User:Groupuscule

User:Groupuscule loves Wikipedia in spite of its flaws and particularly appreciates the dialectical process of editing and engaging with others.

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Things that happened:

In 1968
Vandal hubris
Announcement of 1st Earth leadership meeting
social consequences of internet use
all history is fiction so at least now we know what a waste of time this all has been

Articles groupuscule admires:

Did you know...

... that the 2006 Swift raids were the largest workplace immigration action in United States history? (2 September 2012)
... that numerous piles of trash were set ablaze when Baltimore's garbage collectors and police officers conducted overlapping strikes in July 1974? (30 September 2012)
... that the Chicago Teachers Union was formed after unpaid teachers revolted against Chicago banks during the Great Depression? (8 October 2012)
... that from 1950 to 1960 the CIA ran a domestic astroturfing campaign called Crusade for Freedom?' (14 October 2012)
... that a lecture delivered in Baltimore by philosopher Jacques Derrida popularized French post-structuralism among American academics? (21 October 2012)
... that several thousand people lived on Washington's National Mall for six weeks in 1968 as part of the Poor People's Campaign? (23 October 2012)
... that Neil Young's new audio format takes its name from the Hawaiian word for righteousness? (24 October 2012)
... that the action in the play James Baldwin: A Soul on Fire takes place immediately before a real meeting between author James Baldwin and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy? (3 November 2012)
... that the 2004 Women's Manifesto for Ghana demands 50% female control over the Ghanaian legislature by 2012? (3 November 2012)
... that the National Association of Manufacturers distributed its TV show Industry on Parade to local stations, schools, and community groups across America—for free? (6 November 2012)
... that Cynthia McKinney, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton tried to release sealed FBI files on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.? (7 November 2012)
... that Occupy Harvard provoked administrators to lock down Harvard Yard for six weeks in 2011? (9 November 2012)
... that Red Onion State Prison helped to triple the Black population of Wise County, Virginia? (12 November 2012)
... that during the tumultuous Year of Africa, seventeen countries gained independence, South Africans began armed resistance to apartheid, and Patrice Lumumba gained and lost his freedom? (18 November 2012)
... that with Guatemala's Decree 900, President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán ordered the expropriation of uncultivated farmland—including 1,700 acres (690 ha) of his own estate? (21 November 2012)
... that inmates at Oregon State Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison, once operated the world's largest flax scutching plant? (30 November 2012)
... that an American civil rights group ran campaigns for Black prisoners, told the world about the Martinsville Seven, protested a presidential inauguration, and accused the US of genocide at the UN? (30 November 2012)
... that the Safari Club provided Soviet and American weapons to Somalia during the Ogaden War? (6 December 2012)
... that after twice fleeing civil unrest in Nigeria, Amina Mama moved to South Africa, where she became director of the African Gender Institute and founding editor of its peer-reviewed journal, Feminist Africa? (16 December 2012)
... that a few years after earning two degrees in marine toxicology, Riki Ott became unexpectedly involved with the Exxon Valdez oil spill? (20 December 2012)
... that A. F. James MacArthur broadcast his standoff with the Baltimore Police Department to 10,000 online listeners? (14 January 2013)
... that a meeting on 24 May 1963 brought black leaders together with U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, who complained, "You can't talk to them the way you can talk to Martin Luther King"? (24 May 2013)
... that New York City police officer Adrian Schoolcraft was confined involuntarily to a psychiatric ward after criticizing the city's "stop and frisk" policy? (2 June 2013)
... that two 1963 bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, caused a crisis that eventually involved 18,000 federal troops? (11 June 2013)
... that on June 19, 1963, White American business leaders and philanthropists raised $800,000 over breakfast in support of the Black Council for United Civil Rights Leadership? (19 June 2013)

