Palestinians in Gaza donate to Haiti - Earthquake : news, world | euronews
Aid from one of the most deprived places on Earth to another. Truly inspiring.
BBC News - Indefinite Guantanamo detention plans condemned
What does it matter if Obama closes Guantánamo (if he ever even does that) if inmates remain held indefinitely without trial?
Interview: In Iran, Labor Activists Face Repression | Labor Notes
Good interview on the Iranian labor movement under the presidency of so-called "anti-imperialist" Ahmadinejad. (Though they neglect to mention that Mousavi's economic platform is strikingly similar and basically consists of the same "IMF-type structural adjustment" policies.) For additional reading I highly recommend the book "Iran on the Brink" (Malm and Esmailian).
Racism at its finest.
Ignoring Gaza's humanitarian crisis - Israel - Salon.com
Juan Cole calls out the double standard: "We cheer when a Haitian child is rescued from the rubble, but ignore the thousands of Gazan children who are suffering malnutrition and being buried by Israeli policy, a policy that is a war crime. I am of course not the only to be struck by this contrast: see also Phil Weiss and others quoted at his essential site."
From Hebron to Yad Vashem | SocialistWorker.org
"WE WERE at Yad Vashem, Israel's memorial to the Holocaust in Jerusalem. The "we" were my wife, Karen, and my two children, ages 19 and 21. We had decided to make the pilgrimage on our last day in Israel, and like so many visitors, we walked through the memorial in a kind of stupor of horror.
Display by display, we saw the documented history of the murder of 6 million Jewish people. Ghetto by ghetto, we witnessed the vile efficiency of the Nazi project. It was one of the most relentless indictments of human cruelty we had seen--and, in the end, as we stepped out into the light and onto a plateau overlooking in the distance the massacre site of the former Palestinian village of Deir Yassin, it also felt like an enormous betrayal."Informed Comment: Top Ten Counter-Terrorism Scandals 2010
Top ten U.S. military scandals of 2010...and we're still in January.
Ongoing coverup of what is likely the murder (during torture) of three men who were soon to be released from Guantánamo Bay. This article is a must-read. Warning: contains description of torture.
Disaster do-gooders can actually hinder help - Haiti earthquake- msnbc.com
In short: donate money, not stuff.
Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Philly
If you are so dumb that you can't tell the difference between tefillin and a bomb, or thick leather straps and wires, then you are more of a threat to the other passengers than some poor kid trying to pray. When will the airlines institute a Too Dumb to Fly rule?
The Zionization of Disaster Relief | Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place
"Didn’t know there was anything particularly Zionist about providing disaster relief? You learn something new every day. This is a story of exploiting the suffering of poor, defenseless Haitians on behalf of Israeli triumphalism."
Al Jazeera English - Asia-Pacific - 'Race motive' in Australia attacks
"Indian media have labelled a spate of attacks on Indians in Australia as racist, but Australian police and the government have until now insisted the motives behind the attack are purely criminal.
On Tuesday however a former Australian defence chief rejected the official line saying the recent attacks were racially motivated, and warned against complacency on racism."altmuslim - Language and politics: Malaysia’s monopoly on Allah
"The controversy in Malaysia over the right of Christian communities to use the word "Allah," which has resulted in the firebombing of at least nine Christian churches, is rooted in politics, with the governing body UMNO and Islamist opposition parties attempting to out-Sharia each other. "
YouTube - The Fabulous Picture Show - Elia Suleiman masterclass
Conversation with Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman.
Get Elected; or, al-Baradei Tryin’ (Part 4 of 4) « THE BOURSA EXCHANGE
Part 4 of the translated interview with Mohamed ElBaradei from al-Shorouk newspaper.
altmuslimah.com - American Muslims: Women behaving badly in mosques
"Our community’s perception that women behave badly in mosques is intimately tied to the belief that women’s spirituality and prayers carry less importance than men’s. This collective opinion of female spiritual inferiority has settled into both the ritualistic and social practices of American Muslims, and explains both the dismissive treatment women receive in mosques and, in turn, the behaviors they exhibit because of this ostracization."
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