Chomsky: Protests Unleashed by Murder of George Floyd Exceed All in US History
Thousands gather for the Get Your Knee Off Our Necks march on the anniversary of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 2020.
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There has been ânothing comparable in American historyâ to the huge outpouring of protest unleashed by the murder of George Floyd, says world-renowned intellectual Noam Chomsky. Even at the very peak of Martin Luther King Jr.âs popularity, the mass protests that King led and inspired âdidnât come anywhere closeâ to the massive racial justice protests that have erupted over this past year, Chomsky adds.
The Constitution, which marks its 25th anniversary on Saturday, needs to be protected, writes
Thabo Mbeki. He argues that the defence put forward that constitutional democracy is a threat to democracy is part of a counter-revolutionary offensive aimed at overthrowing the ANC, and installing another power who would manage the country, without the framework of rules provided by our Constitution.
The Constitutional Assembly, democratically elected in 1994, adopted our National Constitution on 8 May 1966. Accordingly, together as liberated South Africa, we must join hands to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of a truly historic document.
During that famous session when the Constitution was formally adopted, President Nelson Mandela made these defining observations:
CNN contributor and former U.S. senator Rick Santorum spoke at an event last month, telling his audience: There isn t much Native American culture in American culture. File photo by Gage Skidmore / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Last month, at an event hosted by the Young America’s Foundation, a non-profit for conservative youth, CNN contributor and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum was riffing on the origins of the United States when a thought appeared to cross his mind.
“We came here and created a blank slate. We birthed a nation from nothing. I mean, there was nothing here,” speechified Santorum, when the idea intruded upon his brain. “I mean, yes we have Native Americans, but candidly, there isn t much Native American culture in American culture. It was born of the people who came here pursuing religious liberty to practise their faith, to live as they ought to live and have the freedom to do so.”