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December 23, 2014

Merry Xmas: What Is Happening In THE HOLY LAND While We Shop For Toys

Children abducted by Israeli soldiers in broad daylight. A soldier of color among them. Heartbreaking. Video:Shehab News Agency #شاهد: لحظة قيام قوات الاحتلال بإعتقال طفلين 10 أعوام في الخليل Ten-year-old Palestinian boys forcefully arrested by:Christian Peacemaker Teams – Palestine Article:Israeli forces arrest 8-year-old in East Jerusalem “Israeli special forces on Wednesday detained an eight-year-old Palestinian more »
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Published on December 23, 2014 11:05

November 25, 2014

Revolution and Religion: a Dialogue Between Cornel West and Bob Avakian

©2014 by Alice Walker If the murder of our youth is considered insignificant to those in American society who make the laws, those of us who love the children, and their parents, and ourselves, must awaken to the reality that the political system we find ourselves prisoners of must be abandoned. What is to be more »
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Published on November 25, 2014 11:52

Revolution and Religion: a Dialoge Between Cornel West and Bob Avakian

If the murder of our youth is considered insignificant to those in American society who make the laws, those of us who love the children, and their parents, and ourselves, must awaken to the reality that the political system we find ourselves prisoners of must be abandoned. What is to be done?This question is approached more »
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Published on November 25, 2014 11:52

November 24, 2014

Notes for EARTH AT RISK: PALACE OF FINE ARTS, SF,NOV 23, 2014

I said yes to the invitation to speak at the recent EARTH AT RISK event in San Francisco because I deeply respect Vandana Shiva, Derrick Jensen, Chris Hedges, and the members of Veterans for Peace and The Winter Soldier who also participated. I did not read these notes because of time constraints, I share them more »
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Published on November 24, 2014 18:29

November 23, 2014

Boys for Sale (What truly grown-up men discuss)

What is to be done? Who is to do it?©2014 by Alice WalkerMy friend says to me:But what can we do? Already giving up.To be aware is already something,I say. Consciousness rarelyleaves us unmoved. Or unmoving.And so it is with thisrevelationof what has been happeningto our children, all of them,and especially to our boys.The beast more »
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Published on November 23, 2014 15:06

November 19, 2014

Farrakhan at Tuskegee: An Elder Speaks on Depopulation

An Elder Speaks Depopulation Blues©2014 by Alice WalkerIt makes you thinkof years gone bywhen we dreamedwhatever we could not imagine:but we could never, useless eaters, have dreamed or imaginedthis. Maybe we could have done a better jobof imagining itif we were different beingsand not so forgiving of the coldnessthat has always been our receptionin these more »
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Published on November 19, 2014 12:00

November 16, 2014

October 28, 2014

AWAKE, a film about Yogananda

AWAKE, a film about Yogananda©2014 by Alice WalkerWhen my partner and I left the movie theatre recently, having seen AWAKE, the new film about Paramahansa Yogananda, he said he felt he’d just emerged from a five day retreat. I felt the same. It is a mesmerizing film about a very special being, someone those of more »
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Published on October 28, 2014 13:31

October 12, 2014

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Child Hunting More than 180 Palestinian children have been kidnapped by Israeli occupation forces in the past 45 days. The only Hebrew-Arabic kindergarten in Jerusalem was burned last night and covered with Death To Arabs grafitti. Razan,11years old child, died today after preventing her from leaving‪#‎gaza‬ for treatment – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hq2j... https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=... Prof. Nurit Peled-Elhanan more »
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In One Month, Israel Has Imprisoned Almost 600 Children and Young Adults From Gaza and the West BankArticle Source:October 6, 2014 4:59 pmhttp://countercurrentnews.com/2014/10...
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Published on October 12, 2014 09:39

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