ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
In the year 507 B.C., the Athenian leader Cleisthenes introduced a system of political reforms that he called demokratia, or “rule by the people” (from demos, “the people,” and kratos, or “power”). It was the first known democracy in the world. This system was comprised of three separate institutions: the ekklesia, a sovereign governing body that wrote …
A brief and excellent exposition of totalitarianism using its two advocates, though at varying degree. Watch the Video
Kendi promotes a left-to-center social policies such as reparations. This puts him on the opposite side of other active black activists, including Glenn Loury and Coleman Hughes. Read more
Chase Freeman, a retired US ambassador, characterizing Israel’s action in Gaza as genocide and crime against humanity. Watch the Video
South Africa making its case on the International Court against Israel. It is surprising that Israel as the country of Jews whose parents and grandparents experienced the holocaust (6 million killed) is committing genocide against the Palestinians while South Africa which is newly liberated from apartheid system, is standing for victims of genocide. Watch the …
Before the name became synonymous with discriminatory laws aimed at Black people, Jim Crow was a stock character in minstrel shows. These touring vaudeville acts revolved around white performers dressing in blackface to mock Black culture, playing up harmful bigoted stereotypes for laughs. The popularity of “Jim Crow” as a character-led to his name being …
The English Civil Wars were a catastrophic series of conflicts that took place in the middle of the 17th century. Fought between those loyal to the king, Charles I, and those loyal to Parliament, the wars divided the country at all levels of society. At the heart of the conflict were fundamental questions about power …
An Arab-Jew individual argues against Israel government’s stand or position that an Arab cannot be a Jew or a Jew cannot be an Arab. The government’s position is against natural laws of societal evolution and hence a source of the Israel-Palestine conflict. From the Video “Avi Shlaim is one of the great living historians: Professor …
The American economy is among the most powerful forces for good in the historyof humankind. The nation’s economic engine has driven living standards to heightsunimaginable at the nation’s founding. Steadily advancing prosperity—bolstered bybursts of scientific and technological discovery—has expanded productivity and greatlyimproved the quality and duration of life. The duty of this generation is to …
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