“If you’re calling for the arrest of protesters who are simply engaging in First Amendment activities on public space, then you’re exposing yourself as a partisan ...”
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin audiobook review – from the civil rights frontline
Law & Order’s Jesse L Martin narrates two powerful essays examining the Black experience in the US, the first in a series marking the author’s centenary year
Just submitted a #FOIA to the #FBI to try and see if they did have any investigation into potential retaliation for the sentencing of the "Atlanta 3" hackers who were linked to Legion of Doom. #hacking#hackers#history
In Ontario, "public spending was still restrained by a frugal government more interested in highway building than higher learning." While one would be forgiven for imagining this is a description of the current provincial government, it actually applies to the province's priorities in the postwar period.
School board members in #Virginia’s Shenandoah County voted early Friday to restore the names of two schools that previously honored Confederate leaders – four years after those names had been removed.
Terrorists live everywhere in the world with greater concentration at positions of power. This could normalize terrorists and their nation state sponsors to push the world to #ww3 and a new era of unrestricted warfare, more brutal than any war from #history past.
Intriguing analysis of Asimov’s Foundation trilogy and its central flaw.
From M. Keith Booker’s Monsters, Mushroom Clouds, and the Cold War: American Science Fiction and the Roots of Postmodernism, 1946-1964 (2001) #scifi#sciencefiction#Marxism#history
RT @Acyn
Grothman attempts to lecture Raskin on the use of the word ‘Republic’ in the pledge of allegiance. Raskin provides Grothman with a history lesson
Hans Hotter as Wotan,
Wolfgang Windgassen as Siegmund and Siegfried,
Josef Greindl as Hunding,
Gre Brouwenstijn as Sieglinde,
Astrid Varnay as Brünnhilde.
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus conducted by
Hans Knappertsbusch (1956).
"Ogham is an early medieval alphabet used to write the Archaic Irish language from the 4th to the 6th century and Old Irish from the 6th to the 9th century. It was the first written language in Ireland and is typically found carved on stones in Ireland, Wales and western Britain."
One clear sign of how ignorant and immature the college protesters are is how they all don't seem to want to be held accountable for the crimes they committed.
I wish that our U.S. campuses would at least still assign students to read MLK's Letter from a Birmingham jail, and Thoreau's essay on Civil Disobedience.
I think these protesters have failed the guidelines of: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and effective direct action.
Thanks, Clara, correct.
What did I mean by "UK" in this context:
I meant...
a) solely the Kingdom of England (but including Wales since 1284 ;)) until 1536,
b) the Kingdom of England and Wales until 1707,
c) The Kingdom of Great Britain until 1801 and, finally, as I was talking about the period before WWI, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (until 1922).
... "United" in the literal sense only since exactly the start of the 19th century.
It is good idea, though, to revisit this thought (I love the map below :) ), as there have been so many changes over the past milennia.
"Historian #NormanDavies has counted sixteen different states over the past 2,000 years.[1]"
I agree with you, Clara, regarding the predilections of #Erdogan. (Interesting, BTW, that you should use the official #Türkiye;)) #Iran could not conquer #Israel.
However, as we can see by its huge production of drones for the #Kremlin, it can cause havoc regarding the region's #infrastructure.
Also, I have read a bit about the technologies it employs (actually...
...that question should be directed to a@TheEconomist@press.coop's Defence Editor, #ShashankJoshi, @shashj). 1)
My gut feeling is that, despite it being propaganda, Prof. #MuhammadMirandi's (see post above) assessment of the weaponry employed in the recent mass attack of #Iran contains more than a grain of truth.
...I took a trip in a virtual time machine in a discussion here. It leads to nowhere.
Historically speaking, #Palestine belongs to no-one and everyone b/c "everyone" has been their at some point in time: