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James19 does point out that the officers were black, thus:
He was beaten by officers like Rodney King.
The beating wasn’t the undoing of Rodney King, but the compensation he was awarded. He was found stuffed full of drugs at the bottom of his own swimming-pool.
The moral being: it don’t do to give poor people shed loads of dough.Are you for real? I will be contacting the moderator as I am considering deleting my account. I don’t need a troll responding to my posts.
I didn’t mention it because it wasn’t relevant… they were cops, colour doesn’t come into it.
If cop’s break the laws then victims are rightly entitled to compensation. What happens after they get compensation, is irrelevant.There were a number of anti Vietnam war songs around at the time.
One of my favourites, What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye.
I didn’t actually know it was actually anti war at the time just loved the track, in fact I bought album, not actually knowing what any of the other tracks, (one of many)it was my very first one.
This from the track on Apple:
When Marvin Gaye brought the title track of 1971’s What’s Going On to Motown founder Berry Gordy, Gordy reportedly said it was the worst thing he’d ever heard. The music was too loose, the lyrics too political. Too political? Gaye countered. This is the 1970s: You’ve got the Vietnam War; you’ve got growing poverty and systemic racism; you’ve got an environment under threat. Even Elvis was singing protest songs (1969’s “In the Ghetto”)—why couldn’t Marvin Gaye?The album’s genius is in its lightness. Songs drift and breathe; performances feel natural, even offhand—Eli Fontaine’s saxophone part on the title track, for example, was recorded when Fontaine thought he was just warming up. As Sly & The Family Stone channelled their anger into into bitter funk (1971’s There’s a Riot Goin’ On), Gaye sublimated his in lush string sections and Latin percussion—signals not just of musical gentleness, but cultural sophistication. Even in the face of bleakness (the addiction portrait of “Flyin’ High [In the Friendly Sky],” “Inner City Blues [Make Me Wanna Holler]”), he floats.
The revelation is that political music doesn’t have to be confrontational—it can be mellow and inviting too, the province not just of radicals, but the same mixed, middle-class audiences that had been buying Gaye’s albums all along. You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, and as Gaye seems to say on What’s Going On, you don’t have to be a hippie to be worried by what you see—you just have to be human.
TWC Interesting point. Not a fan of the musicals…? Might watch it now?
I was thinking about Ali in my other thread in reply to Chelmsford…Ali famously said: no Vietnamese ever called me the n’ word.
A case of jumping out of the frying pan..
Afro Caribbean Americans were being lynched by white supremacies at the time.
We oppose Capitalism and ALL of capitalisms wars.
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Oops sorry just started a thread about Burt Bacharach death at 94.
The first anti Vietnam war song. White middle class were demonstrating against their sons being sent to war in Vietnam.
The military began its conscription of Afro Caribbeans Americans.
There was no racism when it came to fighting in capitalisms wars!
Dionne Warwick sang the song, it was however more popular known sung by Aretha Franklin.
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World War 3?
On board with the RAF as allies rehearse for war with China
High over the Nevada desert, fighter pilots are practising how to defend Taiwan.Apologies as the Times has a paywall
Not quite in the Super rich league, bracket.
Bank executive ‘was punched to death by a drunk stranger after leaving Ivy members-only upstairs famous restaurant’
Not sure about the paywall?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11622735/British-executive-Qatar-World-Bank-murdered-random-attack-Londons-West-End.htmlAJJ, didn’t see that.
If this wasn’t grotesque enough. This has appeared, were it Russian forces in Ukraine they’d be widespread news coverage and global condemnation..
Thursdays Guardian.
Iranian forces shooting at faces and genitals of female protesters, medics say
Sadly the execution begin. Despite Iranian players protests.
Iran begins executing anti-regime protesters
This (I have also posted this on the World Cup
Iran begins executing anti-regime protesters
He didn’t. It was his late father, who moved money to charities in order to avoid inheritance tax.
While people worry for loved ones, who are having to wait for ambulances, having to wait for lifesaving operations. Loved ones who might die from hypothermia. At least they’ll know the Duke of Westminster is more concerned about avoiding paying taxes and lives a life of unimaginable luxury.I think broadly there was a lot of hypocrisy.
Protests rightly against Iran.
But Saudi Arabia’s war against Yemen?
Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara?
Not a peep.
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AJ, I 💯% agree. It had crossed my mind too.
Haven’t seen many of these right wing idiots forever telling us to keep politics out of sport?
ALB
Yes, saw this on Twitter and reported it.
Very much doubt Twitter will delete it, being a blue tick?Another blue tick user telling the German team not to forget their flags, a reference to pride flags.
#Qatar: Famous Qatari sports commentator Mohammed al-Kaabi mocks the Germans who were recently knocked out from the World Cup…
He's referring of course to the pride flags.
To comment, follow this link pic.twitter.com/q8md36kcTg
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