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« on: October 20, 2014, 10:21:30 pm »
Movie Trailers That Spark Activism from ‘Iolani School’s 7th Graders

Posted by Katie-Jay on Monday, October 20, 2014


A BIG mahalo to ‘Iolani School world geography teacher Mr. Epstein and his talented 7th graders. After Gabriel, KTJ, and Sara-Christine of Team i-ACT brought Camp Darfur to the ‘Iolani campus, Mr. Epstein and students went the extra mile to spark social awareness by using tools – like iMovie – to create short trailers to get the message across that WE (you and I) are the ones who can bring about change and hope for the defenseless victims of genocide.

Please take the time to view and experience all 7 short trailers below.  Each are different.  Some use the same music and photos, some have original content captured via smartphones, but each trailer has astonishing facts that will take your breath away. WARNING: Some of the images may be inappropriate for children due to the disturbing historical events captured on film, but each piece was created by ‘Iolani students with the intention of bringing the dark side of genocide to the attention of their peers, in order for them to understand that genocide and mass atrocities are STILL occurring and should never have to be experienced by anyone. 


What do you think? Which video resonates with you the most? Do you have a favorite video that compels you to act to end genocide?  Is there a particular video that made you realize how cruel and disgusting humans can be to other humans?  Vote below – the students of ‘Iolani School and Team i-ACT would love to hear what is effective. And the 7th grade production team with the most votes at the end of this month (October) will receive the infamous “Humanity Before Politics” t-shirts.  Mahalo!    

Short but RIVETING videos at link:  :o


http://stopgenocidenow.org/blog/2014/10/movie-trailers-spark-activism-iolani-schools-7th-graders/
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Re: Genocide
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2018, 08:10:42 pm »

FEB 20, 2018 TD ORIGINALS

The World Will Not Mourn the Decline of U.S.
Hegemony

By Paul Street


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That Trump murders with less sophistication, outward moral restraint and credible claim to embody enlightened Western values and multilateral commitment than Obama did is perhaps preferable to some degree. It is better for empire to be exposed in its full and ugly nakedness, to speed its overdue demise.


The U.S. is not just the top menace only to peace on Earth. It is also the leading threat to personal privacy (as was made clearer than ever by the Edward Snowden revelations), to democracy (the U.S. funds and equips repressive regimes around the world) and to a livable global natural environment (thanks in no small part to its role as headquarters of global greenhouse gassing and petro-capitalist 🐉🦕 🦖 climate denial 🦀).

Full article detailing the several bloody and cruel genocides the USA perpetrated for empire from 1945 until now:

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/world-will-not-mourn-decline-u-s-hegemony/
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Re: Genocide
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2018, 09:51:09 pm »



March 9, 2018

Saudi Prince 😈 Visits UK as Britain 🦀 Boosts Murderous Arms Sales ☠️

The UK gave a royal welcome to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as Saudi Arabia wages a bloody war in Yemen. Analyst Ali al-Ahmed says the British government is making the humanitarian catastrophe even worse


http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=21298
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« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2018, 04:51:08 pm »


Trump 🦀 Is Running a War Crime Recycling Program

Thursday, March 29, 2018

By Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch | News Analysis

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Indeed, Secretary of Defense James ("Mad Dog") Mattis has said that the president has the right to lock up anyone identified as a "combatant" in our forever wars, well, forever. In 2016, he assured the Senate Armed Services Committee that any detainee who "has signed up with this enemy" -- no matter where "the president, the commander-in-chief, sends us" to fight -- should know that he will be a "prisoner until the war is over." In other words, since the war on terror will never end, anyone the US captures in Afghanistan, Iraq, Niger, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, or elsewhere will face the possibility of spending the rest of his life in Guantánamo.

Recycling War Criminals 🐍

Speaking of Mattis and war crimes, there's already plenty of blood on his hands. He earned that "Mad Dog" sobriquet while commanding the US Marines who twice in 2004 laid siege to Fallujah. During those sieges, American forces sealed that Iraqi city off so no one could leave, attacked marked ambulances and aid workers, shot women, children, and an ambulance driver, killed almost 6,000 civilians outright, displaced 200,000 more, and destroyed 75% of the city with bombs and other munitions. The civilian toll was vastly disproportionate to any possible military objective -- itself the definition of a war crime.

