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Pope recalls Shoah, condemns nationalism
The Holocaust Wikipedia The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the World War II genocide of the European Jews. Between 1941 and 1945, across German-occupied Europe, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews, around two-thirds … Continue reading
The Wolf Dividing Norway: the hunter v the environmentalist
With unique access to remote communities in the snow-capped landscape of Norway, this film follows characters on either side of a fierce debate on whether to cull the wolf population. For decades the topic has split political parties, families and … Continue reading
Gulf slave society | Aeon
Migrant construction workers sleep on the floor in Dubai in 2012. Photo by Jonas Bendickson/Magnum Bernard Freamon is adjunct professor at New York University School of Law and emeritus professor at Seton Hall University School of Law. He is the … Continue reading
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Let’s talk about Trump’s accomplishments….
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Democracy is a threat to white supremacy—and that is the cause of America’s crisis
Darren Walker, President Ford Foundation 7 JANUARY 2021 Why the attack at the US Capitol is proof that democracy is the greatest threat to white supremacy I have long believed that inequality is the greatest threat to justice—and, the … Continue reading
The end of globalization (and the beginning of something new) | Mike O’Sullivan
Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. “Globalization is on its deathbed,” says economist Mike O’Sullivan. The question now is: What’s next? Tracing the historical successes and failures of globalization, … Continue reading
The indigenous tribes fighting the curse of xawara in Brazil | Independent
Ehuana Yaira at the meeting of the Yanomami and Yek’wana leaders (Victor Moriyama/ISA) Illegal mining in Brazil not only devastates the environment, it also threatens the existence of the country’s last major isolated indigenous community through the spread of coronavirus. Emily … Continue reading
BBC World Service – The Compass, My Perfect City, My Perfect City: Housing in Vienna
In Vienna housing is considered a human right. Is it a model other cities should follow? Source: BBC World Service – The Compass, My Perfect City, My Perfect City: Housing in Vienna
What will the world be like after coronavirus? Four possible futures
We could use this crisis to rebuild, produce something better and more humane. But we may slide into something worse. Where will we be in six months, a year, ten years from now? I lie awake at night wondering what … Continue reading
Art and apartheid | Not to forget history’s difficult moments | Sue Williamson | UNIQLO ARTSPEAKS
Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, the Steven and Lisa Tananbaum Curator of Painting and Sculpture, looks at Sue Williamson’s “For Thirty Years Next to His Heart,” in which the 30-year life of one man’s official government passbook “captures the experience of Black … Continue reading
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