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Black Friday – Fill Up Your Empty Spaces
Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, often regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. In recent years, most major retailers have opened very early and offered promotional sales to kick off the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Videos & Documentaries
Tagged Black Friday, Bryan Adams, consumerism, Empty Spaces, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, USA
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US, Canada and Ukraine Whitewashing Fascism at UNGA
UN General Assembly’s Third Committee passed a Russia-proposed resolution condemning attempts to glorify Nazism ideology and denial of German Nazi war crimes. The US, Canada and Ukraine were the only countries to vote against it. The resolution was passed on … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Videos & Documentaries
Tagged Canada, Fascism, Nazism, Russia, Ukraine, UN, USA
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The Next Generation of Jihadi Fighters
The latest video released by the Al-Hayat Media Centre, the propaganda arm of the Islamic State, shows in shocking detail the brainwashing of children and their inculcation into the ideology of jihad. Entitled ‘Race Towards Good,’ it introduces Islamic State … Continue reading
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
⦁ All great truths begin as blasphemies ⦁ The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong ⦁ Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything ⦁ Two percent of the people think; … Continue reading
Israel: Jewish Temple to Replace Al-Aqsa Mosque
Just hours after the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not change the status quo in Al-Aqsa Mosque, a prominent minister in his government said that Israel would build a Jewish temple in place of the mosque. Israeli … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Imperialism & Colonialism, Religion & Philosophy
Tagged Al-Aqsa Mosque, Israel, Jerusalem, Judaism, Palestine, Torah, Zionism
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John Lennon: Our Society is Run by Insane People…
“I think our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. And I think that’s what I sussed when I was sixteen and twelve, way down the line. But I expressed it differently all through my life. It’s the … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War & Non-Violence, Culture & Society, Religion & Philosophy
Tagged John Lennon
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How I Became a “Self-Hating Jew”
Sometimes you have to ask questions.
Life in Occupied Palestine
Anna Baltzer, a Jewish American with the International Women’s Peace Service, documents the human rights abuses perpetrated by the Israelis.
Rapture Ready: The Christians United for Israel Tour
Max Blumenthal’s latest takes us on a shocking and at times bizarre tour of right-wing Pastor John Hagee’s annual Washington-Israel Summit, blowing the cover off the Christian Zionist movement in the process. Starring Joe Lieberman, Tom DeLay, Pastor John Hagee, … Continue reading
The Gift of Sight
Nepal’s Himalayan mountain range is one of the most picturesque places in the world. But its stunning beauty is fading from view for many of the villagers who call the region home. Exposure to ultraviolet rays at such high altitudes … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Health & Medicine, Videos & Documentaries
Tagged cataracts, Dr Sanduk Ruit, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Against the Grain 