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13:47:56 01/12/12
Independent Lens | Have You Heard From Johannesburg | Part 4 | The Bottom Line | PBS
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Independent Lens | Have You Heard From Johannesburg | Part 4 | The Bottom Line | PBS
www.itvs.org Premiering January 19, 2012 on PBS (check local listings). Watch "The Bottom Line" - the fourth episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg" Boycotts and divestment campaigns bring the anti-apartheid movement into the lives and communities of people around the world, helping everyday people understand and challenge Western economic support for apartheid. Faced with attacks at home and growing chaos in South Africa, international companies pull out in a mass exodus, causing a financial crisis in the now-isolated South Africa. This five-part series from producer/director Connie Field chronicles the history of the global anti-apartheid movement that took on South Africa's entrenched apartheid regime and its international supporters who considered South Africa an ally in the Cold War. Learn more about Independent Lens: www.pbs.org Watch other Independent Lens video: video.pbs.org From: PBS Views: 245 4 ratings Time: 03:03 More in Film & Animation
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01:07:59 05/06/11
Only As Equals By Palestinian Poet Remi Kanazi
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Palestinian poet Remi Kanazi performs his poem "Only as Equals" at Monkeywrench Books in Austin, Texas on 4/4/11. Remi Kanazi - a poet, writer, and activist based in New York City. Poetic Injustice is the long-awaited release by this Palestinian-American poet and it is a diverse mix of unabashed resistance poems. Laced with searing indictments of occupation, ethnic cleansing, and war, Remi tackles some of the most important issues facing the world today. Remi is also the editor of Poets For Palestine (Al Jisser Group, 2008). His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the world, including Al Jazeera English, GRITtv with Laura Flanders, and BBC Radio. His poetry has taken him across North America, the UK, and the Middle East, and he recently appeared in the Palestine Festival of Literature as well as Poetry International. He is a recurring writer in residence and advisory board member for the Palestine Writing Workshop. Only as Equals: Every time I think of 9/11
I see burning flesh dripping off the bones of Iraqi children in Fallujah Now Gaza I tend to memorialize the forgotten The collateral damage eclipsing our unpunished crimes Maybe it’s because I’m a numbers guy Because if I had a dollar for every time an Iraqi died since 2003
I’d be a millionaire And don’t get me wrong Sometimes I don’t know who I hate more The governments in the West Or the politicians in the East Who sell their souls quicker than the oil they export Straw men who use Palestine as a tool to line their pockets And don’t give a nickel to their people Quisling governments Who stitch mouths shut for a check from Washington and AIPAC How can you be their prototypical anti-Semite If you are signing peace accords to oppress your own people? And then Orientalists and idiots talk about how We can’t have democracy in the Middle East Because of what happened in Gaza A Hamas boogyman wrapped in democratic elections Rahm Emanuel wants to educate me and my people about democracy gone wrong Why doesn’t he try implementing one Israel first? Instead of bowing down to terrorists like his father and the IDF Lauding a third rate, racist, European society that’s imploding quicker Than its moral standing in the world Enlightened like 1950s Afrikaners and slave traders Just because the house is beautiful Doesn’t mean the bones you built it on have fully decomposed The Israeli left is about as alive as Ariel Sharon I’m sick and tired of asking for permission to resist From antiquated leftists and progressives Who care more about keeping it Kosher than moving things forward I put down my pen and waving fist to resist with college kids and Palestinians Boycott and divest! Because who cares about preserving a living when governments are killing civilians Complicity by silence and reserve units bombing Gaza Your academics and scholars, theater groups and practitioners, are part of the problem And if logic doesn’t fit into your long term plan of rejecting My right to return, I’m sorry Maybe one day you’ll return to reality Where my people have babies quicker Than Zionists can concoct Jordanian options I don’t want your sympathy or introspective confessions Won’t sit on my hands till they loose oxygen Like the people of Balata and Rafah
