Tag: Global War and Violence

Reaching out to Bangla Hindus, Muhammad Yunus visits temple, underlines equal rights

WITH THE Hindu minority in Bangladesh facing attacks in the last week, after Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister and fled to India on August 5, Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, who is heading the interim government, reached out on Tuesday with a visit to the Dhakeshwari Temple where he met community leaders and assured “justice” and “equal rights” for… Read More Reaching out to Bangla Hindus, Muhammad Yunus visits temple, underlines equal rights

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‘This has to stop’: plea by survivors of deadly IDF strike on school in Gaza

NB: About 160,000 Palestinians have been killed, injured or are missing in Gaza or the West Bank due to the genocidal attack by the American proxy, Israel. Many of them are children, some of whom have had amputations without anesthesia. Had even a fraction of Americans or Europeans been treated in this way we can… Read More ‘This has to stop’: plea by survivors of deadly IDF strike on school in Gaza

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Neither Confirm nor Deny: How the Glomar Mission Shielded the CIA from Transparency

Neither Confirm nor Deny: How the Glomar Mission Shielded the CIA from Transparency by M. Todd Bennett; Reviewed by Chuck Steele Despite the centrality of the ocean research vessel Glomar Explorer to this fascinating story, this is not a book intended for an audience of environmental historians. It is, however, a first-rate account of the… Read More Neither Confirm nor Deny: How the Glomar Mission Shielded the CIA from Transparency

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Our north stars

Trusting in the students to lead us to a brighter tomorrow Tanvir Haider Chaudhury Let’s get one thing straight: The only north star here is the students. They fought, suffered incarceration and torture, bled, and died to see this revolution happen. The only people I trust in this whole mess we find ourselves in are… Read More Our north stars

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More than 90 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on school and mosque sheltering displaced people, Gaza officials say

UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, said Israel was “genociding the Palestinians one neighborhood at a time, one hospital at a time, one school at a time, one refugee camp at a time, one ‘safe zone’ at a time.” GAZA casualties, live statistics At least 93 Palestinians have been killed in an… Read More More than 90 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on school and mosque sheltering displaced people, Gaza officials say

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A Proclamation regarding the Anniversary of the First Nuclear War Crimes

H. Patricia Hynes Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As I write, five of nine governments with arsenals of nuclear weapons – capable of destroying life on our planet many times over – are engaged in war: the United States (in multiple wars and stoking one with China), Israel, Russia, and NATO members… Read More A Proclamation regarding the Anniversary of the First Nuclear War Crimes

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Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’ / Palestinian homes were destroyed ‘for revenge,’ says Israeli soldier

GAZA casualties, live statistics By Dana Karni, CNN Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said “it may be just and moral” to starve 2 million Gaza residents until Israeli hostages are returned, but “no one in the world would let us.” In a speech on Monday at the Katif Conference for National Responsibility in the town of Yad Binyamin,… Read More Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’ / Palestinian homes were destroyed ‘for revenge,’ says Israeli soldier

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The Revolution Next Door: In Bangladesh, the Students Have Won

On Sunday alone, more than 100 people were killed when the protests targeting Prime Minister Hasina re-erupted. They included more than a dozen policemen and at least half a dozen Awami league activists, underlining how the movement had turned against those responsible for the deaths of protestors Bharat Bhushan Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has… Read More The Revolution Next Door: In Bangladesh, the Students Have Won

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Policing language: Why the West created a new dictionary for Israel and Palestine

Seeking ideological uniformity on the issue, western officials and their media accomplices have long recognised the centrality of language to their political indoctrination project Joseph Massad n the official West and its mainstream regime media, there exists a specialised dictionary and thesaurus to translate to the western public all matters Israeli and Palestinian. Officials and journalists… Read More Policing language: Why the West created a new dictionary for Israel and Palestine

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