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Indígenas no Brasil: Lutas que se Encontram  — Brasdangola Blogue

Barbara Crane Navarro

Fonte: Indígenas no Brasil e palestinos: lutas que se encontram – Monitor doOriente

Indígenas no Brasil e palestinos: lutas que se encontram — Brasdangola Blogue

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Repressão: governo assalta as terras indígenas à mão armada  — Brasdangola Blogue — Barbara Crane Navarro

Na última terça-feira, 22/6, os cães de guarda da burguesia avançaram violentamente contra uma manifestação de indígenas em Brasília. A Polícia Militar e Fonte: Repressão: governo assalta as terras indígenas à mão armada • Diário Causa Operária Repressão: governo assalta as terras indígenas à mão armada  — Brasdangola Blogue

Repressão: governo assalta as terras indígenas à mão armada  — Brasdangola Blogue — Barbara Crane Navarro

Masih Alinejad: Iranian intelligence agents plotted to kidnap dissident journalist in Brooklyn, U.S. prosecutor say – The Washington Post

This is not some far-fetched movie plot. We allege a group, backed by the Iranian government, conspired to kidnap a U.S. based journalist here on our soil and forcibly return her to Iran,” FBI Assistant Director William F. Sweeney Jr. said in a statement Tuesday, adding: “Not on our watch.” Source: Masih Alinejad: Iranian intelligence agents plotted to kidnap dissident journalist in Brooklyn, U.S. prosecutor say – The Washington Post

German president joins campaign to reinvigorate vaccinations – The Washington Post

Germany’s president appealed Wednesday to hesitant compatriots to get vaccinated against COVID-19, adding to efforts by top politicians to reinvigorate the country’s inoculation campaign as infection numbers have begun to creep higher.

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s video message came a day after Chancellor Angela Merkel urged German residents to get the shot.

Although case numbers remain very low — currently around seven weekly new cases per 100,000 residents — they have been edging up for a week, and German leaders are wary of worse to come now that the more contagious delta variant is dominant. And the number of people getting shots has slipped in recent weeks.

Source: German president joins campaign to reinvigorate vaccinations – The Washington Post

Unvaccinated may require tougher tactics amid COVID-19 surge – Los Angeles Times

The solution won’t be easy, but officials and experts are pretty confident they know what will work.

First, sending trusted people in communities to advocate for vaccinations at events and doing door-to-door outreach can do wonders in convincing people to get vaccinated, said UC San Francisco epidemiologist Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo. Getting vaccines into the offices of primary care physicians, where doctors can answer patients’ questions directly, can help too.

Another strategy would involve new requirements to get vaccinated, such as at workplaces, Bibbins-Domingo said. Short of that, she said, employers could require unvaccinated workers to get tested daily — an approach that has been used elsewhere around the world.

“When being vaccinated becomes the more convenient of the two options, that will drive people to be vaccinated,” Bibbins-Domingo said. “You have to make it slightly less convenient to be unvaccinated at this point.

“If you choose to get tested every day, because you don’t believe in vaccination, that might be fine. But I think for some, being tested every day or being tested at some very regular interval might be that the thing that says: ‘Well, yeah, when I look at the risk and benefits, the vaccine is looking a little bit better.’”

Source: Unvaccinated may require tougher tactics amid COVID-19 surge – Los Angeles Times

The United States: A SECULAR Nation! Let’s Keep It So

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The United States of America is, by definition, a democratic republic.  It is also, by definition, a secular nation.  A secular nation, not one ruled by religious dogma, but by laws that are just and that benefit all citizens.  This nation is not a theocracy!  Please allow me to define these terms for you:

  • Secular – not subject to or bound by religious rule.
  • Democratic Republic – A democratic republic is a form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and a democracy.
    • Republic – A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives.
    • Democracy – A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
  • Theocracy – a form of government in which a deity of some type is recognized as the supreme ruling authority, giving divine guidance to human intermediaries…

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GOP–The Party Of Stupid

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Today’s GOP is a far cry from the noble party of 1956……and since 1980 it has been in steady radicalization….today it has NOTHING to offer the country other than ‘chaos and instability’……

The GOP are not a political party as we have known such for most of our history. They are closer to a camp of oligarchic terrorists, employing techniques used by Fascists and other authoritarian regimes, and excoriated in 1984, to attempt a slow-moving coup, , whose aim is the destruction of voting rights, constitutional democracy, and the creation of a one-party state.

Political strategist David Plouffe said on MSNBC last week, “They`re not hiding what they`re doing. …they`re not only trying to make it harder to register to vote, they want to change …who gets to decide who wins elections….” “[T]his is existential. If you think that this Republican won`t go to the …furthest…

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Developing Eco Habits can Help us to Reap Great Benefits

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When we dotree planting, reducing, reusing and recycling plastic, we are developing good eco habits as we transform communities

When we go green we can create a lot more opportunities

Turning off lights, carpooling, using less water, and taking public transportation will help us to save in many ways

We will be able to make plans for brighter days

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Good eco habits will develop in our children when they learn in the right way

Children will stop littering, start doing waste separation and have many great things to say

Building environmental protection awareness in a new way will help us to stop polluting the planet

We can change the way we do things and stop waiting for more disasters so we can be upset

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Since there are solutions for air pollution, climate change and other environmental issues that makes life…

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