Vote for Barack Obama And pretend that his 22 day silence was golden While emaciated children starved to death Surrounded by their parent’s corpses This can’t be America the Beautiful A criminal with a few positive attributes Doesn’t alleviate genocide Bombing Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq Into oblivion doesn’t make you historic It makes you as blind and bloodthirsty As the white men that came before you Apathetic hipsters now excited about a presidentWho broke history, but not poverty, occupation, or corporate interests I’d rather proudly walk through the graveyard of peace accords And failed dialogue sessions Than see my people just as occupied or third class citizens We are the gavel that will slam down like a verdict We are not waiting for Israel or America or the Supreme Court to approve it We’ll boycott Lev Leviev, Caterpillar and your apartheid companies We’re taking back the right of return and the keys to a country Because we never asked you to go back to Europe or sit in open air prisons I’m not asking for your advice, I’m explaining the decision You can stay here, with us, but only as equals
It’s not that you’re Israeli, it’s that you’re wrong That’s why I fight for my people! Produced by Jeff Zavala. A ZGraphix Production.http://zgraphix.org
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22:42:42 04/12/11
Israeli Apartheid Colonialism & The Means Of Resistance
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A conference in English on Israeli Apartheid, Colonialism & the Means of Resistance. The speakers and topics are: Salim Vally on ?Israeli Apartheid and the Global BDS Campaign?, and Rania Masri on ?Anti-Normalization: A Lebanon Perspective?. Moderated by Hazem Jamjoum (IAW Organizing Committee). Monday, 7 March 2011, at the American University of Beirut. Part of Week of Resistance Against Israeli Apartheid and Colonialism, held in Beirut in March 2011, which is part of the 7th International Israeli Apartheid Week which took place across the globe in March 2011. http://beirut.apartheidweek.org
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22:00:07 12/22/10
Tom Tancredo just asks whether military can "segregate in their own ranks" after repeal of DADT
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Mr. Tom 'Miami is a Third World Country' Tancredo went on radio and just brought up what he feels is a relevant question about the repealing of DADT: That is, can the military segregate the troops based on sexual preferences? What a guy. People like him openly foment hostility, the kind that usually leads to violence.
Political Correction: >
Unsurprisingly, Tancredo, who has made his anti-immigrant views well known, isn't in favor of the DREAM Act (which, he claimed, will give special affirmative action treatment to tons of people sneaking in from Latin America and Africa). He was also skeptical about the "political" repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but fortunately for the large majorities of Americans and military personnel who wanted DADT to go away, Tancredo isn't in charge; President Obama signed repeal into law this morning.
Yet, knowing what was coming, Tancredo clung to hope that our combat troops might be saved from actually having to serve in close quarters with those scary gays. "I wonder," he mused, "to what extent this ruling allows the military to segregate within their own ranks." >
TANCREDO: I have a feeling there may be other problems that develop. Certainly those kinds of things have been expressed by the head of the — by the common head of the Marine Corps. And I would — among other things I wonder to what extent this ruling allows the military to segregate within their own ranks. That is to say, it's okay, just as we said that it was ok to have females in the military but we would segregate them into non-combative roles, then would this be — I wonder if we could do the same thing in this situation, saying that just the environment in combat does not lend itself to having these other pressures on the people that we ask to do the fighting. I don't know. I'm just asking a question. I do not know if that was part of the bill that was passed today by the Senate, whether it really went into that kind of detail. I doubt it. Usually these things go over to the military and you know the military is just simply told, "implement."
Tancredo is already well-established as a vicious nativist who always takes the low road, so what do you expect from him? No wonder he's a Tea Party favorite.
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In this clip Alan Colmes tells Tancredo that Jeb Bush called him a "nut" because he called Miami a 'third world country'. Tom's response was to of course equate being called a nut was like being called the "N" word if you're African American. >
Tancredo: Did he use the "N" word? We got into an argument into what it means to be a third world country.
Here's a few of his other greatest hits. >
Tom Tancredo to the Tea Partiers: Lack of 'civics literacy test' meant illiterates put 'a committed socialist' in White House
Tom Tancredo Calls La R aza a "Latino KKK Without the Hoods or Nooses"
Tom Tancredo calls Sonia Sotomayor a racist
Tom Tancredo boycotts Univision/Spanish Debate: Attacks their entire viewership
And let's not forget his "bombing Mecca," statements either.
