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Latest issue of my magazine
Hello folks,
The new issue of my magazine contains an informative article on the American economy and the Occupy Wallstreet movement.
Here is a snippet and the link to the article:
http://collateraldamagemagazine.com/2012/01/01/occupy-wall-street-a-movement-against-oligarchy/
America’s massive economic inequality is a qualifying feature of oligarchy. According to Domhoff’s study, the richest...
America’s massive economic inequality is a qualifying feature of oligarchy. According to Domhoff’s study, the richest 1% of the population (those who make $380,000 a year or more) own 35% of the country’s total wealth, the next 4% own 27%, the next 5% own 11%, while the bottom 80% own 15%. In addition, the top 1% own 43% of the country’s financial wealth (which is important for political power),...
Watch out for the new issue of my e-zine tomorrow!
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There’s a handbag I want to buy which says “America Wake Up!”.
Should I buy it?
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The next 3 weeks are going to make or break much of what I have left inside of me.
Thierry Henry's Arsenal return imminent
If he signs, Henry — who scored a record 226 goals in eight years at Arsenal, winning two league titles — could be eligible for seven Premier League matches plus FA Cup ties and the first leg of Arsenal’s Champions League encounter away to AC Milan.4
And the man, the legend is coming back!
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IDF soldiers ordered to shoot at Gaza rescuers,...
One of the main themes in news reports during the Gaza operation, and which appears in many testimonies, is that IDF soldiers shot at Palestinian and Red Cross rescuers, making it impossible to evacuate the wounded and dead. As a result, an unknown number of Palestinians bled to death as others cowered in their homes for days without medical treatment, waiting to be rescued.
The bodies of the...
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I just read a report on the Washington Post about how a new, elite Afghan army is being trained by the US, which will take on tasks, such as house raids, once the international troops leave the country. This army will then do the job which is currently being carried out by the occupying forces, turning Afghans on their own people. The club which is being used by foreign forces to hit the Afghan...
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In times like these you would think that smoking and alcohol would sooth you but in the long-run they just make things worse. but you still do them.
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IDF chief: Gaza war against Hamas was an...
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz marked the three-year anniversary of Operation Cast Lead yesterday by hailing it “an excellent operation that achieved deterrence for Israel vis-a-vis Hamas.”
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Yes, killing 1400 people - of which most were kids - was an excellent operation. When you sustain your country through murder then, yes, it really was an...
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Confronting intimidation, working for justice in...
What you learn is that once you cower, you become prey to continued and relentless bashing until you sing the Israeli national anthem. If once you do not cave in, you discover that as time goes by, the ability of Zionist lobbies of intimidation around the world to affect you gradually diminishes
Read the rest of the article by Ilan Pappe
is slammed and shattered to pieces with a sledgehammer. while i try to collect and put back the pieces, im hit again and again. one day i’ll be broken beyond repair.
i actually dont know what to do anymore.
Things keep going from bad to worse
Looks like my stay in France is over.
People who are interested in Pakistan, watch out for two highly informative articles about the country on my e-zine next month.
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Today, 27 December 2011 marks 3 years since the savage Israeli attacks - Operation Cast Lead - on Gaza.
Here’s my article for my e-zine which talks a little about the current situation in Gaza. The focus is on the children of Gaza
Growing up in Gaza: What future for Gaza’s children?
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Our thoughts are with Gaza
Today, 27 December 2011 marks 3 years since the savage Israeli attacks - Operation Cast Lead - on Gaza.
Free Palestine!
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imran khan holds his first nationalist rally in punjab, the only province of pakistan that never wanted independence from the british.
maybe i’ll pay some attention to imran khan if he does a sit-in or a strike action against home-grown terrorists and extremist culture and ideology instead of american drone attacks.
- jahanzeb
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Here are a few other facts: last year, the N.Y.P.D. recorded more than 600,000 stops; 84 percent of those stopped were blacks or Latinos. Police are far more likely to use force when stopping blacks or Latinos than whites. In half the stops police cite the vague “furtive movements” as the reason for the stop. Maybe black and brown people just look more furtive, whatever that means. These stops are...
