When I was younger, I could never understand how normal, ordinary Germans could have supported - actively or passively - the Holocaust
I think I understand now
Today marks 51 years since the assassination of #FredHampton & #MarkClark, leaders of the Black Panther Party in Illinois. Civil rights attorney James Montgomery, who represented Hampton's family following his death, reflects on the landmark case
“We’re going to fight racism not with racism, we’re going to fight it with solidarity. We say we’re not going to fight capitalism with Black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism.” — #FredHampton 1948 – 1969
#FredHampton was assassinated 50 years ago today, by the FBI and the Chicago Police, when he was just 21.
Here he is explaining how elites use racism to exploit the working class.
https://t.co/YQujTFeE8D
Never forget: in 1954, the CIA, at the behest of the United Fruit Company, orchestrated a coup against Guatemala's democratically elected president, leading to decades of obscene poverty, ecological devastation, and Indigenous genocide.
#FredHampton was assassinated 50 years ago today, by the FBI and the Chicago Police, when he was just 21.
Here he is explaining how elites use racism to exploit the working class.
https://t.co/YQujTFeE8D
" Ce n'est pas la victoire d'un homme mais la victoire du peuple ". Il y a 50 ans, #SalvadorAllende est élu président du Chili. Le président socialiste nouvellement élu partage sa victoire avec le peuple chilien
"Ce qui m'a fasciné, c'est le sacrifice. Le fait que les hommes, pour des raisons religieuses, tuent des victimes animales et souvent humaines dans presque toutes les sociétés."
À l'occasion des 5 ans de sa mort, écoutons René Girard et sa thèse du bouc émissaire (Apostrophes) 👇
If by any chance you are concerned that this society may collapse—or is doing so already—I encourage you to read this piece of mine, in @NYTmag. https://t.co/GNPCH8QIc7
"You can elect fascists. Fascists don’t necessarily usurp power. As Michael Rosen said fascists don’t turn up in fancy dress, they turn up as people offering you honour, to clean your streets & make everything right again"
- @GaryYounge
And the real problem for the government isn't that a strong ideological position is being taken as teachers embrace Critical Race Theory. It's that people are starting to question the strong ideological positions that have shaped the curriculum.