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02:20:23 12/21/10
Breaking The Siege In Gaza Part 2 Of 2
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Part 2 of 2: The international outrage over the flotilla killing brought unprecedented attention to the four-year blockade of Gaza. The impact of the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign is being felt throughout the world as Israel shows signs of releasing its stranglehold on Gaza. Jason Bechtel and Hany El Saidany, local San Diego activists, discuss their perspectives on the flotilla and its aftermath. Bechtel had recently returned from two weeks in Palestine as part of a delegation of Interfaith Peace Builders. He was in the West Bank during and after the attack on the Freedom Flotilla and was able to participate in protest/solidarity demonstrations in Ramallah and Sakhnin. Hany El Saidany has ties with family in Gaza. He participated in the Viva Palestina Convoy to Gaza in December 2009. This event was sponsored by the San Diego Socialist Organization.
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01:51:33 12/21/10
Breaking The Siege On Gaza Part 1 Of 2
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Part 1 of 2. The international outrage over the flotilla killing brought unprecedented attention to the four-year blockade of Gaza. The impact of the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign is being felt throughout the world as Israel shows signs of releasing its stranglehold on Gaza. Jason Bechtel and Hany El Saidany, local San Diego activists, discuss their perspectives on the flotilla and its aftermath. Bechtel had recently returned from two weeks in Palestine as part of a delegation of Interfaith Peace Builders. He was in the West Bank during and after the attack on the Freedom Flotilla and was able to participate in protest/solidarity demonstrations in Ramallah and Sakhnin. Hany El Saidany has ties with family in Gaza. He participated in the Viva Palestina Convoy to Gaza in December 2009. This event was sponsored by the San Diego Socialist Organization.
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16:00:11 11/26/10
Imagine That: Whole Foods Now Sinking Under Weight Of Health Care Costs Yet CEO Still Blames Feds
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This year-old video features a demonstration against Whole Foods exec Mackey's opposition to health care reform.
It's amazing, how comfortable conservatives are with making crap up! No matter what, they're going to twist the facts to fit their political agendas : >
Last August, John Mackey, the founder and CEO of Whole Foods, sparked outrage in the liberal blogosphere and a customer boycott by publishing a full-throated critique of Obamacare on the op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal. He argued that the country should "move in the opposite direction—toward less government control and more individual empowerment," and held up Whole Foods' own health plan as an alternative: "Our plan's costs are much lower than typical health insurance, while providing a very high degree of worker satisfaction."
But it turns out that Mackey's claims, which also fueled conservative opposition to the Democrats' health-care bill, were misleading. In a memo that he sent to all employees last month, obtained by Mother Jones, Mackey concedes that Whole Foods is actually sinking under the weight of its health care expenses. In the past seven years, he writes, the cost of the company's health care plan as a percentage of its sales has gone up 60 percent. This year's tab is "equal to about 10% of the total Team Member compensation of $2 billion," Mackey complains. "On average over the past three years we have spent more on health care costs than we have made in total net profits!"
Far from being a model of do-it-yourself health care reform, then, Whole Foods' costly insurance plan illustrates why Mackey's opposition to the Affordable Care Act was misguided. Like other major grocery store chains, Whole Foods is facing rampant inflation in health costs. (Unlike Whole Foods, however, Safeway supported key parts of the ACA.) Experts blame this on a lack of incentives for doctors to control costs and the 44 million uninsured Americans who burden the system. The health care bill passed in March is meant to address those problems, in part, by mandating that everyone purchase insurance, subsidizing coverage for the neediest, and creating exchanges in which individuals can pool their resources to purchase affordable coverage. A report by the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs from large companies, estimates that the bill could lower health care costs by as much as $3,000 per employee by 2019.
Yet Mackey, an avowed libertarian, appears to see only one upside in the passage of health-care reform: The opportunity to use it as a scapegoat for Whole Foods' increasing health costs. In the memo, he informs his employees that their insurance deductibles will be increasing to $2,000 for the company's medical plan and $1,000 for its prescription plan, a spike that he blames entirely on the federal government: "This is very important for everyone to understand: 100% of the increases in deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums in 2011 compared to 2010 are due to new federal mandates and regulations." (His emphasis.)
