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The Suicide Epidemic: Occupied Territories and USA

Posted on June 29, 2015September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on The Suicide Epidemic: Occupied Territories and USA
The Suicide Epidemic: Occupied Territories and USA

By Eileen Fleming Every day in Gaza at least one person attempts suicide. In the USA someone dies by suicide every 12.8 minutes.   Last week the Palestine News Network reported that the suicide rate in the Occupied Territories jumped 68.4 percent last year. The Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, which was destroyed during last summer’s…

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State of Palestine and Nakba 67

Posted on May 14, 2015 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on State of Palestine and Nakba 67
State of Palestine and Nakba 67

By Eileen Fleming   On Wednesday The Vatican concluded its first treaty that formally recognized the State of Palestine. The treaty signals that the Holy See has switched its diplomatic recognition from the Palestine Liberation Organization to the State of Palestine and it concerns the activities of the Catholic Church in Palestinian territory. As of…

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Responding to Netanyahu and The New York Times Re: Vanunu, Israel’s WMD and Occupation Palestine

Posted on March 4, 2015September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming 1 Comment on Responding to Netanyahu and The New York Times Re: Vanunu, Israel’s WMD and Occupation Palestine
Responding to Netanyahu and The New York Times Re: Vanunu, Israel’s WMD and Occupation Palestine

By Eileen Fleming On Wednesday Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower marked the 7th anniversary of the establishment of his YouTube Channel: Vanunu Mordechai   Joined Mar 4, 2008-Mar-4-2015.and my words still very clear and strong,without any answers,still waiting to real freedom.freedom of speech and freedom of movements,from this the only Non democracy state in the middl east…

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Letters to Manifestos

Posted on January 15, 2015January 14, 2018 By Eileen Fleming 1 Comment on Martin Luther King, Jr. Letters to Manifestos
Martin Luther King, Jr. Letters to Manifestos

Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be observed in the United States on Jan. 19 this year, but he was born on Jan. 15, 1929. In his manifesto from Birmingham Jail, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. directly challenged his “fellow clergymen.” By Eileen Fleming I have taken a few liberties with King’s masterpiece, added a…

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Breathing in a new life in 2015 and Exhaling 2014 with a Deep Sigh

Posted on December 29, 2014September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming 1 Comment on Breathing in a new life in 2015 and Exhaling 2014 with a Deep Sigh
Breathing in a new life in 2015 and Exhaling 2014 with a Deep Sigh

By Eileen Fleming The first thing we take in life is a breath and the last thing we give up is a breath. But unlike any other function of the body, breathing relies equally on the voluntary and involuntary nervous systems. In the West, most of us never focus on even one of the 20,000…

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Jon Stewart’s next movie: Vanunu Israel’s Snowden and Photographer WMD Facility?

Posted on November 24, 2014September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming 3 Comments on Jon Stewart’s next movie: Vanunu Israel’s Snowden and Photographer WMD Facility?
Jon Stewart’s next movie: Vanunu Israel’s Snowden and Photographer WMD Facility?

By Eileen Fleming   Evil is relatively rare. Ignorance is epidemic and the cure for that is journalism and expression Jon Stewart has reiterated regarding why he produced “Rosewater” which is based on the memoir Then They Came for Me by Maziar Bahari, which recounts Bahari’s 2009 imprisonment by Iran, after an interview with Jason…

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Daily Kos Censorship and Apartheid Israeli Style

Posted on November 18, 2014September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming 2 Comments on Daily Kos Censorship and Apartheid Israeli Style
Daily Kos Censorship and Apartheid Israeli Style

By Eileen Fleming The Daily Kos promotes itself as a weblog with political analysis on US current events from a liberal perspective. Seven years after my first banning at the Daily Kos which I documented here: It Sure Smells Like a Right Wing Zionist Cabal at The Daily Kos , I returned on Sunday with: Charlie…

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Sex Stem Cells ALS #IceBucketChallenge

Posted on August 23, 2014September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Sex Stem Cells ALS #IceBucketChallenge
Sex Stem Cells ALS #IceBucketChallenge

Sex, Stem Cells, ALS #IceBucketChallenge By Eileen Fleming As of Saturday morning, The ALS Association had received $62.5 million in donations compared to $2.4 million during the same time period last year (July 29 to August 23). On Saturday morning three friends unexpectedly stopped in and one of them is being worked up for ALS…

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Podcast Interview: Iymen Chehade discusses Columbia College discrimination

Posted on March 26, 2014September 24, 2018 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Podcast Interview: Iymen Chehade discusses Columbia College discrimination

Podcast Interview: Iymen Chehade discusses Columbia College discrimination By Ray Hanania Columbia College Professor Iymen Chehade discusses the censorship of his class by the Chicago Illinois based College administration after an anonymous student filed an official complaint against him accusing him of bias. Although the College failed to do a complete investigation or to identify…

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Columbia College cancels professor’s class for showing Oscar nominated film 5 Broken Cameras

Posted on March 25, 2014September 24, 2018 By rayhanania 5 Comments on Columbia College cancels professor’s class for showing Oscar nominated film 5 Broken Cameras
Columbia College cancels professor’s class for showing Oscar nominated film 5 Broken Cameras

Columbia College cancels professor’s class for showing Oscar nominated film 5 Broken Cameras By Ray Hanania In another example of anti-Arab bias, a Columbia College student complaint that a teacher, Professor Iymen Chehade, was teaching “bias” has resulted in the college canceling a segment of the professor’s class on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Click here to listen to…

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