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How William Lever built a business empire from soap – PeoPlaid Biography

Source: How William Lever built a business empire from soap – PeoPlaid Biography

Steve King, Jeanine Pirro compare crackdown on far right to Kristallnacht

Fascists calling freedom defenders and anti-fascists – fascist – the ultimate lie by right wing that attacked American Democracy Wednesday, January 6, 2021 and killed police officers – the blood is on their hands… 458653
Amazon, Apple and Google have all decided to ban the social media app Parler, which is popular among the far-right, from their platforms.

AMERICA/CHILE – New violence in Araucania: appeal of the Bishop of Temuco, “only fraternity generates social peace” – Agenzia Fides

In Araucania, the Bishop continues, at the origin of this situation there are also deep injustices and longstanding political, ideological, social and economic conflicts, which neither society nor democratic institutions have been able to assess and resolve. “Together with Pope Francis, we are firmly convinced that only fraternity generates social peace, because it creates a balance between freedom and justice, between personal responsibility and solidarity, between the good of people and the common good. Consequently, our political community has an imperative obligation to promote all this with transparency and responsibility”.
The Bishop reiterates his closeness to the pain of the victims of yesterday and today, inviting us not to harden our hearts with hatred, resentment or revenge, but patiently awaiting the comfort of God and His justice. Finally, recalling the words of Pope Francis, “life is the art of a culture of encounter”, Monsignor Héctor Vargas highlights that “it is a question of building society according to another logic, according to which, by accepting the great principles of the rights that derive from the possession of an inalienable human dignity, it is possible to take up the challenge of dreaming and thinking about another policy, another humanity and another Araucania”.  Source: AMERICA/CHILE – New violence in Araucania: appeal of the Bishop of Temuco, “only fraternity generates social peace” – Agenzia Fides

Opinion | The Roots of Josh Hawley’s Rage – The New York Times

That this neo-medieval vision is incompatible with constitutional democracy is clear. But in case you’re in doubt, consider where some of the most militant and coordinated support for Mr. Trump’s postelection assault on the American constitutional system has come from. The Conservative Action Project, a group associated with the Council for National Policy, which serves as a networking organization for America’s religious and economic right-wing elite, made its position clear in a statement issued a week before the insurrection.

It called for members of the Senate to “contest the electoral votes” from Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and other states that were the focus of Republicans’ baseless allegations. Among the signatories was Cleta Mitchell, the lawyer who advised Mr. Trump and participated in the president’s call on Jan. 2 with Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state. Cosignatories to this disinformation exercise included Bob McEwen, the executive director of the Council for National Policy; Morton C. Blackwell of The Leadership Institute; Alfred S. Regnery, the former publisher; Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council; Thomas Fitton of Judicial Watch; and more than a dozen others.

Although many of the foot soldiers in the assault on the Capitol appear to have been white males aligned with white supremacist movements, it would be a mistake to overlook the powerful role of the rhetoric of religious nationalism in their ranks. At a rally in Washington on Jan. 5, on the eve of Electoral College certification, the right-wing pastor Greg Locke said that God is raising up “an army of patriots.” Another pastor, Brian Gibson, put it this way: “The church of the Lord Jesus Christ started America,” and added, “We’re going to take our nation back!”