my facebook feed is full of people i went to christian high school with and who are career republicans/libertarians condemning ICE. i think the breadth of support we’re seeing on here is fabricated.
The last family in Ras Ein al-Auja to remain until the end has left, setting their houses on fire so settlers wouldn't take them. The displacement of 1000 people happened right in front of our eyes.
Greenlanders have pointed to our barbaric healthcare system as one reason of many to not join the U.S. Absolutely no one wants our horrific system of sky high premiums, co-pays, health networks and denials by bean counters for medicine and treatments.
I actually dont care if he saved puppies from a burning house while curing cancer in a steel mill.
You do NOT have to be a “good person” for it to still be WRONG for the police to kill unarmed people. I’m NOT going to play into that
I am thinking of the powerful Irish proverb: "Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine," which translates to "Under the shelter of each other, people survive".
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So melancholic to hear of Michael Parenti’s passing. By some magic of plain speech, common sense and the force of truth, he forged a bridge, he lifted the veil, opening the way to anti-imperialism for Westerners. He was a gift to humanity and I am so grateful for his life.
He spent decades bringing the religious right to power. Now he's marching to undo it.
Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build America's Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes like the anti-abortion movement.
Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.