Lauryn Hill Shows Solidarity With Palestian Activists Against Israeli Oppression

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“Free All Political Prisoners”

“Free All Political Prisoners”

Lauryn Hill Joins Black, Palestinian Activists in Solidarity Video:
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/10/14/lauryn-hill-joins-black-palestinian-activists-in-solidarity-video.html

(Al Jazeera) Five months after canceling a scheduled concert in Israel, Grammy Award-winning artist Lauryn Hill appeared in a video on Wednesday with African-American and Palestinian activists, drawing comparisons between the struggles for justice in both communities.

The short video, titled “When I See Them I See Us,” was released by a range of African-American and Palestine-solidarity groups. In it, Hill holds a sign that reads “Free All Political Prisoners.”

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My Commentary: Props to you, Ms. Hill!

Learn, Love and Live the Non-Aggression Principle for True Justice and Peace!

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Strictly Voluntary,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"The Non-Aggression Principle"

“The Non-Aggression Principle”

My Commentary: ❤ Learn it. Love it. Live it! 😉

Meditating on the Reality of Being Governed…

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “TRUTHgasm,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

“TO BE GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so.
It is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished.
It is, under pretext of ‘public utility,’ and in the name of ‘the general interest,’ to be placed under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolized, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, ROBBED:
Then, at the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined, villified, harassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed.
And to crown it all, it is to then be mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonored.
THAT IS GOVERNMENT; THAT IS ITS JUSTICE; THAT IS ITS MORALITY.”

My Commentary: I’ve shared this quote previously, but this time, I’ll note that these words might appear to be recent, but they were actually written by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon in 1851!

As you can see, Truth transcends time!

(note: though I previously shared a shorter version of this quote in February of 2013, within my post, “To Be Governed…,” I still felt compelled to offer up an alternative commentary when I saw it again, due to the inspiring nature of these words)

Discussing the Writing Inscribed on the Stone Tablets Used Within the 1956 Film, “Ten Commandments”

The following correspondence originally took place upon my Facebook wall…

Stephen K.: Your thoughts, Rayn? Do they make sense?

Stone tablets used within the 1956 film, "Ten Commandments"

Stone tablets used within the 1956 film, “Ten Commandments”

Rayn: The above inscription looks to be written mostly in Middle Semitic “Moabite” script, which is a very slight variation of Middle Semitic “Paleo-Hebrew” that holds many of the same exact characters. The reason I believe it to be this particular Semitic script is because it’s the only one I know of that writes out the letter “waw” (“ו” in modern Hebrew) like a “Y,” and the letter “kaph” (“כ” and “ך” in modern Hebrew) like a “Y” with an extra branch emerging from the center (imagine a “ ,” minus the circle, and turned 180°). However, the letter “hhet” (now called “chet” and written as “ח” in modern Hebrew) and the letter “sin,” (now called “samekh” and written as “ס” in modern Hebrew) are both written in Paleo-Hebrew, instead of Moabite. Meanwhile the “lam” (now called “lamed” and written as “ל” in modern Hebrew) often jumps between Moabite and Early Semitic “Ancient Hebrew”… (Click Here to Continue Reading This Post)

CUNY Students Chant Down War Criminal, Petraeus

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CUNY Students Confront War Criminal David Petraeus:

My Commentary: War criminal, General David Petraeus, is treated to a dose of reality by a group of conscientious CUNY students. No justice, no peace!