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December 7, 2016
On first reading about the protests because the new plastic British five-pound note contains animal fat – and the mass petition to have it withdrawn – I immediately thought of the protests in 1857 that led up to the Indian Mutiny rebellion. “You’d have thought we’d have learned the lesson since then,” I said to myself.
Vegetarians, vegans and religious...
December 7, 2016
John Kerry offered yet another tough-love talk to Israel at the pro-Israel Saban Forum yesterday. The United States gives Israel more than half of the aid that we give “to the entire world,” and Israel simply ignores us when we warn it about new settlements.
Kerry: Every president, Republican and Democrat, has been opposed to settlements – we issue a warning...
December 5, 2016
The Obama Administration and Army Corps of Engineers have officially denied the easement to cross under Lake Oahe -- halting the Dakota Access Pipeline -- thanks to the hard work and dedication of the brave water protectors! #NoDAPL — with Maureen Martens Cruz Hauprich.
Sabrangindia has been reporting this struggle consistently especially when iconic...
December 5, 2016
An off-duty hijab-clad Muslim police officer was called “ISIS” and told to go back to her “country” by a white man who also pushed her 16-year-old son, the latest in a series of incidents in which headscarf-wearing women have been targeted in the US following Donald Trump’s win.
Officer Aml Elsokary, who was off duty and wearing her hijab, dropped off her son in...
December 2, 2016
With at least 84% of Airbnb hosts in LA listing two or more properties, the majority of Airbnb’s business is not part of a local sharing economy but rather a large profit economy that comes at the at the expense of low income families, Palestinians, and anyone else who gets in the way.
Ariel Gold disrupts Ashton Kutcher's Airbnb presentation. Photo credit: Mondoweiss
Ashton...
December 1, 2016
Israeli legislation ostensibly intended to tackle noise pollution from Muslim houses of worship has, paradoxically, served chiefly to provoke a cacophony of indignation across much of the Middle East.
Image Credit: Carlos Latuff/Mondoweiss
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared his support this month for the so-called “muezzin bill”, claiming it was urgently needed to stop...
December 1, 2016
As angry rhetoric and illiberal nationalism soars globally, the human rights movement needs clear thinking rather than sudden shifts.
The election of Donald Trump is the latest in a string of triumphs for illiberal nationalism, all of which squarely challenge the notion that governments must respect universal human rights.
It is rare, if not unprecedented, for so many leading figures in...
November 30, 2016
वैश्विक स्तर पर ‘इस्लामिक आतंकवाद’ शब्द बहुप्रचलित हो गया है और इस्लाम के आंतरिक ‘संकट’ की कई तरह से विवेचना की जा रही है। कुछ लोगों की राय है कि इस्लाम एक बहुत बड़े संकट के दौर से गुज़र रहा है और इस संकट से निपटने के लिए ज़रूरी कदम नहीं उठाए जा रहे हैं। इतिहास गवाह है कि इसके पूर्व इस्लाम एक बहुत बड़े संकट से उबर चुका है। वह था क्रूसेड्स। वह एक बाहरी संकट था। इस्लाम का...
November 28, 2016
Amid reports of spurt in hate crimes against Muslims after the electoral victory of Donald Trump, several mosques in the US have allegedly received threatening letters and emails against the community in the country.
An anonymous handwritten letter, which so far has been received by three mosques in California and one in Georgia, warned Muslims to “pack your bags and get out of dodge as...
November 27, 2016
Eduardo Galeano’s Portrait of #Fidel
The following passage is excerpted from Eduardo Galeano’s history of humanity, Mirrors (Nation Books).
His enemies say he was an uncrowned king who confused unity with unanimity.
And in that his enemies are right.
His enemies say that if Napoleon had a newspaper like Granma, no Frenchman would have learned of the...