The Buddha may have been the first spiritual teacher to overtly base his teaching upon anti-racism. A true Buddhist harbours no hate in either mind
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Buddha Opposed Religious Ignorance
This photograph does not offend me in the same manner as racism, or social inequality. In fact it does not offend me at all. Religious
Factionalism in the British Communist Left
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels founded the First International Workingmen’s Association in the UK that lasted from 1864-1876. Marx eventually dissolved this movement because he
UN Anti-Racism Day – Refugees Welcome 19.3.2016
This strategy was no doubt to hinder the ability of ordinary people efficiently descending upon the capital to protest about the Nazism practised by the Tory UK Government and its continuous demonising of the Disabled, Benefit Claimants, Single Mothers, the Elderly, Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers, and its dismantling of the British Welfare State and the National Health Service (NHS).
Buddhist Anti-Muslim Racism & Violence in Sri Lanka
When this faction of Buddhist monks are not directly committing the violence themselves, they often incite poorly educated lay Buddhists to carry-out the destruction on their behalf. This faction of Buddhist nationalists believe that they are defending the Sri Lankan nation from foreign invasion, despite the fact that many of the Muslims they attack are from families that have been resident in Sri Lanka for generations.
The ‘Chinese Restaurant’ and the Politics of ‘Race’ in Kenya
Due to China’s economic and cultural investment in Kenya, the Kenyan government’s position is that of official good ties and close relations between the two countries. The joint China-Kenya resistance to Western imperialist attitudes has worked well, and continues to work well, this is why the ‘Chinese Restaurant’ story of 2015 contradicts this trend of good and productive relations.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 