April 2010
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A Nonviolent Che Guevara in Gaza By Ashely Bates
Bil’in is one of the few places in the Palestinian territories where protesters have won victories in the Israeli courts. In September of 2007, the Israeli Supreme Court decided that the wall created “undue hardship” in Bil’in and must be rerouted. The IDF began carrying out the court’s demands last month, but declared Bil’in a… Continue reading
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GazaFriends: Introducting the MV Rachel Corrie
The 1200-ton cargo ship had been abandoned in July 2009, off the coast of Ireland. She was then impounded after an inspection by the International Transport Federation (ITF) discovered her owners had exploited their Lithuanian crew-members – not paying their wages and subjecting them to humiliating treatment, and they had been left with just one… Continue reading
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Remembering Bassem (Pheel) Abu Rahma By Rebecca Vilkomerson
Exactly one year ago, Bassem Abu Rahma (who everyone called Pheel, which means ‘elephant’), was killed by Israeli forces. Pheel, as he did every Friday, was demonstrating at the Wall which cuts off Bil’in from its own lands. His last words were to ask the soldiers not to shoot because an Israeli had been injured.… Continue reading
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Strategic culture foundation online magazine latest publications 11-17 April, 2010
2010-04-15 Roman TOMBERG China Against Google: the War Keeps Raging “The relations between China and the US which grew colder during the past winter are showing no signs of thawing this spring… US President B. Obama triggered a new round of tensions between China and the US at the Ex-Im Bank conference on March 11 Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 477 16 April, 2010: LINKS & RESOURCES
CONTENTS: 1. Action alerts, 2. Announcements, 3. Zimbabwe update, 4. African Union Monitor, 5. Women & gender, 6. Human rights, 7. Refugees forced migration, 8. Social movements, 9. Africa labour news, 10. Emerging powers news, 11. Africom Watch, 12. Elections governance 13. Corruption, 14. Development, 15. Health & HIV/AIDS, 16. LGBTI, 17. Racism xenophobia, 18.… Continue reading
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Upcoming climate change summit could be decisive By Teo Ballve
An upcoming grassroots summit on climate change in Bolivia could mark a pivotal event in the fight against global warming. In response, Bolivia is hosting the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth from April 19-22 in the city of Cochabamba. Around 15,000 people from across the globe are expected… Continue reading
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Haiti: There Is Aid, and Then There Is US Aid By Paco Arnau
Cuban health workers assisted 227,143 victims of the earthquake. The US assisted 871. Continue reading
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The Bank Loan That Could Break South Africa's Back By Patrick Bond
Notwithstanding South Africa’s existing $75 billion foreign debt, last Thursday the World Bank added a $3.75bn loan to Eskom for the primary purpose of building the world’s fourth-largest coal-fired power plant, at Medupi, which will spew 25 million tons of the climate pollutant carbon dioxide each year. Continue reading
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Goldstone banned from grandson’s bar-mitzvah in South Africa By Ran Greenstein
THE AFTER-SHOCKS of the Goldstone Commission into the Gaza conflict continue, this time reaching into the heart of a family simcha. Mr. Justice Richard Goldstone is effectively being barred from attending his grandson’s bar mitzvah, due to be held in Johannesburg early next month. Following negotiations between the South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) and the… Continue reading
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Did Banned Media Report Foretell of Gaza War Crimes? By Jonathan Cook
Shraga Elam, an award-winning Israeli reporter, said Mr Blau’s suppressed article might also have revealed the aims of a widely mentioned but unspecified “third phase” of the Gaza attack, following the initial air strikes and a limited ground invasion, that was not implemented. He suspected the plans involved pushing some of Gaza’s population into Egypt… Continue reading
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