One of the uglier aspects of that battle was the use of white phosphorus, an incendiary munition. Phosphorus ignites spontaneously when exposed to air. If bits of that substance attach to human beings, as long as there's oxygen to combine with the phosphorus, skin and flesh burn away, sometimes right into the bone. Use of white phosphorus as an anti-personnel weapon is forbidden under the Chemical Weapons Convention, which the US has signed.

In Iraq, Mattis also saw to it that charges would be dropped against soldiers responsible for murdering civilians in the city of Haditha. In a well-documented 2005 massacre -- a reprisal for a roadside bomb -- American soldiers shot 24 unarmed men, women, and children at close range. As the convening authority for the subsequent judicial hearing, Mattis dismissed the murder charges against all the soldiers accused of that atrocity.

Mattis is hardly the only slightly used war criminal in the Trump administration.

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http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/44006-trump-is-running-a-war-crime-recycling-program
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Re: Genocide
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2018, 09:19:59 pm »
March 31, 2018

Israel Massacres Unarmed Gaza Protesters, Shooting 773 with Live Ammunition

The Israeli military brutally crushed a protest on the Gaza border led by tens of thousands of Palestinians, killing 16 and injuring 1,400. Journalist Max Blumenthal speaks of Israel's suffocating blockade of the strip and the biased media reporting on the "Great Return March."





April 11, 2018

Why is Israel so Threatened by Unarmed Gaza Protesters? (Part 1/2)

Despite the mounting Palestinian death toll, mass protests continue in the Gaza Strip. Why is Israel using lethal force on unarmed protesters? TRNN's Shir Hever explains why nonviolent protest is infuriating the Israeli government


http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=21550


April 20, 2018

Israeli Forces Kill 4 Palestinians, Injure 40 on Israel's Independence Day

Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip continue to demonstrate even though they know they put their lives at risk because life in the "cage" that is Gaza is intolerable, says Ali Abunimah of The Electronic Intifada

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Re: Genocide
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2018, 05:45:54 pm »


May 3, 2018
Natalie Portman's Boycott of Netanyahu 😈 Prompts Attack by Billionaire-Backed Right-Wing Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 😈

After Natalie Portman pulled out of an award ceremony in Israel, right-wing activist Rabbi Shmuley Boteach bought a full-page New York Times ad to attack the actress. Journalist Max Blumenthal details how billionaire Sheldon Adelson bankrolls Shmuley's World Values Network and conservative activism.





May 4, 2018

Sixth Consecutive Week of Friday Gaza Protests Leaves Over 160 Wounded

For the sixth consecutive week Palestinians in Gaza headed to the Israeli border to demonstrate the "Great March of Return." Israeli soldiers continued their attacks on the protesters, wounding over 160. Special correspondent Noor Harazeen reports from Gaza


http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=21724

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Re: Genocide
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2018, 05:50:32 pm »


May 4, 2018

Saudi Crown Prince 👹 Tells Palestinians to 'Shut up' as He Cozies up to Israel 👹

CIA Director turned Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Saudi Arabia and Israel as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman abandons the Palestinians. Professor Asad AbuKhalil says this alliance has never been closer, noting Israel's political allies have frequently been anti-Semites


http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21714:Saudi-Crown-Prince-Tells-Palestinians-to-%27Shut-up%27-as-He-Cozies-up-to-Israel
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Re: Genocide
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2018, 02:47:59 pm »
 


Trump’s🦀 Cancellation of Hondurans’ TPS Sends them into a ‘Very Dangerous Situation’

May 8, 2018

Over 50,000 Hondurans, plus their over 50,000 US-born children will face a very difficult choice of returning to one of Latin America’s most violent and poorest countries or becoming undocumented immigrants in the US, says Amnesty International’s Marselha Gonçalves Margerin


https://therealnews.com/stories/trumps-cancellation-of-hondurans-tps-sends-them-into-a-very-dangerous-situation
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Re: Genocide
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2018, 02:20:54 pm »
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MAY 13, 2018 TD ORIGINALS

Killing Gaza

By Chris Hedges —  Hunger, sickness, terror, despair and Israeli military violence routinely afflict and kill the entrapped people of Gaza. The new film “Killing Gaza” explains in heartbreaking detail why Palestinians have been risking their lives during seven weeks of nonviolent protests.

