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Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says

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Originally From: https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/israel-is-committing-a-genocide-in-gaza-amnesty-international-says/?ml_recipient=139974476600181869&ml_link=139974449995711917&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2024-12-06&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines+RSS+Automation Amnesty International joined a growing chorus of human rights experts who say Israel is carrying out a genocide in Gaza. The group called on states and arms suppliers of Israel to “bring Israel’s atrocities…to an immediate end.” By Qassam Muaddi  December 5, 2024  Leading international human rights organization Amnesty International has concluded, in a report it released on Wednesday, that Israel was responsible for acts of genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza strip. The group said that it had been analyzing events and statements by Israeli officials for months,…

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Naomi Klein, disaster capitalism and alternative facts

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Originally From: https://www.blast-info.fr/ Salomé Saqué After Donald Trump’s victory, a question haunts many of us: how could so many people elect someone who talks nonsense, lies daily, and yet his supporters don’t seem to hold him accountable for those lies? At its core, these are broader questions : how has conspiracy thinking gained so much ground in recent years? What can be done about those, an ever-growing number, who live in parallel realities? Repeating the facts is no longer enough, so how do we address this? This is one of…

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The United States Raises a Middle Finger to the International Criminal Court: The Forty-Eighth Newsletter (2024)

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Emily Karaka (Aotearoa), Parallel Process: Palestinian Horizon, 2024. Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation. Installation view: Ka Awatea, A New Dawn, Al Mureijah Square, Sharjah, 2024. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Finally, before history ends, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The indictment stated that there ‘are reasonable grounds to believe that both individuals intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian population in…

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Give Us Peace on Earth: The Forty-Seventh Newsletter (2024)

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Heri Dono (Indonesia), Two Guards Who Protect Their Leaders, 2013. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 31 May, the United States military endorsed a Statement of Principles for Indo-Pacific Defence Industrial Base Collaboration to strengthen military industry cooperation with its allies in the region. The principles outline commitments to initiatives such as the co-production of missile and rocket systems in Australia, the co-development of hypersonic missile interceptors with Japan, and possible collaboration with South Korea on defence technologies, including artillery systems. This collaboration…

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Violent Nationalism and Palestine Protests in Amsterdam

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This past week, we witnessed ugly scenes of violence and intolerance unfold in Amsterdam as Israeli football hooligans targeted Palestinians and Muslims in a chilling display of aggression. The response from the Dutch authorities and media has been disappointing, fueling a false narrative of anti-Semitism while stifling legitimate protests against Israel’s brutal occupation and apartheid policies. To unpack these complex dynamics, I am joined by Hassen Lorgat from the PSA. #amsterdam #Football #Soccer #Palestine #israel #Sport

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Swimming in Mud in the Fifth Circle of Hell: The Forty-Sixth Newsletter (2024)

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Boris Taslitzky (France), Le Petit Camp à Buchenwald (The Small Camp of Buchenwald), 1945. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. When Dante Alighieri and his guide reach the fifth circle of hell in Inferno’s Canto VII, they come across the River Styx, where people who could not contain their anger in life now wallow and fight each other on the surface of the turbulent, muddy water, and below them lie those who had been sullen in life, their frustrations coming to the surface as…

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Parliamentary Elections – Sri Lanka (14th November 2024)Official Statement of the Asia Commune

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We published (asiacommune.org) the opinion of Asia commune regarding the presidential election which was held on 21st September 2024 in Sri Lanka. According to the document It discussed a double result of the presidential election.    Quoted from asiacommune.org on 20/09/2024 “After the election on 21st September 2024, two poll results are due”. 1. People, the result of change brought by the people themselves 2. Result notifying the end of the politics of pseudo leftist groups and parties posing as leftists. Both results were released as announced by the Asia-Commune.…

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We Don’t Want Our Islands to Be Used to Kill People: The Forty-Fifth Newsletter (2024)

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Ōriwa Tahupōtiki Haddon (Ngāti Ruanui), Reconstruction of the Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, c. 1940. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. For the past few weeks I have been on the road in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Australia at the invitation of groups such as Te Kuaka, Red Ant, and the Communist Party of Australia. Both countries were shaped by British colonialism, marked by the violent displacement of native communities and theft of their lands. Today, as they become part of the US-led…

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