JERUSALEM (Opinion) — Palestinian resistance is legitimate and sanctioned by the inalienable right that all oppressed people have to resist their oppressors and occupiers, even with the use of arms. Israeli violence is raw and unchecked brutality intended to keep Palestinians from raising their heads. But the conventional wisdom is that Palestinian resistance is terrorism […]
Posts Tagged ‘oppression’
Tearing Down Monuments Of Oppression Is First Step To Decolonization
Hundreds of activists from various groups crowded into the American Museum of Natural History in New York City this past Columbus Day to take part in activist group Decolonize This Place‘s unofficial tour of the museum. As the activists stopped at each of the sections of the museum displaying the culture and history of various non-European […]
Israel’s occupation: 50 years of Palestinian oppression
After 50 years of Israeli war crimes on Palestinian land, the world has to act and ban Israeli settlement goods. “Everyone has a right to live in his home and no one may uproot him.” These were the words of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Knesset event this week marking 50 years of […]
Iraq’s Sunni Mufti said oppression led Kurds to seek independence
nsnbc : The mufti of Iraq’s Sunni community, through a representative, said the Iraqi governments’ oppression against Kurds prompted the Kurdistan Autonomous Region to […]
Boiler Room EP #127 – The Oppression Commiseration (And Similar Topics)
Tune in to the Alternate Current Radio Network (ACR) for another LIVE broadcast of ‘The Boiler Room’ tonight 6:00 PM PST | 8:00 PM CST | 9:00 PM EST for this special broadcast. Join us for uncensored, uninterruptible talk radio, custom-made for bar fly philosophers, misguided moralists, masochists, street corner evangelists, media-maniacs, savants, political animals […]
UK banks ‘complicit’ in Palestinian oppression, rights group claims
British high street banks including HSBC and Barclays are a “crucial link in the chain” of Palestinian oppression as they invest in and loan money to companies who supply arms to Israel, a campaign group has claimed in a report. The “Deadly Investments” report by War on Want explores the business relationship between the UK’s financial sector […]
HSBC "crucial link" in oppression of Palestinians
Asa Winstanley Activism and BDS Beat 12 July 2017 Campaigners protest inside an HSBC branch in Brighton. (Brighton BDS) UK financial institutions hold almost $14 billion worth of shares in companies that provide equipment to the Israeli military, a new report shows. High street banks are some of the worst offenders, with Barclays holding $1.5 […]
Black Oppression and White Guilt – Do You Feel It?
Paul Davis, ContributorWaking Times To my white brothers and sisters, what did you feel when you read the title of this article? Did you feel put off? Did you think ‘here we go again’? If so, you may be suffering from white guilt defensitus. Or it could be that your just ‘sick and tired […]
Memo to Trump: US won’t escape Mideast wars until Israel ends oppression of Palestinians
As Donald Trump heads out to the Middle East, the Israel supporters are in panic mode. They are confused by statements from the U.S. consulate saying that the western wall is not in Israel. They are afraid that Trump will put pressure on Israel over its neverending settlement project. They are concerned that Trump […]
Memo to Trump: US won’t escape Mideast wars till Israel ends oppression of Palestinians
As Donald Trump heads out to the Middle East, the Israel supporters are in panic mode. They are confused by statements from the U.S. consulate saying that the western wall is not in Israel. They are afraid that Trump will put pressure on Israel over its neverending settlement project. They are concerned that Trump seemed […]
Saudi clampdown on Awamiyah reminiscent of Israeli oppression: Ex- Bahraini MP
Alwaght – The former Bahraini member of the parliament Jalal Firuz compares Saudi regime’s crackdown on protests in Al-Awamiyah with the Israeli regime’s oppression of the Palestinians. Al-Awamiyah, a small town in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province of al-Qatif, has recently witnessed violent clashes as Saudi regime force have responded with iron fist to minority Shiite […]
Collective post-traumatic stress disorder – Jews, apartheid and oppression
Fear and anxiety are emotions that have evolved to ensure the survival and procreation of many species of animals. Humans have been able to manipulate fears and anxieties as weapons of population control that involve and promote violence and apartheid. These societal conditions are familiar to many historically and presently oppressed groups, including Jewish and […]
World central banks selling off U.S. debt at highest levels since 1978
In March, central banks from around the world dumped $17 billion in American Treasuries. Since the beginning of the year the sell-off has reached $123 billion, which is the quickest pace since 1978. China sold $7.7 billion in US debt in March, lowering its holding by $26.4 billion since last June. Russia dumped $1.6 […]
Taking Page from Israel War Tactics, US Military Employs Controversial ‘Roof Knocking’
An Israeli tactic deemed “ineffective” at preventing civilian causalities by a United Nations commission has now been adopted by the United States in its fight against ISIS, according to a U.S. military official. Air Force Maj. Peter Gersten, the deputy commander for operations and intelligence for the U.S.-led coalition, explained at a press […]
Say it ain’t so: Glyphosate in German beer?
(NaturalNews) German beer – as in, beer made in Germany – is almost a food group in and of itself. For beer connoisseurs, German brands are generally at the top of their lists. But that may be about to change, after new scientific analyses of several German brews found them to contain varying […]
Say it ain’t so: Glyphosate in German beer?
(NaturalNews) German beer – as in, beer made in Germany – is almost a food group in and of itself. For beer connoisseurs, German brands are generally at the top of their lists. But that may be about to change, after new scientific analyses of several German brews found them to contain varying […]
Say it ain’t so: Glyphosate in German beer?
(NaturalNews) German beer – as in, beer made in Germany – is almost a food group in and of itself. For beer connoisseurs, German brands are generally at the top of their lists. But that may be about to change, after new scientific analyses of several German brews found them to contain varying […]
Say it ain’t so: Glyphosate in German beer?
(NaturalNews) German beer – as in, beer made in Germany – is almost a food group in and of itself. For beer connoisseurs, German brands are generally at the top of their lists. But that may be about to change, after new scientific analyses of several German brews found them to contain varying […]