Gaza: What does it mean? - In Defence of Marxism
This act sparked off a new and deadly conflict between Israel and Gaza.. The harrowing scenes of diminutive corpses being carried by grieving relatives to the cemeteries have shocked the public opinion of the world.. As of last night (Monday) at least one hundred people have been killed in Gaza, while the Israeli death toll has reached the grand total of ��� three... The question of who fires the first shot and all the rest of the diplomatic sophistry is of no interest.
Bangkok: This is a massacre - Asia and the Pacific
But these factors do not change the basic contours of this struggle: the main body of protesters adhere to non-violence, are unarmed or dramatically under-armed against military and police forces that have been using live ammunition against them... All mass media (government mass media) represented and tried to accuse UDD as ���terrorist��� , by the way they read the news, they lead the thoughts of people who listen to the new to hate UDD and to think that UDD is��.
The Body Counter | Foreign Policy
The Body Counter �� | Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas.. News and Ideas; Regions; Channels; Galleries; Voices.. He did more than protest ��� he headed to Matagalpa, Nicaragua, to pick coffee during the Sandinista years.. Since the 1984 publication of Nunca M��s, the report of Argentinas National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons ��� the first modern truth commission ��� information about the toll of war and political repression��.
GLOBAL ASTROLOGY: The Cardinal T-Square Crisis.
This next installment of the Cardinal T-Square Crisis features Southeast Asia, and the nation of Thailand, which, according to some accounts, is now on the verge of civil war. Here is the latest as of late.. The configurations of the outer planets are transpersonal, in that they affect millions of people worldwide who may never have imagined they would be caught up in popular rebellions, or being on the scene of a potential break out of civil war. The Cardinal T-Square��.
Hillary, The NY Times Called, What Successes? | The SUA.
The reasons must follow that too many people are still ill-informed, have willingly suspended disbelief, have a cognitive estrangement with the truth, and/or are so deeply ideological, even her failures do not count. In fact, even she. When we look at the current state of Ukraine, Iran, Israel/Palestine, Syria, Egypt, North Korea, China, Myanmar, Venezuela, Cuba, and many more corners of the Earth; each display daily a cause of major concern. It is not a good time to be��.
Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: 02/12 Links Pt2: What Causes.
Simply put, while the genesis of the Holocaust is rooted in the troubled political history of Europe during that time period, it cannot be denied that the justification for the systematic mass genocide of the Jewish people during��.
The Evening Blues - Weekend Edition 01-17-15 - Daily Kos
Welcome! The Evening Blues - Weekend Edition is a casual community diary (published Saturday and Sunday, 8:00 PM Eastern) where we hang out, share and talk about news, music, photography and other things of interest to the community... (Reuters) - At least five people were killed on Saturday in protests in Niger against Charlie Hebdos cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, authorities said, bringing the death toll from two days of violence in the country to 10.
News | A crucifix on his neck, monk escapes Myanmar
On Thursday, Ashin Kovida offered details of his harrowing escape and insights into what has remained a central question about the September protests: Who organized the orderly lines of saffron-robed monks who. He said he had been elected leader of the group and had been inspired by videos of the popular uprisings in Yugoslavia against the government of Slobodan Milosevic.. The first time I heard the information, I was speechless, Ashin Kovida said.
Protests in the Middle East - Tuesday 15 February | World.
Yemen ��� pro- and anti-government protesters clash. Updated 14 Feb 2011. Protests in Yemen. Anti-government protesters in Yemen shout slogans at a demonstration in the capital, Sanaa. Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA. Matthew Weaver. Hosni Mubarak is again said to be gravely ill, although accounts differ.. Heres the ominous news: of Yemens 23 million people, 40% live on less than $2 a day, a third face chronic hunger and one in two people owns a gun.
Pakistans First Oscar Exposes Womens Realities, Honors.
Last month, the world watched as Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy brought home the first ever Oscar win for Pakistan for her short documentary, Saving Face, which.. video Behind the Scenes at Books for Asia �� The Asia Foundation and Korea Development Institute: Asian Approaches to Development Cooperation slideshow The Asia Foundation and. Despite the films harrowing subject matter, the day brought immense pride to the people of Pakistan. For womens rights��.
The Burmese bin Laden Swears Hes a Good Guy | VICE.
His name is Ashin Wirathu, and hes telling VICE News that he is entirely dedicated to peaceful coexistence with the Muslim minority he has so often preached against.. Sporadic outbreaks of anti-Muslim mob violence in Myanmar began in 2012, not long after the new quasi-civilian government took power and eased the military juntas restrictions on free speech... The Muslims make other people offer bribes to make up a story, to fabricate the news,��� he says.
Springtime for Salafists | Foreign Policy
The rest of the people were just watching and nobody dared to approach. Similar attacks on women have occurred in the northwestern city of Jendouba. And though violence targeting women was the first sign, religiously��.
BBC - The Editors: Why BBC journalists risked visits to Homs
BBC correspondent Paul Wood and cameraman Fred Scott have been reporting on the situation in the Syrian city of Homs. There they have found harrowing accounts of people fleeing the.
Harrowing scenes at protest clashes in Myanmar: A first-person account
Channel NewsAsias Myanmar correspondent May Wong recounts how a standoff between student protesters and police in Letpadan devolved into a violent crackdown. PHOTOS. Police and student protesters calling for education reform clash in Letpadan, .
The crushing of the Red Shirts - Asia and the Pacific
So, please, do not take this as a complete account, these are just my limited personal impressions of these terrible days while working almost non-stop with very little sleep or rest.. But the protesters remained. The media speculated on decreasing mass support, but every night ten of thousands gathered at Government House. Not just upcountry people attended, but increasingly large numbers of middle class... I guess every photographer on the scene captured it.
The Price of Pacifism - BSNEWS
The conscientious objector is a popular trope in any drama touching on the First World War: Downton Abbey, Upstairs Downstairs and more recently The Village have been awash with young men persecuted for their moral stance, the white feathers they. His story is told by David Boulton, in his book Objection Overruled, which adds that at least a hundred people went through similarly harrowing treatment.. He published an account, called Slovenia 1945 in 2005.
Brief Histoy of DVB. ~ Htet Aung Kyaw
The Communist Party of Burma inaugurated its Peoples Voice of Burma in March 1971, first transmitting from across the border in China and later via a new facility in the Wa Hills in northeastern Shan State. In the 1970s. The first Burmese-language newspaper, Yadana-bon Nay-pyi-daw (with the heading ���Mandalay Gazette��� in English on the front page) was established in Mandalay in independent Burma in 1874 as the official organ of the kingdom. The year before��.