4 September 1930 | Czech Jewish boy František (Franta) Bass was born in Brno.
He was incarcerated in Theresienstadt ghetto on 2 December 1941. He wrote poetry there.
Franta was murdered in Auschwitz on 30 October 1944.
His poem "The Garden”.
A little garden,
Fragrant and full of roses,
The path is narrow
And a little boy walks along it.
A little boy, a sweet boy,
Like that growing blossom.
When the blossom comes to bloom,
The little boy will be no more.
Thirteen years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.
Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
Florida MAGA Gov Desantis is signing HB 7 to "ban teachers from making students feel guilt or shame about their race because of historical events."
I've said this before.
Some white Americans were abolitionists, and many were enslavers. If learning about America's history of racism makes you feel guilty, then you need to explain why you associate more with enslaver guilt than with abolitionist pride.
Might just be that you're telling on yourself.
Thirteen years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.
Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
The folks of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation are in real trouble. We can help.
Friends Of Pine Ridge and First Families Now are providing supplies and heating to the affected families.
If you can afford it, you can donate here:
https://www.1stfamiliesnow.org/donate
And for everyone who boosts this post, I'll add another dollar to my next donation. So, uh, go wild.
This year:
Nobody freezes.
Nobody starves.
Nobody goes it alone.
This is one of the hardest & most important warnings for us all.
Perpetrators were people who accepted and followed an ideology that made them believe that they are better than others and that rationalized and promoted hatred & evil. It became their everyday live.
They were not monsters. They were people who did horrible and monstrous things on the behalf of this ideology. And this is the scary part of the story.
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