Tuesday, April 7, 2015

2015-04-08 CHINA: Violence and death in an anti-pollution demonstration

2015-04-08 CHINA: Violence and death in an anti-pollution demonstration
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‪#‎6A‬ ‪#‎Naima‬ ‪#‎China‬ - One person get killed by police and more than 50 were arrested after some 2,000 police, using rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons, put down a protest by villagers against pollution caused by a coal mine.
The protesters took to the streets to protest against a chemical processing zone they said was polluting farmland and grazing land.
Inner Mongolia has seen sporadic unrest since 2011 when the vast northern region was rocked by protests after an ethnic Mongol herder was killed by a truck after taking part in demonstrations against pollution .

2015-04-08 GREECE: Violent clashes between police and demonstrators

2015-04-08 GREECE: Violent clashes between police and demonstrators
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NOW! More photos from ‪#‎Athens‬ ‪#‎Greece‬ of the clashes between police and protesters during the demonstration in solidarity with the prisoners on hunger strike.

2015-04-08 Billie Holiday's 100's anniversary

2015-04-08 Billie Holiday's 100's anniversary
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100th anniversary. Legendary jazz singer and songwriter Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was born ‪#‎tdih‬ 1915. In the article, “Strange Convergence,” (http://bit.ly/1GkFAIW) Robert Meeropol describes the parallels in Holiday's life to the life of Ethel Rosenberg, who also would have turned 100 in 2015. As Meeropol writes, “You might conclude that Billie and Ethel had similar talents and defied similar enemies.” Read here: http://bit.ly/1GkFAIW Also, learn more about Holiday from the Democracy Now!broadcast, "The Hunting of Billie Holiday & the Roots of the U.S. War on Drugs,"http://bit.ly/1Pgy58F
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2015-04-08 PALESTINE: 50 years of occupation must come to an end!

2015-04-08 PALESTINE: 50 years of occupation must come to an end!
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The Israeli army uses Palestinians as targets for their training, Haaretz reported a former soldier as saying.In an article entitled "From an Israeli combat soldier to conscientious objector", Haaretz said that "after two years in the Israel Defence Fo
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2015-04-08 FERGUSON: An unending story...

2015-04-08 FERGUSON: An unending story...
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More than six months after Michael Brown was killed by Officer Darren Wilson, the youth-led protests in Ferguson continue to fuel a national movement against...
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2015-04-08 GREECE: Post-modern slavery, in just one horrendous chart.

2015-04-08 GREECE: Post-modern slavery, in just one horrendous chart.
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[via Pepe Escobar]
Post-modern slavery, in just one horrendous chart.

2015-04-08 ISRAEL: Bibi loves Al Qaead

2015-04-08 ISRAEL: Bibi loves Al Qaead
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21WIRE + Asa Winstanley | The evidence speaks for itself, even though Israel and the US continue to play dumb on the issue.
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2015-04-07 GAZA: Israel attacks fishermen

2015-04-07 GAZA: Israel attacks fishermen
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The Israeli navy opened fire at Gazan fishermen 39 times during the past three months, a recent report released by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights said.
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2015-04-07 The Coming War with China

2015-04-07 The Coming War with China
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By Bill Bonner
Today's hegemon becomes tomorrow's also-ran. Today's reserve currency becomes tomorrow's toilet paper. Today's cock o' the walk becomes tomorrow's dinner.
The “Thucydides Trap”: “It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this inspired in Sparta that made war inevitable” - When a rapidly rising power rivals an established ruling power, trouble ensues. In 11 of 15 cases in which this has occurred in the past 500 years, the result was war.
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes....
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2015-04-07 News from the US Gulag - slavery under the color of law

2015-04-07 News from the US Gulag - slavery under the color of law
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Boycott, Divest and Sanction Corporations That Feed on Prisons
By Chris Hedges
Slavery is legal in prisons under the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have...
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2015-04-07 JERUSALEM: Murderous occupation - 13 yo Palestinian boy lost an eye, shot in the face

2015-04-07 JERUSALEM: Murderous occupation - 13 yo Palestinian boy lost an eye, shot in the face
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[via Israeli daily Haaretz הארץ]
According to witnesses, Zachariah Julani was walking back from school, and was shot by a female military police from the 4th floor of a building near the entrance to the Shu'afat refugee camp. The ammunition was apparently a "black sponge bullet", considered dangerous. Witnesses say there was no reason at all for the shooting.
לדברי המשפחה, לירי לא קדמה כל התפרעות. הסברה היא שנורה מכדור ספוג שחור הנחשב מסוכן יותר מהכדור שהיה בשימוש המשטרה עד כה, ושהביא באוגוסט למותו של הנער...
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2015-04-06 US: Murderous police - a cardinal sign of a totalitarian regime!

