Karen Boyle (TC) : In the opening statement in her report on Jimmy Savile’s years abusing girls, boys, women and men at the BBC, Dame Janet Smith refers to a “macho culture” as an important element that enabled Savile to get away with decades of criminal behaviour. She may have absolved the BBC of institutional […]
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Spiciest Coverage of Jimmy Savile Story Hiding in Plain Sight – Just Like He Did
Campaign to Reconstruct Palestinian Demolished Homes Kick-Starts in West Bank
IMEMC : Palestinians, on Monday, launched a campaign to raise funds for the reconstruction of several demolished family homes of Palestinians killed by Israeli police in Jerusalem, since the beginning of October, 2015. Al Ray archive image Donation boxes were placed on well-trodden streets in al-‘Izzariya, Bethlehem and Hebron to collect donations. Fundraising was expected to […]
Campaign to Reconstruct Palestinian Demolished Homes Kick-Starts in West Bank
IMEMC : Palestinians, on Monday, launched a campaign to raise funds for the reconstruction of several demolished family homes of Palestinians killed by Israeli police in Jerusalem, since the beginning of October, 2015. Al Ray archive image Donation boxes were placed on well-trodden streets in al-‘Izzariya, Bethlehem and Hebron to collect donations. Fundraising was expected to […]
Israel Launches New Airstrikes on Gaza
IMEMC : Israeli warplanes, predawn Monday, launched multiple airstrikes targeting different locations in the southern Gaza Strip, in yet another act of aggression against the besieged enclave, local sources said. File – PalToday WAFA correspondence said that an F16 warplane targeted an empty land and the Israeli ex-settlement area to the southwest of Khan Younis, with […]
Israel Launches New Airstrikes on Gaza
IMEMC : Israeli warplanes, predawn Monday, launched multiple airstrikes targeting different locations in the southern Gaza Strip, in yet another act of aggression against the besieged enclave, local sources said. File – PalToday WAFA correspondence said that an F16 warplane targeted an empty land and the Israeli ex-settlement area to the southwest of Khan Younis, with […]
More Babies Are Being Born with Organs Outside Their Bodies, and Experts Have No Idea Why
More Babies Are Being Born with Organs Outside Their Bodies, and Experts Have No Idea Why January 25th, 2016 Via: Washington Post: When Brooke gave birth, she wasn’t able to hold her newborn daughter against her, feel the baby’s tiny chest rise and fall […]
Walmart Demands “Open-Gun” Carrying Customers To Show Permit
Managers of some Walmart stores are asking customers wearing visibly holstered firearms to show their license to carry such firearms. Since January 1, 2016, when the open-carry law in Texas went into effect, managers of certain Walmart stores in the state have been asking to see the concealed handgun license (CHL) […]
Three Indonesians Detained in South Korea for Alleged ISIS Links
nsnbc : Three Indonesian citizens have been detained by South Korea’s Migrant Workers Agency over alleged ties to ISIS. The arrests follow a bomb attack and shootout in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on January 14. Kwong-Yee-Cheng-Flickr-CC-BY-NC-SA. Head of the South Korea’s Migrant Workers Protection and Placement Agency, Nusron Wahid stated on Friday, that three Indonesian migrant […]
Swedish Prosecutors Launch Volkswagen Emission Probe
nsnbc : Swedish prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation against the German automaker Volkswagen over the recent emission scandal. Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn resigned after the company was caught cheating on emissions tests. Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters The preliminary charges focus primarily on fraud and the use of false or falsified documents, said Sewdish anti-corruption prosecutor Alf […]
President Maduro Signs Several Laws Before Decree Powers Expire
Jonas Holldack (VA) : Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro signed several laws just days before the recently elected and opposition-led National Assembly is sworn in. (Minci) The laws cover aspects in economy, social security and grassroots initiatives and were decreed through the so-called Enabling Law. The laws were announced by Maduro on Wednesday December 30th – […]
Mass Protests at Saudi Embassies after Execution of Shia Cleric
