May 2012
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One million dead in Iraq →
anticapitalist:
This is old but needs to be posted
OVER A million Iraqis are dead from America’s war.
That sentence is a cognitive litmus test. Some people’s immediate reaction is, “That can’t be right,” because the United States couldn’t do that. Or because crimes on that scale don’t still happen. Or because they do happen, but only in horrible places that the United States hasn’t rescued.
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dank-potion:
Usually when I gain a whole host of new followers, I always go on their blogs and see what they’re interested in to determine how long it’ll be before they unfollow me.
Young people are more affected by the outcomes of the democratic process than...
– Cohort size matters: democracy is in danger as young people’s disenfranchisement accelerates
(via rumagin)
understatement of the week? who writes this shit? have they ever been out of their office? democracy? where?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?
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Palestinians end Israel prison hunger strike - Al... →
The Palestinian Minister for Prisoner Affairs has said a deal has been reached with Israel to end a weeks-long hunger strike by hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
Issa Qaraqe said the Palestinian prisoners signed the deal on Monday afternoon at an Israeli prison in Ashkelon.
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