who was Huey Newton
Huey Lewis, no. Huey Newton was an important black activist and founder of the black pnthers. Interesting read.
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do you know there are laws in war?
Although ultimately war is all about the survival of one tribe against another, after WWII, the UN put together laws of war. I read about jus in bello and jus ad bellum in the economist recently.
The former refers to limits to the madness of war, a la the Geneva Conventions, and what is are war crimes. The latter refers to justifications for war.
word up to the pre-raphaelite brotherhood
Y’all know who the pre-raphaelites were, don’t you? Ok, I didn’t either until recently, but it’s a good read, and we’re down with them, yo!