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  • After leveling Iraq’s Tomb of Jonah, the Islamic State could destroy ‘anything in the Bible’ - The Washington Post
    1. The headline is hilarious
    2. The author says the Islamic State is "ultraconservative" and that it has destroyed many cultural artifacts, in the same sentence.
    3. "If we didn't intervene when they were killing people, it would be kind of grotesque to intervene over a building"
    July 30, 2014 at 7:15:58 AM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/25/after-leveling-iraqs-tomb-of-jonah-the-islamic-state-could-destroy-anything-in-the-bible/
    news religion
  • The Eviction of Pizzeria Anarchia in Vienna
    July 28, 2014 at 10:11:14 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://revolution-news.com/500000-euro-1700-cops-helicopter-water-cannon-eviction-pizzeria-anarchia-vienna/
    anarchism news
  • Occupy activist Cecily McMillan released from jail after two months | theguardian.com
    July 5, 2014 at 7:46:59 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/02/occupy-activist-cecily-mcmillan-released
    news occupy
  • Anarchism in the context of civil war | Автономное Действие - анархисты, либертарные коммунисты, антифа
    Another view of the Ukraine situation after the Odessa tragedy. This is the most lucid analysis I've read, and it seems to be rather balanced. The author (who is not Ukrainian) doesn't think the Fascists were able to convert Maidan into any real gains, and emphasizes that the thing to do now is stay out of conflicts on either side as the protests devolve toward civil war:

    "However, none of the fears of «fascist takeover» have materialized. Fascists gained very little real power, and in Ukraine their historical role will now be that of stormtroopers for liberal reforms demanded by the IMF and the European Union — that is, pension cuts, an up to five times increase in consumer gas prices, and others. Fascism in Ukraine has a powerful tradition, but it has been incapable of proceeding with its own agenda in the revolutionary wave. ...

    "Whereas it may occasionally be worth it to swallow tear gas or to feel the police baton for a bourgeois revolution, it makes no sense at all to die in a civil war between two equally bourgeois and nationalist sides. It would not be another Maidan but something completely different. No blood, anarchist or otherwise, should spill due to this stupidity."
    May 8, 2014 at 11:44:55 AM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - https://avtonom.org/fi/node/26808
    anarchism news
  • AWU-Kiev Statement on the Odessa Tragedy | Автономна спілка трудящих
    Fascists and Pro-Russia Stalinists/conservatives are killing each other in Ukraine. Nobody is going to win. Here is AWU's analysis:

    "The final result of such policies will be a civil war in Ukraine, which will mean an ultimate catastrophe for the working class. ... We can see that this scenario is being pushed forward by the alliance of various right-wing groups, nazis, conservatives and Stalinists. ... The cure is well-known: we should realize our own class interests, organize at workplaces and direct our rage against the real enemy, not at each other. In days like these global workers’ solidarity means very much. The global working class is doomed to eliminate itself: either in the process of social revolution and construction of a classless society or in the process of a barbaric all-out war."
    May 5, 2014 at 8:46:20 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://avtonomia.net/2014/05/05/awu-kiev-statement-odessa-tragedy/
    anarchism news
  • Texas Seizes Polygamist Group's Ranch in West Texas | The Texas Tribune
    "Although the call that led Texas investigators to the ranch was proven to be a hoax, CPS removed 439 children as a precaution. The subsequent litigation to reunite the children with their families and the prosecution of 11 church members, including leader Warren Jeffs, dragged on for years. Ten of the 11 were convicted on child sexual assault charges."
    April 27, 2014 at 11:51:47 AM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://www.texastribune.org/2014/04/17/texas-seizes-polygamist-groups-ranch-west-texas/
    mormonism news
  • Spain's 'Robin Hood' swindled banks to help fight capitalism | The Guardian
    This sort of thing is tempting -- but it's also a lot like providing your identification before robbing a bank. Still, he's not in jail yet!
    April 26, 2014 at 12:45:57 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/20/spain-robin-hood-banks-capitalism-enric-duran
    anarchism news
  • NATO prosecution shows Alvarez was on a real tear: Brown - Chicago Sun-Times
    "And I was struck anew that this case was all talk, talk, talk. Church said this. Chase said that. Betterly said this (although not much.) Right up until at the prompting of the undercover officers they poured some gasoline in some beer bottles and stuffed a torn rag in the top, they hadn’t committed any crime.