But Whole Foods CEO isn't being honest with his employees about the real cause of the company's escalating health costs. Most of the ACA's key provisions don't go into effect until 2014. Major parts of the bill that kick in sooner, such new rules governing "mini med" plans offered by fast food chains, wouldn't directly affect Whole Foods. And even then, the bill allows companies to petition for temporary exemptions from the new rules.
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16:00:11 11/26/10
Imagine That: Whole Foods Now Sinking Under Weight Of Health Care Costs Yet CEO Still Blames Feds
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This year-old video features a demonstration against Whole Foods exec Mackey's opposition to health care reform.
It's amazing, how comfortable conservatives are with making crap up! No matter what, they're going to twist the facts to fit their political agendas : >
Last August, John Mackey, the founder and CEO of Whole Foods, sparked outrage in the liberal blogosphere and a customer boycott by publishing a full-throated critique of Obamacare on the op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal. He argued that the country should "move in the opposite direction—toward less government control and more individual empowerment," and held up Whole Foods' own health plan as an alternative: "Our plan's costs are much lower than typical health insurance, while providing a very high degree of worker satisfaction."
But it turns out that Mackey's claims, which also fueled conservative opposition to the Democrats' health-care bill, were misleading. In a memo that he sent to all employees last month, obtained by Mother Jones, Mackey concedes that Whole Foods is actually sinking under the weight of its health care expenses. In the past seven years, he writes, the cost of the company's health care plan as a percentage of its sales has gone up 60 percent. This year's tab is "equal to about 10% of the total Team Member compensation of $2 billion," Mackey complains. "On average over the past three years we have spent more on health care costs than we have made in total net profits!"
Far from being a model of do-it-yourself health care reform, then, Whole Foods' costly insurance plan illustrates why Mackey's opposition to the Affordable Care Act was misguided. Like other major grocery store chains, Whole Foods is facing rampant inflation in health costs. (Unlike Whole Foods, however, Safeway supported key parts of the ACA.) Experts blame this on a lack of incentives for doctors to control costs and the 44 million uninsured Americans who burden the system. The health care bill passed in March is meant to address those problems, in part, by mandating that everyone purchase insurance, subsidizing coverage for the neediest, and creating exchanges in which individuals can pool their resources to purchase affordable coverage. A report by the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs from large companies, estimates that the bill could lower health care costs by as much as $3,000 per employee by 2019.
Yet Mackey, an avowed libertarian, appears to see only one upside in the passage of health-care reform: The opportunity to use it as a scapegoat for Whole Foods' increasing health costs. In the memo, he informs his employees that their insurance deductibles will be increasing to $2,000 for the company's medical plan and $1,000 for its prescription plan, a spike that he blames entirely on the federal government: "This is very important for everyone to understand: 100% of the increases in deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums in 2011 compared to 2010 are due to new federal mandates and regulations." (His emphasis.)
But Whole Foods CEO isn't being honest with his employees about the real cause of the company's escalating health costs. Most of the ACA's key provisions don't go into effect until 2014. Major parts of the bill that kick in sooner, such new rules governing "mini med" plans offered by fast food chains, wouldn't directly affect Whole Foods. And even then, the bill allows companies to petition for temporary exemptions from the new rules.
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20:49:58 04/17/10
The Bds Movement Talk And Discussion With Omar Barghouti Part Two
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In part 2, Omar Barghouti takes questions from the audience about a range of issues from the Goldstone report to how American’s can effectively participate and support the BDS movement.
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23:36:54 04/16/10
The Bds Movement Talk And Discussion With Omar Barghouti Part One
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The BDS Movement (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) is an effective voice brining attention to the injustices of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian community in the Middle East. Omar Barghouti is a founder of the BDS movment. In part 1 Mr. Barghouti provides his personal struggle to bring the movment forward and includes a very personal insight into the struggle and its leaders. The event was held at a private residence in the San Diego area.
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22:21:55 11/17/09
Omar Barghouti The Need To Boycott Israel (Part 1)
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Talk plus discussion/debate by Barghouti, organizer of PACBI (the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel). Filmed at the U of Minnesota, 11/2009.
