By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka The American, French, and Russian Revolutions sent shockwaves through the global system of nations and served as catalysts for economic and political changes that have persisted into the modern era. All three of these revolutions drove nails into the coffins of absolutist monarchies and totalitarian spiritual tyrannies thereby ushering in an […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka For most of human history, societies have been ruled by despotic tyrants who treated the masses like the scum of the earth. Kings and queens made some grandiose claims about ruling by divine right and then proceeded to act like little tin gods whose every whim and fancy had to be […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka Black Christians are often forced to go on the defensive when the subject of slavery, God, and the Bible comes up. Atheists and other critics of God and the Bible are adamant that the Bible and its deity are very pro-slavery except when Jews are the subject of the enslavement. Black Christians […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka Increasingly, Black American YouTubers are uploading videos exploring the strained relationship between Black Americans and other national and ethnic groups both inside and outside of America. While it is true that Black Americans are some of the most popular global trend setters, it is also equally true that Black Americans seem […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka On a daily basis, as I traverse the length and breath of my native island of Barbados, I encounter numerous Afro-Barbadians who are convinced that the most popular tools of the information age, namely the smart television, computer, cell phone and tablet have combined to upended the reading of books, thus […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka As the attention of the world is focused on the bloodletting that has re-commenced in Gaza, armed Jewish settlers in the West Bank have stepped up their provocations against Palestinians under the watchful and helpful eye of the Israeli Defense Force. Palestinian homes in the West Bank are being demolished or […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka In 1943, after about 250 000 Jews had been transported to the Nazi death camp Treblinka and murdered, the Jewish Combat Organization and the Jewish Military Union were formed. These two organizations started training Jews in resistance tactics. No longer content to allow the Nazis to choose the time, place, and […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka The first century of the Common Era was a very stressful time for the fledgling community of faith in Jerusalem that followed in the footsteps of the martyred leader Jesus the Christ. Convinced that Jesus had somehow cheated death and was now strategically positioned at the right hand of Yahweh, the […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka The appellations of racist, terrorist, and anti-Semite are three of the most highly charged labels invoked by culture warriors on the contemporary global, social, and ideological battle fields. Any one saddled with these labels run the risk of being cancelled, which could mean being fired, isolated, whitelisted (formerly called blacklisted) or […]