nsnbc : Saudi Arabia’s execution of 47, including the Saudi Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr sparked mass protests at Saudi Embassies. Part of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran was torched by protesters. Supreme Iranian Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said the Kingdom would face “divine retribution”. Saudi Arabia is widely criticized for its human rights record and executions. […]
The Eco-Modernist Manifesto: a Program of Genocide and Ecocide
3rd January 2016 By Derrick Jensen BSc. Guest Writer for Wake Up World The idea that anthropocene — the human alteration of natural ecosystems — can be good or even great, as promised in the recently released Ecomodernist Manifesto, is purely delusional. Worse, it underlies a narrative in which the wholesale destruction of nature and of sustainable indigenous societies is repackaged as […]
The Eco-Modernist Manifesto: a Program of Genocide and Ecocide
3rd January 2016 By Derrick Jensen BSc. Guest Writer for Wake Up World The idea that anthropocene — the human alteration of natural ecosystems — can be good or even great, as promised in the recently released Ecomodernist Manifesto, is purely delusional. Worse, it underlies a narrative in which the wholesale destruction of nature and of sustainable indigenous societies is repackaged as […]
The Eco-Modernist Manifesto: a Program of Genocide and Ecocide
3rd January 2016 By Derrick Jensen BSc. Guest Writer for Wake Up World The idea that anthropocene — the human alteration of natural ecosystems — can be good or even great, as promised in the recently released Ecomodernist Manifesto, is purely delusional. Worse, it underlies a narrative in which the wholesale destruction of nature and of sustainable indigenous societies is repackaged as […]
The Eco-Modernist Manifesto: a Program of Genocide and Ecocide
3rd January 2016 By Derrick Jensen BSc. Guest Writer for Wake Up World The idea that anthropocene — the human alteration of natural ecosystems — can be good or even great, as promised in the recently released Ecomodernist Manifesto, is purely delusional. Worse, it underlies a narrative in which the wholesale destruction of nature and of sustainable indigenous societies is repackaged as […]
The Eco-Modernist Manifesto: a Program of Genocide and Ecocide
3rd January 2016 By Derrick Jensen BSc. Guest Writer for Wake Up World The idea that anthropocene — the human alteration of natural ecosystems — can be good or even great, as promised in the recently released Ecomodernist Manifesto, is purely delusional. Worse, it underlies a narrative in which the wholesale destruction of nature and of sustainable indigenous societies is repackaged as […]
The Eco-Modernist Manifesto: a Program of Genocide and Ecocide
3rd January 2016 By Derrick Jensen BSc. Guest Writer for Wake Up World The idea that anthropocene — the human alteration of natural ecosystems — can be good or even great, as promised in the recently released Ecomodernist Manifesto, is purely delusional. Worse, it underlies a narrative in which the wholesale destruction of nature and of sustainable indigenous societies is repackaged as […]
The Eco-Modernist Manifesto: a Program of Genocide and Ecocide
3rd January 2016 By Derrick Jensen BSc. Guest Writer for Wake Up World The idea that anthropocene — the human alteration of natural ecosystems — can be good or even great, as promised in the recently released Ecomodernist Manifesto, is purely delusional. Worse, it underlies a narrative in which the wholesale destruction of nature and of sustainable indigenous societies is repackaged as […]
The Eco-Modernist Manifesto: a Program of Genocide and Ecocide
3rd January 2016 By Derrick Jensen BSc. Guest Writer for Wake Up World The idea that anthropocene — the human alteration of natural ecosystems — can be good or even great, as promised in the recently released Ecomodernist Manifesto, is purely delusional. Worse, it underlies a narrative in which the wholesale destruction of nature and of sustainable indigenous societies is repackaged as […]
The Eco-Modernist Manifesto: a Program of Genocide and Ecocide
3rd January 2016 By Derrick Jensen BSc. Guest Writer for Wake Up World The idea that anthropocene — the human alteration of natural ecosystems — can be good or even great, as promised in the recently released Ecomodernist Manifesto, is purely delusional. Worse, it underlies a narrative in which the wholesale destruction of nature and of sustainable indigenous societies is repackaged as […]