December 2011
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Cameroon jails men over gay sex →
fyeahafrica:
Three men in Cameroon have been sentenced to five years in prison for homosexual acts, which are illegal in the central African nation.
Two of the accused were in court in the capital, Yaounde, but a third man was sentenced in absentia as he had jumped bail.
Police said the men were arrested for having oral sex in a car.
They denied the allegations and their lawyer Alice Nkom...
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Extradition request for fugitive George Wright... →
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Fort Dix Five: 'If they did something, punish... →
The FBI claimed it had exposed a dangerous group of men in a massive ‘entrapment’ operation over an alleged plot to attack a US army base in New Jersey. But were they really terrorists?
I still remember when this case hit NJ…. it’s interesting to see a true intellectual/internationalist response.
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Fake terror plots, paid informants: the tactics of... →
Critics say bureau is running a sting operation across America, targeting vulnerable people by luring them into fake terror plots
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To the Last Drop - AJE →
The best documentary I have seen RE the human rights impacts of tar sand/bitumen oil extraction.
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“Mongolia is to launch one of the world’s biggest ice-making experiments...”
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/15/mongolia-ice-shield-geoengineering?CMP=EMCENVEML1631
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“a senior aid worker familiar with the situation in Somalia who did not wish to...”
– Much of Somalia’s famine “over” according to UN
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“The Argentinian president has accused Britain of taking her country’s...”
– The Guardian
Anti-Imperialism in Latin America is alive and well. Hasta la victoria siempre.
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Israeli forces give 17 Palestinian residents of... →
iamcodyjones:
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JORDAN VALLEY, December 19, 2011 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Monday handed Palestinian residents of al-Hima locale, north of the Jordan valley, demolishing notices of houses and barns within 20 days, according to local sources.
Head of al-Malih village council, Arif Daraghmah said that the Israeli soldiers handed 17 Palestinians notices to demolish their houses and barns.
In a...
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Call for Jersey to block $100m DR Congo 'vulture'... →
verbalresistance:
Charities are calling for Britain’s Privy Council to block an American speculator from taking $100m (£62.86m) from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Peter Grossman runs a so-called vulture fund which buys up the debts of poor nations cheaply and then sues for 10 or 100 times what they paid for them.
Such funds were in effect made illegal in the UK last year.
But Mr Grossman...
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“Likewise, in the name of “officer safety”, the Taser became a common...”
– Jazeera
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“Although there is much that we can and will do to help ourselves, the Horn of...”
– Ahmed M Mohamoud Silyano (President of Somaliland) for Jazeera
As of 12/19/2011
occupyallstreets:
WikiLeaks: 381 days of banking blockade - no process Assange: 378 days detainment - no charge Manning: 575 days in jail - no trial
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Ruling Against Iran in Sept. 11 Case →
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fearandwar:
Lawyers representing families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks won a default judgment on Thursday against Iran, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah organization in Lebanon, the Taliban and Al Qaeda in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court that contended that Iranian officials aided and abetted the hijackers who flew jetliners into the World Trade Center and the...
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The Egyptian elections: Why an Islamic sweep? -...
I felt it necessary to send this out for a couple of reasons: firstly because despite my significant emotional/academic/professional connections to Egypt over the past few years, I have still managed to find myself heartbroken at the turnout of the elections. As if Egyptians weren’t well versed in what generally comes after liberal secular reform (A Western backed coup, a la Mossadegh) or...
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PHENOMENALLY IMPORTANT VIDEO: Egyptian military... →
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Second Minneapolis home occupation challenges... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
Minneapolis, MN – About 50 people rallied here at People’s Plaza, the encampment of Occupy MN, and proceeded to south Minneapolis where they occupied a foreclosed home, November 19. In the early…
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UN calls for protection of gay rights →
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The Iraq War is officially over.
noordinarymuslim:
Over 1 trillion dollars spent.
4,486 US troops killed.
Over 1 million Iraqis killed in or as a result of the war.
Over 3 million displaced by the war.
Iraq, once one of the wealthiest and best educated countries in the Arab world is now in shambles. This is the cost of “freedom.” Are we at the part where they thank us yet?
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City of London Police include Occupy movement on... →
carton-rouge:
City of London Police have sparked controversy by producing a brief in which the Occupy London movement is listed under domestic terrorism/extremism threats to City businesses.
Picture- Occupy LSX
The document was given to protesters at their “Bank of Ideas” base on Sun Street – a former site of financial corporation UBS. City police have stepped up an effort to quell the...
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“It is not just law-abiding British society that is being polarised by the...”
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/nov/06/drug-users-bubble-cheap-high
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An Egyptian military court has sentenced a blogger... →
Human rights in the Military Junta’s Egypt. The jury is still, at best, out, and and worst, very clear that little to nothing has changed at the top.
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Keeping sane.: Census: 1 In 2 Americans Is Poor Or... →
About 97.3 million Americans fall into a low-income category, commonly defined as those earning between 100 and 199 percent of the poverty level, based on a new supplemental measure by the Census Bureau that is designed to provide a fuller picture of poverty. Together with the 49.1 million who…
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Settlers torch Ramallah mosque →
verbalresistance:
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Jewish settlers on Thursday torched a village mosque near Ramallah and sprayed racist graffiti in Hebrew on its walls, witnesses said.
Locals stand inside a damaged mosque in Burqa, near Ramallah Dec. 15, 2011. (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman)
The Al-Nour Mosque in Burqa was still burning when villagers arrived for morning prayers, locals said, adding that...
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Chinese village besieged after protests →
A standoff between villagers and police is continuing in southern China, where police have sealed off the village of Wukan in an attempt to quell an uprising, witnesses say.
Villagers have taken control of the town after staging protests over government land seizures and the death of a village leader in police custody last week.
In response, authorities have cut off food supplies to the village...
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“Remember, “It’s the economy, stupid” - the slogan that helped...”
– Jazeera Ahh, imperialism
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Time names protesters 'Person of the Year' →
From the Arab Spring to the Occupy Wall Street movement, “The Protester” has been named Time magazine’s 2011 “Person of the Year”.
The annual distinction is given to the person or thing that Time believes has most influenced culture and the news during the past year, for good or for ill.
“They literally embodied the idea that individual action can bring...