“We are part of a history marked by tribulation, violence, suffering and injustice, ever awaiting a liberation that never seems to arrive,” Francis said. “Those who are most wounded, oppressed and even crushed, are the poor, the weakest links in the chain.” He said by focusing on the poor the Church “asks us not to […]
Posts Tagged ‘injustice’
Climate Injustice in the United States
by Thomas Klikauer and Meg Young Capitalism will not lead the way out of climate catastrophe (Markus Spiske) A few days ago, President Biden was urging climate action when saying, we don’t have much more than 10 years. Fighting global warming is inextricably linked to what Bill McKibben and others call climate justice. Commonly, many […]
Justice minus humanity is injustice
After NIA’s contentions, the special court has rejected the request for sipper. The judge did not ask NIA to prove the genuineness of their claim that nothing was confiscated by them..and without asking why you need 20 days to say yes or no to sipper request? Is it because a sipper in the hands of […]
Chief Rabbi Lau: Halimi case ‘an abominable injustice,’ calls for retrial
Chief Rabbi David Lau has condemned the recent decision by the French Court of Cassation absolving the murderer of Sarah Halimi of criminal responsibility for his actions, and called for him to be retried.Writing in a letter to the Halimi family on Tuesday, Lau said that he was “outraged” by the decision and cited a […]
‘Killing a dog is worse than murdering a Jew’: The antisemitic injustice of France’s Sarah Halimi trial
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Mumia Abu-Jamal, the Injustice Industrial Complex, and the Human Miasma
As his 67th birthday nears, and Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal faces challenging and potentially fatal health crises, his legal case is still slowly winding its way through the arduous appellate court system. — New court filings for Abu-Jamal’s appeal, Workers World, March 22. Injustice is an industry in the United States of America, just […]
‘It’s an injustice’: Israeli court convicts Palestinian peace activist Issa Amro
Palestinian peace activist Issa Amro was convicted by an Israeli military court on Wednesday on charges relating to his nonviolent activism in the flashpoint city of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank. An Israeli judge at the Ofer military court — a court that boasts a 99 percent conviction rate against Palestinians — convicted […]
The American Revolution and Women’s Struggle Against Injustice
The American Revolution marked a turning point in the lives of colonists living in America, who, after years of mistreatment by the British, finally declared their independence. Although this turning point was meant to benefit all living in the colonies, women did not benefit so much from the American Revolution with regards to their independence. […]
Indicators For Measuring Injustice And Societal Decay
Economic indicators – data points, trends, and micro-categories – are the widgets of the big information industry. By contrast, indicators for our society’s democratic health are not similarly compiled, aggregated, and reported. Its up and down trends are presented piecemeal and lack quantitative precision. We can get the process started and lay the basis for […]
The shame of injustice
By Graham Peebles Poverty is the greatest cause of death and illness globally. It strangles the lives of billions of people, denying the expression of innate potential, and condemning men, women and children to live stunted, uncreative lives of interminable suffering and drudgery. While the numbers living in extreme poverty (the World Bank calculates this […]
Israel’s Supreme Court: Liberal bastion or an enforcer of injustice?
It is routinely hailed as Israel’s last line of defence against ultra-nationalist legislation. But does the country’s Supreme Court deserve its reputation as an upholder of liberal values? Recent cases have illustrated how the court, rather than undermining the systematic rights abuses experienced by Palestinians, in fact oils the machine of occupation. Earlier this month, […]
South African land grab from white farmers: Correcting injustice or perpetuating racism?
Black South Africans need to take their land back from white ‘foreigners’, the leader of Black First Land First told RT. However, the president of the Transvaal Agricultural Union says this will lead to an ‘Arab Spring’. South Africa’s parliament voted on Tuesday in favor of new legislation that could see land from white […]
Sentenced to 65 years for helping Palestinians: Read an excerpt from Miko Peled’s ‘Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five’
The following essay is lightly adapted from “Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five” by Miko Peled (Just World Books, 2018), which is available for purchase now. In July 2004, federal agents raided the homes of five Palestinian-American families, arresting the fathers, who had been leaders of a Texas-based charity called the Holy […]
‘Where there is a wall there are holes’: Issa Amro’s non-violence and Israel’s injustice
Some encounters, however brief, remain unforgettable. My meeting with the Palestinian non-violent activist Issa Amro in June 2016 was one of those. It was the end of a long day in Hebron, where I had gone with several colleagues to study first-hand the impact of the Israeli occupation on Palestinian higher education. After our interviews […]
Jeff Sessions’ Department Of Injustice
Above Photo: Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks about immigration, in Washington, DC, March 27, 2017. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) Motivated by his deep-seated biases and those of President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is pursuing a draconian agenda on voting rights, immigration, crime, policing, the drug war, federal sentencing and the […]
Body-Cam Video Shows MMA Fighter Paralyzed By Cops
Body-cam footage has been released showing an incident in which Colorado police officers left an MMA fighter paralyzed without feeling below his upper chest. Donovan Duran, 24, was arrested on December 7 by La Junta cops outside his father’s home after family reported him being drunk and disorderly. It was the third time in the […]
Election pantomime: Trump: ‘We’re Gonna Be Looking Into’ How We Can Get Rid of All the Muslims
Trump: ‘We’re Gonna Be Looking Into’ How We Can Get Rid of All the Muslims First published in September 2015. Of extreme relevance to an understanding of the presidential election campaign Image: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is being criticized for his response to a question about Muslim and their “training camps,” asked during a […]
Just say no to idiocy: Common Core opt-out movement is growing
Nationwide opposition to Common Core is on the rise, and more and more students and parents are choosing to opt-out on their own. According to a story by U.S. News & World Report over half a million school-aged children opted out of Common Core standardized testing last year. In New York around a fifth […]
As right-wing incitement spreads through Israeli society, Netanyahu looks to extinguish fire he has stoked for years
From Dan Cohen’s report, “Thousands of Israelis fill Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square in support for soldier who executed Palestinian“: Last night more than 5,000 Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square in a massive outpouring of support for Elor Azarya, the Israeli soldier and French citizen who was recently indicted on manslaughter charges for executing […]
Gay Wetback Rubio Openly Planning “Brokered Convention” to Steal Nomination from Trump
Andrew AnglinDaily Stormer February 11, 2016 One of the biggest drawbacks with Marco Rubio is that he gives no indication to voters that he’s a human being. Hey, here’s another one of those bizarre things. AP: The best hope of the Republican establishment just a week ago, Marco Rubio suddenly faces a path to his […]
Mass intoxication: The narcotics epidemic in American society
In view of the national epidemic of painkiller and psychotropic drug abuse in the United States, along with the legalization of marijuana in the majority of its states, many American experts have noted the emergence of a real narcotics epidemic in the American society. Taking the road to legalizing the supposedly mild drugs, representatives […]
The Intifada, Viral Death, and the Facebook Fallacy: An interview with Rebecca Stein
The following interview originally appeared in ISLAMiCommentary. “What we are seeing here is a combination of the radical Islam and the Internet. Osama Bin Laden meets Mark Zuckerberg. The incitement in the social networks is moving the murders.” – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking to his Likud faction on October 19 There are varying explanations […]
With Slavery, Injustice For All
1865: The Beginning of Universal Servitude in America by Steve Scroggins Most people believe that 1865 marked the ending of slavery in America… and they are wrong. Yes, chattel slavery ended with the ratification of the 13th Amendment, but political slavery was established in its place and has progressed to include tax slavery […]