s great-granddaughter." #WW2 #SOE #France #Wine https://ww...

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  Oct 15, 1914: On this date, future Special Operations Executive agent Major Harry Reé (code name ‘César’) was born to a family of Danish Jewish heritage. In April 1943 he parachuted near Tarbes, initially to join the ACROBAT network and later the STOCKBROKER network. Among other successes, Ree organized the destruction of the Peugeot factory in Sochaux, France on Nov 5, 1943. He died May 17, 1991. #WW2 #SOE #France #FSection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_R%C3%A9e

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  Oct 15, 1902: Amparo Poch y Gascón was born on this date in Zaragosa, Spain. She (along with Lucía Sánchez Saornil & Mercedes Comaposada) founded the anarcho-feminist organization Mujeres Libres (Free Women). The group ultimately became a national federation of 30,000 members at its height in the summer of 1938 & played an important part in the Spanish Civil War. Gascón died in exile in Toulouse, France on April 15, 1968. #SpanishCivilWar #antifa #WomensHistory https://en.wik...

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  “Dark Sunrise” by Rikki Illilonga and Musi-O-Tunya was recorded at Sapra Studio, Nairobi, Kenya on January 24th, 1975. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n0ePVIexgM

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  What is your emergency communications plan? #Comms #shtf

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  #SpanishCivilWar #Antifa

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  A cover of “The Letter” performed by Joe Cocker at Filmore East and included on his live album, “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” released August, 1970. Additionally in 2006, Hip-O Select Records released a six CD set of recordings titled “Mad Dogs & Englishmen: The Complete Fillmore East Concerts, March 27–28, 1970.” The Letter was written by Wayne Carson and first performed by The Box Tops, released in August, 1967. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqnatdH4jmA&list=RDLqnatdH4jmA&...

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  “Appreciate America” - US propaganda poster from 1941. #WW2 #PsyOps #Propaganda #MoraleOperations

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  🤔 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw0k0g57mk3zo

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  When I despair at how degraded US politics have become, it is strangely reassuring to read this: In Switzerland, the heraldic bears in a coat of arms had to be painted with bright red penises, otherwise, they would have been mocked as being she-bears. In 1579, a calendar printed in St. Gallen omitted the genitals from the heraldic bear of Appenzell, nearly leading to war between the two cantons. 🙄 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus#Switzerland

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  ANTIFA means ANTIFAscist. #antifa #Superman Superman was proudly fighting Fascism since 1949. https://www.dc.com/blog/2017/08/25/superman-a-classic-message-restored

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  Bob Dylan singing “Subterranean Homesick Blues.” The song was recorded January 14, 1965 and released as a single on March 8, 1965. The radical Left organization, the Weathermen, later the Weather Underground, took their name from this song’s lyrics: "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” #WeatherUnderground #NewLeft #Music #1960s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGxjIBEZvx0

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  Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished. Read the 168 page report here: #AbolishICE https://www.amnesty.org/fr/documents/amr51/1443/2026/en/

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  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/20/the-rules-have-changed-has-russia-begun-to-order-assassinations-on-us-soil

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  Sep 16, 1920: Jannetje Johanna Schaft was born on this date in Haarlem, Netherlands. A Dutch Resistance fighter who went by the nom de guerre “Hannie.” In 1938 she enrolled at the University of Amsterdam to pursue law with a goal of becoming a human rights lawyer. She became friends with fellow students Sonja Frenk and Philine Polak, who were Jews, and became increasingly concerned about the rise in antisemitism. (1/6) #WW2 #Resistance #antifa #Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannie_...

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  How German actress Marlene Dietrich fought back against the Nazis at every turn. #WW2 https://www.wearethemighty.com/entertainment/how-german-actress-marlene-dietrich-fought-back-to-defeat-the-nazis/

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  July 30, 1915: On this date, William Aalto was born. He served in the Spanish Civil War in the Abraham Lincoln Brigades. During WW2, he was recruited into the Office of Strategic Services through personal recommendations from fellow Lincoln veterans and underwent OSS training in demolition & guerrilla tactics. His operational career was curtailed by injury. (1/5) #SpanishCivilWar #ALBA
#Antifa #WW2 #OSS #LGBTQ https://alba-valb.org/volunteers/william-oliver-aalto/

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  July 14, 1902: On this date, Ada Gobetti was born. She was was an Italian teacher, journalist and antifascist leader. She wrote articles for antifascist magazines in the 1920s. During the war, she smuggled pro-democracy literature past SS checkpoints and caches of guns & dynamite into the Susa valley. (1/2) #WW2 #Italy #Resistance #antifa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Gobetti

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  “Strange Fruit” sung by Billie Holiday. The song was written in the 1930s by Abel Meeropol after he saw a chilling photo of a lynching in Indiana. It was first recorded by Billie Holiday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=649wWWkW_1o&list=RD649wWWkW_1o&start_radio=1

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  July 13, 1913 (perhaps 1911): On this date, Salaria Kee was born. She was an African-American nurse who volunteered with the Lincolns in the Spanish Civil War. She arrived in Spain on April 7, 1937; served with the Republican Medical Services, American Hospital at Villa Paz; returned to the US May 16, 1938; Also served in WW2 in the US Army, as a nurse. She died May 18, 1990 & is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Akron, Ohio. #SpanishCivilWar #Antifa #Resistance #ALBA https://alba-valb.org/v...

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  Jul 12, 1916: On this date Lyudmila Pavlichenko was born in present day Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Her family moved to Kiev at age 14. She became a Red Army sniper during WW2 & is credited with 309 confirmed kills, making her the most successful female sniper in history. Слава Україні! 🇺🇦 #WW2 #Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyudmila_Pavlichenko

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  ¡No pasarán! #SpanishCivilWar #antifa

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  Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World. The song was released in March 1985 as the third single from their second studio album, Songs from the Big Chair. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGCdLKXNF3w&list=RDaGCdLKXNF3w&start_radio=1

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  July 1, 1943: On this date, openly gay Dutch artist & Dutch resistance fighter Willem Arondeus was executed by the Nazis. He took part in the successful bombing of the Amsterdam public records office, destroying 800,000 identity cards & hindering Nazi pursuit of Dutch Jews. Due to an unknown betrayer, Arondéus was arrested on April 1, 1943. His last words were: "Tell people that homosexuals are not cowards.” #WW2 #LGBTQ #Netherlands #Resistance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will...

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  Book review: Secret Operations of World War II by Alexander Stillwell (Amber Books, 2018). Studies in Intelligence 63 (1), Mar, 2019. #WW2 #OSS #Espionage https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/Review-Secret-Ops-WWII.pdf