Archives for 4 月 2019

穆斯林和工人阶级:法国的边缘化和自然黄色背心盟友

黄色背心和穆斯林是法国两个遭受社会经济边缘化的最大群体 – 毫无疑问,他们最终将成为开放的政治盟友。

France Yellow Vests

Even though the Yellow Vest anti-government movement is historic in scope, duration and intensity, and even though Muslims comprise 5-10% of France’s population, there has been almost zero media coverage of the interplay between these two forces. Check Google in French or English and you truly find almost nothing. I have been waiting and waiting

鹰派智囊团发动攻势反对中国替代西方“发展”

随着中国在北京启动“一带一路”论坛,希望为世界提供西方数十年新殖民主义政策的替代方案,像美国新安全中心这样的智囊团正处于攻势中。

China New Silk Road

The second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation is about to open in Beijing. It will take place from 25th to 27th April, 2019. The Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to deliver the keynote address. It is expected to be an event of tremendous proportions and importance: leaders from 37 countries will participate, including

委内瑞拉反对派在面对缺乏合法性时发脾气,美洲国家组织的干预计划

在美洲国家组织,胡安瓜伊多的美国支持的影子政府的两位高级代表 – 古斯塔沃·塔雷和大卫斯莫兰斯基 – 在遇到关键问题时失去了他们的冷静。最近两人都参加了美国军事攻击的闭门会议。

OAS | Venezuela

Grayzone -- On April 23, the Venezuelan lawyer and opposition activist Gustavo Tarre stood outside the Simon Bolivar room inside the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington DC and fielded friendly questions from reporters. It was a rare day of celebration for the Venezuelan opposition, which had been deprived of concrete victories

美国及其阿富汗实习生现在比塔利班杀死更多的平民

特朗普政府越来越多地依靠轰炸任务来试图扭转阿富汗的局面,近年来塔利班在其控制下获得了越来越多的土地。

Afghanistan | civilian casualties

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- For the first time in recorded history, the U.S. and the Afghan government, whose forces are trained by Americans, killed more civilians than did the Taliban in the first quarter of 2019, according to a United Nations report. Increased bombing campaigns by the U.S. and increasingly reckless search operations by pro-government

人权观察报告揭示了反BDS运动的主要言论自由影响力

人权观察一直受到以色列及其支持者,包括一些州政府的强烈抵制,因为它在宣传房屋租赁公司Airbnb在非法占领的约旦河西岸的行动方面发挥了作用。

The Israeli Jewish-settlement of Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem, Feb. 7, 2017. (AP/Oded Balilty)

Seventy-eight percent of Americans live in states that have laws or policies against boycotting Apartheid Israel or Israeli settlements, which are illegal under international law, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW). The report details the immense price Americans pay when exercising their free speech via their purchasing power

社交媒体中的更多政客:Facebook聘请爱国者法案共同作者,特朗普Jawbones Twitter首席执行官

Facebook最近引发争议的招聘可能会推动Facebook“和其他社交媒体巨头”分手,例如参议员伊丽莎白沃伦(D-MA)近期呼吁对硅谷一些最大的公司采取反垄断诉讼,包括Facebook和Twitter 。

Facebook | surveillance

The U.S. government-social media nexus appears to be tightening. Earlier this week, President Donald Trump held a closed-door meeting with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Just days prior, the other top social-media network, Facebook, hired Jennifer Newstead, a former legal adviser to Trump’s state department who had previously co-authored the