This past weekend I had fully intended to post my third installment of my commentary and "study guide" for Gene Sharp's book From Dictatorship to Democracy. But last Friday, I allowed my computer to perform an operating system upgrade that broke more things than it fixed. So I spent a number of sleepless hours over the weekend trying to figure out what was wrong. Finally I gave up in disgust and loaded a fresh copy of the latest version of Linux Mint. I like troubleshooting computers almost as much as I like working on cars - which is to say, not very much. At least things work now.
While I was thus occupied, it seems that Donald Trump was hospitalized because of a COVID-19 infection. I just found this out yesterday. Although the situation is still quite fluid, I believe that the study of strategic nonviolent resistance is still relevant for those who are members of oppressed and marginalized peoples. Regardless of what happens to Trump (and I hear that he "released" himself from the hospital yesterday and returned to the White House), we must remember that Trump himself is merely a symptom of a larger disease. Therefore, I will publish that third post this upcoming weekend, God willing.
In the meantime, please check out the following recent posts of mine:
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