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Bomb threats to Jewish institutions in US

mercredi 25 janvier 2017 à 01:00

Jewish institutions in the US are receiving lots of bomb threats.

American antisemites got a big boost from the troll's campaign.

Criticism of Israel's policy now leads people to false history such as denial of the holocaust.

It's a non sequitur, but that doesn't stop people from following it.

Israel won't end the occupation/siege of Palestine for simple justice, will it do so to avert future antisemitism?

This is comparable to the US and Guantanamo. Imprisonment without trial, whether in Guantanamo or Israel, is not only a great wrong, it also provokes hostility. In the case of the US, Guantanamo recruits supporters for jihadi terrorist movements around the world.

Gun control: American gays organizing

mercredi 25 janvier 2017 à 01:00

In response to the massacre last June, American gays are organizing to campaign for gun control.

State-supported business globalization

mercredi 25 janvier 2017 à 01:00

State-supported business globalization means that ships operating in British waters can hire Indian sailors for a pittance, and then refuse to pay them the pittance.

This is no unwanted side effect. Knocking down pay for workers is the purpose of business globalization, and governments that support it compete to undercut living standards around the world.

Nationalist trumpery

mercredi 25 janvier 2017 à 01:00

Varoufakis: as nationalist trumpery disputes power with the neoliberal globalizers, only an international progressive movement can represent the people.

Israel plans large colonization

mercredi 25 janvier 2017 à 01:00

Israel, profiting from the troll's backing, just announced plans for a large colonization project in Palestinian territory annexed and called part of Jerusalem.