Today in Labor History April 2, 1863: Bread riots occurred in Richmond, Virginia, as a result of a drought the previous year, combined with a blockade by the Union Army and overall Civil War-related shortages. Food riots occurred throughout the South around this time, led primarily by women. During the Richmond riot, women broke into storehouses and shops, stealing food, clothing and jewelry before the militia was able to restore order.
The #antiquities trade has been accused of incentivizing #theft & #looting, especially in unstable parts of the world, and an ecosystem of private collectors, dealers, auction houses and museums has sprung up to handle items of dubious origin. A number of recent U.S. and Europe-based cases have centered on #falsified paperwork.
#Cambodia is one of the most extreme cases. The country’s temples were largely intact before a civil war broke out in the 1970s between government forces and the communist #KhmerRouge. At the time the looting mostly concentrated on #Angkorian and post-Angkorian items. Intense #looting of #prehistoric sites has been a more recent development, dating back to early 2000s.
Today in Labor History February 11, 1918: Tens of thousands of unemployed Danish syndicalists stormed the Stock Exchange in Copenhagen. Only the leaders knew where the demonstration march was heading. To trick the police, they leaked that their target was the Pork Hall, which they were going to loot. Participants, armed with clubs, attacked the stockbrokers. Later, they attacked police with rubble from a construction site. Media sources compared the storm with the ravages of the Red Army and looting in the Finnish Civil War,
Amongst all the destruction and looting in Port Moresby on Wednesday, a positive, touching story shone through from the unlikeliest of sources – a group of Hela betelnut vendors who took up arms to protect Stop N Shop Boroko branch from looters for hours.
At least 15 people have been killed in Papua New Guinea after mass riots broke out yesterday over pay cuts in the public sector. The government claimed that the pay cut was a “glitch” and would be reversed in the next month’s paycheck, but it was not enough to calm the fears of those protesting who proceeded to loot stores and burn a vehicle in front of the Prime Minister’s residence.
Looters, mafia and plundered antiquities: From ancient Italy to a Zurich auction house.
Italian authorities are investigating a spectacular case of illegal trade in antiquities, with Switzerland as a hub for looted cultural assets. Raids have recovered items worth millions of euros, with leads pointing to an Italian official and Zurich auctioneers.
"#HurricaneOtis is expected to make landfall as a Category 4 hurricane either late Tuesday or early Wednesday morning.
It could be the strongest hurricane to impact #Acapulco in decades.
Otis quickly strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane on Tuesday afternoon. Just six hours earlier on Tuesday morning it was a tropical storm with 70 mph winds."
You will see coverage of behaviour labeled as "#looting".
It's a loaded word – but context is everything.
What actually happens in a catastrophe like this:
The electricity grid goes down. Acess roads are impassable.
No #food or #medicines come in.
Grocery stores and pharmacies go dark: lights off, computers off, cash registers out of service.
People go hungry.
They look for cash but ATMs are out too.
You gotta eat, so people take food, diapers, medicines from stores.
Journalists of the Skhemy investigative project gained access to the mobile phones owned by mercenaries of the Russian so-called Redut private military company. Videos recorded by the occupiers themselves confirm that they committed a number of crimes in Kyiv and Kharkiv oblasts in 2022.
Attackers allegedly forced them to chant "Jai Sri Ram" and warned them to leave before looting cash and destroying their belongings; police have zeroed in on 15 men and are verifying their role.
Tari loyalty a shining light - Post Courier (www.postcourier.com.pg)
Amongst all the destruction and looting in Port Moresby on Wednesday, a positive, touching story shone through from the unlikeliest of sources – a group of Hela betelnut vendors who took up arms to protect Stop N Shop Boroko branch from looters for hours.
Chaotic scenes of looting and destruction in PNG's Port Moresby (www.abc.net.au)
Angry mobs storm and pillage shops, setting fire to buildings in the Papua New Guinean capital.
Videos on Russians' phones show them looting and committing crimes in Kyiv and Kharkiv oblasts (www.pravda.com.ua)
Journalists of the Skhemy investigative project gained access to the mobile phones owned by mercenaries of the Russian so-called Redut private military company. Videos recorded by the occupiers themselves confirm that they committed a number of crimes in Kyiv and Kharkiv oblasts in 2022.
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