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Archives for April 2019

Climate Change
Feeding us in a Climate Friendly Way requires Reducing Livestock

Feeding us in a Climate Friendly Way requires Reducing Livestock

Clean Energy Wire

( Clean Energy Wire) – Greenhouse gas reduction targets for 2030 in the agriculture sector cannot be reached without implementing measures to reduce the livestock, according to a report by the Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut), commissioned by environmental umbrella organisation Climate-Alliance. Gases that trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere are called greenhouse gases (GHGs). […]

Israel/ Palestine
Trump Admin. blocks Entry to US of Palestinian leader of Israel Boycott

Trump Admin. blocks Entry to US of Palestinian leader of Israel Boycott

Maan News Agency

Barghouti was barred from boarding a flight to US, on Wednesday, despite having the required travel documents and a valid visa.

Featured
Republicans & Rupert Murdoch Created al-Qaeda when Ilhan Omar's Somalia upheld Scientific Socialism

Republicans & Rupert Murdoch Created al-Qaeda when Ilhan Omar’s Somalia upheld Scientific Socialism

Juan Cole

As for Somalia, from 1969 to 1990 it was ruled by a secular system of Scientific Socialism and disallowed the Muslim Brotherhood

Sudan
Sudan's Revolution is vulnerable to Saudi & UAE Repression

Sudan’s Revolution is vulnerable to Saudi & UAE Repression

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

The death of Egypt’s revolution in 2013 came when Saudi Arabia and the UAE backed the military takeover

journalism
Assange: Press Freedom Endangered by Charge of Conspiracy between Publisher and Source

Assange: Press Freedom Endangered by Charge of Conspiracy between Publisher and Source

Committee to Protect Journalists

(Committee to Protect Journalists) – New York, April 11, 2019–The Committee to Protect Journalists today said it was deeply concerned by the U.S. prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Authorities in the United Kingdom arrested Assange this morning at the Ecuadoran Embassy as part of an extradition agreement with the U.S., according to a statement […]

Muslim-Americans
Muslims arrived in America 400 years ago as part of the slave trade and today are vastly diverse

Muslims arrived in America 400 years ago as part of the slave trade and today are vastly diverse

The Conversation

They are from Africa and the Middle East, as well as South and Southeast Asia

Featured
Netanyahu's Reelection Further Dooms Millions of Palestinians to Decades of Statelessness, Denial of Basic Rights

Netanyahu’s Reelection Further Dooms Millions of Palestinians to Decades of Statelessness, Denial of Basic Rights

Juan Cole

I once heard an Israeli historian say that the Israelis had by now done to the Palestinians everything the Nazis did to the Jews by 1939

journalism
Assange's Arrest means that any Journalist can be extradited to US  for Publishing the Truth

Assange’s Arrest means that any Journalist can be extradited to US for Publishing the Truth

Common Dreams

“Before we turn our backs on Assange,” Sullivan wrote, “we ought to think deeply about what’s at stake.”

Israel/ Palestine
Israel: Likud PR company with Squatter Links boasts Secret Cameras Suppressed Arab-Israeli Turnout

Israel: Likud PR company with Squatter Links boasts Secret Cameras Suppressed Arab-Israeli Turnout

Middle East Monitor

In the run-up to the election, commentators predicted that Arab-Israeli turnout would struggle to reach 50 per cent

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