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Real antisemitism vs misrepresentation

mercredi 4 mai 2016 à 02:00

Disentangling real antisemitism in Britain from right-wing misrepresentations is sometimes a difficult question.

Some of the accusations are based on statements taken out of context or misinterpreted.

Stanford refuses to divest from fossil fuel

mercredi 4 mai 2016 à 02:00

Stanford University rebuffed persistent protests, refusing to divest from fossil fuel companies.

The cited reason was simply "Let's take it slowly", which is exactly the attitude that is now fatal.

Exiled Soviet dissident on hunger strike

mercredi 4 mai 2016 à 02:00

Exiled Soviet, then Russian, dissident Vladimir Bukovsky says he is being framed for possession of "child pornography". He has started a hunger strike just as he did in the gulag.

Expelled from BYU for being raped

mercredi 4 mai 2016 à 02:00

Brigham Young University expelled Madi Barney when the administration found out that she had reported being raped. So she launched a campaign to pressure the university to change the "honor code".

The current policy is totally logical if you believe the idea that "honor" consists of staying far away from sex. I'd say that idea is the root of the problem.

Urgent: Reject money from oil companies

mercredi 4 mai 2016 à 02:00

US citizens: call on legislators not to take money from oil companies.