Israel Seizes Women’s Flotilla To Gaza + Ann Wright, Mairead Maguire, and Others Kidnapped by Israel

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Last Updated: Oct. 11, 2016

from The Real News Network on Oct 5, 2016

Col. Ann Wright was among 13 female activists that were part of the Women’s Boat to Gaza.

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Abby Martin: Inside Palestine’s Refugee Camps

Walking in Balata Refugee Camp, West Bank town of Nablus, Occupied Palestinian Territory

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with Abby Martin

teleSUR English on Oct 6, 2016

In her first on-the-ground report from Palestine, Abby Martin gives a first-hand look into two of the most attacked refugee camps in the West Bank: Balata and Aida camps.

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Police Shootings: Law, Policy, and Accountability by William John Cox

"Am I next?" - Justice for Philando Castile

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by William John Cox
Writer, Dandelion Salad
williamjohncox.com
October 6, 2016

From amongst themselves, the People of the United States have empowered some of their members to enforce their laws and to police their society, but things have gone terribly awry. The police are killing those they are sworn to protect and they themselves are becoming the target of public anger over racial inequality and discrimination. Video images of recent police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota were followed by the mass murder of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, apparently in response to these shootings.

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