adding to the #antifa trend, this is a reminder that #PuertoRicans go hard when we bash the fash: it’s estimated 72,000 boricuas ―from La Isla and the states― joined the effort during #WWII.
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adding to the #antifa trend, this is a reminder that #PuertoRicans go hard when we bash the fash: it’s estimated 72,000 boricuas ―from La Isla and the states― joined the effort during #WWII.
sources:
The Puerto Rican Philly Experience · 1940-45:
72,000 Puerto Ricans Serve During WWII
https://omeka.hsp.org/s/puertoricanphillyexperience/page/puertoricansinww2Puerto Ricans in World War II: The #Borinqueneers | Smithsonian
https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/puerto-ricans-in-world-war-ii-the-borinqueneers/bBdUXA2ZGpYgF05u65th Infantry - Suggested Readings
https://history.army.mil/Research/Reference-Topics/Hispanic-Americans-in-the-US-Army/65th-Infantry-Suggested-Readings/🧵…
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adding to the #antifa trend, this is a reminder that #PuertoRicans go hard when we bash the fash: it’s estimated 72,000 boricuas ―from La Isla and the states― joined the effort during #WWII.
sources:
The Puerto Rican Philly Experience · 1940-45:
72,000 Puerto Ricans Serve During WWII
https://omeka.hsp.org/s/puertoricanphillyexperience/page/puertoricansinww2Puerto Ricans in World War II: The #Borinqueneers | Smithsonian
https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/puerto-ricans-in-world-war-ii-the-borinqueneers/bBdUXA2ZGpYgF05u65th Infantry - Suggested Readings
https://history.army.mil/Research/Reference-Topics/Hispanic-Americans-in-the-US-Army/65th-Infantry-Suggested-Readings/🧵…
BTW could point out that English-speaking Afroboricuas fought side-by-side with African Americans in their regiments during World War 2. or i could default to lauding the Air Force’s all-Black Tuskeegee Air Men.
why do so when i can talk about an AIR WOMAN who became one of the most successful spies for France, UK & USA whilst still working as, for all intents and purposes of burlesque and cabaret, the most famous stripper in the world?
this post is about the #antifa AF, Josephine Baker
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BTW could point out that English-speaking Afroboricuas fought side-by-side with African Americans in their regiments during World War 2. or i could default to lauding the Air Force’s all-Black Tuskeegee Air Men.
why do so when i can talk about an AIR WOMAN who became one of the most successful spies for France, UK & USA whilst still working as, for all intents and purposes of burlesque and cabaret, the most famous stripper in the world?
this post is about the #antifa AF, Josephine Baker
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Baker left USA during the KKK 1920s revival and became a French citizen in 1937; but because of her fame, fluency and flying, her #antifa espionage work was shared between #France #UK #USA.
❝ Josephine Baker: From Poverty to Stardom to Espionage - CIA
https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/josephine-baker-from-poverty-to-stardom-to-espionage/❝ Siren of the Resistance: The Artistry and Espionage of Josephine Baker | The National WWII Museum https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/siren-resistance-artistry-and-espionage-josephine-baker
❝ Joséphine Baker (1906-1975) | Service historique de la Défense
https://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/liste-dossiers-individuels/josephine-baker-1906-1975🧵…
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Baker left USA during the KKK 1920s revival and became a French citizen in 1937; but because of her fame, fluency and flying, her #antifa espionage work was shared between #France #UK #USA.
❝ Josephine Baker: From Poverty to Stardom to Espionage - CIA
https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/josephine-baker-from-poverty-to-stardom-to-espionage/❝ Siren of the Resistance: The Artistry and Espionage of Josephine Baker | The National WWII Museum https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/siren-resistance-artistry-and-espionage-josephine-baker
❝ Joséphine Baker (1906-1975) | Service historique de la Défense
https://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/liste-dossiers-individuels/josephine-baker-1906-1975🧵…
Josephine Baker was awarded the Resistance Medal by the French Committee of National Liberation, the Croix de Guerre by the French military, and was named a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.
she was incredibly proud of her #antifa work for France; and though white America was horrible to her she was a fiercely Black & Proud African American woman.
she was one of only 2 women to give a speech during the 1963 March On Washington, right before Martin Luther King Jr:
https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/1963-josephine-baker-speech-march-washington/🧵
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Josephine Baker was awarded the Resistance Medal by the French Committee of National Liberation, the Croix de Guerre by the French military, and was named a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.
she was incredibly proud of her #antifa work for France; and though white America was horrible to her she was a fiercely Black & Proud African American woman.
she was one of only 2 women to give a speech during the 1963 March On Washington, right before Martin Luther King Jr:
https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/1963-josephine-baker-speech-march-washington/🧵
not one of your #antifascist faves could ever be like la Grande Dame Josephine Baker.
in November of 2021 Emmanuel Macron inducted Madame Baker into France’s mausoleum of heroes, the Pantheon
❝ Josephine Baker is inducted into the French Pantheon : NPR - https://www.npr.org/2021/11/30/1059776777/josephine-baker-france-pantheon
so, remember boys and girls:
you can start a stripper, turn into a superstar, and become a fascist bashing war hero all in one lifetime.
be #antifa like Josephine Baker.
bash the fash. /🧵
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