... that lifetime Zionist Jacobo Timerman survived arrest and torture in Argentina's Dirty War and reached Israel in 1979, only to return to Argentina five years later? (26 June 2013)
... that the promise of "forty acres and a mule" originated in part from military policies for managing refugee camps? (8 July 2013)
... that at the 1865 Hampton Roads Conference, Union and Confederate leaders discussed a possible alliance against France? (10 July 2013)
... that Mississippi prohibited black and white Americans from assembling "on terms of equality"? (15 July 2013)
... that homeless people in Rhode Island have a legal right to equal treatment in public spaces? (22 July 2013)
... that the Northwestern Shoshone were paid less than $0.50 per acre in 1968 for lands promised by the United States in the 1863 Box Elder Treaty?
... that on 3 October 1963, the Honduran military overthrew its civilian government ten days before a scheduled election? (3 October 2013)
... that a CIA plot to overthrow the Syrian government failed when some officials turned over their bribes to the Syrian intelligence service? (13 October 2013)
... that Lyndon B. Johnson's dual appointment of Thomas C. Mann was called "a declaration of independence, even perhaps a declaration of aggression against the Kennedys"? (14 December 2013)
... that long after suffering serial forced displacement as a child in Johannesburg, Emma Mashinini became a Commissioner for Restitution of Land Rights? (9 March 2014)
... that the U.S. Army cancelled Project Camelot on the day Congress began investigating it? (19 March 2015)
... that the Soviet Union's "Eighth Five-Year Plan" was technically its Seventh Five-Year Plan? (22 March 2015)
... that after the National Liberation Council took over Ghana on February 24, 1966, covert operations specialist Robert Komer called their new government "almost pathetically pro-Western"? (27 March 2015)
... that on March 30, 1965, following the March 23 uprising, King Hassan II categorically wished illiteracy upon Moroccan intellectuals? (30 March 2015)
... that the Wise Old Man, the Great Mother, the Trickster, and the Shadow live side by side in Carl Jung's collective unconscious? (4 May 2015)
... that the 1965 Soviet economic reform counteracted wage reforms which had just been introduced? (29 May 2015)
... that Rhacotis, the Egyptian predecessor of Alexandria, may have been a thriving city centuries before the birth of Alexander? (10 July 2017)
... that as you progress through your 90-minute sleep cycle, your brainwaves change and your body secretes different hormones? (4 August 2017)
... that four members of the Hawkins family died violent deaths after winning their lawsuit against Shaw, Mississippi? (19 August 2017)
... that cultural governance could refer to anything from cultural policy regarding concerts to broad governance of language and meaning? (16 September 2017)
... that each sign of the zodiac can be further subdivided into twelve parts? (17 September 2017)
... that a middle-class terrorist organization known as el ABC successfully lobbied for two cabinet positions in the 1933 provisional government of Cuba? (2 October 2017)
... that student activists joined forces with the military to overthrow the Cuban government during the 1933 Sergeants' Revolt? (14 October 2017)

Decorations

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	For your diligence and research on data intensive, important and interesting topics that expand the knowledge of Wikipedia! MarketDiamond 04:31, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	I recently bumped into a new piece of yours on a JFK executive order in the New Pages queue and wanted to compliment you on it. I've put in your name for possible Autopatrolled status with an administrator, but regardless of which way he decides on the question keep up the great work! Carrite (talk) 20:08, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

		Wikipedia Loves Libraries: George Washington University 2012 Barnstar
		Thank you for your participation in Wikipedia Loves Libraries: George Washington University, Global Resources Center; Labor History Research Center October 20 and 27, 2012! We are so glad to have met you, and look forward to working with you at many more fun GLAM events!

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This Barnstar is given in recognition of your superb work on the Death of Mark Duggan. With many thanks, Darouet (talk) 14:54, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		While others bicker over the lede, you go and make wide-ranging, substantial, important, and well written edits. Thank you for your diligence and attention to the real issue: making WP better. UseTheCommandLine (talk) 13:05, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		For your work on Adrian Schoolcraft‎. Great work! User:Asteuartw (talk) 13:05, 13 May 2013 (GMT)

	The Citation Barnstar
	Thanks for your work so far on International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, especially in finding sources. Bearian (talk) 20:49, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	Long overdue for your topical, thought provoking and genuine efforts, edits, discussions and contributions to Wikipedia! ^{Market St.⧏}_{⧐ Diamond Way} 08:23, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

		The Million Award
		For your contributions to bring Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (estimated annual readership: 1,167,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers. -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:32, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

	First Prize
	Dear Groupuscule, congratulations for your first-prize-winning entry news in the March 2015 running of the Core Contest. A member of wikimedia UK will be in touch soon with details about the Amazon voucher. cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:18, 15 June 2015 (UTC)