Full article:

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/killing-gaza/
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Re: Genocide
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2018, 05:09:06 pm »
On the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, a look back at the Palestinian struggle for their right of return

NEWS & COMMENTARY  |  BY MIKE MERRYMAN-LOTZE, MAY 14, 2018

https://www.afsc.org/blogs/news-and-commentary/70th-anniversary-nakba-look-back-palestinian-struggle-their-right-return
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« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2018, 10:11:24 pm »


                                 

58 Peaceful Protesters Murdered , 2,700 Injured in Gaza as US Embassy Opens in Jerusalem

May 14, 2018

Israeli military killed at least 58 Palestinians and injured 2,700 – 1,350 of them by gunfire. This is the highest death toll yet in Gaza. The great March of Return is also protesting the move of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Noor Harazeen reports for TRNN


https://therealnews.com/stories/58-peaceful-protesters-murdered-2700-injured-in-gaza-as-us-embassy-opens-in-jerusalem


 
Gaza on the Brink (2/2)

May 11, 2018

We speak with Sari Bashi about how the occupation of Gaza and the de-development policies of Israel, denies Gazan’s electricity, water and right to produce and travel, making it an unlivable place


 
Can Gaza Survive the Occupation and Repression? (1/2)
May 11, 2018
In a new book, “Moment of Truth,” Sari Bashi discusses the 11-year blockade that has driven Gazans to the brink. With water unfit to drink, denial of education, healthcare and mobility, Gazans don’t have much to lose, she says.

 
Historian Ilan Pappe: ‘We Need Sustained International Pressure on Israel’
May 7, 2018
The Great Return protests in Gaza will culminate on Nakba, May 14th. This is also the day that Israel will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the State of Israel. Historian Ilan Pappe says we need international pressure brought upon the State of Israel on this occasion and we need to disengage the US as mediator

 
Sixth Consecutive Week of Friday Gaza Protests Leaves Over 160 Wounded
May 4, 2018
For the sixth consecutive week Palestinians in Gaza headed to the Israeli border to demonstrate the “Great March of Return.” Israeli soldiers continued their attacks on the protesters, wounding over 160. Special correspondent Noor Harazeen reports from Gaza

 
Manchester University Develops Israeli Drone Technology, Despite Growing Student Opposition
May 2, 2018
Students at the University of Manchester uncovered secret cooperation agreements between the university and Israeli arms manufacturers and now campaign to cancel the agreements, says Hudda Ammori, Chair of the Manchester BDS Campaign


Israel’s Massacres of Gaza Protesters Forces Liberal Zionists to Face Oppressive Reality
April 27, 2018
As Natalie Portman refuses to attend an award ceremony in Israel, journalist Ali Abunimah says liberal Zionists are increasingly unable to ignore the brutal oppression of Palestinians

 
How the Massacre in Gaza became an Opportunity to Sell Israeli Weapons
April 23, 2018
Germany’s Social-Democratic Party voted to lease Israeli attack drones, even though the German military does not need them and the deal is incredibly overpriced. TRNN’s Shir Hever explains what lies behind this deal

 
Israeli Forces Kill 4 Palestinians, Injure 40 on Israel’s Independence Day
April 20, 2018
Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip continue to demonstrate even though they know they put their lives at risk because life in the “cage” that is Gaza is intolerable, says Ali Abunimah of The Electronic Intifada

 
Israel Mows Down Unarmed Gaza Protesters for 3rd Week as US Blocks UN Investigation
April 14, 2018
Israeli soldiers wounded more than 900 peaceful Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border for the third Friday in a row, while the Donald Trump administration prevents any action by the United Nations – Ben Norton reports

https://therealnews.com/series/breaking-gaza-coverage

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« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2018, 02:29:23 pm »
The World Will Not Mourn The Decline Of US Hegemony 🦍😈 👹 💵 🎩 🍌 🏴‍☠️

Thu, 05/17/2018 - 21:25

Authored by Paul Street via TruthDig.com,

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There are good reasons for any good progressive to bemoan the presence of the childish, racist, sexist and ecocidal, right-wing plutocrat Donald Trump in the White House. One complaint about Trump that should be held at arm’s-length by anyone on the left, however, is the charge that Trump is contributing to the decline of U.S. global power - to the erosion of the United States’ superpower status and the emergence of a more multipolar world.

This criticism of Trump comes from different elite corners. Last October, the leading neoconservative foreign policy intellectual and former George W. Bush administration adviser Eliot Cohen wrote an Atlantic magazine essay titled “How Trump Is Ending the American Era.” Cohen recounted numerous ways in which Trump had reduced “America’s standing and ability to influence global affairs.” He worried that Trump’s presidency would leave “America’s position in the world stunted” and an “America lacking confidence” on the global stage.

