June 17, 2010
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Merging with Rachel Corrie – A Dedication to Non-violence By Matthias Chang
Sailing on MV Rachel Corrie has changed my life and my perspective on many issues that I hold dear. I am humbled by the experience and have learned so much from everyone on board the ship. Continue reading
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Gangs and Violence in Jamaica and Haiti By Roger Annis
When police in Jamaica launched a bloody assault in May on poor neighbourhoods in the country’s capital city, news outlets in Canada responded with an ignorance and insensitivity that is all too common in their coverage of the Caribbean islands. As with Haiti, Jamaica is portrayed as incomprehensibly violent and not quite civilized. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 16 June, 2010: Killing Children / Peniel Joseph, Corporate Courtier / Good Riddance Artur Davis…
Dr. Peniel Joseph: Peoples Historian or Establishment Courtier? Part One of Two Helping us explain the lineup of the social forces that impact our individual and collective lives is the job of people’s intellectuals. Selling us clever marketing constructs is the job of intellectuals in the service of empire. But what would a loyal and Continue reading
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Israel’s Palestinian Minority Thrown into a Maelstrom by Jonathan Cook
The flotilla, which was attacked more than 60 miles off Israel’s coast early in the morning, was not the first to bear aid for Gaza, but it was the first to include a delegation of Palestinian leaders from inside Israel. Palestinians are roughly one fifth of Israel’s population. Most of the main Israeli-Palestinian political factions… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 