Links for 7/23/20
I am actually of the belief that the pope is still the pope is an organizational cop-out. This pope makes sense where others do not.
There are Catholics in Utah? Who knew?
We all need a third reconstruction, but for all workers. Capitalism is behind racism on both sides of the equation. Reconstruction must help everyone, including Whites whose hearts need to change.
Cotton is right, there is right-wing agitation in Portland, but it is not coming from the protesters. The same kind of thuggery has infected the State Department. George Orwell, call your office.
Some people still call the Pope Satan. It is in a hymn we now sing at Mass, Now Thank We All, Our God. Farrakahn's anti-Semitism is a cliche of itself, but toxic nonetheless. So is the trope that Trump is somehow responsible for virus spread. He only responsible for his bluster. Blame the CDC for the rest. Catholic schools need to follow the Pediatricians, who have concluded that children do not vector. As for Catholic schools, getting funding is different than just repealing Blaine. Taxes need to go up and the bishops have to recognize both union and the nature of the abortion debate.
Reconstruction is all well and good, but ending actual slavery is the first priority. Africans originally came as migrant workers before official slavery started. Undocumented workers and poor people of all kinds, black and white, still labor under peonage and pimping. The 13th Amendment also includes enslaving prisoners. That huge loophole needs to be filled - especially for the sake of Black men. Let's do 13 right as a first step.
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