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Pamela Curr of the Asylum Seeker Centre writes powerfully about Australia’s shameful treatment of asylum seekers . A poignant and potent tribute to the life of Ahmad Ali Jafari and his courage. Something our gutless governments don’t and never will have. Vale Ahmad Ali Jafari. Rest in peace. CrankyO ======================== Ahmad Ali Jafari died last […]
September 2, 2012
http://newmatilda.com/2012/08/29/news-ltd039s-double-standards-antisemitism 29 Aug 2012 By Jeff Sparrow Larry Pickering The Australian is all too ready to lambast the Greens or pro-Palestine activists as anti-Semites. What about Larry Pickering, who’s been on their payroll, asks Jeff Sparrow “A fresh wave of racial hatred against the Jewish community, including calls for a Hitler clone and ethnic cleansing, has been […]
December 4, 2011
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ CS gas canisters with serial and lot numbers have been found by victims fired on in Tahrir Square Sarah Morrison and Bel Trew Sunday 04 December 2011 Suggested Topics Army Tahrir Square Middle East Military Suez North Africa Law Egypt A British firm manufactured some of the tear gas used by Egyptian security forces […]
November 19, 2011
Posted on April 20, 2011 by nadiaelawady Muslim women in Europe and the United States who choose to wear a headscarf or face veil are placed under tremendous societal pressures almost every day. On the streets, some people look at them as if they are freaks of nature. Many find it difficult to get jobs […]
October 21, 2011
Maikel Nabil Sanad declares he would prefer suicide to being tried by military junta for criticising the army in his blog Jack Shenker guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 18 October 2011 19.28 BST Sanad has been on hunger strike for 57 days and is said to be in critical condition. An Egyptian blogger jailed for criticising the country’s […]
August 5, 2011
Published on Thursday, August 4, 2011 by CommonDreams.org by Robert C. Koehler When our lives are torn open, when the worst possible thing happens, what we have, finally, are our roses and our courage. “I chose to stay in Oslo the entire week. It has felt like the most natural thing to do. I have […]
July 3, 2011
This post is by Miles Howe, words and photograph – Miles is one of the most optimistic men I have ever meet, not to mention his wicked sense humor and commitment, and I still hope to sail to Gaza with him in the near future. The Greek government has crumbled in the face Israeli pressure, […]
June 29, 2011
A great report from the Canadian broadcaster CBC about the Tahrir, the Canadian boat on its way to Gaza with activists from other European countries and Australia
June 29, 2011
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=399506 Colorful day in Nabi Saleh Published Friday 24/06/2011 (updated) 25/06/2011 17:33 [MaanImages/HO/Diana Al-Zeer] Click for more images BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The children of An-Nabi Saleh set off with kites and painted faces to the village’s hill shortly after noon on Friday.An hour later, they were sheltering in a village house, while five Israeli military […]
June 26, 2011
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/jul/14/egypt-victorious-islamists/ July 14, 2011 Yasmine El Rashidi E-mail Print Share Khaled Elfiqi/epa/CorbisCoptic Christian women looking out from inside the Virgin Mary Church in the Imbaba neighborhood of Cairo, May 8, 2011. The church was set on fire during clashes between Christians and Muslims the previous night. The forty-year-old Virgin Mary Church on Cairo’s al-Wahda Street—the […]
June 19, 2011
Sylvia Hale June 20, 2011Comments 36 http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/joining-the-freedom-flotilla-to-break-gaza-blockade-is-a-necessity-20110619-1g9vj.html Yesterday, I left for Europe to join the flotilla to break the blockade of Gaza, along with fellow Australians Vivienne Porzsolt, of Jews Against the Occupation, and Michael Coleman, a youth worker. People ask me why I’m going. I reply by recalling my experiences in Gaza last July […]
June 18, 2011
Witness this. Witness this beautiful gift from a creature whose life is probably harsh with few comforts. This stray dog feels for the people. I hope the people give it the love and care it deserves. For more, visit http://rebeldog.tumblr.com/
June 17, 2011
If ever the stupidity , cruelty and ignorance of people has a fine example , then this is it. Great news that the dog got away. By any Measure of decency, those responsible for this act of cruelty should face justice for their appalling actions. (AFP) – 8 hours ago JERUSALEM — A Jerusalem rabbinical […]
June 5, 2011
Reviewed by Shelley Walia http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110529/spectrum/book1.htm The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy By Howard Zinn. The Seven Stories Press, New York. Pages 746. $18.95. HOWARDZINN, the historian and dissident writer, has had a deep impact on people around the world. His credibility is known to all contemporary historians and political scientists, to students and […]
May 16, 2011
By Geraldine Baum and Kim Willsher Los Angeles Times http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/121875634.html NEW YORK – Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, was due in a Manhattan courtroom Sunday to be arraigned on sexual-assault charges alongside weekend petty criminals – and before an audience of well-dressed French journalists, tourists, and New York tabloid reporters. Strauss-Kahn, leader […]
May 15, 2011
A moving interaction with sharks. This remarkable woman communicates with them in the most of astonishing of ways. Please watch till the end.
