Invites you in to make it your space.
Hidden dimensions
My first son Hassan
Was born on April the 9th
You might think
So what… why are you saying it
With such a gloomy tune
What is wrong with 9th of April?
You have to be a Palestinian
To understand
For on the 9th of April 1948
The massacre of Deir Yassin
Took place
Where every man women and child
Of that peaceful farming village
Was killed in cold blood
No one survived
Except those
Who pretended to be dead
As we celebrate the birth of a new born
With joy
We mourn and grief
Lost loved ones
In our midst
Nothing comes insular
Nothing is disjointed
No single colours
The fabric of our lives
Makes the most amazing tapestry
If you hold it backwards
Looking at the wrong side
You’ll see a mirror image
Of shades of a blurred picture
With loops… knots and…
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U.S. Deports Salvadoran General Accused in ’80s Killings – NYTimes.com
After a 16-year legal battle, a former defense minister of El Salvador once embraced by Washington as a close ally during the civil war there in the 1980s, was deported on Wednesday after immigration courts found that he had participated in torture and killings by troops under his command.
The officer, Gen. Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, is the highest-ranking foreign official to be deported under laws enacted in 2004 to prevent human rights violators from seeking haven in this country. The expulsion culminates persistent efforts by rights advocates to hold General Vides accountable for his role in the 1980 murders of four American churchwomen, one of the most notorious crimes by the Salvadoran armed forces in that era.
via U.S. Deports Salvadoran General Accused in ’80s Killings – NYTimes.com.
Zapatistas Call for Different Forms of Protest in Mexico
Zapatistas Call for Different Forms of Protest in Mexico
Members of the EZLN hold banners saying “You are not alone,” and “Your anger is also ours.” | Photo: Reuters
For the past six months, Mexicans have been tirelessly protesting over the forced disappearances of 43 students from a teacher training college. Mexican revolutionary group the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) is questioning the effectiveness of traditional methods of popular struggle, including “marches, real or virtual, elections, inquiries and meetings,” to address the “catastrophe” that has engulfed the country.
In a press release, signed by Insurgent Subcommander Galeano, the militants said that even though the nation was in the midst of a “storm,” they could see and hear that “everything is carrying on the same,” and that people are being presented with “only small variations that do not significantly alter the landscape.” “
As Zapatistas, we see one thing and…
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sun turtle
thistle flower
Poor people in Kansas restricted from taking cruises, because we all know poor people take cruises.
Loss in Translation: Ayotzinapa and Mexico’s More than 27,000 Disappeared
Loss in Translation: Ayotzinapa and Mexico’s More than 27,000 Disappeared
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The search for happiness
The search for happiness is not about looking at life through rose-colored glasses or blinding oneself to the pain and imperfections of the world. Nor is happiness a state of exultation to be perpetuated at all costs.
It is the purging of mental toxins, such as hatred and obsession, that literally poison the mind. It is also about learning how to put things in perspective and reduce the gap between appearances and reality.
To that end we must acquire a better knowledge of how the mind works and a more accurate insight into the nature of things, for in its deepest sense, suffering is intimately linked to a misapprehension of the nature of reality.
―Matthieu Ricard
With thanks to Tashi at https://greatmiddleway.wordpress.com
200 farmers committed suicide in Marathwada, says official – The Times of India
The total number of farmers who committed suicide during the last three months in the eight districts of Marathwada region has crossed 200, official sources said here today.
The main reason behind taking the extreme step is bankruptcy due to loans which cannot be repayed due to crops destroyed by natural calamities.
via 200 farmers committed suicide in Marathwada, says official – The Times of India.


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