By TeleSur | – – Saturday’s demonstrations were markedly calmer after nearly three dozen people were arrested the day before. Protests have continued for a second day in St. Louis, Missouri following the acquittal of former cop Jason Stockley, who had been charged with first-degree murder for the killing of Anthony Lamar Smith in 2011. […]
Given Fundamentalist impact on Syria, Women’s Freedoms in Doubt
By Manal Ismael | ( Global Voices Online ) | – – In early September 2017, a piece of paper with a potent message targeted against women, held by a group of Hezbollah fighters in Juroud Arsal, Eastern Lebanon, went viral. The message, which celebrates “every woman who is not using her own photo as […]
Facebook Enabled Advertisers to Reach ‘Jew Haters’
By Julia Angwin, Madeleine Varner and Ariana Tobin | ( ProPublica) | – – After being contacted by ProPublica, Facebook removed several anti-Semitic ad categories and promised to improve monitoring. Want to market Nazi memorabilia, or recruit marchers for a far-right rally? Facebook’s self-service ad-buying platform had the right audience for you. Until this week, […]
Saudi-led Airstrikes on Yemen Deadly for Children
Human Rights Watch | – – UN Should Create International Inquiry, Return Coalition to ‘List of Shame’ (Beirut) – The Saudi-led coalition carried out five apparently unlawful airstrikes in Yemen since June 2017 that killed 26 children among 39 civilian deaths, Human Rights Watch said today. The attacks, which struck four family homes and a […]
London Covered but 83 Iraqis killed in ISIL attack largely ignored by US TV News
TeleSur | – – Security officials say that the attacks are an attempt by the terrorist group to project strength after losing their strongholds in Iraq. The so-called Islamic State group carried out a terrorist attack on Thursday in Iraq that took the lives of at least 83 people, and wounded at least 93 others, […]
How solar power can protect US military from threats to the grid
By Joshua M. Pearce | The Conversation | – – As the U.S. military increases its use of drones in surveillance and combat overseas, the danger posed by a threat back at home grows. Many drone flights are piloted by soldiers located in the U.S., even when the drones are flying over Yemen or Iraq […]
Book-Burning, Trump’s Torchbearers & Reading Donald Duck
By Ariel Dorfman | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The organizers of the white supremacist gathering in Charlottesville last month knew just what they were doing when they decided to carry torches on their nocturnal march to protest the dethroning of a statue of Robert E. Lee. That brandishing of fire in the night was […]
AT&T and Verizon Need to Hang Up On Fossil Fuels
By Todd Larsen | Otherwords.org | – – One text at a time, America’s largest telecommunications companies are fueling climate change. Smartphones are a huge part of our lives. We use them constantly for texts, social media, calls, directions, and finding information online. Even when we’re sleeping, they’re still active, receiving data all night. But […]
Burma Muslims: Dear Peace Nobelist Kyi, It’s too Late
By Farhana Haque Rahman, Director General, Inter Press Service | (IPS) | – – Rohingya refugees trudge through the rain and mud as they arrive at Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh after days on foot. Credit: UNHCR/Vivian Tan DHAKA, Sep 13 2017 (IPS) – Dear Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, We learned today that you […]
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