December 2011
44 posts
In Iraq, the troops leave, the pain doesn't →
leaveobashar:
Editor’s note: Yassin Alsalman, also known as rapper and musician The Narcicyst, is based in Montreal. Of Iraqi descent, he was born in Dubai. Alsalman teaches at Concordia University and is the author of “The Diatribes of a Dying Tribe”, the story of hip-hop’s role in the new Arab voice. Follow him on Twitter.
Montreal (CNN) — Home is the hardest place to find for children of...
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stop smiling: RCMP spied on Protesting First... →
ndnsurgency:
The federal government created a wide-ranging surveillance network in early 2007 to monitor protests by First Nations, including those that would garner national attention or target “critical infrastructure” like highways, railways and pipelines, according to RCMP documents…
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Kalimat, Kalimat: LACOSTE: NO ROOM FOR PALESTINIAN... →
kalimatkalimat:
DOSSIER: Art+Design
French fashion brand demands the removal of Bethlehem artist Larissa Sansour from major photographic prize.
The prestigious €25,000 Lacoste Elysée Prize is awarded by the Swiss Musée de l’Elysée with sponsorship from Lacoste, the clothing brand.
Larissa…
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“BREAKING NEWS: UPDATE: RAZAN IS FREE! Syrian blogger Razan Ghazzawi has been...”
– Syria: Blogger Razan Ghazzawi is FREE! · Global Voices
Freaking fantastic news!
(via news-intercom)
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Also btw people on twitter if you could let me know who is eulogizing Christopher Hitchens so I can make sure I’m not following them I’d really appreciate it.
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guerrilla mama medicine: bronze-by-gold:... →
bronze-by-gold:
champagnecandy answered your question: So basically the difference between a professional troll and an admirable contrarian is prose style and social standing?
no. Hitchens was a professional troll. and a great writer. one can be both.
Having a nice prose style is not enough to make a great writer, though it’s popular—and safer—to think so. Joanna Russ, whose death earlier this...
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The Iraq War is officially over.
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noordinarymuslim:
Over 1 trillion dollars spent.
4,486 US troops killed.
Over 1 million Iraqis killed in or as a result of the war.
Over 3 million displaced by the war.
Iraq, once one of the wealthiest and best educated countries in the Arab world is now in shambles. This is the cost of “freedom.” Are we at the part where they thank us yet?
*Something like 5 million displaced but...
I don’t understand people that expect you to reveal personal information for all of the internet to see but don’t even have the balls to sign their own username when they ask for it.
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Security firms involved in 200 shootings in Iraq →
darling80m:
One fired at a car carrying an Iraqi judge because it was deemed to be driving fast
For a while, I thought this was mostly an American thing, popping up in places we’ve recently invaded like Iraq. But no, until recently, a friend was doing her dissertation on these private security firms in Trinidad (which has become overrun by these types), and had to change it up because she and...
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Full list of companies that pulled ads from All... →
n4di4:
All these companies below pulled their ads from my new favorite show, All American Muslim. I am hot! I usually don’t participate in boycotts, and I already don’t give a fxck about most of these companies (haha Estee Lauder, JC Penney, Sears, with ur played out shxt that nobody wants….LOL go bankrupt). But IKEA….? really? Like aren’t ya’ll supposed to be progressive or something? I guess...
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Defenders of the Land condemns Harper government... →
icr:
Photo by pigdump, on Flickr. Some Rights Reserved
Below: a press release from DotL; relevant documents from INAC and the RCMP; related news.
Defenders of the Land condemns Harper government surveillance of First Nations
December 6, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Harper government condemned for using police to conduct political surveillance of First Nations instead of resolving Canada’s...
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Canada's Katrina →
withmy2hands:
Remember how Harper announced that his government had given $50,000 per person in Attawapiskat to the First Nation?
Turns out that was over 6 years, which works out to about $6,333 per year, per person, which is apparently less than half of what is spent on non-native communities.
Oh and it turns out that 80% of that money was earmarked for education and 10% for social programs....
I'm still figuring it out: GRITO SUBTERRANEO -... →
unaguerrasinfondo:
The following is Grito Subterráneo, a 1980s documentary about the underground music movement in Peru. The film features interviews and live footage of 19 Peruvian bands, including Narcosis, Ataque Frontal, Gx3, and Escuela Cerrada. Many of the bands featured in this film…
For the spanish speakers
“It should not be possible to be antiracist without being against oppression. Yet...”
– Jodi Melamed, Represent and Destroy: Rationalizing Violence in the New Racial Capitalism. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011, pp. 49-50. (via lowendtheory)