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13:29:00 05/13/09
LABRANG TRUTH-TELLERS ESCAPE TO FREEDOM
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(Left to Right) Gedhun Gyatso, Lobsang Gyatso, Kelsang Jinpa, Jamyang Jinpa, Jigme Gyatso
Photo: Tibet Post International F
ive Buddhist monks from the Labrang Tashi Kyil Monastery in Tibet's eastern Amdo province (Ch: Gansu) have reached safety in India, after more than a year spent dodging Chinese security forces in their occupied country. The men were on the run from Chinese authorities due to having engaged in free speech activities — a peaceful protest demonstration in Labrang town on March 14, 2008, and an unapproved press briefing at their monastery on April 9, 2008.
Gedhun Gyatso and Kelsang Jinpa, both aged 39, reportedly helped to organise a procession through downtown Labrang (Ch: Xiahe), four days after the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising of 1959. In their national capital city Lhasa, many similar processions had been violently suppressed beginning on March 10, with non-violent chanting monks beaten up and detained by Chinese security forces. After five days of this violent response to non-violent demonstrators, a riot broke out in Lhasa late on March 14 in which both Chinese and Tibetans were killed.
Lobsang Gyatso, 24, Jamyang Jinpa, 24, and Jigme Gyatso, 23, participated in an appeal for the world's help during a Chinese stage-managed "international media tour" which visited their monastery on April 9, 2008. Several dozen of Labrang's monks suddenly appeared before the startled journalists and camera crews, bearing their banned Tibetan national flag and banners reading such things as, "We do not have freedom of speech". The unapproved press briefing was extremely embarrassing to the Chinese colonial authorities, who had hoped to prove that all was perfectly well in Tibet by having a compliant foreign press listen to scripted recitations of the PRC talking points. These three men were among the courageous ones who foiled that plan.
Let's have a little reminder of what that looked like. Remember, these men knew they were risking everything when they did this — potentially including their lives. That is the emotion one can hear in the voices. Chinese officials and security are watching it all take place, unable to intervene because the cameras are rolling. From the testimony of Lama Jigme (see previous article) we know that severe retribution was dealt to some of these men after the cameras were gone.
This escape was first reported by Radio Free Asia , which interviewed them on arrival in New Delhi. Those who had participated in these two events learned that they were targets for arrest, and an unknown number took to the mountains around Labrang and tried to avoid capture in small groups.> "We lived like animals, moving from place to place. But this was better than prison," [Gedhun] Gyatso, one of the protest organizers, said in an interview. Gedhun, Kelsang and another companion were surrounded by Chinese police in the mountains after two months of hiding. The two of them escaped but the other companion was captured and remains in prison.
Buddhist monks prepare banners and national flags as they ready for a procession through Labrang town, March 14, 2008.
Photo: Mark Ralston / AFP Jamyang Jinpa told RFA that they had learned of the foreign reporters' visit to Labrang via the RFA's Amdo language broadcast. They didn't know the date of the planned visit, but they prepared themselves for the "good opportunity" to reach out to the world. > "We called for freedom for Tibet and for the release of Tibetan political prisoners, including the Panchen Lama," [Jamyang] Jinpa said. Jamyang added that a lama had advised them to escape after Chinese troops surrounded the monastery when the journalists were gone. They dressed themselves in laymen's clothing and headed for the hills.
The monks reached Dharamsala on Sunday, to a heroes' welcome as they stepped off the early morning bus from Delhi. A press conference was held on Monday — a real press conference this time, without fear of Communist Party reprisal. Phayul reports:> "We couldn’t remain silent when peaceful Tibetan protests in Lhasa and other places were being brutally crushed down, and our fellow Tibetans were being killed for holding peaceful demonstrations," [Gedhun] Gyatso added. Jamyang Jinpa directly addressed the Chinese government's claim that Tibetans are happy and content under their rule, and that the protests which swept Tibetan regions last year (and continue in smaller scale) were the work of foreign-based "splittist instigators".> "What has been happening in Tibet from last year is a spontaneous outcome of deep rooted resentment Tibetan people have had against the Chinese government. No one was there to tell us to protest. Situation alone compelled us to come out on the street," Jinpa said. The men say their newfound freedom has not given them a sense of relief. They did what they did on behalf of their people, and their people remain under the Communist Party's boot.> "Thinking of Tibet makes us feel worried. Our greatest concern is for those who are still suffering in Tibet. Many Tibetans are undergoing torture in Chinese custody," Gyatso said. The Tibet Post also covered the no fear press conference (although it seems to get both incident dates incorrect), and offers additional statements by the new arrivals. Jamyang Jinpa described the Chinese policy in his country this way:> "Population transfer has made us a minority in our own country, we have been colonized by the Chinese, and Tibetans are forced to acknowledge a fake Panchen Lama. [T]here is no religious freedom in Tibet, we are forced to denounce His Holiness the Dalai Lama who is at the core of our heart, from who we seek refuge and salvation." The monks' procession through Labrang town, March 14, 2008.
