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.
Love this one. @NarrelleMHarris and I lived in Richmond when we first came to Melbourne in '98, and the soap factory mentioned in the article was still operational then. We had five good years living between Bridge Road and Swan Streets, everything walkable and with lots of trams and trains nearby.
Life in the ’burbs: Families once fled my ‘struggletown’ suburb. Then the gentrifiers arrived
Marble Hill House is a Neo-Palladian villa, now Grade I listed, in Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It was built between 1724 and 1729 as the home of Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk.
Remember kids, it's not antisemitic to create a climate of fear and intimidation for all of those kikes I mean Jews I mean zionists involved in the checks notes Richmond Jewish Food Festival.
"The annual #Richmond#Jewish Food Festival has been postponed indefinitely over what organizers call a "volatile climate" of #antisemitism surrounding the war between #Israel and #Hamas.
Rabbi Dovid Asher, director of Keneseth Beth Israel — a "center of traditional #Torah#Judaism in Richmond" that puts on the yearly event — cited a rise in #antisemitic threats and the prohibitive costs of security as the war in #Gaza enters its 42nd week."
Revealed: plan to brand anyone ‘undermining’ #UK as extremist.
So that’ll be at least 5million reluctant citizens of their precious #Union, spread across #Scotland 🏴 #Wales 🏴 & N #Ireland 🇮🇪 ……not to mention millions more north of #Richmond
…#Sunak country.
Climate change activists on kayaks tease oil tankers in #Richmond
Thirty-two kayakers buzzed a berthed oil tanker at the Chevron Oil Refinery Sunday afternoon. As the fog lifted, a company security guard with a megaphone told the paddlers to back up beyond a 100-yard safety zone. Ten boaters got brave and darted closer, teasing authorities to escalate. In the end, the activists did not stop the departure of a 2 p.m. oil tanker. But they will try again.