November 25, 2013
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Video: Masterful combo: Aya El Zinati’s video of Susan Abulhawa reading ‘Black’ By Annie Robbins
During the recent power outages Gazan Aya El Zinati made this knockout video with clips of her friend Susan Abulhawa reading ‘Black’, a masterful harsh/heart-thrashing critical poem from her first volume of poetry My Voice Sought the Wind. Continue reading
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Video: Masterful combo: Aya El Zinati’s video of Susan Abulhawa reading ‘Black’ By Annie Robbins
During the recent power outages Gazan Aya El Zinati made this knockout video with clips of her friend Susan Abulhawa reading ‘Black’, a masterful harsh/heart-thrashing critical poem from her first volume of poetry My Voice Sought the Wind. Continue reading
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South Africa: Tongaat Mall Collapse – the Boomerang Effect By Richard Pithouse
In 1961 Frantz Fanon described the colonial world as “cut in two”, divided into “compartments …. inhabited by different species”. For Fanon the creation of different kinds of spaces was central to the creation of different types of people and their ordering in a hierarchy of value. Almost twenty years after apartheid our society remains… Continue reading
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The Syria Chemical Weapons Attack and the Role of Saudi Intelligence. The Mint News Report By Phil Greaves
Following AP reporter Dale Gavlak’s attempt to disassociate from the Mint Press News report: “Syrians In Ghouta Claim Saudi-Supplied Rebels Behind Chemical Attack” (see previous article for background here) Mint Press Editor in Chief Mnar Muhawesh published a statement in response reiterating her support for, and the credentials of, the two journalists involved, along with… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 24 November 2013: PHOTOS: Deciding the fate of the Bedouin, without consulting any Bedouin
24 November 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterBedouin Arabs protest forced displacement plan in Negev, southern IsraelIMEMC – A visit by several Israeli legislators to the Negev desert in southern Israel Sunday was met by protests organized by local residents opposed to the Israeli plan to forcibly remove them from their ancestral land. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 24 November 2013: America’s Little Spy Helpers Down Under Create an Uproar
24 November 2013 — Information Clearing House Netanyahu: Israel Is ‘By Itself,’ ‘Not Bound By This Agreement’ By Philip Weiss Gray and solemn pronouncements about Israel acting “by itself” were issued by the Israeli prime minister at his Cabinet meeting today and mark Israel’s sudden isolation from world opinion- and signal division inside the Israel lobby Continue reading
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The Gagging Bill: Criminalising peaceful participation in public debate By Ian Leggett
The Gagging Bill is an attack on the foundations of our democracy. Far from supporting the “Big Society”, Cameron and Clegg are crushing it. The legislation has been paused in the Lords. Now it must be abandoned, says Ian Leggett. Continue reading
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Media Diversified: An Interview with Samantha Asumadu By Alice Bell
We talked to Samantha Asumadu, a documentary filmmaker, former journalist and campaigner about her project Media Diversified, which tackles the lack of diversity in UK media and the ubiquity of whiteness it both reflects and perpetuates. Continue reading
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NATO and the Gulf Cooperation Council Organized and Financed the Death of 120,000 Syrians By Thierry Meyssan
What has been happening in Syria for the past three years? According to NATO and GCC media reports, the “regime” has shed blood to suppress a democratic revolution. However this version is contradicted by the current support for the government estimated at, according to sources, between 60 and 90 % of the population. Continue reading
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Turkey should prepare itself for mass exodus of fighters from Syria By Lale Kemal
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been making significant advances on the ground against opposition fighters in a civil war of over two-and-a-half years, raising the possibility of the potential risk of a massive exodus of opposition fighters to neighboring countries including Turkey. Reports coming from both NATO as well as Turkish military sources provide… Continue reading
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UK government moves to clamp down on Internet, citing child pornography By Julie Hyland
A new clampdown on the internet has been authorised by the British government under the guise of the fight against child pornography. Continue reading
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