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by Kumar David
Indications are that the Biden Presidency does not resemble any other post-war American presidency. Though he was Obama’s Vice President, thankfully he is not imitating that failed model. Post-war Democratic presidents (Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, Clinton and Obama) followed a different agenda. FDR however comes to mind when searching for something similar; maybe because the crises now and during the Great Depression were both so daunting. Look at the parlous predicament now – a covid catastrophe, an economic slump, decline in global power, foreign policy setbacks, and Trump incited domestic terrorism. Except for the Great Depression there is no other period since the Civil War when conditions were so perilous. Maybe this is the reason why Biden’s actions so far are reminiscent of the FDR model.
Naomi Wolf pictured at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, 2019
Credit: Simone Padovani/Awakening
In the summer of 1860, a brave group of Victorian schoolboys, aged between 10 and 13, faced their abuser in court. Reuben Brascher, Leon Moresco, Samuel Penny, William Roberts and Theophilus Stock had similar stories to tell. Their tutor, John Spencer, 60, had locked them in his parlour, whipped them and subjected them to repeated violent sexual assault. Penny was lamed. Moresco was given a silver pencil-case. All were told to keep quiet.
When Spencer was taken into custody, he bit the arresting officer. A jury found him guilty of the offences against Brascher, and he was jailed.