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The Shooting of Tom Hurndall

"...I want to look up to myself and when I die, I want to smile because of the things I have done, not cry for the things I haven't done." —Tom Hurndall

(SALEM, Ore.) - 'Moving'; the first thought I am left with after watching The Shooting of Tom Hurndall on Hulu last night.

I am familiar with his story, as I am with Rachel Corrie's; both were humanitarian activists killed by Israeli military forces while rallying to the aid of Palestinian people. In the case of Tom Hurndall, I understand this tragedy much more clearly now thanks to Simon Block who wrote the film, and Tom's family.

Erdoğan Reminds Mubarak that Presidents Die Too

Erdoğan instructs Mubarak to listen to the wishes of the Egyptian citizenry...

(ISTANBUL) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has finally weighed in on the situation in Egypt, issuing the latest in a sequence of recommendations to preferred U.S. allies in the region.

Last year’s post-flotilla advice to the Israeli regime consisted of an excerpt from the Ten Commandments, delivered in both English and Hebrew: “Thou shalt not kill”.

Dr. Ashraf Ezzat Reporting from Egypt: The Uprising, the Treason and Israel

The dictator- people relationship is primarily of fear and submission. You take that fear and submission out of the equation and the relation is redefined again and so disturbed to the verge of uprising.

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - History has always been one of my passions. Every passing moment has in a way contributed to our history on earth but only some of those moments made a change of history.

Kabul Palace: A Theatrically-Corrupt Fortress

Ten years past and no results, the Kabul Palace has deteriorated at every level of trust and integrity amongst Afghans.

(SEATTLE) - The old Kabul Royal Palace is also given the name "Arg," the Turkish word for citadel built by King Abdul Rahman (a.k.a The Iron Amir) in 1883 for, as he said in his autobiography, "I, as King of the county, had to face the difficulty of having no house to live in...

Portland Police Arrest Two Suspects for Murder

Detectives do not believe that the victim and suspects knew each other.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - On Tuesday February 1, 2011, Portland Police detectives along with the U.S. Marshals Oregon Fugitive Task Force arrested two suspects in connection with the death of 40-year-old Robert Williams.

39-year-old Lynette Anne Harris of Gresham and 23-year-old Jarome Lamont Weeks of Northeast Portland were arrested and each charged with one count of Murder and one count of Robbery in the First Degree.

Homeownership Rate Drops to Lowest Since 1998
Black, Latino Rates Drop Faster Than Whites`

“We’re seeing a dangerous trend that’s neatly summarized by these two reports” - Preeti Vissa, Greenlining Institute.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - According to U.S. Census data released this week, homeownership rates have dropped to their lowest level since 1998.

Homeownership rates for Hispanics, African Americans and Native Americans have dropped more severely than for whites (2010 data for Asian Americans have not yet been reported).

Global Revolution Tribute: Tunisia - Egypt

Video tributes Tunisia & Egypt, along with the global revolutionaries yet to be identified.

(GAZA) - We are living in the days in which collective rage is all powerful.

If we are wise we will manifest that rage into a process of justice for all, we will see each other as brothers and sisters in one human family and we will treat each other and fight for each other as such.

John Lennon, Bradley Manning, Mordechai Vanunu, Sonia and Shimon Peres and Human Rights

Whistleblowers viewed as criminals...

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - In an interview John Lennon gave three days before Mark David Chapman murdered him, John said:

One Portland Grocer That Buys Into Apartheid

Palestinian solidarity activists got an answer drenched in hypocrisy when they asked a Portland grocer to boycott Israeli goods, reports Wael Elasady.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The Portland BDS Coalition is continuing its campaign to get local grocery chain New Seasons to remove Israeli-made products from its shelves, including holding informational pickets and organizing a letter campaign signed by 500 individuals and a number of local organizations.

Nevertheless, BDS campaigns such as this one offer one of the most effective means to end Israeli apartheid.

Message from Anonymous to Egyptians in Tahrir Square

Sisters and Brothers in Tahrir Square,
Sisters and Brothers of Egypt...

(CAIRO) - We wish we could be there with you and everywhere else where human beings are faced with repression, fear, violence and suffering at the hands of their governments.

Our thoughts, prayers, and minds are with you. The courage you demonstrate in your struggle is a lesson to us all. The world is behind you. Whilst we cannot be with you in the flesh and blood to suffer as you do, we want to make sure you know that you are not alone.