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December 27, 2016
Last year at this time, a Mondoweiss video report showed one of the checkpoints Palestinian day laborers have to use to enter Israel. It takes hours for the thousands of men seeking day work to get through the checkpoint.
And since they’re not allowed to stay in Israel overnight, they queue at two or three in the morning, sleeping on cardboard, lighting fires with scrap wood, until...
December 26, 2016
The “alternative right” or alt-right, has made expert use of blogs, tweets, hashtags, memes, and trolling to provide a legitimised voice to far-right ideas – and to use that voice to speak to huge amounts of people.
Alright with the alt-right? PA
Far-right movements are clearly on the rise throughout Europe and the US. Winning elections in the US and campaigns to leave the...
December 25, 2016
"On the night before Christmas, we’ll all be about. While the people are sleeping, we’ll realise our clout. We’ll expropriate goods from the stores, ‘cos that’s fair. And distribute them widely, to those who need care".
Can we reclaim Christmas for the masses? Credit: Grace Wilson/STRIKE! magazine.
It’s no surprise to discover...
December 25, 2016
The Egyptian state has composed what looks like a closed circuit of public despair and emotional drainage.
Julie Jacobson/AP/Press Association Images. Photo courtesy: openDemocracy
“God created me a doctor... a doctor able to diagnose the case... He created me like this. I know the truth and I see it. Hear it from me. Even the world now, they are all saying 'Listen to him......
December 24, 2016
Palestinian protesters argue with Israeli soldiers during a protest against settlement construction [File: Abed al-Hashlamoni/EPA]
US abstains in demanding Israel to halt settlements on Palestinian land, allowing Security Council to pass resolution. The resolution declares Israel’s settlements in the West Bank, “including East Jerusalem,” to be illegal under international...
December 22, 2016
A city under siege: never again? Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters
The siege of Aleppo is a mass atrocity with unprecedented levels of visibility. Confronted with the horrific images of a destroyed city, and the testimonies of wounded survivors using social media to reach out to the world, many have argued that a complete meltdown of humanity is unfolding.
Some have lamented that the...
December 22, 2016
12 dead and 48 injured on the eve of Christmas, and a Tunisian is a suspect
Analysts are still amazed that a truck, used to carry goods, can be transformed into a weapon by Islamic terrorists. As the Berlin truck attack shows, perhaps anything can be turned into an agent of destruction. But this is not the first incident involving such an unconventional weapon. The Nice attack in France...
December 20, 2016
Executions being used to Silence Dissidents;over 40 civilians executed in one day on terrorism charges in January alone, says Justice Crucified: The Death Penalty in Saudi Arabia, a report released by Repreive, a human rights group based in the United Kingdom.
Saudi Arabia will have executed at least 150 people by the end of 2016, for the second year in a row, according to research...
Writings of French Hindu who worshipped Hitler as an avatar of Vishnu are inspiring the US alt-right
December 17, 2016
Savitri Devi was born Maximiani Portaz in 1905.
South Asian religious traditions have long attracted admirers from the West, but none have been as flamboyant or as dangerous as Maximiani Portaz (1905-1982). This French convert to Hinduism believed that Hitler had been an avatar of Vishnu sent to prepare for the end of the Kali Yuga – the last of the four stages the world goes...
December 16, 2016
'Migrants are here, they are living, and we have to guarantee their human rights'
Laia Ortiz discusses how Barcelona is trying to forge its own progressive integration policy for refugees, despite the constraints put on it by the Spanish government and the European Union.
Laia Ortiz is the Deputy Mayor for Social Rights at the City of Barcelona, and a close ally of Mayor Ada...