Courtesy of Bill Connor
In recent years, the number of Christians identifying as âChristian Socialistsâ or âChristian Communistsâ has skyrocketed in a way not seen in over 40 years. Sarah Ngu, in her 2020 article âWhy These Young American Christians Embrace Socialismâ wrote the following: âOver the past three years, some American Christians have rediscovered this tradition and found themselves gravitating to socialismâin all its varieties, from democratic socialism to full-fledged communism.â Gary Dorrien, a professor of social ethics at Union Theological Seminary, writes âThe revival (of Christian socialism) is a Christian flank of the current upsurge for democratic socialistâ. For the most part, the orthodox Christian community has remained silent about this growing trend, seemingly oblivious to the dangers. Itâs time we acknowledged how the Trojan Horse of Socialism entered the Church, and fight back.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, actress Jane Fonda and attorney Gloria Allred were among the inductees at the National Women’s Hall of Fame on Saturday. The Class of 2019 inducted into the hall in upstate New York also included activist Angela Davis , attorney Sarah Deer, fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg , retired Air Force fighter pilot Nicole Malachowski,. Mayor Jan 7, 2019
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Alabama is getting withering criticism on social media after rescinding its decision to honor political activist and scholar Angela Davis. Davis is a Birmingham native who has spent decades fighting for civil rights. She was an active member of the Black Panther Party, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Communist Party USA. She’s also an.
Review of the 1954 movie Salt of the Earth
by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin / May 6th, 2021
Poster promoting the theatrical premiere of the 1954 American film Salt of the Earth at a (now demolished) theater on 86th Street in Manhattan. Mexican actress Rosaura Revueltas, who played the leading role, is shown.
Born in controversy but then ignored in its youth, the film
Salt of the Earth has matured beautifully into a classic film in the neorealist style. Set in Zinc Town, New Mexico, a mining community with a majority of Mexican-Americans, strike for working conditions equal to those of the white, or “Anglo” miners. The town and the mine is run by Delaware Zinc Inc. who refuse to negotiate with the workers and the strike goes on for months. The story focuses on Ramon Quintero (Juan Chacón) and his wife Esperanza Quintero (Rosaura Revueltas) who is pregnant with their third child. Ramon is arrested by police and beaten in prison at the same time his wife gives birth to their new b
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Nearly 80 years ago, Richard Wright became one of the most famous Black writers in the United States with the publication of “Native Son,” a novel whose searing critique of systemic racism made it a best-seller and inspired a generation of Black writers. In 1941, Wright wrote a new novel titled “The Man Who Lived Underground,” but publishers refused to release it, in part because the book was filled with graphic descriptions of police brutality by white officers against a Black man. His manuscript was largely forgotten until his daughter Julia Wright unearthed it at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University. “The Man Who Lived Underground” was not published in the 1940s because white publishers did not want to highlight “white supremacist police violence upon a Black man because it was too close to home,” says Julia Wright. “It’s a bit like lifting the stone and not wantin
Fri May 7, 2021 “I used to struggle with impostor syndrome, but at 36 I refuse to internalize misguided patriarchal ideas of what a woman can or should be,” claims an unnamed CIA employee in a recent CIA recruiting video now getting hammered from all sides on grounds of flagrant wokeness. The CIA applauds the effort, part of their “Humans of CIA” series that launched in 2019. A CIA mouthpiece told reporters the series lets “real officers share their firsthand experiences.” Since this purports to be
video vérité, a review is in order. “I am intersectional, but my existence is not a box-checking exercise,” the CIA star claims. She suffered from “imposter syndrome,” which supposedly causes high achievers to doubt their skills, but “I did not sneak into the CIA.” Indeed, “My employment was not and is not of a fluke or a slip through the cracks. . . I am educated, qualified and competent.” That gives viewers plenty to ponder.