May 15, 2011
Enjoy this wonderful performance by this group of young people who obviously enjoy playing music together. This was filmed in Birzeit, Palestine. My thanks to my good friend Hania for passing it on. As she says, please watch till the end to get the full impact of what playing together means for this group of […]
May 8, 2011
http://www.guernicamag.com/blog/2652/noam_chomsky_my_reaction_to_os/ May 6, 2011 We might ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush’s compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body in the Atlantic. By Noam Chomsky It’s increasingly clear that the operation was a planned assassination, multiply violating elementary norms of international law. There appears to have […]
May 8, 2011
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/8500984/Egypt-10-killed-in-religious-clashes-in-Cairo.html Ten people have been killed in clashes between Muslims and Christians in Egypt’s capital Cairo overnight. Egyptian soldiers stand guard next to furniture set on fire during clashes in the country’s capital Cairo. Photo: AP 12:53PM BST 08 May 2011 Egypt’s military rulers said that 190 people have been detained overnight in connection with the […]
April 2, 2011
LONDON, April 2 | Sat Apr 2, 2011 10:17am EDT LONDON, April 2 (Reuters) – Reuters said on Saturday it was concerned for the safety of its photographer Khaled al-Hariri, who has been detained by Syrian authorities for five days. Hariri, 50, has a condition which needs daily medication. A Syrian national, he was last […]
April 2, 2011
Syrian security forces arrest more protesters.
April 1, 2011
By Tara Bahrampour and Liz Sly, Sunday, March 27, 10:57 PM BENGHAZI, LIBYA — The mother of a woman who burst into a Tripoli hotel and said that she had been raped by government militiamen hailed her daughter as a hero Sunday and said government officials offered her money and a house to change her […]
March 29, 2011
Alive and Kicking Goals! from Virus Media on Vimeo.
March 27, 2011
March 26, 2011
World Breaking News The Canadian Press – ONLINE EDITION By: The Associated Press Posted: 03/27/2011 3:04 AM | Radioactivity in contaminated water in one reactor unit at a damaged Japanese nuclear power plant tested 10 million times higher than normal, forcing the evacuation of workers and again delaying efforts to bring the complex under control, […]
March 26, 2011
Printer Friendly Version By Gilbert Achcar Saturday, March 19, 2011 Gilbert Achcar’s ZSpace Page Join ZSpace [Gilbert Achcar grew up in Lebanon, and is currently Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London. His books include The Clash of Barbarisms: The Making of the New World […]
March 26, 2011
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/syria/index.html World > Countries and Territories > Syria Updated: March 25, 2011 Syria’s harsh and stagnant dictatorship at first seemed immune to the wave of unrest that swept through most of the Arab world after the revolution in Tunisia in January 2011. But in mid-March, demonstrations broke out in several cities, and grew rapidly after […]
March 19, 2011
http://links.visibli.com/share/30d77a By Ken Belson and Hiroko Tabuchi New York Times Posted: 03/19/2011 09:08:25 PM PDT TOKYO — The government said Saturday that it had found higher than normal levels of radioactive materials in spinach and milk at farms up to 90 miles away from the ravaged nuclear power plants, the first confirmation by officials that […]
March 19, 2011
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/bahrain-and-yemen-declare-war-on-their-protesters-2247066.html With 42 killed in Sanaa, regimes show they will keep power at any cost By Patrick Cockburn Sunday, 20 March 2011 afp/getty images More protests hit both Yemen (above) and Bahrain yesterday Abrutal counter-revolution is sweeping through the Arabian Peninsula as Bahrain and Yemen both declare war on reform movements and ferociously try […]
March 19, 2011
By Sam Reeves (AFP) – 3 hours ago LONDON — Britain bombarded Libya with missiles from air and sea as multinational forces launched military action, with Prime Minister David Cameron urging an end to Moamer Kadhafi’s “appalling brutality”. As the intervention to enforce a UN-mandated no-fly zone began, Royal Air Force Tornados on Saturday hit […]
March 12, 2011
Anti-government protesters shout slogans after clashes with police in Sanaa March 12, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Khaled Abdullah SANAA | Sun Mar 13, 2011 4:39am EDT SANAA (Reuters) – A Yemeni protester died on Sunday from gunshot wounds sustained in clashes with police in the southern port of Aden, and demonstrators gathered in the capital Sanaa […]
March 12, 2011
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/169635.html Japanese medics drive through Fukushima on March 13, 2011 following the massive earthquake and tsunami. Meltdowns have reportedly occurred in two of Japan’s nuclear reactors while a risk of another explosion is reported at Japan’s quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant. The Japanese government made the announcement on Sunday as the cooling system of one […]
March 12, 2011
Asia-Pacific 13 March 2011 Last updated at 02:07 GMT An estimated 170,000 people have been evacuated from the area around a quake-damaged nuclear power station in north-east Japan that was hit by an explosion, the UN atomic watchdog says. A building housing a reactor was destroyed in Saturday’s blast but the reactor is said to […]
March 8, 2011
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0308/In-Egypt-s-Tahrir-Square-women-attacked-at-rally-on-International-Women-s-Day After helping to overthrow Mubarak, Egyptian women – and some men – demonstrated today in favor of giving women more of a voice in building Egypt’s future. An Egyptian protester argues with a man as hundreds of women marched to Cairo’s central Tahrir Square to celebrate International Women’s Day on Tuesday. A protest by […]
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