Chapter 65
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Prayer for America has falsehoods, and may not be authentic.

It's worth investigating whether the Prayer for America (shown in passage 1), which was revealed early in the 20th century, is authentic and correctly translated, given the false statements, "
American democracy" and "this just government", in it. America was founded through settler colonialism by Westerners (mostly of British origin); with a history of genocide, brutal chattel slavery, institutionalised racism, war crimes, and great injustices against Brown and Black people. America only became a true democracy when Black people got the right to vote following the Civil Rights Movement, in 1964. Whether today, early in the 20th century, or prior to that, the evidence does not show a just America for multitudes within its borders. A UN panel called for reparations for Black Americans. The US is the only nation to have used nuclear weapons, killing mostly civilians, over a hundred thousand of them. More commentary on the prayer is available at the following external link. In passages 2 - 50, are a sampling of 80+ videos and articles on injustices related to America.

1)
PRAYER FOR AMERICA
O Thou kind Lord! This gathering is turning to Thee. These hearts are radiant with Thy love. These minds and spirits are exhilarated by the message of Thy glad-tidings. O God! Let this American democracy become glorious in spiritual degrees even as it has aspired to material degrees, and render this just government victorious. Confirm this revered nation to upraise the standard of the oneness of humanity, to promulgate the Most Great Peace, to become thereby most glorious and praiseworthy among all the nations of the world. O God! This American nation is worthy of Thy favors and is deserving of Thy mercy. Make it precious and near to Thee through Thy bounty and bestowal. - 'Abdu'l-Bahá 
-- Compilations, Baha'i Prayers, p. 23


2)
Jeffrey Sachs' speech at the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit (full speech)  (video)


3)
Global Governance Failures: Warnings by the Secretary-General


4)
Two-Thirds of Americans Think Government Should Do More on Climate


5)
US shamed as the ‘colossal fossil’ of Cop27 climate summit by campaigners


6)
Edward Snowden: Leaks that exposed US spy programme


7)
FBI surveillance of Martin Luther King.


8)
America, how long will you sacrifice your children on the altar of gun worship? [Uvalde mass shootings]


9)
Inside Job (2010 Full Documentary Movie)


10)
“We Are a Plutocracy”: Jeffrey Sachs Slams Biden for Offering to Preserve Trump’s Corporate Tax Cuts  (video)


11)
Inflation, Europe's energy crisis, and the Fed with Richard Wolff | The Chris Hedges Report (video)

     11.1)
     How the US Is Destroying Young People’s Future | Scott Galloway | TED


12)
Articles on the probable lab origins of Covid-19, using gain-of-function research conducted in Wuhan, China.

     12.1)
     Zuckerberg regrets bowing to Biden 'pressure' over Covid (August 27th, 2024)


13)
Martin Luther King’s anti-war views are more relevant than ever


14)
List of presidents of the United States who owned slaves

     14.1)
     The Monticello Plantation Hides Secrets About the Thomas Jefferson Mystery

     14.2)
     Transcript: Into 'My Body is a Monument'

     14.3)
     Commentary on Christopher Columbus diary, and his views of Native Americans

     14.4)
     Texas condemned for placing book on colonization in library’s fiction section (Oct. 21st, 2024)


15)
Articles on Israel, including US support for it (support for political Zionism).


16)
Cornel West: “We Are Witnessing America as a Failed Social Experiment”


17)
Excerpt from "Manufacturing Consent" by Edward Herman & Noam Chomsky


18)
Many predicted Nato expansion would lead to war. Those warnings were ignored


19)
Congress votes to remove a bust of the Dred Scott decision's author from the Capitol


20)
NAACP: History of Lynching in America


21)
Trail of Tears (removal of Native Americans)


22)
Wounded Knee Massacre (massacre of Native Americans)


23)
Tuskegee Experiment: The Infamous Syphilis Study


24)
Japanese Internment Camps


25)
Guantanamo Bay detention camp - Wikipedia


26)
Innocence Project - Help us put an end to wrongful convictions!


27)
John Hersey's 'Hiroshima' Is Still Essential Reading | Esquire
'Because as crazy as it sounds for a country that had just dropped the world’s first atomic bomb (and the second three days later on Nagasaki), America had been carefully managing a cover-up. No photographs or details of injured survivors were allowed to be published. Reports had to be filed via the War Department. The significance of such an experimental bomb was downplayed as a “labour-saving device” to speed up the end of the war. Later on, rumours from Japan that people were dying from radiation long after the event were dismissed as “Tokyo tales”.'


28)
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs challenge to police qualified immunity defense

   28.01)
   Eric Garner: no charges against white police officer over chokehold death

   28.02)
   Terence Crutcher Shooting [unarmed, with hands raised..] by Tulsa Police Was 'Tragic' but Justified: Jury Foreman

   28.03)
   L.A. officer who fired in store [at a man carrying a bike lock], fatally striking teen in dressing room, violated policy, board rules

   28.04)
   Death of Jaahnavi Kandula, struck by police driving at 74mph in a 25mph zone, then mocked...

   28.05)
   Philadelphia Judge Dismisses Murder Charge Against Cop Who Killed Eddie Irizarry [who was unarmed]

   28.06)
   Cleveland cops shot at 2 unarmed black people 137 times. Years later, 6 of them are fired.

