Posts Tagged ‘representation’

Is the Mask of Warka the World’s Oldest Representation of a Human Face?

The once-fertile region of Mesopotamia, cited by many as the cradle of civilization, is a true treasure trove of ancient relics and archaeological wonders.  Read more Section:  Artifacts Other Artifacts News Read Later  Source Views: 0

1968 Kerner Commission Finds ‘Over-Representation’ Of Jewish Merchants In Ghetto Businesses Contributed To Race Riots

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency) Following the widespread urban rioting across American inner cities in the summer of 1967, the Johnson administration convened the Kerner Commission to find the causes of the rioting — and they found that one of the contributing factors was how racist Jewish merchants were ‘over-represented’ in the economic exploitation of Blacks in […]

Who Represents Palestinians: Ramzy Baroud Discusses Liberation and Representation on Al-Mayadeen TV (VIDEO)

March 8, 2022 Dr. Ramzy Baroud presents his new book, co-edited with Prof. Ilan Pappé, on Al-Mayadeen TV. (Photo: Video Grab) By Palestine Chronicle Staff During an interview with Lebanese TV channel Al Mayadeen, Palestinian author, journalist and editor of The Palestine Chronicle, Dr. Ramzy Baroud, presented his new book “Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders and […]

Fawwadnak: Song of resistance and representation

2021 was a tough year for Palestine; more criminal wars on besieged Gaza, more settlements in the West Bank, and more racist attacks on Palestinian citizens of Israel. This, however, raised the question of moving resistance and political representation forward. The Unity Intifada erupted, six prisoners managed to escape from one of Israel’s highest maximum-security […]

Representation: New Hollywood Policy Will Require At Least 50% Of Roles To Be Played By Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson

Representation: New Hollywood Policy Will Require At Least 50% Of Roles To Be Played By Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson LOS ANGELES, CA—Amid increased calls for diversity and inclusion in Hollywood, the Academy has released new guidelines requiring at least 50% of film roles to be filled by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. “Dwayne Johnson is the […]

Turkey Establishes Command Representation in Baku, Azerbaijan

Armenian Apostolic Church Expresses Regional Religious Freedom Concerns    09/13/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on September 9, the Turkish military established a command representation for its special forces in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. This occurred just one week after Turkey and Azerbaijan hosted a joint military drill […]

Graduate Student Researchers Seek Union Representation

In one of the largest public employee organizing drives California has seen in over a decade, some 17,000 graduate student researchers at the University of California may soon become union members. Student Researchers United, a committee of graduate student researchers, filed a petition for union certification with the California Public Employment Relations Board May 24. […]

Surviving WW2 Veteran Recounts Harrowing Story Of The Lack Of Trans Representation On D-Day

Surviving WW2 Veteran Recounts Harrowing Story Of The Lack Of Trans Representation On D-Day LINCOLN, NE—One of the last surviving veterans who survived the D-Day invasion, Otto Bernard, opened up to reporters recently to tell his harrowing story of the bloody fight against entrenched German forces on Omaha Beach. According to Bernard, his terrifying experience was […]

Black Veterans’ group calls for representation at VA

The letter comes as Veteran’s Affairs Secretary-designate Denis McDonough is scheduled to testify at a confirmation hearing on Wednesday afternoon. McDonough, a former chief of staff and deputy national security adviser under President Obama, said in an op-ed for the Military Times that he is committed to revitalizing the department, particularly as it relates to […]

Israel’s left-wing Meretz party rejects push for greater Arab representation: ‘It’s not worth it’

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Biden: I Have ‘Very Progressive Agenda’ and ‘Significant Representation’ from Progressives in Administration

During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “NBC Nightly News,” Joe Biden said that he isn’t taking nominating Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) off the table for Cabinet positions, but noted that there already is “significant representation among progressives in our administration,” and that his “very ambitious, very progressive agenda,” will […]

Obama, Harris And The Ruse Of Racial Representation

Racial liberalism attempts to shape the perspectives of communities of color through narrow ideas of national belonging, Manifest Destiny, and the American Dream. “Every second that liberals wait in finding ways to support community oriented antiracist measures and actions is additional space and time that they give to the perpetual threat of fascism and neofascism.” […]

Obama, Harris And The Ruse Of Racial Representation

Racial liberalism attempts to shape the perspectives of communities of color through narrow ideas of national belonging, Manifest Destiny, and the American Dream. “Every second that liberals wait in finding ways to support community oriented antiracist measures and actions is additional space and time that they give to the perpetual threat of fascism and neofascism.” […]

Obama, Harris And The Ruse Of Racial Representation

Racial liberalism attempts to shape the perspectives of communities of color through narrow ideas of national belonging, Manifest Destiny, and the American Dream. “Every second that liberals wait in finding ways to support community oriented antiracist measures and actions is additional space and time that they give to the perpetual threat of fascism and neofascism.” […]

Obama, Harris And The Ruse Of Racial Representation

Racial liberalism attempts to shape the perspectives of communities of color through narrow ideas of national belonging, Manifest Destiny, and the American Dream. “Every second that liberals wait in finding ways to support community oriented antiracist measures and actions is additional space and time that they give to the perpetual threat of fascism and neofascism.” […]

Obama, Harris And The Ruse Of Racial Representation

Racial liberalism attempts to shape the perspectives of communities of color through narrow ideas of national belonging, Manifest Destiny, and the American Dream. “Every second that liberals wait in finding ways to support community oriented antiracist measures and actions is additional space and time that they give to the perpetual threat of fascism and neofascism.” […]

Obama, Harris And The Ruse Of Racial Representation

Racial liberalism attempts to shape the perspectives of communities of color through narrow ideas of national belonging, Manifest Destiny, and the American Dream. “Every second that liberals wait in finding ways to support community oriented antiracist measures and actions is additional space and time that they give to the perpetual threat of fascism and neofascism.” […]

Costly Representation: The Georgia Congressional Election

Tom Prices vacating of a Georgia congressional seat set the scene for exactly what is darkly wrong with US politics. In the sprawling kleptomanic entity known as USA Inc., with its distancing between the concept of representation and the money that backs it, a campaign for one congressional seat can cost tens of millions. The […]

Turkey Blocks UN Probe Into Military’s Killings in Kurdistan

Fahwad Al-Khadoumi (nsnbc) : The Turkish government is blocking access for independent investigations, including investigations by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, into alleged mass abuses and killings of civilians in the predominantly Kurdish southeastern region of the country. Turkey’s military has been engaged in large-scale military operations in the […]

Epidemic: 25,000 Infected With Zika In Colombia

Over 25,000 people are now confirmed as being infected with the Zika virus in Colombia, with 3,100 of them being pregnant women, President Juan Manuel announced over the weekend.  As the disease continues to ravage the America’s Brazil is investigating the link between Zika and microcephaly, a birth defect marked by an unusually small head […]

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