#OtD 20 Mar 1927 2500 Dalits (sometimes called "untouchables") marched in Mahad, India, to claim their right to use public water tanks. The protesters drank from the tank and left. In response to this peaceful protest, a mob of caste Hindus attacked them https://t.co/bEAVTFEcW2 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9294/mahad-satyagraha?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 21-Mar-2024 00:09:24 JST fu @NMBA @workingclasshistory well atheist regimes, like the Soviet Union under Stalin and China under Mao have killed more people than religious zealots in the last several centuries. In conversation permalink fu likes this. -
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Religion is the enemy of peace, so humanity will know no peace until it washes away divine hate.In conversation permalink
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