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When push comes to shove, the state and ruling class always sides with the fascists.

@workingclasshistory Yikes!

@workingclasshistory Heads up: looks like the post is a bit corrupted:

@workingclasshistory And here’s some video of the event: https://www.vice.com/en/article/78nbgd/the-day-englands-footballers-gave-the-nazi-salute

@workingclasshistory Refusing would have been a very brave act. But what a dreadful indictment of the government. NOTHING has changed.

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How shamefull. No wonder Churchill had an uphill fight with the ruling classes to not appease Hitler.

@workingclasshistory I still think that both the US and UK weren’t very opposed to Hitler’s ideas back then. They just joined the war because it was getting dangerous for themselves.

@workingclasshistory I don't think people will ever understand how important knowledge of events like these from the past is.
People ask all the time how could that have happened? How do such fascist come to power?
The answer is as it always has been, by the welcoming embrace of those too greedy to care.

@workingclasshistory an example of Chamberlain's appeasement strategy? Which failed. Never argue with idiots - they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. Present day problem...?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeasement

@workingclasshistory It truly sucks that you’re still, at this late date, not accommodating fedi users who are visually impaired with alt-text. Not feeling the “solidarity,” I gotta say. #accessibility #privilege #1u

@workingclasshistory Alt-text: football players lined up in white tops and dark shorts doing the nazi salute on the pitch of a football game.

@workingclasshistory Those wrists look almost limp. I can't say what was in the team's minds, but compare with any historical photo of actual Nazis.

@workingclasshistory Stan Cullis refused the order to perform the nazi salute before the game
https://readtheleague.com/the-big-feature/the-passionate-puritan-the-stan-cullis-story