Tag Archives: Sheila Hirtle

FAMOUS & DANDY LIKE AMOS & ANDY, ABDUL & SAMMY

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Dave

We learn to like to be the heroes We learn to lie to the brand name negroes We learn to laugh to avoid being angry We learn to kill and learn to go hungry We learn not to feel, for … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged African Slave Trade, Amos 'n' Andy, Arab Slave Trade, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Bart Schultz, Bristol Radical History Group, Bruce Mazlish, Captain G.F. Lyons, David Frum, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Dr. David Livingstone, Edmund Burke, Eugene Delacroix, Eve Troutt Powell, Gustave Boulanger, James Mill, James Richardson, Jean Leon Gerome, Jennifer Pitts, Jeremy Bentham, Joann Sfar, John Stuart Mill, Marq de Villiers, Michael Franti, Randy Newman, Randy Newman Sail Away, Sheila Hirtle, Thomas Holt, William Allan, William Allen | Leave a comment

THE GOLDEN RULE(R) & THE SILVER WHIP

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Dave

”It is … that Islamic law, though it does not specifically prohibit trafficking in persons, explicitly prohibits many of the acts and elements that constitute trafficking in persons. Islam is particularly explicit on the prohibition of slavery. Similarly, Islam prohibits … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous | Tagged Allan D. Austin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dr. David Livingstone, human trafficking, Jean Leon Gerome, Jim Byrnes, Karen Armstrong, Karl Marx, Kevin Bales, Marq de Villiers, Mississippi Sheiks, Salvador dali, Seyla Benhabib, Sheila Hirtle, Steve Dawson, The Sojourners, Voltaire | Leave a comment

CAN'T YOU HEAR THEM KNOCKING?

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Dave

”My stepmother had shrugged her shoulders in charming helplessness. “It is as Allah wills,” she said. “The puddles will dry when it stops raining. Allah brings the rains and Allah makes the sun shine.” My father’s third wife accepted her … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Allan D. Austin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Captain G.F. Lyons, Dr. David Livingstone, Ebers Voll, Eliakim Littell, Eve Troutt Powell, faithfreedom.org, G.F. Lyon, Heinrich Barth, Islam Slave trade, Jean Leon Gerome, Leo Africanus, Major Dixon Denham, Marq de Villiers, Pekka Masonen, Rene Caillie, Sheila Hirtle, Sir Thomas Foxwell Buxton, Slave trade Sahara, Zaki Ameen | 4 Comments

KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF & DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Dave

The West is familiar with the history of slavery in the new world. It was sinful and terrible, and it lasted for several hundred years. And it was abolished mainly through the efforts of Christians in England such as Wilberforce … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Abolitionist movement, Ange Tissier, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Behnaz A. Mirzai, Billie Holiday, Billie Holiday Strange Fruit, Captain G.F. Lyons, Captain Lyon, Cardinal Lavigerie, David Brian Davis, David Roberts Egypt and Nubia, Dr. David Livingstone, Fabio Fabbi, Islam Slavery, Ismael Musah Montana, Marq de Villiers, Pamela Geller, Paul E. Lovejoy, Samuel Gamble, Sheila Hirtle, Sudan Secret Slave Trade, Sudan Slave Trade, Thomas Clarke, Wilberforce and Clark, William Wilberforce | Leave a comment

CARAVANSERAI

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Dave

Think, in this batter’d Caravanserai Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day, How Sultan after Sultan with his Pomp Abode his destined Hour, and went his way. One Moment in Annihilation’s Waste, One moment, of the Well of Life to … Continue reading →