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Mapuche resist British Billionaire: Burn Dam excavators

from Counter Vorte shared from Earth First, with thanks

Members of Mapuche Ancestral Resistance in the pre-dawn hours of July 19 burned two excavator machines belonging to British business magnate Joe Lewis, that were being used to build a hydroelectric dam at El Bolsón, in Argentina’s Río Negro province.

The dam is planned for the headwaters of the Río Escondido, on Lewis’ private property, and is being built in cooperation with Edenor electric company, of which Lewis is the biggest stock owner.

The militants left leaflets headlined “Lewis Out of Patagonia,” and listing their demands for the release of political prisoners and the eviction of oil, mining and hydroelectric companies from Mapuche traditional territories. Continue reading “Mapuche resist British Billionaire: Burn Dam excavators “

72% of aid money intended for Palestine is stolen by israel

$40 billion aid package to Israel is ‘largest ever’ to any country.. but still the Israelis steal from the Palestinians, among other apalling crimes.

This is how 3 Palestinian women stopped an Israeli soldier from arresting a boy. 1000’s are held indefinitely without trial in so-called ‘Administrative Detention’.

UPROOTED PALESTINIANS: SALAM ALQUDS ALAYKUM

Israel Lines Its Pockets With Palestinian Aid — And The US Helps Israel Keep It That Way

Complicity with Israel’s occupation and corruption in Mr. Abbas’ PA play into another major roadblock on Palestine’s path to recovery: International funds meant for reconstruction efforts in Gaza and other forms of humanitarian aid are routinely diluted by Israel.

A Palestinian boy looks from his family's destroyed house at workers rebuild a house which was destroyed during the last summer's Israeli bombardment of Gaza City on Thursday, July 23, 2015.

A Palestinian boy looks from his family’s destroyed house at workers rebuild a house which was destroyed during the last summer’s Israeli bombardment of Gaza City on Thursday, July 23, 2015.

KITCHENER, Ontario — (Analysis) From severely limited water supplies to a blockade on even the most basic supplies, Israel’s continued illegal occupation of Palestine has destroyed even the most basic infrastructure Palestinians need to survive, forcing residents of Gaza and the West Bank to struggle through a humanitarian disaster.

This was intensified in 2014 during Israel’s most recent genocidal attack on the…

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Kurdistan: Freedom for Zehra and 1000’s more.. Homage to slain US volunteer Levi …

Kurdish journalist feminist Zehra Doğan and Mazlum Dogan arrested and jailed

Our editor ‪#‎ZehraDoğan‬ detained!!! ‪#‎Jinha‬ ‪#‎editor‬

The editor of the feminist news agency Ajansı Jin Haber, Zehra Dogan, and Mazlum Dogan, deputy adviser in Mardin for Democratic Peoples Party (HDP) Ali Atalan were arrested two days ago in Mardin. They were sitting in a cafe in that city of Turkish Kurdistan. Zehra and Mazlum were sent to Nusaybin…

Her work as a journalist as “evidence of crime”

Zehra’s journalistic activity has been considered by the Turkish authorities as proof of propaganda organization. Police have provided as evidence her reporting of the situation in Nisêbîn / Nusaybin, ( see Genocide in Europe: Nusaybin surrenders after 74 days ..in total ruins and deafening silence) social Facebook messages on the network, drawings and news testimonies.

Logically the feminist journalist denied all charges and said she belongs to the Turkish Journalists Union (TGS) and all the news reported is within the scope of journalistic activity.

Greetings on March 8 Womens day led them to prison

Meanwhile, Mazlum Dogan has been accused of attending activities with the Deputy Ali Atalan. Police criminalize his actions in the media around March 8th when he read the following textual statement:”Happy International Women’s Day happy all working women and women from insurgents Clara Rosa, Sakine Seve. Jin Jiyan Azadi” (Women, Life, Freedom). Such words, in the Kurdish language, are regarded as a crime.

: Mazlum Dogan, and a photo of civilian victims of Erdogan’s continuing massacres of Kurds

(update insert: In recent days many thousands more people have been arrested, tortured, and killed or interned without trial under emergency powers taken by President Erdogan after an an army ‘attempted coup’.)

American volunteer dies fighting Isis alongside Kurdish forces in Syria

by Fazel Hawramy in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.. shared with thanks

An American volunteer fighting alongside Kurdish forces in Syria has been killed during an ongoing offensive to recapture the town of Manbij from Islamic State militants.

Levi Jonathan Shirley, known by his Kurdish comrades as Agir Servan, died on 14 July in Manbij, according to a statement on the official website of the People’s Protection Units (YPG), in whose ranks he was fighting, helping defend Kurdish-held areas from Islamic State and recently participating in the battle for the northern town of Manbij, which began in May and is backed by US-led air attacks. Continue reading “Kurdistan: Freedom for Zehra and 1000’s more.. Homage to slain US volunteer Levi …”