September 2010
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter explains the apartheid wall and Jewish-only settlements Israel built within Palestinian territories in order to steal their land and how Gaza is a prison.
(via farhaaan)
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Winner of the 2010 Sundance World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Prize, Enemies of the People follows the project of Thet Sambath, whose parents were among the approximately two million people who perished under the Khmer Rouge regime in the late 1970s. With unprecedented access and groundbreaking confessions from the notorious “Brother Number Two,” Nuon Chea, and from numerous grassroots...
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10 Human Trafficking Films to Watch →
Film, as a medium, is unique in its power to change us, educate us, and most of all, open our minds and eyes to other worlds - to the layers of life that surround us, including that of our own. From End Human Trafficking on Change.org, one of the most quickly expanding sites out there for positive change in the world, comes a list of 10 human trafficking films to watch.
Several have been...
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“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of...”
– Albert Einstein (via rvphotography via bushranger)
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Yes, we broke the law as climate change... →
In June 2010, nine climate change activists who had broken into Aberdeen airport in protest against the soaring CO2 emissions caused by aviation were convicted of a breach of the peace. On 25 August, after taking our urgent message on climate change seriously, the judge and court imposed on us very modest fines, ranging from £300 to £700 each and adding up to a total of £4,000-£5,000. This...
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Riots are out, cooperation is in
This might spark some debate, but two things stood out from recent research exploring the views of over 2500 anarchists. From the survey results:
1. Anarchists believe change is most likely to occur through community autonomy and mutual aid; and,
2. Organising is the most preferred anarchist tactic, despite the media’s portrayal of anarchism as chaos.
Survey link...
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August 2010
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Vote now for the 2010 Corporate Hall of Shame →
Goldman Sachs got my vote, but it was stiff competition!
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Pro-Tobacco: Keeping up the dirty fight
New research suggests the pro-tobacco lobby are using Youtube to exploit loopholes in advertising restrictions. 75% of tobacco-related content on Youtube is pro-tobacco, prompting study authors to call for the extension of bans on tobacco advertising to all Web 2.0 content.