Photo: Mark Ralston / AFP The press conference was also reported on the Tibetan exile government's website , which curiously refers to the men as "youths" rather than monks. The two older men participated in the monks' procession through Labrang town (39 is a bit old for a "youth") while the three younger men were appealing to journalists at the monastery (the monks you see in the video above — Jigme Gyatso can be recognised at the end of the clip).
The coverage of this great escape has so far been seen on ... the Tibetan exile media only. Up to posting time, this has not been reported on any mainstream international news service, many of whom were present when these monks and others risked everything simply to talk to them last year. This is also very curious, since there are plenty of extra international journalists in India now for the election, and most of those are surely in New Delhi (where these notable escapees first arrived five days ago).
The farming boycott in eastern Tibet is continuing through the last part of the planting season, according to Geshe Monlam Tharchin , a member of the Tibetan parliament in exile. In a report gathered from local sources in the Derge region of Kardze Prefecture, Chinese are reportedly taking land from Tibetans who refuse to cultivate in some areas, and buying up Tibetan farms in other areas for use as a military base, in an increased military presence in the region.
It's now too late in the season for planting wheat, but authorities continue to pressure Tibetans to plant potatoes, peas, and similar crops. Local authorities reportedly issued announcements that, "If you will not to plant the farms, our military will use those farms for our purpose." Many people, mainly men, are escaping their towns and villages on the pretext of gathering medicinal plants. Pressures applied to the population through officially-organized public meetings are meeting resistance, and when asked why they won't plant their farms, the responses are along the lines of, "We Tibetans in the areas are united in our efforts to show our strong solidarity to our brothers and sisters those who lost their lives and those who have faced and are facing brutality, suffering and genocide under the Chinese rule."
A woman works in her family's vineyard in Turfan, May 9, 1997.
Photo: AFP In the former East Turkestan (Ch: Xinjiang) similar policies apply to those who do cultivate their land, but in those cases the beneficiaries will be Chinese businessmen . This is a fine glimpse into China's policies in her colonial holdings, where contracts and leases mean little when a governmental authority happens to run short of cash.
In 1983 the government leased wasteland in northern Xinjiang Uyghur "Autonomous" Region to local peasants, on the condition that they grow fruit orchards. By now the orchards are well established and productive, and the government intends to break the 50 year lease, expropriate the land paying a fraction of its value, and sell it to Chinese businessmen.> Township government chief Abdusamet said the orchards would be better managed if they were bought back.
"The farmers are unable to manage their orchards well," he said. "That is why the township government will take it back — we will manage it better."
"We will auction the orchards to Chinese businessmen from the rest of China," Abdusamet said.
"The Uyghur farmers are unable to benefit from these orchards, and our township government needs income," he said. So the 25 years of work which created the orchards and made them profitable, is translated as, "unable to manage their orchards well," and the government will "manage it better." (This sounds familiar.) It will do that by tearing up the contracts, buying the land at 20% of its value, and selling it to Chinese businesses. The real reason is almost an afterthought — local government needs the money.
A court in Dzoge County, Ngaba T-"A"-P (Ch: Sichuan province) sentenced three Tibetans to prison on unknown charges, according to a report received by Voice of Tibet radio . Jampel, 29, and Lama, 23, both of the Chashang Taringtsang family were sentenced to four years, while Namkho, 27, of Chashang Kyajigtsang family got three years. The source said that arbitrary charges, arbitrary sentences and no choice in legal representation are the common standards of justice in Ngaba.