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Worse, a huge number of immigrants in New York have no representation at all. Although poor defendants in criminal courts are entitled to court-appointed lawyers, people in immigration courts are not. Over all, immigrants appeared in court without a lawyer in nearly 15,000 cases (27 percent of the total) between October 2005 and July 2010. About two-thirds of immigrants in detention were...
“Most zionists don’t believe that God exists, but they do believe he promised...”
– Ilan Pappe
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Rise of the drone: From Calif. garage to...
Over the next 10 years, the Pentagon plans to purchase more than 700 medium- and large-size drones at a cost of nearly $40 billion, according to a Congressional Budget Office study.
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The first drone was made by an Iraqi engineer named Abraham Karem. :S
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Inconvenient Income Inequality
An Associated Press report this week on census data found that “a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income.” The report said that the data “depict a middle class that’s shrinking.”
An October report from the Congressional Budget Office found that, from 1979 to 2007, the average real after-tax household...
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Repressing Democracy, With American Arms
Ali grew up here in Sitra, a collection of poor villages far from the gleaming bank towers of Bahrain’s skyline. Almost every day pro-democracy protests still bubble up in Sitra, and even when they are completely peaceful they are crushed with a barrage of American-made tear gas.
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American Policy Toward Iraq After 2011
“Until the global economy kicks its dangerous addiction to oil, Iraq will matter a great deal to us and to our trading partners.”
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services.
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I really urge you to read this.
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“Indeed, one of the most important lessons of the Arab Spring and Mubarak’s fall...”
– Kenneth Pollack, Senate Committee on the Armed Services
L ‘Assemblée Nationale va t elle voter une loi pénalisant la négation du génocide indien aux Etats Unis et au Canada, ou encore le nettoyage ethnique en Palestine ?
I hope you all have a great Christmas! And let’s take this occasion to tell everyone that Muslims also celebrate Christmas. For those Muslims who think that Christmas is only a Christian thing, please do us all a favor and stop negating the traditions of our own religion. During the break, maybe you can go to the library to inform yourself, or perhaps just read the Quran. Just as Mohammed,...
aticketogoanywhere-deactivated2 a demandé : Just a quiet note letting you know that your articles for Collateral Damage are very much appreciated by my family.
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Fact
The Armenian genocide took place.
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Let us forget about Iraq
It angers me, listening to so many mourn the financial losses the United States Gov’t has forced upon the citizens of this empire. The cost of the war. That is seemingly all we hear of. The day the war “ended” I forced myself into watching, briefly, a few mainstream media outlets; the cost to Americans was all that mattered – their troops, their money – them. A selfish media for a selfish...
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'If Jesus were to come this year, Bethlehem would...
If Joseph and Mary were making their way to Bethlehem today, the Christmas story would be a little different, says Father Ibrahim Shomali, a parish priest in the town. The couple would struggle to get into the city, let alone find a hotel room.
“If Jesus were to come this year, Bethlehem would be closed,” says the priest of Bethlehem’s Beit Jala parish. “He would either...
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Raptors Announce Special Canadian Forces Inspired...
“We’re excited to be the first NBA team to have a jersey that honours the work of military personnel,” said Tom Anselmi, executive vice-president and chief operating officer of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. “This jersey is just a small gesture that shows our organization’s commitment and appreciation for the men and women who serve our country.”
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As macho as it is already,...
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In Palestine, if Mary and Joseph were to travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem today, they would cross 11 checkpoints, a security check, and a 30 ft wall, as well as a few tanks and a few white phosphorus canisters.
They wouldn’t make it.
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Swiss museum suspends Elysée Prize to protest...
The Musée de L’Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland has suspended the 2011 Lacoste Elysée Prize, a presitigious international photography contest, over the sponsor’s decision to expel Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour. The following press release was issued by the museum.
Lausanne, 21 December 2011 - The Musée de l’Elysée has decided to suspend the organisation of the Lacoste Elysée Prize 2011....
“One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say...”
– ~ Khalil Gibran
I see people go nuts over Xmas shopping and I ask myself if there’s anything left sacred in this world anymore or not.