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We! The children are reduced to bones And skin. Their tiny bodies Have heads appearing far too large And eyes that cry for help. But there’s no shortage yet of guns And bullets — or of bombs. And soon enough, … Continue reading
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American Activists and the Birth of Bangladesh
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Podcast Play in New Window | Download Forty years ago this month, the country of Bangladesh declared its independence from Pakistan. Then-President Richard Nixon supported Pakistan during the war because he wanted to prove the US would stand … Continue reading
Posted in 1971, Bangladesh, Colonialism, culture, Democracy, Education, Elections, Genocide, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Killings, Law, media, Migration, Occupation, politics, Resistance, South Asia, USA
Tagged 1971, china, India, Pakistan, People, War, War of Liberation
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9/11, growing disbelief at US government’s account a decade later…
Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed Today, September 11, 2011, is the tenth anniversary of the attacks on New York city’s Twin Towers, and the Pentagon. Eleven days after the attack, president Bush, in his address to a joint session … Continue reading
Posted in Global Issues, Imperialism, Islam, Media issues, politics, security, Terrorism, war on terror, World
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Quaeda, CIA, Military, misinformation, propaganda, USA, War, war on terror
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The Great Hiroshima Cover-up
Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Greg Mitchell The Nation In the weeks following the atomic attacks on Japan sixty-six years ago this week, and then for decades afterward, the United States engaged in airtight suppression of all film shot in Hiroshima and … Continue reading
Posted in Global Issues, Human rights, Media issues, politics, Technology
Tagged Atom Bomb, censorship, defense, Environment, Hiroshima, killings, Military, radiation, USA, War
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Blasting war, hoping for peace
Subscribe to ShahidulNews An inspiring soliloquy by Chris Hedges to those preparing for arrest in front of the White House protesting the continuous wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, intercut with interviews with Daniel Ellsberg and returning war veterans
Posted in Capitalism, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Military, politics, security, Terrorism, war on terror
Tagged afghanisatan, chris hedges, conflict, Iraq, killing, Military, peace, protest, resistance, USA, Violence, War
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The Burka Ban – 1
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Europe’s Open-face Democracy By Rahnuma Ahmed France bans full-face veils in public. Women wearing the niqab cannot enter government buildings, public transport, streets and markets. Burkas are not “welcome” on French soil, says Sarkozy. It is a … Continue reading
Posted in Colonialism, exploitation, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Islam, Oil, politics, Rahnuma Ahmed, Technology, Terrorism, war on terror
Tagged Afghanistan, Burka, Burka ban, deaths, Europe, France, Hijab, Islam, Law, Malalai Joya, Military, Open-face democracy, religion, Taliban, Terrorism, USA, War
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India in Afghanistan, Nation building or proxy war?
Subscribe to ShahidulNews At a time when Bangladesh is being asked (against the wishes of its citizens) to send troops to Afghanistan, an interesting article on the complex forces that are at play in the region. related article: Sitting on … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Capitalism, Colonialism, exploitation, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Media issues, Military, politics, security, South Asia, Terrorism, war on terror, World
Tagged Afghanistan, Death, diplomacy, drones, India, killing, Occupation, Pakistan, USA, War, war on terror
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IDF soldier belly dancing
Subscribe to ShahidulNews YouTube clip shows IDF soldier belly-dancing beside bound Palestinian woman IDF orders immediate probe after Channel 10 airs clip on national TV. By Haaretz Service A video uploaded to YouTube shows an Israel Defense Forces soldier wriggling in … Continue reading
Posted in Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, media, politics, Terrorism
Tagged Human rights, IDF, Israel, Occupation, Palestine, War
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Flotilla Fabrication
Subscribe to ShahidulNews “The average person believes implicitly that the photograph cannot falsify. Of course, you and I know that this unbounded faith in the integrity of the photograph is often rudely shaken, for, while photographs may not lie, liars … Continue reading
Posted in Colonialism, exploitation, Genocide, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Islam, media, Media issues, Photography, Photojournalism, Photojournalism issues, politics, security, Shahidul Alam, Terrorism, World
Tagged attack, flotilla, Gaza, Israel, media, Palestine, propaganda, Shahidul Alam, Terrorism, War
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Power from the barrel of a lens
Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Satish Sharma Forget about the power that, according to Mao, flows from the Barrels of Guns! A lot more power actually flows through the matte black barrels of lenses. Camera lenses! And this is a power … Continue reading
Posted in Colonialism, culture, exploitation, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Islam, media, Media issues, Photography, Photojournalism, Photojournalism issues, politics, security, Terrorism, Uncategorized, war on terror
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, CIA, privacy, propaganda, Rights, Soviet Union, Taliban, War, war on terror
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