Former President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel has called for basic standards to be upheld in the election for members of the UN Human Rights Council. Terming the election process a "farce" — and he should know farce as well as he knows totalitarianism, as the playwright himself composed a number of farces — he called for adherence to the Council's founding resolution to "uphold the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights" during member selection.
Yesterday, China received 167 votes from the 191 member states present in the General Assembly. It wasn't much of a contest, with 20 candidates for 18 open seats. China hailed its own electoral success, citing its " remarkable achievements in the field of human rights ." If that's the "highest standard" the UN can come up with, we're all in trouble.
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11:30:30 04/24/09
Friday Hip Hop Report April 24
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http://www.jumpoff.tv presents... The Friday Hip Hop Report - April 24th The best weekly online hip hop show reporting all the developments from news and new releases to album sales and charts. Hosted by Wahidah Fowler this weeks show features: === MAIN STORIES === - Lil Wayne's attempt to block a documentary about his life were denied by a court. he was not happy with scenes displaying his drug use. - Rick Ross is now setting his sights on takin down eminem after claiming a victory over 50 cent. - Funkmaster flex has threatened to boycott playing all interscope artists because of dispute he has with an interscope employee === ALBUMs & MIXTAPES === Here are this weeks new album & mixtape releases: Asher Roth - Asleep In the Bread Isle Kid Cudi - Dat Kid From Cleveland Albe Back Presented by Mick Boogie - Hi Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap === NEW MUSIC === This weeks 5StarHipHop.com song of the week is: "Daps & Pounds" by Kid Cudi: Other hot new songs this week are: BuckShot & KRS ONE - Robot Royce Da 5"9 - Slaughter Raekwon ft AZ - Whips & Kicks Gucci Mane ft Plies - Wasted The Game ft Raekwon - Flashback Memories === NEW VIDEOS === Here are this weeks best new Music Videos: Kanye West - Amazin' feat. Young Jeezy Ne-Yo - Part of the list & Mad Jacki- O **Hood Girl === BILLBOARD 200 === Here are last weeks top 10 album sales chart courtesy of NEILSENs SOUND SCAN: 1. Day 26 - FOREVER IN A DAY 113,314 - (NEW ENTRY) 2. Jadakiss - THE LAST KISS 44,785 - (179,706) 3. Keri Hilson - IN A PERFECT WORLD 26,367 - (190,607) 4. Prince - LOTUS FLOW3R 22,226 - (257,176) 5. The Dream - LOVE VS MONEY 19,222 - (314,459) 6. Flo Rida - R.O.O.T.S 18,800 - (105,900) 7. Beyonce - I AM SASHA FIERCE 18,500 - (2.1m) 8. Jamie Foxx - INTUITION 16,700 - (847,100) 9. UGK - UGK 4 LIFE 14,570 - (117,474) 10.T.I. - PAPER TRAIL 13,100 - (1.9m) === BRANDWATCH === This weeks Brandwatch is Diesel partnering with Common to launch new cologne 'Only the brave" This weeks wardrobe was provided by Rocawear, checkout their new social network on www.ROC4LIFE.com === CREDITS === A JumpOff.TV Production (http://www.jumpoff.tv) Presented By: Wahidah Fowler (http://www.jumpoff.tv/Wahidah) Camera Op: Hector Gonzalez Editor: Marqus AKC'Ent. (http://www.jumpoff.tv/Akcent) tips@jumpoff.tv twitter.com/JumpOffTV http://www.jumpoff.tv
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10:30:00 04/22/09
RACISM CELEBRATED AT ANTI-RACISM CONFERENCE
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad S
o there's this international conference, see. It's a follow-up of the original Durban "anti-racism" conference eight years ago, which descended into fiasco and brought a singular shame upon the "United" Nations.
This time the keynote speaker is the man who convenes his own international "Zionism = Nazism" conferences, and repeatedly pledges that the country of which he is head of state will at some time in the future, "wipe Israel off the map." And will soon have the weapons to back up that threat.
What could go wrong?
At least someone was forward-thinking enough to send in the clowns . The soft red objects tossed on the stage by the rainbow-haired jokesters turned out to be rubber clown noses, but had your humble correspondent been present, ripe tomatoes would have been the soft red object of choice.
