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Belgium
ISIL's target wasn't Brussels, it was the whole idea of European Union

ISIL’s target wasn’t Brussels, it was the whole idea of European Union

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By Joaquín Roy | (Inter Press Service) | – – In this column Joaquín Roy, Joaquin Roy, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Director of the European Union Centre at the University of Miami, says the recent terrorist attacks in Belgium indicate the need to strengthen, not weaken, European unity. MIAMI, Mar 24 2016 […]

Immigration
Day of the Demagogue: Trumpian Deportation Fantasies and American Realities

Day of the Demagogue: Trumpian Deportation Fantasies and American Realities

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By Tanya Golash-Boza | Tomdispatch.com In 2006, when I first began researching deportations, George W. Bush was president and quietly building a deportation machine in the Department of Homeland Security. Outside of small activist circles, few Americans knew that deportations had been rising since 1996 due to legislation signed by President Bill Clinton. Nor could […]

Israel/ Palestine
UN to Vote on Database of All Businesses dealing with illegal Israeli Squatter Settlements

UN to Vote on Database of All Businesses dealing with illegal Israeli Squatter Settlements

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TeleSur | – – The U.N. resolution, which angered EU countries, says certain companies and enterprises are helping the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements. The United Nations Human Rights Council will vote Thursday on adopting a resolution that would establish a database for businesses and enterprises with financial dealings and involvement in illegal Israeli settlements […]

Syria
In wake of Brussels attacks, Europe demands negotiated Settlement of Syrian Civil War, Now

In wake of Brussels attacks, Europe demands negotiated Settlement of Syrian Civil War, Now

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By EurActiv with AFP The EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini met with Syria’s regime and opposition… (23 March) to underscore the urgency of a political solution in the country, especially in the wake of the Brussels attacks. Staffan de Mistura and Federica Mogherini in Geneva on 23 March[European Commission] Mogherini came to Geneva, where […]

Belgium
Europe:  Improve your Police Work instead of reducing your Peoples' Rights

Europe: Improve your Police Work instead of reducing your Peoples’ Rights

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By Fiona de Londras | (The Conversation) | – – The attacks of March 22 in Brussels were shocking, but not surprising. They reinforced what many have known for years: Belgium has a serious problem with terrorism. For a long time, security analysts have expressed anxiety about the depth and extent of radicalisation and fundamentalism […]

Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders:  We must defeat ISIL w/out letting Trump destroy our Constitution

Bernie Sanders: We must defeat ISIL w/out letting Trump destroy our Constitution

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Sen. Bernie Sanders | (Jimmy Kimmel Live Video Interview) | – – “Senator Sanders shares his thoughts on the recent terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium.” Jimmy Kimmel Live: “Senator Bernie Sanders Responds to the Brussels Terror Attack”

Dissent
In attack on 1st Amendment, U of California outlaws criticism of Israel while ignoring Islamophobia

In attack on 1st Amendment, U of California outlaws criticism of Israel while ignoring Islamophobia

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TeleSur | – – Pro-Palestinian groups argue that Muslims also need protection from Islamophobia on campus, an issue officials neglected to address. A University of California committee unanimously approved a statement Wednesday that cites anti-Semitism as a form of intolerance that campus leaders have a responsibility to challenge. The University of California is a public […]

Iraq
Remember:  Refugees are fleeing ISIL; they aren't ISIL

Remember: Refugees are fleeing ISIL; they aren’t ISIL

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Kamal al-Ayash | (Niqash.org) | – – Getting from Turkey to Europe was a cakewalk compared to escaping the [so-called] Islamic State-run city of Fallujah, says one Iraqi. Fleeing families must cross a reservoir, in a ten-passenger boat, on an active battlefield. “Life had become impossible in the city of Fallujah,” Hamid Abu Ziad says. […]

Terrorism
Brussels:   An Older Kind of Terrorism, and the challenge of Airport Security

Brussels: An Older Kind of Terrorism, and the challenge of Airport Security

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By Steve Hewitt | (The Conversation) | – – The terrible scenes in Brussels following a terrorist attack now claimed by Islamic State are a reminder of just how vulnerable airports can be. In the years since the September 11 attacks in the US in 2001, a clear priority of western security agencies has been […]

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