Etiqueta: Palestine
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Pedomaniacs: The Global War on Children
It is nothing new that laws are written or authorized by those in power. Perhaps it is not so obvious, but it is also observable that the powerful can never feel their own power unless they break the laws, including their own laws. Now, if someone has more money and power than several countries combined,…
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Why is the genocide in Gaza similar to and different from so many others?
The defenders of the genocide in Palestine argue that it is not a genocide and, moreover, that there have been other genocides equal to or worse than this one in the recent past. From dehumanizing the victims massacred under bombs or executed daily with absolute impunity, they move on to threatening and criminalizing their critics.…
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The uncivilized can learn to cultivate the land
“Uruguay aims to ‘bring some young Palestinians from the West Bank’ to train them in agriculture through a FAO program, said Lubetkin” (Channel 12, Uruguay, June 6, 2025) On Monday, May 12, 1919, the British Minister of War, future Prime Minister and hero of World War II, Winston Churchill, referring to his own practice of…
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The politics of cruelty and incelity
The empire of denial closes its eyes and believes. “Professor, “a student told me,” take a chance and say who will win tomorrow. “Trump. I had already said it in various media, but I am not interested in partisan politics in my classes. “According to all the polls, Kamala wins. Why would she lose? “Because…
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Ruling Over Ashes or Becoming Ashes
On September 4, 2024, a tropical storm descended upon Jacksonville. The conversation with Jill Stein at the Jacksonville University auditorium was scheduled for 5:30 PM, a time when darkness had already fallen due to the storm. To deter attendance, the Democratic Party Committee arranged for Kamala Harris, then a Senate candidate, to deliver a speech…
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“We Have the Best Democracy Money Can Buy”
Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate at Jacksonville University, discussed her activist background, emphasizing public health, environment, and electoral reforms. She criticized gun violence driven by lobbyists, called for universal healthcare, and proposed a diplomatic foreign policy. Stein highlighted the need for democracy, challenging the two-party system and addressing human rights concerns, particularly in…
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Mysteries and Questions of a Neo-biblical Genocide
David lived in Philistine territory a year and four months. [He] and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these peoples had lived in the land extending to Shur and Egypt.) Whenever David attacked an area, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but took sheep and cattle, donkeys and…
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Freedom of speech ends where true power begins
On January 1, 1831, The Liberator, the country’s first abolitionist newspaper and, later, a defender of women’s suffrage, appeared in Massachusetts. At that time, Georgia slavers offered a reward of $5,000 (more than $160,000 in 2024 value) for the capture of its founder, William Lloyd Garrison. Naturally, this is how power reacts to freedom and…
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Heba Abu Nada ha sido asesinada hoy
Una de las poetas y novelistas feministas de Gaza más talentosas, Heba Abu Nada, era la autora de la novela «El oxígeno no es para los muertos». Ayer 21 de octubre escribió: «Si morimos, sepan que estamos satisfechos y firmes, y digan al mundo, en nuestro nombre, que somos personas justas/del lado de la verdad».…
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Roman Apocrypha
Apócrifo romano (Spanish) Roman Apocrypha Jorge Majfud At the edge of the Empire and of the world, an old man lamented day and night and futilely awaited death. While he waited he told this story to those willing to venture out so far: I have discovered that in the subsoils of the…
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