2015-04-06 US: Murderous police - a cardinal sign of a totalitarian regime!
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Illinois police fatally shoots a 17 year old in the back. Witnesses say he was unarmed.
Illinois police have fatally shot a 17-year-old by firing twice at his back after chasing him for two blocks. A gun was recovered from the scene, but two witnesses said the...
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2015-04-06 SYRIA: Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus was taken by ISIS

2015-04-06 SYRIA: Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus was taken by ISIS
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[via Israeli daily Haaretz הארץ, and Occupy Wall St. ]
The US proxy war against the Assad regime in collaboration with those, who officially are the US worst enemies, leads to the routine outcome - "Nation Building"...
Besieged for two years by Assad, now taken over by Islamic State: The situation at Yarmouk, a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, is 'beyond inhumane,' says UN official.

2015-04-06 ISRAEL: Prosecution of military service conscientious objectors

2015-04-06 ISRAEL: Prosecution of military service conscientious objectors
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Refuseniks 2015. 
Edo Ramon. 
First time term for conscientious objector Edo Ramon, on 24/03/2015 Edo was sentenced to 7 days in military prison.
Yechiel Nahmani. 
First time term for conscientious objector Yechiel Nahmani, Yechiel was sentenced to 10 days in military prison.
Efi Dreyshner. 
First time term for conscientious objector Efi Dreyshner, Efi was sentenced to 14 days in military prison.
Yaron Kaplan will be the next to be jailed.
Omar Saad, Udi Segal and Uriel Ferera are FREE!
bat... other refuseniks are still persecuted and imprisoned.
https://www.change.org/p/moshe-ya-alon-israel-defence-minis…

2015-04-06 ISRAEL: Demonstration in front of the home of Immigration Director

2015-04-06 ISRAEL: Demonstration in front of the home of Immigration Director
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During the holiday of Passover, commemorating exodus, a massive deportation operation was launched against African asylum seekers. In order to bypass international law, Israel entered agreements with third party nations, such as Rwanda, which will accept the deported people for pay.
סיגל מקריאה לפני ביתו של מנכ"ל רשות האוכלוסין, ההגירה ומעברי הגבול, אמנון בן-עמי, את מכתבו של מוטסים עלי, שחברו עבדל עזיים נרצח בסודן לאחר שגורש מישראל "מרצון":
http://bit.ly/1axYdvY
בן-עמי "רק ממלא פקודות" שמובילות למוות של בני אדם.
‪#‎BlackLivesMatterISR‬
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2015-04-06 ITALY RESCUES 1,500 MIGRANTS IN 24 HOURS

2015-04-06 ITALY RESCUES 1,500 MIGRANTS IN 24 HOURS
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Over 170,000 people attempt to illegally enter Italy through a dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea each year. [Reuters]
ROME, April 5 (Reuters) - Italian navy and coast guard ships rescued around 1,500 migrants aboard five boats in the southern Mediterranean in less than 24 hours,...
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2015-04-06 PALESTINE: 2 wounded by IDF fire during Nebi Saleh demonstration

2015-04-06 PALESTINE: 2 wounded by IDF fire during Nebi Saleh demonstration
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Photos and report: Anne Paq / Activestills.org Israeli soldiers fired live ammunition against nonviolent Palestinian protesters in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh on...
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2015-04-06 PALESTINE: IDF places lawmaker Halida Jerar under military detention for 6 months with no trial.

2015-04-06 PALESTINE: IDF places lawmaker Halida Jerar under military detention for 6 months with no trial.
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[via Israeli daily Haaretz]
She is primarily active in the areas of women's and prisoners' rights.
A total of 17 Palestinian lawmakers are under IDF military detention with no trial today.
לדברי סנגורה של חאלידה ג'ראר, העוסקת בהליכים בהאג, צו המעצר שלה הוכן מראש. היא תובא בפני שופט בבית המשפט הצבאי בעופר ביום רביעי, אז צפויים סנגוריה לבקש לקצר...
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2015-04-06 PALESTINE: IDF arrested 8 during the night hours

2015-04-06 PALESTINE: IDF arrested 8 during the night hours
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[via Israeli blogger Yael arava.com]
Night time arrests, which turn into military detention with no trial, have become a routine in recent months.
8 פלסטינים נעצרו במהלך הלילה ברחבי הגדה.