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matthew-sadler.bsky.social
Pedestrian safety advocate. Democratic socialist. they/them
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Despite the proclamation in 1865, the last folks to be freed from slavery was in the 1960s. In that century, we saw the mutation of peonage into sharecropping, then its further transformation under the 13th amendment. Slavery, for all intents and purposes, is still here.

submitted 15 hours ago • 4 comments

A reminder that the Constitution of Maryland does not prohibit slavery, nor does any Maryland statute.

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

My mother was both quite abusive and an ardent pacifist, and she is dying from glioblastoma, and my last unasked question for her would be: why was the entire world deserving of your pacifism, but not your children?

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

The Constitution is crystal clear: the president does not have the authority to go to war with Iran without approval by Congress. I strongly support bipartisan efforts to prevent Trump from unilaterally dragging us into another war in the Middle East.

submitted 1 day ago • 55 comments

It displeases me that there are delegates and councilmembers who remain active over on neo-Nazi platform Twitter, but don't have accounts here on Bluesky.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment