Author: Dominique Johnson
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Testimony of Communist and Civil Rights Activist Paul Robeson before the House Committee on Un-American Activities
“In the first place, wherever I’ve been in the world, the first to die in the struggle against Fascism were the Communists (…) I am not being tried for whether I am a Communist (…) You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and fight for the rights of…
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‘Black Lives Matter is a Communist Movement’ — or so we hear! Trump and the Right’s Alarming Tactic
From Australia to the United States, we are hearing echoes of the statement ‘Black Lives Matter is a Communist Movement.’ This article dissects right-wing media portrayal of Liberals and Democrats as Communists. “This belief in a broad liberal conspiracy is standard in the highest echelons of the conservative establishment and right-wing media.” DAVID A. WALSH,…
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Red-Scare Tactics in 1960s against Black Communist Revolutionaries: “Revolution Underway”
DOCUMENTARY REPORT ON BLACK COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARIES “Revolution Underway” is a preserved documentary report on Black Communist revolutionary activities during planned riots throughout 20 states in the 1960s. Conservatives are sharing it to de-legitimize the real issues of police brutality, militarized police, racism, and so forth. In these times, the classic red scare propaganda aims at…
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Did the Valentinian Gnostic Marcus use Gnosticism to Sexually Harass Women?
“It is also worth noting that some of the Gnostic leaders’ supposedly pro-woman stance is not all it is cracked up to be. The Valentinian Gnostic Marcus was actually known for bringing women into the movement so that he could sexually seduce them (Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.5).” (Michael J. Kruger, Five Myths About the Ancient Heresy…
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Cornel West on America as a Failed Social Experiment
Cornel West has been bringing Anderson Cooper to tears as of late on national television in his dialogue with the philosopher and civil rights activist, who shares his insight on the eruption of protests in America, explains what he means when he says “…what we see, is America as a failed social experiment.” On the…
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Étienne de La Boétie on Liberty and Tyranny
Étienne de La Boétie on facing corrupt rulers. “Be resolute to serve no more, and you are at once free. I do not ask you to push him, to topple him over, but only to cease sustaining, and you will see him, as a great colossus whose pedestal we’ve shattered, fall of his own weight…
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First Black Service Chief in U.S. Military History Shares Moving Message on Race in America
Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. message must not be forgotten after one week. The general was confirmed to serve as a service chief in the U.S. military for the first time in a historic vote by the Senate 98-0 this month. As chief-of-staff of the Air Force, he spoke to a nation embroiled in deep…
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The Meaning of Pistis and the Science of Gnosis
The writings of Christian authors and theologians about those called Gnostics and Gnosticism often indicate insecurity and fear of it as a legitimate threat, even after attaining victory over it. I will demonstrate what I mean. Bible Hub explains, that “gnṓsis (“applied-knowledge”) is only as accurate (reliable) as the relationship it derives from.” It adds, “the…
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Theosophy, the Successor of Neoplatonism?
IN THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY, HELENA BLAVATSKY CALLS THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY THE MODERN SUCCESSOR OF THE NEOPLATONIC SCHOOL. This would have definitely come true, if only the Theosophical Movement managed to stay consistent a little longer into the twentieth century. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Neoplatonism in the first paragraph basically explains what…
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Post-Risorgimento Idealism: Historical Context of Giovanni Gentile’s Fascism, Mazzini and Carbonari Theosophists
NOTES ON GENTILIAN THOUGHT AND RISORGIMENTO IDEALISM IN RELATION TO BLAVATSKY AND THEOSOPHY This explains the historical and philosophical context underlying theosophy versus fascism in a way most people have not considered. Let us for the time being forget what H.P. Blavatsky states about Central Asian origins of Theosophy, the origins of Zoroastrianism, the preserved…
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Alan Watts – Man in Nature: The Mechanical Theory of Nature in Western Tradition
ALAN WATTS ON THREE THEORIES OF NATURE AND THE MECHANICAL THEORY OF NATURE IN WESTERN TRADITION
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The Tempests: Someday | America
Let the music speak . . . “Someday, maybe baby somewhere / somehow, O sometime, I’m going to find you / and make you mine, mine O mine / Someday. Someday.” . . . And then the beautiful black youth of today stood up, but so did the many. And they saw hope and light…
The American Minervan 