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Daily Archives: June 21, 2015
Protesters in London march against austerity
Protesters have marched peacefully through the streets of London, demanding an end to austerity. Finance Minister George Osborne is expected to unveil massive cuts targeting public services in July.
Across Europe, protesters call for solidarity with Greece
Brussels and Amsterdam have joined London, France, Germany and Italy in hosting mass rallies in support of cash-strapped Greece. Demonstrators said the financial sector must take responsibility for the damage it caused.
via Across Europe, protesters call for solidarity with Greece.
Republicans Tread Carefully in Criticism of Confederate Flag – aka: cowardice
The challenge for Republicans has been great as they seek to broaden their party’s appeal while trying not to risk offending the conservative white voters who venerate the emblem.
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65-year-old dog lover from Tianjin goes to Yulin to save animals from the slaughter
In order to save animals from being eaten at the Yulin dog meat festival, a lady from Tianjin travelled thousands of miles to the region in order to buy up dogs and cats before they could be slaughtered.
via 65-year-old dog lover from Tianjin goes to Yulin to save animals from the slaughter.
Dog meat festival in China – trigger alert – does not get much worse than this.
In Yulin, a city in southern China (Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region), a local tradition is to consume dog meat, cooked with lychees, to celebrate
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on the road again
hpskurdal posted a photo:
Fløterfestivalen i Fet og Sørum..
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CENSORED NEWS: Agent Orange: Toxin in Genocide of Indigenous Peoples
Agent Orange latest in toxic genocide of Indigenous Peoples
In Canada, Agent Orange was sprayed in British Columbia during the 1980s. At Kapuskasing, Ontario, Agent Orange was sprayed about 20 kilometers from a First Nations community.
The spraying at Kapuskasing reveals the pattern of the US and Canada of targeting areas with Indian communities. Kapuskasing was not only the site of Agent Orange spraying, but was also the site of a WWI prisoner of war camp and later a power plant.
In a pattern of toxic genocide, areas near and on Indian communities have been used as prisoner of war camps, power plant sites and toxic waste dumps.
In Arizona, the WWII prisoner of war camps included sites on Gila River Indian Community and Colorado River Indian Nations. Coal-fired power plants are now on and around many Indian Nations, including the Navajo Nation. The Western Shoshone in Nevada and Goshute in Utah continue to be targeted with toxic and nuclear waste dumps.
Navajos in New Mexico, Havasupai in Arizona and Lakotas in Nebraska and the Dakotas are targeted with new uranium mining that could contaminate their drinking water. During the Cold War, Navajos, Acomas and Laguna Pueblos worked in uranium mines without protective clothing and many died of cancer and respiratory diseases. Today, radioactive tailings are strewn on the Navajo Nation.
Dene in Canada, like the Dine’ in Arizona, were never told of the dangers of uranium mining during the Cold War, and worked in the uranium mines without protective clothing. In the Pueblos, the radioactive dust blew on their foods as they ate.
In the case of the Goshute in Utah, their neighbor continues to be a biological and chemical warfare testing site, the US military’s Dugway Proving Ground.
via CENSORED NEWS: Agent Orange: Toxin in Genocide of Indigenous Peoples.
