The Use of Guns in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States

Deacons for Defense and Justice The Use of Guns in the Civil Rights Movement By Ben Garrett The thought of guns during America’s Civil Rights movement generally conjures up images of acts of violence perpetrated against African-Americans and civil rights workers in the South. But guns also played a significant role in dissuading violence, primarily more »

Reconciling the role of armed resistance in the midst of MLKs "nonviolent" movement

Deacons for Defense and Justice Wikipedia The Deacons for Defense and Justice was an armed self-defense African-American civil rights organization in the U.S. Southern states during the 1960s. Historically, the organization practiced self-defense methods in the face of racist oppression that was carried out under the Jim Crow Laws by local/state government officials and racist more »

Ukraine alleges Russian “invasion” of Crimea as Obama warns of “costs”

Article one of the Budapest Memorandum reads: “The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine … to respect the Independence and Sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine.” Ukraine alleges Russian “invasion” of Crimea as Obama warns of “costs” By more »

The Pearl the Colonialists can't let go from their bloody grip

Why Is the UK Facilitating Oppression in Bahrain? 28 February, 2014 – Huffington Post He’s put teenagers in prison for calling him names, and made treating wounded protesters a crime punishable by death. He’s a pretty nasty guy, the King of Bahrain. However with such high stakes in the stability of the Kingdom of Bahrain, more »