Category Archives: Rock on-Peace Out

Tel Aviv mayor says the occupation is a cause of Palestinian terror | +972 Magazine

“On the one hand the occupation has lasted 49 years, and I took part in it,” Huldai told veteran journalist Ilana Dayan, “I recognize the reality and know that leaders with courage must look to take action and not just talk. The fact that we are suffering does not lead to a change in understanding of what must be done… There is no courage to do what needs to be done in order to reach a [peace] agreement.” “There is no way to hold people in a situation of occupation and think that they will reach the conclusion that every thing is okay and they will continue to live like that,” Huldai added.

Source: Tel Aviv mayor says the occupation is a cause of Palestinian terror | +972 Magazine

Yes, Hillary’s Nomination For President Really Is a Big Effin’ Deal | Dame Magazine

Jen DeaderickHillary Rodham Clinton has become the first woman to secure the nomination for president in the primary of a major political party. This was no coronation. This has been a tough, grueling primary, and it’s the second one she’s been through in the last ten years. Even before her first run for president in 2008, she had spent decades working on progressive causes, wearing out her shoe leather learning how to work in the grassroots ground games, and in the corridors of power. She earned this nomination by working a lot harder, by being a lot smarter, by being a self-starter.She earned it, but she also stood on a lot of shoulders to get to where she is, walked though a lot of doors that others had opened, or left ajar. Since 1776, women have fought, over and over again, to be full participants in this great political experiment: the United States of America.When the Founders wrote “All Men are Created Equal,” they really did mean to say “men.” It was not meant as a universal word meaning humans. Elizabeth “Mum Bett” Freeman saw herself in the Declaration of Independence and sued for her freedom, and Abigail Adams famously urged John to “remember the ladies” in his work at the Constitutional Convention:

Source: Yes, Hillary’s Nomination For President Really Is a Big Effin’ Deal | Dame Magazine

General elections in Spain: Unidos Podemos leaves Socialists behind, takes second place in polls | In English | EL PAÍS

Unidos Podemos is in a similar position. Despite public perceptions that Podemos has blocked efforts to form a government, supporters of the coalition led by Pablo Iglesias and Alberto Garzón have rallied (78% say they will repeat their vote on June 26), giving it a 25.6% share of the vote according to Sunday’s Metroscopia poll (5.4% ahead of the PSOE).

Source: General elections in Spain: Unidos Podemos leaves Socialists behind, takes second place in polls | In English | EL PAÍS

Lin-Manuel Miranda says Donald Trump is spreading ‘a virulent strain of a virus’ — Repeating Islands

The U.S. has always had a tradition of xenophobia, says Lin-Manuel Miranda, and our current moment is no exception, Jorge Ramos and Jorge Rivas report for Fusion. “What you’re seeing is a particular virulent strain of a virus that has always affected our American politics, and it’s one in which when times are difficult, politicians […]

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Hillary Clinton para Presidente | La Prensa San Diego

Hillary Clinton merece nuestro apoyo. Merece un triunfo en California y llevar esa sinergia a las elecciones generales. Debe contar con la mayor solidez posible para permitirle hacer frente a la campaña de odio, división y peligroso aislacionismo que está montando Trump. Ya estamos más allá de política partidista. Se trata de quienes queremos ser. Se trata de ser el tipo de país en el que queramos vivir y heredar a nuestros hijos. Se trata del mismísimo motivo por el cual nuestras familias decidieron originalmente venir a este país. Hillary Clinton para Presidente.

Source: Hillary Clinton para Presidente | La Prensa San Diego

WitnessLA.com » Blog Archive » Muhammed Ali, Simply: The Greatest – January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ― Muhammad Ali

“The Service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.” ― Muhammad Ali

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion’.” ― Muhammad Ali

“Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.” ― Muhammad Ali

“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.” ― Muhammad Ali

“The man with no imagination has no wings.” ― Muhammad Ali

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” ― Muhammad Ali

“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can’t hit what the eyes can’t see.” ― Muhammad Ali

“I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me.” ― Muhammad Ali

“I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin’ hell, but as long as they ain’t free, I ain’t free.” ― Muhammad Ali

Source: WitnessLA.com » Blog Archive » Muhammed Ali, Simply: The Greatest – January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016

Gaza… The Resilience | nadiaharhash

Inside me an image of poverty and destruction overwhelmed with desperation and despair. And infront of me, an image of an interactive scenery of normality. A scene I can see on any shore in the world, with the addition of exclusivity for Arabs. Genuine existence. …Persistence … to be, to live.Not every city can reflect itself to you through its people. Gaza is among those. It is not the sea. It is not the beauty or the monuments. It is not the ugliness or the destruction. It is not the richness or poverty. It is not the facilities, the streets, and the services. It is the people. It is one place that makes you see what it means to be lived. It makes you feel life through it’s people … and yet, you cannot really get to them as you pass through them.You live them.With all there stories… told and untold.With their non-ending miseries, tragedies, traumas.With their continuous destined fate of displacement and disruption.With their never tired resilience despite exhaustion and blocked opportunities.

Source: Gaza… The Resilience | nadiaharhash

A New Web Browser for Our Friends

We are all absolutely unique and we want different things. Vivaldi web browser lets you do things your way by adapting to you and not the other way around. You prefer the browser tabs placed at the bottom or on the side of the window? – You prefer a different address bar location? Go ahead and customize your preferences be it your keyboard shortcuts, mouse gestures, appearance and so on.

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Gloria Steinem On Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, & Beyonce’s Daring Feminism: Gothamist

Why do you think it’s important that we elect Hillary Clinton? Well, setting gender aside, because obviously I wouldn’t vote for Sarah Palin, she may be the most experienced and effective candidate we’ve ever had. I can’t think of another presidential candidate who has had the kind of experience she has. Also from her Wellesley graduation speech, to her struggle for health care, she’s always been out there. Neither she, nor you, nor I, agrees with everything that emerges from a democratic process. She knows how to go in there and make it better than it would have been without her.

Source: Gloria Steinem On Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, & Beyonce’s Daring Feminism: Gothamist