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#UMW #History Department star #JasonSellers summarizes the history of #environmental protection on the #Rappahannock River: americanrivers.org/2018/06/a-lega…
#MSF #DoctorsWithoutBorders statement condemns #POTUS #Trump Administration policies which criminalize #AsylumSeekers and harms #children. Don't let the obfuscation confuse -- this is wrong, full stop. doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/new…
@JonathanWhittall @offyourrecord article on "The #Politics of #Health in #Counterterrorism Operations," exploring policy implications of targeted #hospitals in #conflict zones. Relevant for #NotATarget & #MSF #DoctorsWithoutBorders: merip.org/mer/mer286/pol…
Proud to have assisted our latest issue of #MiddleEastReport #MERIP, devoted to "Suffering & Limits of Relief." Contributors include @IlanaFeldman @JonathanWhittall @ParastouHassouri @AureliePonthieu, @SASmythe @SophiaHoffman @OmaralJaffal & yours truly: merip.org/mer/mer286
#LRB Blog looks at the #NewYorkTimes capture of ISIS documents from #Iraq, and the issues involved in archival movement: lrb.co.uk/blog/2018/06/1…
Today's #USA is little more than an updated and dystopian version of #ChittyChittyBangBang's Vulgaria, complete with a Child Catcher #ICE, His Excellency the "Teddy Bear" Baron Bomburst as #President, and Truly Scrumptious on the side. However, our film isn't over yet...
#EdvardKhil shows us once again why the #USSR #Russia as our biggest enemy, were enjoying their own thing, back in their own day: youtube.com/watch?v=n6Zxkn…
#ACLU website tells tale of citizen who prevents #CBP and #ICE from a dragnet on a #Greyhound bus: aclu.org/blog/immigrant…
Funny, #Facebook didn't pick it up on the first try... twitter.com/NabilAlTikriti…
@AdamEntous #NewYorker analyzes in depth #POTUS #Trump's #MiddleEast policies on #Israel, #Palestine, and the #Gulf, with the implications to come of this shift in US policy. Much to learn from this expose: https://t.co/ClOmXBw5p2
— Nabil Al-Tikriti (@NabilAlTikriti) June 13, 2018
Here's the 4 minute #video that the #WhiteHouse staff made for the #Trump #KimJongUn #Summit. youtube.com/watch?v=aYsaC2…
#MSF #DoctorsWithoutBorders statement on new #US #DHS regulations on #CentralAmerican #AsylumSeekers, as equal to a "death sentence": doctorswithoutborders.org/article/new-as…
#Aquarius #SosMediterranee stuck with 629 rescued guests between #Malta and #Italy #Sicily ports, now closed. Next stop? #MonteCarlo? #Venice? theguardian.com/world/2018/jun…
#Jacobin Magazine #thedig #podcast interviews #NancyMacLean on her book "#Democracy in Chains," in the course of which she addresses the intellectual roots of #Virginia political #libertarianism: blubrry.com/jacobin/345462…
#HossamAbouzahr #LivingArabicProject #AtlanticCouncil describes why #MSA Modern Standard #Arabic is declining - a nasty tale of failed #education, #war, elite disinterest, moribound #publishing industry. Much of this has been true for decades, but not all: atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…
Category Archives: FSEM: History of Genocide
“Timothy Snyder’s Lies”
Once you’re done reading Timothy Snyder’s Bloodlands, read this harsh criticism of his work and be prepared to discuss in class next week. Timothy Snyder’s Lies by Daniel Lazare In Timothy Snyder’s Bloodlands, Hitler and Stalin are one and the same. And the partisans — Jewish fighters included — only encouraged German crimes. When is a bad […] Continue reading
Account of surviving June massacre in Tikrit
Surviving June’s massacre in Tikrit — this is a NYT video blog which provides an account by Ali al-Kadhim about surviving the June 2014 ISIS massacre in Tikrit: “Back now at his family home here in southern Iraq, Mr. Kadhim, 23, recounted his story on a recent afternoon while taking a break from harvesting dates […] Continue reading
When the World Turned Its Back: James Nachtwey’s Reflections on the Rwandan Genocide
In the linked article: In 1994 TIME photographer James Nachtwey witnessed the devastating effects of the Rwandan genocide. On the 17-year anniversary, the photographer looks back on the tragedy. Humans make war, and we make peace. We make love, and we make hatred – hatred and fear. Those two are the killers. Orchestrate hatred and […] Continue reading
“The Act of Killing” Documentary
This article discusses the documentary “The Act of Killing,” which was nominated for an Academy Award at this year’s Oscars. It covers the mass killing of Communists in Indonesia in the 1960s: It’s Our Act of Killing, Too The brilliant Oscar-nominated film The Act of Killing depicts the horrifying mass murder in Indonesia in the 1960s—but […] Continue reading