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18
Jun
2009
Villiers-le-Bel Revisited  

16 days ago by tiberge

A long article in Le Monde updates the situation in the town of Villiers-le-Bel, department of Val-d'Oise and scene of a major uprising in November 2007, when two youths on a motorcycle (photo above) were killed by a police car during a chase. Their deaths triggered several days and nights of violen ...

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09
Jun
2009
An attack on foreigners is an attack on all of us  

26 days ago by rick

Violence in suburban Australia towards Asian immigrants and students, notably from India, is disturbing. Sadly, it's not a new issue, not confined to Sydney and Melbourne, and by no means targeted at Indians. It's a bigger problem, and one that is being misreported in the Indian media and underrepor ...

rickeyre.com - Rick Eyre. ... - rickeyre.com/blog/frontpage · 1 reference

21
May
2009
From Kärcher to Kalashnikov  

44 days ago by tiberge

While he was still minister of the interior, Nicolas Sarkozy promised he would clean up the ghetto of Seine-Saint-Denis with a power-cleaner, known as a "Kärcher". This phrase become a household expression overnight, and he became known as a "tough cop". Naive or misled voters put him in office on g ...

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14
May
2009
Rosenberg Video Unleashes Political Crisis and Deepens Social Division  

51 days ago by MiMundo.org

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Guatemala City, Guatemala. May 13th, 2009. Issue: Impunity / Justice / Society The release of a posthumous video by recently murdered lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg has unleashed the worst political crisis in the current administration. Last Monday, May 11th and one day after Rosenberg’s assassination, a ...

MiMundo.org - mimundo-jamesrodriguez.blogspot.com · 15 references

12
May
2009
Heartbreak & Hope on Mothers’ Day in Dorchester  

53 days ago by skipschiel

It is impossible to teach without the courage to love, with the courage to try a thousand times before giving up. In short, it is impossible to teach without a forged, invented, and well-thought-out capacity to love. —Paulo Freire Photos The Mothers’ Walk for Peace, 13th annual, 3.6 miles, about a 7 ...

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17
Apr
2009
Violent Bus Ride - The Victim Sues  

78 days ago by tiberge

The Institut Pour la Justice , headed by Philippe Schmitt, father of Anne-Lorraine, whose brutal murder in a subway in November 2007 mobilized the sympathy and anger of French Catholics, nationalists, and all those realistic enough to admit the real dangers that French citizens face every day, has c ...

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15
Apr
2009
The U.S.'s Unstated Role in the Mexican Drug Wars  

80 days ago by Mr. Trend

A lot of people, in the media and elsewhere, have been talking about the effects the exploding violence in Mexico's "drug wars" may have (and already are having) on the U.S., but not a lot of people are talking about the ways U.S. domestic policy decisions have affected the drug wars. The NY Times/M ...

Alterdestiny - alterdestiny.blogspot.com · Rank: 17,851 · 103 references

Violence in Shelby Park: The Death of Lil’ Norm  

80 days ago by Jesse Eubanks

We’ve been living in Shelby Park over a year or so. It’s been our pleasure and our privilege to be befriended by our next door neighbors. Cultivating that relationship has taken some time and care. We’ve kept our eyes open for subtle ways to serve and show love whenever we can. Tuesday night, March ...

SEED - seed.sojournchurch.com · 7 references

12
Apr
2009
Violent Bus Ride - The Victim Speaks  

83 days ago by tiberge

After the tremendous outpouring of comments and furious reactions relevant to the attack in the night bus (known as the "Noctilien"), readers will find the following testimony by the victim himself to be either politically correct to a shocking degree, or a refreshingly honest statement from a 19-ye ...

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