This as American political Leadership and High Court move backwards against Civil Rights gains..... Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a … [Read more...] about Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery….
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Tomorrow…Friday June 18th 2021…IS a Federal Holiday
With Congress agreeing to the Juneteenth Holiday .... President Biden gets a fast start on the Law.... President Biden on Thursday signed into law a bill creating a federal holiday to commemorate Juneteenth, the day marking the end of slavery in Texas. Because June 19 … [Read more...] about Tomorrow…Friday June 18th 2021…IS a Federal Holiday
Alexander Hamilton Stephens’ “Cornerstone Speech” — promoting the new Confederate States Constitution and government — in Savannah on 21 March 1861…
… The new constitution has put at rest, forever, all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution African slavery as it exists amongst us the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present … [Read more...] about Alexander Hamilton Stephens’ “Cornerstone Speech” — promoting the new Confederate States Constitution and government — in Savannah on 21 March 1861…
The Nikki Haley Confederate Flag thing continues ….
A former governor of South Carolina comments about the flag causes a LOT of people to remember why American ACTUALLY had a Civil War and what things REALLY mean in the eyes of the beholder.... Haley has tried explaining a mass shooting in terms off the confederate flag as … [Read more...] about The Nikki Haley Confederate Flag thing continues ….
To understand the brutality of American capitalism, you have to start on the plantation…
A New York Times piece that looks at capitalism and workers rights and the idea of slavery.... A couple of years before he was convicted of securities fraud, Martin Shkreli was the chief executive of a pharmaceutical company that acquired the rights to Daraprim, a lifesaving … [Read more...] about To understand the brutality of American capitalism, you have to start on the plantation…