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Egypt and the Undiscovered Country
As the Voice of the Copts’ Ashraf Ramellah and others have pointed out, “Christians of Egypt, also known as Copts, have been living under discrimination, oppression and persecution for almost 1430 years.” A young nation such as the United States of America can barely grasp the concept of such a lengthy and protracted oppression of
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A Double Standard on Terrorism
On Thursday, February 18, 2010, a terrorist in Austin, Texas named Joseph Stacks, flew a plane into a U.S. government building and killed former U.S. Vietnam Veteran and IRS employee Vernon Hunter. There has been a lot written
Why We Must Consistently Reject Supremacist Hate
Many years ago as a small boy on vacation with my parents I saw a sign in Virginia Beach that I couldn’t understand. So I asked my parents what it meant. It was a sign in front of a hotel that read “white clientele only.” I didn’t get it. Why would a business turn away
Why Human Rights Responsibility, Not Communism, is the Answer to Islamic Supremacism
The name of our organization, Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.), consciously reflects our mission – not only to defend our universal human rights of both equality and liberty –
Why Islamic Supremacist Honor Killings Represent Ideological Violence Against Women
In Arizona, a week ago today, 20 year old woman Noor Almaleki died. Some have reported that her murder by her father was another instance of unfortunate domestic violence. But the fact is that her murder was another instance of an ideological violence against women that we must challenge as a threat
UNHRC: Egypt-U.S. Resolution Concerns Rights Activists Supporting Freedom to Challenge Religious Views
On Friday, October 2, 2009, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted resolution A/HRC/12/L.14/Rev.1 that was co-sponsored by Egypt and the United States. This freedom of expression resolution
Why Women’s Human Rights Issues Require Serious Responses
As Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) has been stating since our first public event on International Women’s Day, the continuing threats of misogyny, oppression,
September 12: Why Homeland Security Begins with Equality And Liberty
Every year, as we remember the tragedy and loss of the 9/11 attacks, we see more and more people who seek to push this grim chapter in America’s history from our minds. They seek to focus our attention on anything else other than the vicious act of war that brutalized our nation, and
We Have A Responsibility
We Have A Responsibility August 28, 2009 Robert E. Lee Memorial, Arlington, Virginia (Video Link) We are here today at the Robert E. Lee Memorial to remember a historic day, August 28, 1963. On that historic day, 46 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther
Women’s Equality – The Global Challenge for Our Generation
There is no challenge or priority greater for our generation larger than the continuing global oppression of women, who represent half of humanity. This challenge for women’s equality and women’s freedom must be a concerted effort by men and women together for the futures of our
Why It is “Right” to Reject Racism
Racial supremacism is based on one idea: institutionalized hate. Hate has no boundaries of color, no boundaries of ethnicity, no regional boundaries, no religious boundaries, and no political boundaries. In our political spectrum of ideas, laws,
Choose Universal Human Rights Over Hate
As I wrote in April about my experience at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Holocaust Remembrance Day, I pointed out the compassion of so many diverse people who came to read the names of those who died during the Holocaust.
Chinese People Are Human Beings
Twenty years ago, the world saw the people in China rise up in the cause of freedom against a Communist totalitarian government. The brutal response on June 3 and June 4, 1989 by the Communist Chinese government was to massacre those
A Human Rights or Political Priority in Defending Equality and Liberty
At every point in any major struggle, there needs to be time to stop, reflect, and evaluate the effectiveness of our strategy. Today, we see a consistent indifference of public opinion on anti-freedom ideologies, while at the same time America is in the midst of political change. We also
To Defy Hate All You Need is Love
In the struggle for human freedom, people will never care how much you know, until they know how much you care. On Tuesday April 21, as I sat in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC listening to the names being read of those murdered in the Holocaust
“Never Again” Requires Consistency On Equality and Liberty
April 21, 2009 will mark this year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah), where many around the world will pause and reflect on the tragedy of the Holocaust. At the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in
One World
What world do you live in? This should be a simple question for anyone to answer – Earth. But some have fallen into using the language of policy wonks that the world actually has multiple “worlds” within it. For example, you continually hear references to “the Muslim
What to Do About Racial Supremacism – LOVE WINS
To find the answer to the challenge of racial supremacism…. We have to find those who are really responsible. We have to find those who are allowing racial supremacism to grow. We have to find those who are allowing hate to fester in America. Most people think this problem of racial supremacism is
900 Reasons to Defy Racial Supremacism – But You Only Need One
On Saturday, April 4, I will be speaking in Washington DC at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Steps from 4 to 6 PM. I will be addressing the rise of racial supremacism in