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It’s Not Just the Settlers – or Israel – Responsible for the Torching of Huwwara

The CNCL Team — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 01:14:29 +0000

Endless indulgence from Israel’s supporters in the West has cleared a path to a fascist government intent on ‘wiping out’ Palestinian communities

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Forget Liberating Ukraine – We First Need To Liberate Our Minds

The CNCL Team — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 01:33:28 +0000

Because we in the West are the strongest tribe on the planet, we are also the most deluded, the most propagandized, and the most dangerous.

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Russia-Ukraine: Western Media Are Acting As Cheerleaders for War

The CNCL Team — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 22:31:53 +0000

Right now, we need voices from Russia to understand what Putin thinks and wants, not what the BBC’s “chief international correspondents” think he wants. We need information sources ready to quickly challenge both western and Russian “fake news”. And most of all we need to stop with our racist view of the world, in which we are always the Good Guys and they are always the Bad Guys, and in which our suffering matters and the suffering of others doesn’t.

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Fifteen Thoughts on Palestine

The CNCL Team — Fri, 14 May 2021 22:33:31 +0000

#1 - You don’t get to drop an entire colony on top of an inhabited country, grind those inhabitants into the dirt for generations, and then claim self defense every time they retaliate. That’s not a thing.

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Othering & Belonging: An Interview with john a. powell

The CNCL Team — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 22:53:34 +0000

john a. powell is one of the foremost public intellectuals in the areas of civil rights, racism, ethnicity, housing and poverty.

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‘They’re Trying to Kill Us’: A New Documentary about Racism and Food Justice

The CNCL Team — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 04:23:15 +0000

A new documentary starring prolific advocate Bad Ass Vegan (aka John Lewis) will focus on racism, disease, and food justice.

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MLK and the Ghost of an Untrue Dream

The CNCL Team — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 18:22:48 +0000

In his keynote address for the Civil Rights Movement’s March on Washington, DC in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. expressed his despair and disappointment that a century after emancipation, freedom still was not a lived reality in the United States of America

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Diversity Makes Countries Stronger in the Long Run, New Research Shows

The CNCL Team — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 03:09:12 +0000

New research shows that, despite initial resistance, humans can cope with the documented challenges of diversity. It also shows that, by focusing only on the short term, we may draw an inaccurate, pessimistic conclusion about the impact of diversity. An increase in diversity offers the opportunity for members of different groups to engage in contact, get to know each other, and cooperate. And when this occurs, this positive effect of diversity trumps the initial challenges.

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For Healthy Communities, Look Beyond Diet and Exercise

The CNCL Team — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 02:43:52 +0000

Written by Jay Walljasper / Yes! Magazine Improving health for everyone starts with addressing systemic inequities. Seattle’s economy is booming. The city ranks near the top of the list of America’s healthiest cities, and young people from across the United States dream of moving there. Yet a morning walk amid the gleaming office towers downtown […]

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5 Years Later: No Indictments in Choking Death of Eric Garner

The CNCL Team — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 23:18:25 +0000

Attorney and activist Kamau Franklin says the decision not to bring civil or criminal charges against NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the murder of Eric Garner is an example of the criminal justice system working as intended.

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Systemic Violence and the Mental Health Industrial Complex

The CNCL Team — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 21:24:58 +0000

A recent paper, by Dr. Eric Greene, builds upon critiques of the biomedical model and illustrates how the mental health industrial complex overmedicates, stigmatizes, and creates long-lasting iatrogenic effects for those most marginalized in society.

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Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution in the Crosshairs of US Imperialism

The CNCL Team — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 05:46:55 +0000

This article explores the contributions, shortcomings, and lessons of the Bolivarian Revolution’s two decades, in the context of the US regime-change efforts from its inception to current attempts by the US to install the unelected Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s president.

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