Category Archives: Human Rights
CAIR to File Complaint Over MN Judge’s Questioning on ‘Sharia’
“It is misguided and unethical for a judge to reference an individual’s general support of mainstream Islamic principles, known as Sharia, during sentencing to determine a defendant’s future dangerousness,” said CAIR Staff Attorney Gadeir Abbas. “By also linking modest dress to a propensity for violence, the judge revealed a disturbing bias that may have impacted […]
America’s Locked-Down Insecurity State
Emerging evidence from the Boston Marathon bombings suggests the brutal attack on innocent civilians was motivated by the fury of two brothers against overseas crimes of the U.S. government. In that, the martial-law lockdown of Boston may be a glimpse at the future to come, says Phil Rockstroh. “Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” ― […]
Chris Hedges> The Death of Truth
Chris Hedges interviews Julian Assange of WikiLeaks. By Chris Hedges May 6, 2013 This interview is a joint project of Truthdig and The Nation magazine. LONDON—A tiny tip of the vast subterranean network of governmental and intelligence agencies from around the world dedicated to destroying WikiLeaks and arresting its founder, Julian Assange, appears outside the red-brick building […]
Taking notes 17: The good intentions that pave the road to war
“The obsession with ‘genocide’ as the primary humanitarian issue in the world today relativizes war. It reverses the final judgment of the Nuremberg Trials that: ‘War is essentially an evil thing.’” by Diana Johnstone April 2, 2013 PhilosophyforChange.org Opposing genocide has become a sort of cottage industry in the United States. Everywhere, “genocide studies” are cropping […]
DRONE WARS: How White Privilege Obscures Real Dialogue
“We are not here to proffer an analysis. We aren’t academics. We are here as a Pakistani and a Yemeni, as activists, as citizens of this country and as citizens of our homelands. We are dismayed. We are confused. But we are not hopeless.” By Noor Mir and Rooj Alwazir Posted by Alli - Wed, Apr 24, 2013 […]
[Video] Yemeni Activist Farea al-Muslimi Urges U.S. to Stop the Drone War on His Country
Interview on Democracy Now! democracynow Published on Apr 25, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org - Yemeni activist and journalist Farea al-Muslimi delivered a moving plea before a Senate hearing this week for an end to U.S. drone strikes inside his country. Speaking at the first-ever public congressional hearing on Obama’s secret drone and targeted killing program, al-Muslimi offered a rare […]
Margaret Sarfehjooy> The Business of Islamophobia
Reblogged from WAMMToday: The Business of Islamophobia A positive view of Muslims would hinder the multibillion dollar Islamophobia industry that promotes fear as part of the U.S. “War on Terror.” By Margaret Sarfehjooy http://www.worldwidewamm.org WAMM Newsletter March/April 2013 Part I: The Attack on CAIR-MN With offices in the U.S. and Canada, the Council of American […]
Liza Burr> The Purposeful Creation of Islamophobia
Reblogged from WAMMToday: “Islamophobia has a much longer history in Europe than in the U.S., but there is now ample evidence that Islamophobia is a flourishing industry in this country.” By Liza Burr WorldwideWAMM.org Read more… 1,487 more words More relevant than ever.
[Video] Glenn Greenwald> The Real Questions About the Boston Attack
Bill Moyers interviews Glenn Greenwald. April 24, 2013 Moyers & Company billmoyers.com With so few answers on hand about motives behind the Boston bombings, are we asking the right questions? Columnist Glenn Greenwald tells Bill that, if there is a connection between the perpetrators and radical terrorist groups, we need to investigate why “there […]
Watch: Yemeni Activist Tells Senators that Drone Strike on His Village ‘Empowers Militants’
Farea Al-Muslimi describes the “psychological fear and terror” imposed on drone strike victims. AlterNet / By Steven Hsieh April 24, 2013 During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on drones yesterday, a Yemeni activist and writer testified about the “human costs and consequences of targeted killing by the United States in Yemen.” Farea Al-Muslimi described how his home village […]
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