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Archives for July 2014

journalism
“Evacuate Where? Have you Seen [how teeny] Gaza is?” –  Jon Stewart

“Evacuate Where? Have you Seen [how teeny] Gaza is?” – Jon Stewart

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Jon Stewart on Gaza (starts at 4:50 mins in:) The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook,Daily Show Video Archive

Iraq
Kurdish Diva Backs Independence Defies "Islamic State" Fundamentalists

Kurdish Diva Backs Independence Defies “Islamic State” Fundamentalists

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Via RFE/RL Kurdish pop singer Helly Luv has racked up more than 2.5 million hits since she released her "Risk It All" video in February urging independence for Iraqi Kurds. The video, one of the few ever to appear in English on the subject, makes no bones about its message. "Let me out, let me […]

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Gaza:  4 Dead Boys on the Beach & Israel's Precision War

Gaza: 4 Dead Boys on the Beach & Israel’s Precision War

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole NBC.com caught the Israeli shelling of children on the beach on film. Apparently some of the children had been playing soccer with the journalists before the barrages began! There was no warning (contrary to what Euronews suggested) and there were no military targets on the beach. There were just little boys who […]

Israel/ Palestine
Life In Gaza Explained (Video)

Life In Gaza Explained (Video)

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“Gaza has been described as the world’s largest open air prison. Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip has had catastrophic results for average Palestinians living there. We look at the the unforgiving realities they face everyday.” AJ+ Labs “Life In Gaza Explained”

Israel/Palestine
 Israel/Palestine: Unlawful Israeli Airstrikes Kill Civilians

Israel/Palestine: Unlawful Israeli Airstrikes Kill Civilians

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Human Rights Watch Bombings of Civilian Structures Suggest Illegal Policy Israel’s rhetoric is all about precision attacks but attacks with no military target and many civilian deaths can hardly be considered precise. Recent documented cases in Gaza sadly fit Israel’s long record of unlawful airstrikes with high civilian casualties. -Sarah Lea Whitson (Gaza) – Israeli […]

Apartheid
Gaza: Families destroyed by Israel’s bombs

Gaza: Families destroyed by Israel’s bombs

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By: Orouba Othman His whole life passed before his eyes like a film uncut by memory. He dived into the rubble of his home, hoping to find something to defeat the idea of his family’s death. But death is always stronger and here, the smell of blood fills the air. Gaza – He calls them […]

Immigration
Border Wars in the Homeland  "Stop Stepping on the Pictures"

Border Wars in the Homeland “Stop Stepping on the Pictures”

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By Todd Miller Shena Gutierrez was already cuffed and in an inspection room in Nogales, Arizona, when the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent grabbed her purse, opened it, and dumped its contents onto the floor right in front of her. There couldn’t be a sharper image of the Bill of Rights rollback we are […]

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Israel, Gaza and the Fatal Spirit of Versailles

Israel, Gaza and the Fatal Spirit of Versailles

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole The Egyptians appear to have floated their cease-fire agreement Tuesday morning in the press, and Hamas insisted any such proposal had to be communicated directly with them. As a result, an Israeli spokesman alleged, Hamas continued to fire rockets into Israel, with an Israeli man being killed by one (the only Israeli […]

Economy
Wealth Gap Costing US in Growth (John Oliver)

Wealth Gap Costing US in Growth (John Oliver)

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Wealth Gap (HBO)

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