These are my links for April 6th through April 7th: Solidarity with Ibrahim Hassan Ibrahim تضامن مع إبرهيم حسن إبرهيم – “We demand that AUC immediately assume full responsibility for the cost of all job-related injuries, including Ibrahim Hassan’s surgery and ongoing care, and enforce workplace safety protections.” West Bank: …
Tag: labor
Links for April 3rd through April 5th
These are my links for April 3rd through April 5th: Palestinian teen in critical condition after being shot in head by Israeli forces – International Middle East Media Center – Less than lethal? The Costs of Owning a Car – Wheels Blog – NYTimes.com – Nearly $9,000/year for a car …
Links for March 23rd through April 3rd
These are my links for March 23rd through April 3rd: ZNet – Cowardice Pays: Reflections on Academic Abdication and a Paul Krugman Lecture in Iowa City – Excellent piece criticizing the defeatist attitudes of even the most “lefty” of mainstream academic pundits and their professorial minions Annotated link NDP admits …
Links for March 4th through March 8th
These are my links for March 4th through March 8th: March 3 1979 in Iran: Stop the Bomb – “Already in 1978 the Iranian woman, Atoussa H., wrote to Michel Foucault, a fan of Khomeini: ‘It seems that for the leftist movement in the West, which lacks humanism, Islam is …
Links for February 23rd
These are my links for February 23rd from 12:22 to 13:45: Reform in Saudi Arabia | Tiptoeing towards reform | The Economist – The Economist on changes afoot in the kingdom of the two holy shrines, and an Ikea outlet (thanks to Angry Arab for the jab) Faculty shortages leads …
Links for February 17th through February 21st
These are my links for February 17th through February 21st: Recession grows interest in seeds, vegetable gardening – USATODAY.com – Fix-It Nation: In Tough Times, Tailors and Cobblers Thrive – TIME – Don't throw all your shoes at your nearest available statesman! Some of those still have some life in …
Links for February 14th through February 17th
These are my links for February 14th through February 17th: New Orleans Laborers Become Robbers’ Prey – NYTimes.com – "The ruined homes they sometimes squat in, doubling- or quadrupling-up at night, are broken into, and they have been made to lie face down while being robbed." 2009 satellite collision – …
Links for January 29th
These are my links for January 29th
Links for January 21st through January 22nd
These are my links for January 21st through January 22nd