freedom

Freedom Rider: Churchill, Columbus, and Leopold Fall Down

White Nettle

Statues of Belgium’s King Leopold have been defaced and even removed. Leopold held the Congo as his personal fiefdom, the Congo Free State, where he killed as many as 15 million people who were forced to work on rubber plantations […]

Share

Race, Racialism, and Politics

White Nettle

Racism can be defined as the intention to identify himself/herself racially and to show at the same time hostility or at least lack of moral respect for members of other racial groups […]

Share

Israeli Blockade of Gaza: The Only Solution is the Establishment of an Independent Palestinian State

White Nettle

You cannot deprive 2m of their human rights, enshrined in international law, without consequences. Israel is not an island in the sky and the dispossessed Palestinian people are very real and so is their suffering. Hate needs fuel to grow and it is currently fed by propaganda and political inertia on an international scale […]

Share

Donetsk People’s Republic – Story Untold by Western Media

White Nettle

Despite Kiev’s total blockade, the city of Donetsk proper seems to have a reasonable assortment of goods and foodstuffs. Much of this seems to come from ever growing trade and cooperation with Russia, a bordering neighbor and largest trade partner of the “former”, pre-war Ukraine […]

Share