Big tech, monopolies and censorship
Initially I was glad Twitter closed Trump’s account and glad that Parler and other platforms were shutdown, as a precaution against incitements to violence. However let’s […]
Pastor Tim Ahrens on Loving Kindness and Interfaith Alliances
Tim Ahrens leads the First Congregation Church in Columbus, Ohio. He has been a social activist for more than two decades. He and I spoke […]
Internal Colonization ?
Regarding a disparaging attitude toward protesters that a significant portion of the general public has toward protesters (be it the current post-election, ‘anti-Trump’ protests or […]
A Secular Attempt at 'faith' ?
Maybe, if our society can’t be salvaged in a political or economic sense, such as preventing a police state or preventing a civil war, or […]
Questions regarding the political right
Many Trump supporters say that the government, media, and other institutions of civil society are corrupt. I intend to ask them and other right-wing anti-establishmentarians […]
Questions for a broad inquiry
(1) How doe the Global Justice Movement pertain to the disintegration of the EU, and to the economic and political decline of Europe, the US, […]
Make America Great (again)? Notes regarding the siege of the US Capitol Building
How would you describe what the protesters and rioters are for and what they are against? A CNN reporter was debating with protesters about the election […]
Public spaces, conflict, and refraining from hating enemies
s I see it, if I support freedom (true liberation, not the fraudulent ‘freedom’ to oppress others or to enjoy one’s privileges that others are […]
Jan 13, 2021 Political notes, regarding hatred and other points
I feel or try to feel sadness instead of hatred toward the misguided people who protested and rioted at the Capitol because I’ve often hated […]
Anti-racism, white supremacy and fascism
The following quote from Waldron Bello’s Nov 10 article in Foreign Policy in Focus calls to mind how important it is for white people to […]