TeleSur | – – Obama will spend two and half days in Cuba, where he will meet with U.S.-backed activists and attend a baseball game. U.S. President Barack Obama, together with First Lady Michelle Obama and their children, walked through the streets of Old Havana Sunday as part of a historic three-day trip to Cuba. […]
The New Interventionists: It isn’t just the Yanquis any more
Mark Leonard | ( Project Syndicate ) | – – In the 1990s, after genocides in Rwanda and the Balkans, Western countries developed a doctrine of so-called humanitarian intervention. “The Responsibility to Protect” (colloquially known as “R2P”) held countries accountable for their people’s welfare and compelled the international community to intervene when governments failed to […]
White Terrorist and Muslim-Hater Breivik Sues Norway over ‘Inhumane Treatment’
AJ+ | – – “Anders Breivik’s trial over inhumane prison conditions just ended. His more serious complaints include 23-hour isolation, censorship and hundreds of strip searches. In 2011 he killed 77 people in what he calls an attempt to prevent “Islamization.” A decision is expected in April.” AJ+: “Anders Breivik, Norway Mass Killer, Sues Over […]
How Israel has trapped its Bedouins between a dump and red tape
By Jonah Mandel | ( Your Middle East ) | – – The almost unbearable stench of the dump fades for a moment when Musa Tarabin puts freshly ground coffee into a pot of water boiling over open coals. Tarabin lives in a tiny Bedouin village in Israel’s south located right next to a landfill, […]
Iranians Celebrate first Now Ruz (New Year’s) Since lifting of Int’l Sanctions
CCTV | (Video News Report) | – – “March 20 marks the Persian New Year, Nowruz, which translates as “New Day.” Millions of people across the Middle East and Central Asia are celebrating the holiday.” CCTV News: “Iranians mark New Year with Nowruz celebrations”
‘Not Sharia’: Female Afghan Rap Star campaigns against Child Marriage
Jon Snow | (Channel 4 News Video Report) | – – “Sonita Alizadeh was just 10-years-old the first time her parents tried to sell her as a child bride. She turned to music and began recording raps protesting against child marriage.” Channel 4 News: “Sonita Alizadeh: the Afghan protesting through rap”
Climate Change: 13 Million Americans in Path of slow-motion sea rise Tsunami
by Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (( Commondreams.org) | – – “Once you take into account growth of population, the numbers end up being two to three times more.” In a scenario involving a 6ft rise by 2100, a total of 13.1 million people—more than 6 million of whom would be living in Florida—would be […]
Turkey’s Erdogan: Democracy Has ‘Absolutely No Value Any Longer’ given war on PKK Terrorism
TeleSur | – – “Democracy Has ‘Absolutely No Value Any Longer’” The Turkish president made the comments in the context of the government’s fight against the Kurdish PKK resistance group. In the fight against the Kurdish insurgency in the country, there is no place left for democracy and freedom of speech in Turkey, President Recep […]
Mr. President: Weakening Apple’s Defenses puts us all at Risk
Electronic Frontier Foundation | – – The Apple Fight Is About All of Us A Joint Statement from Access Now, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation Apple is engaged in a high-profile battle against a court order demanding it write, sign, and deploy custom computer code to defeat the security on […]