    "What they would have done with those “Molotov cocktails”— a scary word for a weapon that any dumb kid can make at home as many have — we’ll never know. But I will always believe the NATO 3 never posed as great a threat to the freedom of the people of Chicago as those who assigned police officers to infiltrate dissident political groups in search of potential “criminals”— and by those who chose to define those criminals as terrorists."
    April 26, 2014 at 7:06:15 AM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://www.suntimes.com/news/brown/27060086-452/nato-prosecution-shows-alvarez-was-on-a-real-tear-brown.html#.U1s7wlSK7eg
    anarchism news police
  • ‘NATO 3′ Sentenced to More Jail Time After Prosecutors Rabidly Invoke Boston Bombing | The Dissenter
    Judges, prosecutors, and police who invoke the fear of violence to commit their monstrous acts of violence are incredible hypocrites.
    April 25, 2014 at 11:20:08 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2014/04/25/nato-3-sentenced-to-more-jail-time-after-prosecutors-rabidly-invoke-boston-bombing/
    anarchism news
  • Update on Tacoma Hunger Strike | pugetsoundanarchists.org
    "This weekly round of deportations at the NWDC comes as Ramon Mendoza Pascual and J. Cipriano Rios Alegria continue their hunger strike in medical isolation, under solitary confinement sentences."
    April 20, 2014 at 8:38:40 AM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://pugetsoundanarchists.org/node/26
    migration news
  • Exclusive: Inmates to strike in Alabama, declare prison is “running a slave empire” - Salon.com
    The fact that this guy is talking to Salon on a cellphone while in solitary gives me the impression that the Free Alabama Movement has done some impressive pre-strike organizing.
    April 18, 2014 at 10:38:42 AM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://www.salon.com/2014/04/18/exclusive_prison_inmates_to_strike_in_alabama_declare_they%E2%80%99re_running_a_slave_empire/
    news prison
  • Investigation Continues Into Homeless Man Killed by Police in Hollywood | NBC Southern California
    LAPD shot to death a homeless man in Hollywood while I was writing my essay about police who kill the homeless.
    April 16, 2014 at 6:20:54 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Police-Shoot-Kill-Man-Allegedly-Armed-With-Knife-in-Hollywood-255112041.html
    homeless news police
  • Refugee facing deportation from Sweden saved by fellow passengers refusing to let plane leave - The Independent
    "A man facing deportation from Sweden has been granted a temporary reprieve after fellow passengers aboard his flight to Iran prevented it from taking off by refusing to fasten their seat belts."
    April 14, 2014 at 1:26:07 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-facing-deportation-from-sweden-saved-by-fellow-passengers-refusing-to-let-plane-leave-9259085.html
    migration news
  • Sex Work Wars: Project ROSE, Monica Jones and the Fight for Human Rights
    "The drawbacks of using police sweeps to deliver people to social services are especially relevant in Arizona, where the length of mandatory jail sentences start at 15 days and increase each time a sex worker is convicted."
    April 14, 2014 at 9:28:56 AM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://truth-out.org/news/item/22422-sex-work-wars-project-rose-monica-jones-and-the-fight-for-human-rights
    law news queer
  • Statue Of A Homeless Jesus Startles A Wealthy Community : NPR
    > That's right. Somebody called the cops on Jesus.

    It wouldn't be the first time.
    April 13, 2014 at 5:47:25 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://www.npr.org/2014/04/13/302019921/statue-of-a-homeless-jesus-startles-a-wealthy-community?utm_medium=facebook
    news religion
  • USDOJ: Justice Department Releases Investigative Findings on Albuquerque Police Department
    "today the Justice Department announced its findings that the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) has engaged in a pattern or practice of excessive force that violates the Constitution and federal law."
    April 10, 2014 at 4:39:14 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2014/April/14-crt-364.html
    news police
  • Cameras Weren’t Enough to Stop the Albuquerque Police from Killing a Mentally Ill Homeless Man | VICE
    April 8, 2014 at 11:06:33 AM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://www.vice.com/read/albequerque-shooting-james-boyd
    homeless news police
  • World Vision U.S. Board Reverses Decision
    World Vision (US) took another look at their copy of "the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God" and discovered that they ARE supposed to police the personal/family lives of their employees after all. Oops.
    March 27, 2014 at 1:30:22 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/world-vision-us-board-reverses-decision-252540431.html
    news queer religion
  • Boulder restores jail time for municipal offenses in final vote - Boulder Daily Camera
    In 2012 Boulder's city council made sleeping in public a non-jailable offense in an attempt to exclude the accused from jury trials. But now that a judge has ruled the homeless are still entitled to a jury, the city council has voted to increase the penalty to include jail time again.
    March 27, 2014 at 6:47:42 AM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_25372487/boulder-restores-jail-time-municipal-offenses
    boulder homeless news
  • Protest Group Invades Denver Neighborhood « CBS Denver
    "A protest group called “Occupy Denver” that used to protest in downtown Denver and in public areas has now reverted to a different tactic — descending on a quiet Denver neighborhood every Sunday afternoon and protesting outside the private home of a Denver business leader whose organization supported Denver’s urban camping ban"
    March 25, 2014 at 4:39:47 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/03/18/protest-group-invades-denver-neighborhood/
    denver homeless news occupy protest
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