The American Minervan

Tag: poverty

  • I Need A Roof — Mighty Diamonds

    I Need A Roof — Mighty Diamonds

    “I need a roof over my headI need a roof over my headAnd bread on my tableAnd bread on my tableThis love in my heartIt′s love for everyone(Remember Garvey say)Remember weh Garvey say, sayTime a go dread out dehEverybody a go run now(Remember Garvey say)”

  • Femi Kuti: “The world is changing”

    Femi Kuti: “The world is changing”

    “the suffering people can’t take anymore”

  • Helena Blavatsky Critique of the French Revolution of 1789, Material Progress and the Rich

    Helena Blavatsky Critique of the French Revolution of 1789, Material Progress and the Rich

    In an excerpt from this Parisian paper, Le Lotus (Paris, Vol. I, No. 6, Sep 1887), Helena P. Blavatsky speaks about the falsity of fraternity in the French Revolution of 1789, rails against material (industrial) developments, and the conditions of the poor. The poor and child factory workers labor and are sacrificed for progress. Theosophists…