Category Archives: Resistance

When Hanging Wasn’t Brutal Enough for Black Prisoners: Southern Whites Brought In “Old Sparky”

From Reading Religion: The End of Public Execution Race, Religion, and Punishment in the American South By: Michael Ayers Trotti 266 Pages — $32.95 Published By: University of North Carolina Press Michael Ayers Trotti’s The End of Public Execution: Race, Religion, and Punishment in the American South opens with a short transcription of a newspaper … Continue reading When Hanging Wasn’t Brutal Enough for Black Prisoners: Southern Whites Brought In “Old Sparky” →

Dyer: Zimbabwe Election (With Updates)

Late Update, August 26, 2023: HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was re–elected for a second and final five–year term late Saturday in results announced much earlier than expected following another troubled vote in the southern African country with a history of violent and disputed elections. An opposition party spokesperson said within minutes … Continue reading Dyer: Zimbabwe Election (With Updates) →

A Response to a Comment: Who Is this Quaker named “Wlliam Leddra”?

In a June blog post here about virulent persecution of LGBTQ folk in Uganda based on a draconian new “kill the gays” law, a correspondent known to us as “William Leddra” issued a call to Quakers, who have two yearly meetings in Uganda, and affiliations with Friends United Meeting [aka FUM] based in Richmond, Indiana, … Continue reading A Response to a Comment: Who Is this Quaker named “Wlliam Leddra”? →

This Israeli Journalist Long Rejected “Apartheid” Claims About Israel. Not Anymore.

I have long rejected claims that Israel is an apartheid state. Now I believe that is where it is heading Benjamin Pogrund The Guardian — Sat 19 Aug 2023 I grew up in South Africa, and vigorously refuted parallels with Israel. But in the Netanyahu era, the charge is becoming fact? Israel 2023, South Africa … Continue reading This Israeli Journalist Long Rejected “Apartheid” Claims About Israel. Not Anymore. →

World Bank Supports Uganda LGBT Rights: Dictator Miffed

Two reports: AP News: Uganda’s leader slams World Bank for holding up new loans after his country enacted an anti-gay law BY RODNEY MUHUMUZ August 17, 2023 KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s president on Thursday slammed the World Bank, calling the global lender “insufferable” for holding up new loans after the East African country enacted … Continue reading World Bank Supports Uganda LGBT Rights: Dictator Miffed →