   28.07)
   Killing of Justine Damond [who was unarmed]

   28.08)
   Florida deputy fires weapon after mistaking sound of acorn hitting patrol car for gunshot

   28.09)
   ‘They kill the person twice’: police spread falsehoods after using deadly force, analysis finds

   28.10)
   Officers of color barred from guarding Derek Chauvin get $1.5 million in settlement

   28.11)
   Lawsuit: NM prison guard tells Black man, ‘Let me guess, you can’t breathe?’

   28.12)
   Former St Louis undercover officer gets $23m after beating by police colleagues

   28.13)
   Suspending Prisoners' Social Security Benefits: Yet Another Blow to Financially Vulnerable African American and Hispanic Families

   28.14)
   Harrowing Video Shows A Black Man’s Last Words As Police Knelt On Him  (2024/04/25)

   28.15)
   Cop Slammed Emory Professor’s Head Into Concrete, Then Charged Her With Battery (2024/04/26)

   28.16)
   Florida Deputies Who Fatally Shot U.S. Airman Burst Into Wrong Apartment, Attorney Says  (May 8th, 2024)

   28.17)
   California man wins $1m after 17-hour police interrogation falsely accusing him of killing father, who was alive (May 25th, 2024)

   28.18)
   Journalist shot by Minneapolis police at George Floyd protest in hospice care (June 24th, 2024)

   28.19)
   Sonya Massey killing: family accuse police of attempted cover-up (July 23rd, 2024)
 

   28.20)
   Blendon Township officer charged with murder in shooting of pregnant Ta'Kiya Young (August 13th, 2024)

   28.21)
   Arkansas cop fired after getting caught on video beating a handcuffed detainee in back of patrol car (August 13th, 2024)

   28.22)
   3 More People Named In Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Man Died In Texas Jail (August 14th, 2024)

   28.23)
   Alaska officer kills 16-year-old girl in sixth local police shooting since May (August 14th, 2024)

    28.24)
    Child rapist ex-cop’s 10-weekend US jail sentence called ‘epitome of injustice’ (August 16th, 2024)

    28.25)
    Detroit judge who had teen handcuffed for sleeping temporarily removed from his docket (August 16th, 2024)

    28.26)
    Supreme Court gives states green light to ban abortion, overturning Roe

    28.27)
    Playbook PM: SCOTUS hands Trump the immunity idol

    28.28)
    Supreme Court Justice, Gorsuch, says United States judiciary is "the envy of the world".

    28.29)
    Proportion of Black and Hispanic students at elite university falls by half after Supreme Court ruling

    28.30)
    Family wants to know why no arrests made 1 year after former Atlanta assistant principal’s murder (August 26th, 2024)

    28.31)
    “How Many More?” Attorney Ben Crump on Latest in Breonna Taylor, Tyre Nichols & Roger Fortson Cases (August 26th, 2024)

    28.32)
    Bodycam footage of Tyreek Hill's detention before Dolphins game released (Sept. 9th, 2024)

    28.33)
    Wife of California inmate wins $5.6 million in settlement for strip search (Sept. 9th, 2024)

    28.34)
    US policing came from slave patrols...  -- Joy DeGruy

    28.35)
    Charges dropped against deaf man after bodycam video shows Phoenix police punching and tasing him on the ground (Oct. 18th, 2024)


29)
Supreme Court restricts the EPA's authority to mandate carbon emissions reductions


30)
The Supreme Court Ruling That Led To 70,000 Forced Sterilizations


31)
Las Vegas massacre survivor rips Supreme Court’s bump-stock ruling: ‘It’s disgusting


32)
U.S. Defense Spending Compared to Other Countries


33)
Opinion: Top Ten Signs the US is the most Corrupt nation in the World (2018 Edn.)


34)
American Indian residential schools


35)
Anti-miscegenation laws in the United States


36)
Biden promised 'no more drilling on federal lands, period.' He just broke that pledge to approve a massive oil project in Alaska.


37)
Special Climate Envoy John Kerry Says “No Climate Reparations” for Developing Countries...


38)
In speech at  the UN, President Petro asks why the U.S. has billions of dollars to wage war, but not for anything else.


39)
US Army clears historical convictions of 110 black soldiers



40)
US Prescription Drug Prices 256% Higher Than Other Countries

    40.1)
    Emory Hospital loses piece of patient's skull, charges him $146,845 for it, lawsuit claims (August 20th, 2024)

    40.2)
    A hospital told family their daughter had checked out. They found out a year later her body was in storage (Aug. 22, 2024)


41)
David Cross: Why America Sucks at Everything


42)
Reactions to US veto of Palestine’s UN membership bid (April 19, 2024)


43)
New York governor said Black kids in the Bronx do not know the word ‘computer’


44
)
Ann Coulter's Bluntly Racist Admission To Vivek Ramaswamy Is Jaw-Dropping


45)
She Wrote an Op-Ed Criticizing Biden on Gaza. The Justice Department Accused Her of Breaking the Law.


46)
Why US Politics Is Broken — and How To Fix It | Andrew Yang | TED


47)
The USDA Is Finally Paying Back Black Farmers. Some Say It’s Not Enough. (August 26th, 2024)


48)
Opinion: Laura Loomer knew what she was doing when she called Kamala Harris 'Shaniqua' (Sept 26th, 2024)


49)
Rashida Tlaib was unfairly smeared by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash (Sept 26th, 2024)


50)
Losing my voice & my mind (criticism of US govt support for Israel)



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