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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Berkeley Responds to Occupy Protesters
Berkeley’s chancellor responds to the police brutality against the student protesters in a silly little letter. Look at this nonsense: “It is unfortunate that some protesters chose to obstruct the police by linking arms and forming a human chain to … Continue reading
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Footage from Occupy Berkeley
Look at this footage (clip 1 and clip 2). It comes as no shock as police attack forces have been moving in on peaceful demonstrators all across the country. It really draws a contrast to the avowedly US “fight for … Continue reading
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Over a thousand participate in Occupy Cal protest
Go Bears! The campuswide day of action in support of affordable higher education and the Occupy movement has grown throughout the day to over a thousand students at its peak in the early afternoon, from teach-outs in the morning to … Continue reading
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Sarkozy: Netanyahu a “liar”
If only they could be more frank more often… politics would be much more humorous: BBC – “I can’t stand him any more, he’s a liar,” Mr Sarkozy said in French. “You may be sick of him, but me, I … Continue reading
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‘Let’s play cowboys and Iranians’: Poster showing hanging Iranian sparks outrage at Texas BBQ restaurant
Read the article here.
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Bahrainis march on…
Bahraini protesters get little coverage because Qatar, the location of al-Jazeera, does not want to see any Persian Gulf regimes crumble, but occasionally al-Jazeera will give it some token coverage to maintain some semblance of media legitimacy. Here’s the latest … Continue reading
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Israel’s Strangulation of Gaza by the Numbers
Informed Comment: The Israeli navy illegally interfered with Gaza aid ships on the high seas, Friday, kidnapping the people on the two vessels and sending the ships involuntarily to an Israeli port. The Geneva Convention of 1949 on people in … Continue reading