Archive for January, 2008
Separate Reality…
In an article published yesterday in UK newspaper The Guardian I argued that many African-Americans are content to live within their own communities as long as they have equal rights…a kind of voluntary separation if you will…
I argue that: “In America’s post-civil rights era, many black people can live where, and among whom, they want. The [...]
First They Came For the Jews…revised version
First They Came for the Jews (Original)
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they [...]
2008: The Year to Get Off Your Backside and Do Something!
Many of us make individual New Year’s resolutions. We promise that - this year - we’ll lose weight, get fit, stop smoking, drink less…the list goes on. But few of us make collective New Year’s Resolutions. That is goals, plans and ambitions that will benefit our environments, our communities and the wider world.
We tend to think it’s the job of politicians [...]