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

Sounding Exactly Like an Onion Article, Sanders Campaign Attacks Clinton’s Ambition

As Rebecca Traister explains at The Cut, Weaver’s comment was a throwaway one, but this narrative — casting Clinton as a Tracy Flick-like character, a “woman who tries too hard, who competes with too much intensity, who applies too much focus to her own advancement” — is one that the Sanders campaign seems to be increasingly turning to in recent weeks. Hopefully they’ll cut that shit out and remain committed to running on the issues, instead of invoking the tired stereotype of the overly ambitious woman and counting on our deep-seated double-standards around power and gender to kick in. As for Weaver’s broader point — that even as the race between the Democratic nominees heats up in the final stretch, we should “not denigrate other people’s supporters” because “we want to have a party at the end of this we can unify” — I personally agree wholeheartedly. A poll out yesterday, however, suggests that there are more people feeling the Bern who could stand to hear that reminder: 25 percent of Sanders’ supporters, compared to 14 percent of Clinton’s, say they wouldn’t vote for the other one if their candidate doesn’t get the nomination.

Source: Sounding Exactly Like an Onion Article, Sanders Campaign Attacks Clinton’s Ambition

Turkey: Proposal to annul citizenship threatens fundamental rights – IFEX

In a speech on April 5, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Turkey should counter supporters of terrorism by stripping them of Turkish citizenship. Erdoğan in recent months has accused academics, journalists, and lawyers critical of his policies of supporting terrorism and called for the legal definition of terrorism to be widened. Turkey is militarily fighting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which the United States designates as a terrorist organization. Historically, the Turkish state has not distinguished either legally or politically between speech it considers in favor of the PKK or other terrorist organizations and actual membership in a terrorist organization. The Turkish government has also designated the Gülen movement as a terror organization.

Source: Turkey: Proposal to annul citizenship threatens fundamental rights – IFEX

Ivanka Trump Scarves Recalled by GBG Accessories Group Due to Violation of Federal Flammability Standard | CPSC.gov

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Source: Ivanka Trump Scarves Recalled by GBG Accessories Group Due to Violation of Federal Flammability Standard | CPSC.gov

Small is beautiful – an economic idea that has sadly been forgotten | Madeleine Bunting | Opinion | The Guardian

However, small is beautiful is an idea that keeps reappearing – the latest incarnations are farmers’ markets, and local cafes baking homemade cup cakes – because it incorporates such a fundamental insight into the human experience of modernity. We yearn for economic systems within our control, within our comprehension and that once again provide space for human interaction – and yet we are constantly overwhelmed by finding ourselves trapped into vast global economic systems that are corrupting and corrupt.

Source: Small is beautiful – an economic idea that has sadly been forgotten | Madeleine Bunting | Opinion | The Guardian

Tens of thousands in Peru protest against presidential candidate Fujimori | News | DW.COM | 06.04.2016

Anywhere from 20,000 to 50,000 people marched on the streets of the Peruvian capital on Tuesday night amid concern over Keiko Fujimori, daughter of the country’s notorious ex-president, who is predicted to win the upcoming election. The protest occurred on the 24th anniversay of her father Alberto Fujimori’s move to dissolve the country’s parliament. The elder Fujimori, who governed Peru from 1990 to 2000, is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence for human rights abuses. While his daughter is topping the polls in Peru, she appears to lack the support needed to gain a simple majority. Nevertheless, many protestors fear that if she were to win during Sunday’s election, she would simply be a repeat of her father.

Source: Tens of thousands in Peru protest against presidential candidate Fujimori | News | DW.COM | 06.04.2016

Will a two-state solution be announced in November? – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

In consultations ahead of the November decision, the United States is reserving a special role for Egypt. In addition to Cairo’s traditional role as conciliator/mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as of January, Egypt is a member of the UN Security Council. Its vote could tip the scales in favor of a proposed Obama resolution on resolving the conflict or a resolution that Obama will not veto.Cairo also has a symbolic value. In June 2009, five months after being sworn into office, Obama delivered a speech in Cairo in which he pledged to “personally” bring about the implementation of the two-state solution. He promised that “America will not turn our backs on the legitimate Palestinian aspiration for dignity, opportunity and a state of their own.” He added, “It is time … for all of us to live up to our responsibilities.” The last chance to live up to his promise to the Israelis and the Palestinians will come on Nov. 8, 2016, the day of the US presidential elections, and expire on Jan, 20, 2017, when the newly elected president and vice president are sworn in.

Source: Will a two-state solution be announced in November? – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

In the War Between Bernie vs. Hillary Supporters, the Only Winner Is the GOP | Dame Magazine

So I beg of you, readers, to please support your candidate and do so respectfully and thoughtfully. And to please not get mired in the battles with friends and fellow Democrats that you lose sight of what’s on the other side.

Source: In the War Between Bernie vs. Hillary Supporters, the Only Winner Is the GOP | Dame Magazine

Victim’s Cousin in Oklahoma Death Penalty Case Speaks of “Awful” Guilt Upon Learning Defendants Were Actually Innocent

After Debbie Carter was raped and murdered in Ada, Oklahoma in 1982, police and prosecutors told her cousin, Christy Sheppard (pictured) that

Source: Victim’s Cousin in Oklahoma Death Penalty Case Speaks of “Awful” Guilt Upon Learning Defendants Were Actually Innocent

‘Antivaxxer’ tells of ‘nightmare’ after passing whooping cough onto baby daughter – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GP8HMbwEkU

A mother who refused to be vaccinated against whooping cough has changed her firm stance after she contracted and passed the serious disease onto her newborn baby.First-time mother Cormit Avital has explained the agonising experience of watching her new daughter Eva suffer with pertussis in a video posted online.”If I could turn back time I would protect myself,” the young mother said.”It’s been a nightmare.”Ms Avital, who owns a health beverage company, rejected the whooping cough vaccine she was offered in week 28 of her pregnancy believing she “didn’t need this crap”.She described herself as a very healthy, organic and fit woman who had no complications during her pregnancy and no deficiencies.

Source: ‘Antivaxxer’ tells of ‘nightmare’ after passing whooping cough onto baby daughter – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)