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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Soldiers Uproot Hundreds Of Olive Trees For Illegal Colonialist Road

Israeli Soldiers Uproot Hundreds Of Olive Trees For Illegal Colonialist Road

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IMEMC | – – Israeli soldiers started, on Monday morning, the illegal uprooting of hundreds of olive trees, as part of a plan to uproot hundreds of Palestinian trees to pave a new road for an illegal colony, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The WAFA Palestinian News Agency […]

Donald Trump
Trump and the Pee-Pee Party:  Alec Baldwin at SNL

Trump and the Pee-Pee Party: Alec Baldwin at SNL

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NBC’s Saturday Night Live | (Video Skit) | – – “President-elect Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) holds his first press conference since getting elected.” Donald Trump Press Conference Cold Open – SNL

Democratic Party
Instead of Stereotyping Trump Voters, Progressives need to Get them Back

Instead of Stereotyping Trump Voters, Progressives need to Get them Back

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By George Lakey | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | – – In ordinary times, progressives might get away with casual images of their political opponents, but these are not ordinary times.  If these were ordinary times, progressives might get away with casual images of our political opponents. Those who disagree “lack information,” or “remain prejudiced,” […]

Austria
Islam Ban sought by Far Right Austrian Party founded by ex-Nazis

Islam Ban sought by Far Right Austrian Party founded by ex-Nazis

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TeleSur | – – Before he announced his proposal, Strache warned the crowd of the “existential threat” posed by Islam to Europe. As the vortex of right-wing populism courses through Europe, Austria is no stranger to such discourse: the head of its far-right Freedom Party said Saturday that there should be a complete ban on […]

Authoritarianism
6 Lessons From Nonviolent Organizing for Resisting Trumpism

6 Lessons From Nonviolent Organizing for Resisting Trumpism

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The Beautiful Trouble Team | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | – – Trouble vs. Trump Drawing from the Beautiful Trouble and Beautiful Rising toolboxes, here are six key concepts that may prove useful to movements preparing to resist Donald Trump’s presidency. 1. Clinton’s neoliberal ‘realism’ lost the election. Now what? Theory: Neoliberalism In sum: Neoliberalism, […]

Donald Trump
Dangers of Trump's Militarization of Government

Dangers of Trump’s Militarization of Government

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By Rut Diamint | (The Conversation) | – – Should Latin Americans be concerned that Donald Trump has picked General John Kelly to lead the United States Department of Homeland Security? Kelly oversaw the US military’s Southern Command – which oversees US military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean. In truth, US citizens should […]

Israel/ Palestine
The Pope Says Yes to Palestine: Embassy Opens in Vatican

The Pope Says Yes to Palestine: Embassy Opens in Vatican

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TeleSur | – – On Saturday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Pope Francis to inaugurate Palestine’s first embassy to the Holy See ahead of Paris peace talks. On Saturday Palestine will open its first embassy in the Vatican, a diplomatically significant development in the midst of ongoing threats by President-elect Donald Trump to illegally […]

Authoritarianism
2017:  The Rise of the Demagogues:  Trump & the Euro-Populists

2017: The Rise of the Demagogues: Trump & the Euro-Populists

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Human Rights Watch | – – (Washington, DC) – The rise of populist leaders in the United States and Europe poses a dangerous threat to basic rights protections while encouraging abuse by autocrats around the world, Human Rights Watch said today in launching its World Report 2017. Donald Trump’s election as US president after a […]

Barack Obama
Assange Agrees to Extradition if US Releases Chelsea Manning

Assange Agrees to Extradition if US Releases Chelsea Manning

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TeleSur | – – Manning is currently serving a 35-year sentence in solitary confinement for handing over 700,000 sensitive documents from the U.S. State Department. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will agree to be extradited to the United States if President Barack Obama grants clemency to the former U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning, jailed for leaking documents, […]

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