Als der Sturm der Empörung, den die sadistische Ermordung George Floyds weltweit auslöste, in der arabischen Welt ankam, war er ein sanftes Lüftchen. Es gab ein paar Wortmeldungen in den sozialen Netzwerken, einige Strassendemonstrationen, dann war Schluss.
The late 1960s were the heyday of modern American liberalism, which was then an ideology of hope. A bipartisan Congress passed landmark civil-rights legislation in 1964 and 1965. The precipitating event of the urban riots in 1968 was the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Leaked audio revealed Chicago aldermen and Mayor Lori Lightfoot melting down on Sunday over their inability to stop violence and looting in their city.
Droht in der Welt ein neuer Faschismus? «Ja», lässt der ehemalige Chefredaktor des «Tages-Anzeigers» Res Strehle einen emeritierten Professor für Geschichte in Zürich hauchen. «Es ist gefährlich», fügt dieser beinahe unhörbar an.
Headlines were seized this month by the ambush and murder of three American women and six children by drug traffickers in Mexico. Americans were naturally shocked by the brutality of the cartels. But it would be a mistake to think it doesn’t happen here.
A television ad for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign now airing in South Carolina shows the candidate declaring that “too many encounters with law enforcement end tragically.” She later adds: “We have to face up to the hard truth of injustice and systemic racism.
