By Bianca Perez | ( TeleSur Independent Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont has stuck to his ideals throughout his campaign and has been criticized by politicians and media outlets for his message of a “Political Revolution.” Sanders has spread his ideas of racial inequality, criminal justice reform, universal healthcare and free tuition among others, as […]
Occupation forces from Israel disperse protests in Palestinian West Bank
Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Scores of demonstrators suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation after Israeli forces dispersed weekly protests in the occupied West Bank with rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas, and skunk water. | h/t Ma’an Images. In the village of Bilin near Ramallah, Israeli forces reached the outskirts of […]
The FBI’s outrageous assault on the 1st Amendment and Apple
By Andrew Crocker | ( Electronic Frontier Foundation ) | – – Last week, EFF filed a brief in support of Apple’s fight against the FBI, in which we argued that forcing Apple to write—and sign—a custom version of iOS would violate the First Amendment rights of Apple and its programmers. That’s because the right […]
Turkey’s Gender Stereotyping made a Mockery of Women’s Day
By Ece Basay | ( Globalvoices.org ) | – – March 8 is marked as International Women’s Day in Turkey, and is typified as elsewhere across the world by speeches appreciating the role women play both in the workplace and at home. Yet for the remainder of the year, women face an uphill struggle to […]
Giant British security firm G4S to end Israeli business after BDS pressure
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — British security giant G4S announced Wednesday plans to sell its Israeli businesses in the next 12 to 24 months citing commercial reasons, according to the official website of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement. The world’s largest private security company has been a major target for […]
America’s Groundhog Day in Afghanistan and Iraq: The Headlines just Recycle
By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – With General John Campbell’s tour of duty in Afghanistan finished, a new commander has taken over. Admittedly, things did not go well during Campbell’s year and a half heading up the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) there, but that’s par for the course. In late 2015, while […]
Why Isn’t this News? US-Saudi War Helping al-Qaida Flourish in Yemen
By Bill Hess | (Informed Comment) | – – The just-announced negotiations between Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia may or may not lead to a subsiding of hostilities in Yemen, though early signs are that fierce fighting continues. The United States has been helping a Saudi Arabia-led coalition drop bombs on Yemen for nearly a […]
Does Fracking give you Cancer?
By Tom Giesen | (Informed Comment) | – – Alarming and world-shaking new findings have emerged about the dangers of waste water from hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”). Researchers have assessed the potential health impact on human cells of back water from fracked oil and gas wells in upstate New York. The result? Human test tissues develop […]
Biden: Israel cannot stop violence solely through physical force
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — United States Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Israel could not stop violent acts carried out by Palestinians solely through physical force, the Associated Press reported. Biden landed in Tel Aviv Tuesday as multiple attacks were carried out by Palestinian individuals in Israel and occupied […]
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