Thursday, August 21, 2014

An International View, IS, Gaza, MO


THE ABSURD TIMES

    We will soon do another edition, but there is so much to catch up on here, we might as well stop at this.

    In order to better understand what happened in Ferguson, MO, it might be worthwhile to see how it looks to the rest of the world through their eyes.  People had visions early on that the local police were lining up people and regularly shooting them  They imagined it looked something like this:


 

Of course, police and authorities here would say things were nothing like this.  Nevertheless, the reaction was that some sort of resistance organization was needed, a peaceful way of demonstrating that the victim, Brown, was holding his hand up and we are in solidarity with him:



Well, the peaceful approach didn't seem to work, so, again from overseas, perhaps a more militant response was needed:


Of course, reality never comes off in the media the way it really was, does it?  I mean, this never happened in Iraq, did it?





So, really everything is nice and cool in Missouri and Iraq, and in Gaza all humanitarian measures are being taken.  Well, here are a couple interviews and coverage of Ferguson and Gaza, and you can decide for yourself.  both seem pretty accurate.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014

"Negro Spring": Ferguson Residents, Friends of Michael Brown Speak Out for Human Rights

As peaceful protests continued Wednesday in Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder arrived in the city to meet with residents and FBI agents investigating the police shooting of Michael Brown. Democracy Now! traveled to Ferguson this week and visited the site where the 18-year-old Brown was killed. We spoke to young people who live nearby, including some who knew him personally. "He fell on his knees. Like, ’Don’t shoot.’ [The police officer] shot him anyway in the eye, the head, and four times down here," said one local resident Rico Like. "Hands up, don’t shoot is all I got to say. RIP Mike Brown."

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014

A War on Gaza’s Future? Israeli Assault Leaves 500 Kids Dead, 3,000 Injured, 373,000 Traumatized

As the Israeli offensive in Gaza resumes, we look at the impact the military campaign has had on the children of Gaza. More than 467 Palestinian children have died since July. That is more than the combined number of child fatalities in the two previous conflicts in Gaza. According to the World Health Organization, more than 3,000 children have been injured, of which an estimated 1,000 will suffer from a lifelong disability. The United Nations estimates at least 373,000 children require direct and specialized psychosocial support. And, based on the total number of adults killed, there may be up to 1,500 children orphaned. Gazan children’s right to an education has also been severely compromised with at least 25 schools reportedly damaged so severely that they can no longer be used. We speak to Pernille Ironside, chief of UNICEF’s Gaza field office.
"There isn’t a single family in Gaza who hasn’t experienced personally death, injury, the loss of their home, extensive damage, displacement," Ironside says. "The psychological toll that has on a people, it just cannot be overestimated, and especially on children."
Image Credit: UNICEF

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