That Mr. Ah'minnajihad is a despicable person is a view not universally shared, but is hardly controversial. His continual threats against the oldest democracy in the Middle East are proof enough, but his government's treatment of dissenters, religious minorities, women and others should be additionally sufficient for any decent human being.
If any Iranian is found to be a homosexual, they can expect to be hung by the neck from a cherry-picker. If an Iranian woman is suspected of "adultery" (as it's very broadly defined there), she can expect to be stoned. Yet Ahmedinejad is loved by some leftists simply because he hates Jews as much as they do. Oh, and he's also loved by some residents of the Middle East who just wish they could go back and live in the 7th century again (read the first link above, written by an Australian student who was present for the fireworks in Geneva).
Whatever one thinks of the decisions of countries which chose not to boycott the racism conference (and I'm thankful that my country did), at least showing some spine at the last second is better than not at all. Seeing that mass walkout (I watched it live via AP sat feed) was the best thing I've seen on television for ages. And watching Mad-mood continue to speak while pretending it wasn't happening, was the second best.
I haven't seen a definitive list of the walk-out countries, but it was quite a big crowd of delegates who crammed the exit-ways. They weren't only European or western nations, but also among them are known to have been Morocco and Jordan. But may I ask why Mr. Ban Ki-moon didn't at least take a bathroom break? He looked extremely uncomfortable up there, directly behind the Iranian kook, continuously conferring with the officials seated on either side of him. Immediately following the speech, Mr. Ban deplored it. Wouldn't the time to do that have been while the racism was being spewed to an anti-racism conference?
The most sickening episode in this farce didn't come to my attention until last night. Remember: the Jew-hater spoke mere hours before Jews were to begin Holocaust Remembrance Day. It also occurred on Adolph Hitler's 120th birthday.
The world's most well-known Holocaust survivor was also present in Geneva, and as luck would have it, the survivor and the hater passed within a few feet of each other outside the conference room. Elie Wiesel, who I've loved ever since my high school teacher assigned Night many years ago, had to endure Dinner Jacket's henchmen screaming at him with epithets evoking the very people who had murdered his own family.> Rabbi Abraham Cooper, who was also part of the Wiesenthal Center's delegation to Geneva, said Wiesel did not respond to the verbal assault, but was deeply affected by it, as was obvious by the speech he delivered later on.
"I watched many of his speeches and I never heard him speak like this…he may be a Nobel Prize laureate, but he's still a Holocaust survivor, and coming to the UN on Holocaust Remembrance Day and going through this kind of experience was almost too much for him." I'm extremely sad that this great man had to endure such abuse, not least for the venue in which it happened.
This is how it looked. Watch for Ahmedinejad himself appearing around the 26 second mark, with the keffiyeh around his neck.
The Iranian screamers, especially the main one in glasses and moustache, are well-remembered from the auditorium scenes during the kook's speech — they were the only 4 or 5 who picked up on his every applause line, clapping wildly and bouncing around in their chairs like excited four year-olds, while all around them were still and silent.
A big wai to AllahPundit for the video.
I ask every reader to please go and watch the short speech Elie Wiesel gave on the occasion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama receiving the United States Congressional Gold Medal from President Bush on October 17, 2007. You'll be glad you did.
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Westfalia panorama
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The history of cinema in Germany can be traced back to the year of the medium's birth. On November 1, 1895 Max Skladanowsky and his brother Emil demonstrated their self-invented film projector the Bioskop at the Wintergarten music hall in Berlin.
Prior to 1914, however, many foreign films were imported. In the era of the silent film there were no language boundaries and Danish and Italian films were particularly popular in Germany.
The outbreak of World War I and the subsequent boycott of, for example, French films left a noticeable gap in the market.
In 1917 a process of concentration and partial nationalisation of the German film industry began with the founding of Universum Film AG (Ufa), which was partly a reaction to the very effective use that the Allied Powers had found for the new medium for the purpose of propaganda. Under the aegis of the military, so-called Vaterland films were produced, which equalled the Allies' films in the matter of propaganda and disparagement of the enemy. Audiences however did not care to swallow the patriotic medicine without the accompanying sugar of the light-entertainment films which, consequently, Ufa also promoted. It was in this way that the German film industry became the largest in Europe.
