As of now, I am taking #command of #nato and #the #arsenal of #democracy of #free people throughout the world #as a #hero of #light who walks only the path set forth by the #sacred lights that they seek to #extinguish in their #godless pursuit of #human #enslavement .

A quotation from Lincoln

Slavery is doomed, and that within a few years. Even Judge Douglas admits it to be an evil, and an evil can’t stand discussion. In discussing it we have taught a great many thousands of people to hate it who had never given it a thought before. What kills the skunk is the publicity it gives itself. What a skunk wants to do is to keep snug under the barn in daytime, when men are around with shotguns.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Interview (1859-09-17?) with David R. Locke, Columbus, Ohio

More about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/4124…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lincoln #abrahamllincoln #abelincoln #attention #deplorable #discussion #enslavement #evil #exposure #publicity #reputation #skunk #slavery #smell #stench #visibility

Lincoln, Abraham - Interview (1859-09-17?) with David R. Locke, Columbus, Ohio | WIST Quotations

Slavery is doomed, and that within a few years. Even Judge Douglas admits it to be an evil, and an evil can’t stand discussion. In discussing it we have taught a great many thousands of people to hate it who had never given it a thought before. What kills the…

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@AlJazeera @africa-news-AlJazeera Does that include continuing #torture, #enslavement, #sexualabuse & other forms of #mistreatment of #African #migrants? The #EU wants #Libya to keep these migrants within its #borders, or return them to their home #countries. Under no circumstances are they to be allowed to cross the #Mediterranean & reach the EU.

A quotation from Lincoln

   If A. can prove, however conclusively, that he may, of right, enslave B. — why may not B. snatch the same argument, and prove equally, that he may enslave A?
   You say A. is white, and B. is black. It is color, then; the lighter having the right to enslave the darker? Take care. By this rule, you are to be slave to the first man you meet, with a fairer skin than your own.
   You do not mean color exactly? — You mean the whites are intellectually the superior of blacks, and, therefore, have the right to enslave them? Take care again. By this rule, you are to be slave to the first man you meet, with an intellect superior to your own.
   But, say you, it is a question of interest; and, if you can make it your interest, you have the right to enslave another. Very well. And if he can make it his interest, he has the right to enslave you.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Note (1854-07-01?), On Slavery (fragment)

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lincoln #abrahamlincoln #debate #enslavement #justification #racism #rationalization #reasoning #slavery #superiority

Lincoln, Abraham - Note (1854-07-01?), On Slavery (fragment) | WIST Quotations

If A. can prove, however conclusively, that he may, of right, enslave B. -- why may not B. snatch the same argument, and prove equally, that he may enslave A? You say A. is white, and B. is black. It is color, then; the lighter having the right to enslave…

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⬆️ @Geri

>> #Israel requiring extra territory… like #GolanHeights and Southern #Lebanon, is the same sort of demand #Stalin asked for with #Poland, #Hungary, #Czechoslovakia, #Romania et al at #Potsdam.

It is also what drove #Nazi #Lebensraum ideology to establish a Greater #German Reich with territorial expansion into #Europe.

They said it was necessary for their survival, and existing populations would have to be removed permanently through mass #deportation, #extermination, or #enslavement

The Empire’s Old Clothes – Publication Launch and Screening 29 May 2026
18:00 https://backlit.org.uk/whats-on/the-empires-old-clothes-publication-launch-and-screening BACKLIT, near #Sneinton Market. #Nottingham #England #UK #Art #Event "a short, non-linear film by Priya Mistry #whatsthebigmistry , that confronts the enduring myths and propaganda of the so-called #British #Empire.

Moving through histories of #eugenics, the invention of the #gender binary, #enslavement and #exoticisation, and the role of #technology from early #film #photography to contemporary AI, the work exposes how these legacies persist today, shaping experiences of #racism and #ableism in post-Empire Brexit Britain.

Both a provocation and an invitation, The Empire’s Old Clothes asks us to rethink and rewrite inherited histories, and to consider what it means to take action against racism."

The Empire’s Old Clothes – Publication Launch and Screening | Backlit

Join us for a screening and publication launch event of The Empire’s Old Clothes, a short, non-linear film by Priya Mistry, that confronts the enduring…

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Reading Robert Frost poems as poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Yesterday, I interpreted the white American Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" (1915) as a poem about a fugitive from enslavement by the African-American Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). In a sense, when I read the poem that way, I find it even richer than it is when read as

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The histories of #enslavement, #displacement and organised #theft are foundational to the modern world - the #UNdeclaration "calls on all nations to recognise what happened, teach its history honestly, and remember the victims"

How utterly disturbing that @EUCommission @Bundesregierung refused to do so... #Europe continuing on its exploitative trajectory, no lessons learned 😭

#history #culpability #reparations #europe #africa #ghana #EU #TransatlanticSlaveTrade #UN

https://theconversation.com/the-transatlantic-slave-trade-is-the-gravest-crime-against-humanity-why-the-un-declaration-matters-279218

The transatlantic slave trade is the gravest crime against humanity – why the UN declaration matters

Ghana’s resolution represents a decisive step in an ongoing effort of historical reclamation and political transformation.

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