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Contempt for Humanity: Increasingly Commonplace
Ad Showing West Bank Barrier Angers PalestiniansJuly 13, 2009 JERUSALEM — An Israeli cell phone commercial showing soldiers playing football near Israel’s West Bank separation barrier has angered Palestinians who say it is in poor taste and exploits their suffering. … Continue reading
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Bhopal: Twenty-Five Years Later, Hundreds of New Victims Born Each Year
Nida, 17 months old Bhopali girl with a congenital birth defect. Photograph: Money Sharma/EPA.Poisoned legacyBy Billy Briggs / July 12, 2009 The Hiroshima of the chemical industry is still claiming victims – babies born 25 years later with serious birth … Continue reading
The Spirit of Humanity: An Interview with Cynthia McKinney
Cynthia McKinney is a former US Representative who served from 1993-2003 and from 2005-2008 . She was the 2008 Green Party presidential nominee and has been an active member of the Free Gaza Movement. In 2004, The Backbone Campaign awarded … Continue reading
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Tagged Crimes Against Humanity, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Palestinian Blockade
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Singin’ on Sunday – Dick Gaughan
Dick Gaughan – Handful of Earth From a 1983 BBC Spectrum Documentary. Dedicated to all the workers out there. Thanks to Erich Seifert / The Rag Blog
Woodstock: The Memories Live On for These Two
Love It: Everyone quoted in the story sounds like they’re still trippin’! Mariann Wizard / The Rag Blog Iconic Woodstock Couple Keeps Festival Spirit Alive By Adam Horne / July 11, 2009 Forty years after the legendary festival in Bethel, … Continue reading
Evidence of War Crimes in Afghanistan Coming to Light
Juan Cole says it as well as it can be said: “I can tell by various web metrics that you guys are not interested in the Afghanistan story. You should be and I am going to parse it today anyway. … Continue reading
Democrats in Texas : Lone Star State Turning Blue?
The Democrats: Houston mayor Bill White, left, is expected to make a run for the Senate and Gene Locke is a leading candidate to succeed him as mayor of Houston. Another top mayoral candidate is openly gay City Controller Annise … Continue reading
Organic Alternative and the Whole Foods Fraud
The organic monopoly and the myth of ‘natural’ foods: How industry giants are undermining the organic movement On non-meat products, the term natural is typically pure propaganda. Companies (like Whole Foods Market or UNFI) are simply telling us what we … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Environment, Organic Food, pollution, Sustainability, Whole Foods
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Scott Ritter on ‘Victory’ in Iraq
Iraqi national police stand guard at a checkpoint in central Baghdad two days before U.S. troops withdraw from the city, as a sandstorm blankets Iraq’s capital. Photo: Hadi Mizban/AP.So This Is What Victory Looks Like?By Scott Ritter / July 7, … Continue reading
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Tagged Iraq, Iraq Occupation, Iraq Withdrawal, Middle East, U.S. Military
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Another Good Reason to Ban War: Troops’ Children Suffer
Mental Health Problems Growing for Troops’ KidsJuly 7, 2009 Children of U.S. military troops sought outpatient mental health care 2 million times last year, double the number at the start of the Iraq war, and there was also an alarming … Continue reading
