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Israel/ Palestine
Israel to Impose Fines for Commemoration of Nakba (Palestinian Defeat)

Israel to Impose Fines for Commemoration of Nakba (Palestinian Defeat)

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IMEMC | – – Israeli occupation authorities are prepared to impose massive fines on Palestinians who commemorate the Israeli occupation of Palestine, a report revealed on Tuesday. An Arab member of the Knesset said, according to Days of Palestine, that occupation authorities have decided to fine institutions which rent out space for events organized by […]

Donald Trump
US Military in Syria to Stay, YPG Kurds Say

US Military in Syria to Stay, YPG Kurds Say

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TeleSur | – – The United States has been funding and supporting the group for months, due to “strategic interests” in the region, a spokesperson revealed. U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in Syria — who are among Washington’s most important and powerful regional allies — told Reuters Thursday that the U.S. military will remain in northern Syria […]

Donald Trump
No Longer "Indispensable?"  The World is moving on from Trump's America

No Longer “Indispensable?” The World is moving on from Trump’s America

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By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Let me try to get this straight: from the moment the Soviet Union imploded in 1991 until recently just about every politician and mainstream pundit in America assured us that we were the planet’s indispensable nation, the only truly exceptional one on this small orb of […]

Coal
Rethink Coal! Australia emits nerve poison Mercury at double Global Average

Rethink Coal! Australia emits nerve poison Mercury at double Global Average

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Robyn Schofield | (The Conversation) | – – A report released this week by advocacy group Environmental Justice Australia presents a confronting analysis of toxic emissions from Australia’s coal-fired power plants. The report, which investigated pollutants including fine particles, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide, also highlights our deeply inadequate mercury emissions regulations. In New South […]

Far Right
Remembering the White Rose anti-Nazi Activists

Remembering the White Rose anti-Nazi Activists

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Global Nonviolent Action Database | Swarthmore University By Aly Passanante | (Edited by Max Rennebohm) | Global Nonviolent Action Database | – – Amidst the omnipresence of violence during World War II, nonviolent protest is often overlooked or unheard of. However, there were several resistance campaigns that took place in Germany, led by its own […]

Donald Trump
Number of Hate Groups Spiking under Trump (Video)

Number of Hate Groups Spiking under Trump (Video)

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The Atlantic | (Video News Report) | – – “According to research by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the number of hate groups has been increasing rapidly since 2000. Heidi Beirich, director of the Center’s Intelligence Project, links the rise in recruitment to the 2000 census that predicted whites would be a minority by 2042. […]

Coal
1 in 9 Deaths are from Air Pollution & Trump is making it Worse

1 in 9 Deaths are from Air Pollution & Trump is making it Worse

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The Tree | – – Air pollution is driving a global public health crisis. It is responsible for one in nine deaths worldwide, and touches everyone given 92% of the human race live in places that do not meet World Health Organisation guidelines. As it is also driving a climate crisis – with increasingly heavy […]

Donald Trump
The Historical Falsehoods That Feed White Supremacy

The Historical Falsehoods That Feed White Supremacy

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Peter J. Hammer | ( Yes! Magazine) | – – Behind the racist slogans are historical tropes that the broader White America clings to, not just those who showed up for the “Unite the Right” protests. White supremacist racism is shaking Charlottesville and the country. It is difficult to make sense out of such nonsense. […]

Climate Change
Think there's too much Trouble in the World? Now Global Heating is Kicking In

Think there’s too much Trouble in the World? Now Global Heating is Kicking In

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Gulrez Shah Azhar | (Project Syndicate) | – – SANTA MONICA – With India experiencing its worst drought in 140 years, Indian farmers have taken to the streets. At a protest in Madhya Pradesh this summer, police opened fire on farmers demanding debt relief and better crop prices, killing five. In Tamil Nadu, angry growers […]

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