But it isn’t just the right wing that writes and speaks in such terms about how Trump is contributing to the decline of U.S. hegemony. A recent Time magazine reflection by the liberal commentator Karl Vick (who wrote in strongly supportive terms about the giant January 2017 Women’s March against Trump) frets that that Trump’s “America First” and authoritarian views have the world “looking for leadership elsewhere.”

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“Could this be it?” Vick asks. “Might the American Century actually clock out at just 72 years, from 1945 to 2017? No longer than Louis XIV ruled France? Only 36 months more than the Soviet Union lasted, after all that bother?”

Full article (which will reveal to you why I posted this in "Genocide"):

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-17/world-will-not-mourn-decline-us-hegemony
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« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2018, 07:55:09 pm »


Jewish Americans Condemn US 🦀 Gov. Support for Israel’s 👹 Massacre of Gazans

May 17, 2018

Activists from Jewish Voice for Peace NYC and Jews Say No! held a Gaza solidarity protest outside the office of Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, condemning US support for Israel’s massacre of Palestinian protesters – Ben Norton reports.


https://therealnews.com/stories/jewish-americans-condemn-us-gov-support-for-israels-massacre-of-gazans

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« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2018, 08:21:29 pm »
‘Killing Gaza’: A New Documentary on Palestinians Under Siege

May 18, 2018


In their new film “Killing Gaza,” journalists Dan Cohen and Max Blumenthal capture the harrowing stories of Palestinians who survived the 2014 Israeli assault, and their struggles to recover and persist under a crippling blockade. Watch video https://vimeo.com/ondemand/killinggaza/255266362


https://therealnews.com/stories/killing-gaza-a-new-documentary-on-palestinians-under-siege
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« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2018, 07:03:05 pm »
Gaza: Grief, Horror, Outrage, Remembering

Published by  Richard Falk at  May 16, 2018

GRIEF 


How can one not feel intense grief for the young Palestinians who out of despair and fury joined the Great March of Return, and so often found death and severe injury awaiting them as they approached the border unarmed!!?

This was not a gratuitous event, or something that happened spontaneously on either side. After 70 years of Palestinian suffering, with no end of torment in sight, to show the world and each other their passion was what would be seen as normal, even admirable, demonstrating a spirit of resistance that endured after decades of repression, violence, humiliation, and denial of the most fundamental of rights. After 70 years of Israeli statehood, this violent confirmation of our worst fears and perceptions, seals a negative destiny for Israel as far as the moral eye can see.

HORROR 😱

When exposed to such visual images of resistance and sniper violence the scene expresses the horror of burning steel rubbing against raw flesh. There is no way to grasp this particular cartography of risk, vulnerability, and security than to have recourse the language and imagery of horror. Such a sad narrative of horror will linger on both sides to haunt both collective and individual memories, but one with tragic pride, the other with repressed shame.

The horror was magnified by coinciding with obscene celebratory events in Jerusalem where Americans representing the Trump presidency, including Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, and the American Ambassador, David Friedman, brought infamy to the United States by this unseemly display of indifference to crimes against humanity being unabashedly committed as they spoke. Such moral and political insensitivity will not and should not be forgotten.

OUTRAGE 

Words are all we have, but they will do. As Thomas Merton taught, some crimes are situated in the domain of the unspeakable.

The occasions for outrage about the treatment of the Palestinian people are many, but the Israeli reaction to this Palestinian march reaches a new level of moral, political, and legal wretchedness. It recalls the cry of religious leaders of conscience in the last stage of the Vietnam War, expressed by their dutiful compilation of criminal acts of American violence committed in relatively defenseless Vietnam bearing the telling title—NOT IN OUR NAME.

As Jews, as Americans, as human beings, isn’t it about time to take a similar stand, and at least create symbolic distance between the perpetrators of these crimes and ourselves?

The feeble Israeli claims of its right of self-defense or attributing Palestinian martyrdom to Hamas are so shallow and lacking in credibility as to discredit further rather than provide justifications for this exhibition of homicidal violence on a massive scale not as isolated incident but as a series of arrogant reenactments.

REMEMBERING       

Not with words or argument, but with tears, and tears will not do.

Certainly as the Martyrdom of Gaza, and quite possibly seen as a kind of silent bonding by the Palestinian people with the African victims of the Sharpeville Massacre (1960)!

From this darkness will come an as yet undisclosed inspiration.

Richard Falk

https://www.wagingpeace.org/gaza-grief-horror-outrage-remembering/
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