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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Does glyphosate cause cancer? Monsanto herbicide trial begins in US

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A California man is dying of cancer, and he is blaming the glyphosate found in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. From the WHO to the EU, international bodies show the research is anything but clear. DW examines the case.

Trump administration to miss deadline to reunite all children under five with families

Crime against humanity. Following orders not a defense

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So far, DoJ has reunited only two of the 102 children and said it expects to reunite another 54 by tomorrow’s deadline

The US government has only managed to reunite two of 102 migrant children under the age of five with their families after they were separated at the southern border, and has admitted it will not be able to meet a federal district judge’s deadline for them all to be reunited by Tuesday.

In a hearing on Monday, the Department of Justice told Judge Dana Sabraw that it expects to reunite another 54 children by tomorrow’s 10pm deadline, which would leave approximately 46 children separated.

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Let’s say goodbye to respectability, and welcome assertiveness (Part 1)

“respectability” and “civility” gives control of what is said to those in power and gives 300 years of more of oppression. When the Irish took up arms between 1900 and 1920, British oppression began its fall in Ireland. Respectability’s return resulted in there still being a Northern Ireland colony. POC and the poor cannot “respect” themselves into having full and equal rights within white and wealth dominated societies.

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Beth Collier shares psychotherapeutic perspectives on the harm of Respectability and why it’s time to welcome a new era of Assertiveness

In 2016 Beyonce gave an era defining Superbowl performance that thrilled and stunned in equal measure. Referencing the Black Panther movement and declaring her love of black traits and characteristics, it was a voice rarely heard in mainstream cultural spaces. It was unapologetic, and its power reverberated. This beautiful demonstration of black excellence propelled black Assertiveness into global conversation.

With Maxine Waters ‘reclaiming my time’, King Johnson asserting ‘I want you to not teach me lies’, Shuri demanding ‘don’t scare me like that, coloniser,’ Issa Rae ‘rooting for everyone black’ and Stormzy calling out ‘where’s the money for Grenfell,’ black Assertiveness is stepping into the mainstream of conversation and culture, rather than remaining protected from white audiences in black communities and cultural hubs.

And no wonder we have protected…

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This Week in Egypt: Week 27-2018 ( July 2-8)

How can a country try and jail someone for “insulting” the country? One would think that Egypt is stronger than to have to jail someone who criticized it?

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Top Headlines

  • Egypt Air flight MS804 crash “caused by cockpit fire”, French investigators find
  • Lebanese tourist sentenced to over 8 years in prison for insulting Egypt in a viral video
  • Egypt opens Rafah border with Gaza, allowing passage in both directions
  • Egypt Supreme Administrative Court issued a verdict supporting a number of police officers fired from duty for having beards
  • Egypt’s football star Abu Treika has terrorist list verdict overturned but remains on list due to second ruling in similar case
  • Coptic Pope Tawadros heads to Italy for ecumenical prayer for Mideast peace with Pope Francis

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Hard Brexit could force Dutch electronics firm Philips to quit UK

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Philips CEO says cost of exported products could increase if UK leaves single customs union

Dutch electronics firm Philips has warned it may shift production out of Britain in the event of a “hard” Brexit, saying it was “deeply concerned about competitiveness” of its operations there.

The Amsterdam-based group employs about 1,500 people in Britain, most notably at its factory at Glemsford in Suffolk making baby care products for export.

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BOMBSHELL: Trump admin ran ‘pilot program’ for zero tolerance at border in 2017 [and over 4,100 children have been separated from parents, more than previously reported]

BOMBSHELL: Trump admin ran ‘pilot program’ for zero tolerance at border in 2017 [and over 4,100 children have been separated from parents, more than previously reported]:

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The government was separating migrant parents from their kids for months prior to the official introduction of zero tolerance [in May], running what a U.S. official called a “pilot program” for widespread prosecutions in Texas, but apparently did not create a clear system for parents to track or reunite with their kids

[A] DHS official also confirmed to NBC that, from July 2017 to October 2017, the Trump administration ran what the official called a “pilot program” for zero tolerance in El Paso.

Court records and interviews with migrants show that during that period federal prosecutors began to criminally charge any adult who crossed the border unlawfully in the El Paso sector, which spans from New Mexico to West Texas. Parents arriving with young children were not exempt.

“This was happening in El Paso before it was news,” said Linda Rivas, executive director of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center. “People didn’t believe it…”

Even those families who crossed the border hoping for asylum were caught up in the El Paso experiment. A mother named Jocelyn, whom Rivas represents, was apprehended crossing with her son last August near El Paso. Although Jocelyn said she sought asylum, she was prosecuted for illegal entry, court documents show. Her son was taken from her