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A small, but wonderful, win in Boston & Friday Open Thread – TGIF!

The Progressive Wing Posted on October 6, 2017 by magsviewOctober 6, 2017

What a tough week. I’ll bet I wasn’t the only one who felt a dark cloud over my head most of the week as I tried to process the Las Vegas tragedy. These shooting events are happening far too often to be able to fully process. And I think they have a dehumanizing effect that a deep, inner, part of myself cries out to be aware of, to fight against. We can’t allow ourselves to not care. Not only for others, but also for ourselves. My instincts tell me that we must continually be vigilant about maintaining our own humanity. … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, grassroots, Open Thread | Tagged #WhenWeFightWeWin, Boston, Human Rights, Inspiration, Jim Brooks, tgif

Our bombs blew off this baby’s fingers. She is now learning to use the few she has left.

The Progressive Wing Posted on July 20, 2017 by Subir GrewalJuly 20, 2017

This baby is learning to live life without her fingers after she was injured by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Yemen. pic.twitter.com/qnkTzQ0mCN — Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) July 20, 2017 Our government sold the airplanes that dropped these bombs. Our government refuels the planes on their sorties. Our government makes and sells the bombs, including cluster bombs. We share responsibility for these atrocities. And please don’t believe any of the bullshit peddled to us about how our bombs bring “freedom” and “democracy”. The hands on the triggers are Saudi and we provide the political cover for the Saudis as they do this. … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy | Tagged Children's Rights, Civil Rights, Donald Trump, Human Rights, International, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, War, War Crimes, Yemen

As military occupation enters 51st year, Trump administration wants UN to stop “bullying” Israel

The Progressive Wing Posted on June 9, 2017 by Subir GrewalJune 9, 2017

Palestinians have lived for 50 years under a military occupation by a foreign government and there are no signs this will end anytime soon. The Israeli government has been busily dispossessing Palestinians as individuals and as a nation of land and resources. Three generations of Palestinians have lived the bulk of their lives (five decades) with their human and civil rights curtailed by the Israeli government. The Trump administration believes the UN is “bullying” Israel by condemning these policies: [US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki] Haley arrived in Israel to a hero’s welcome one day after warning that the United States might pull out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Israel-Palestine, Palestine | Tagged 1947, 1948, 1967, 972mag, Benjamin Netanyahu, Civil Rights, Donald Trump, Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, Jerusalem, JNF, Nakba, Nikki Haley, Palestine, United Nations, West Bank

5/9 Open Thread – Sanders And Jimmy Carter Discuss Human Rights, Digging Into The DNC Lawsuit, & More

The Progressive Wing Posted on May 9, 2017 by LieparDestinMay 9, 2017

https://youtu.be/LSNm_FD4Nkc

In Atlanta, Bernie Sanders says Trump ‘lies all the time’

“People often ask me, ‘What do you think about what the president said yesterday,’” Sanders, 75, said bluntly during a joint appearance with Carter. “It’s hard to answer because his view will be different tomorrow, and very often, factually what he says is just not correct.”

Sanders and Carter’s “conversation” came at the end of Day One of the Carter Center’s annual Human Rights Defenders Forum. The audience, which included activists, peacemakers, and community leaders from 31 countries, frequently broke into applause, particularly when Sanders launched into one of his signature pull-no-punches commentaries on the impact corporate money has on American politics. Even Carter seemed to get caught up in it. After Sanders suggested that higher voter turnout was the key to defeating the Republican Party, Carter quipped to the audience, “Can you all see why I voted for him?!”

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The topic of their “conversation” was human rights, and Sanders, who ran for the Democratic nomination for president last year, didn’t hold back when it came to expressing his true feelings about the growing gap between rich and poor in this country, health care reform and other progressive topics.

Meanwhile, Carter had pulled no punches earlier in the day about why Sanders had been invited to address the two-day forum which is focused on strategies for protecting human rights in the wake of rising authoritarianism.

“I think during the last election in America, Bernie Sanders represented the best of all the candidates what this conference is about,” Carter told the AJC in an interview about an hour before their joint appearance at the end of a forum dinner. “When you lose your opportunity to have some reasonable chance of a decent income, you lose a lot of other things as well. One of the key things people feel is that they’ve lost a voice in their own government.”

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Posted in Activism, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, News, Open Thread, Video | Tagged Bernie Sanders, DNC, Human Rights, Human Rights Defenders Forum, Jimmy Carter, News, Open Thread

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