Violence against teens in Jerusalem stokes tensions. CNN’s Ben Wedeman reports.
Source: www.cnn.com
International Relations
Palestinian youths shot dead on camera – CNN.com Video
After skirmishing with Israeli forces, two Palestinian youth were shot dead in front of security cameras.
Community Village‘s insight:
Reminds me of the U.S. Mexico border.
See on www.cnn.com
U.N. Human Rights Committee Scrutinizes Border Patrol Use of Force
“U.S. Southern Border Region – The Southern Border Communities Coalition (SBCC) applauds the U.N. Human Rights Committee’s demand for improved reporting and effective investigations of excessive use-of-force cases by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the U.S.-Mexico border as part of a review of the United States human rights obligations under the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).”
See on soboco.org
Technology and trade policy is pointing America toward a job apocalypse
“… public policy that should raise the most suspicion is trade policy, which fostered the offshoring of more than 2 million manufacturing jobs after Congress normalized trade relations with China in 2000. But an even more fundamental factor in the declining share of working Americans is the technological automation that has eliminated millions of jobs and is poised to eliminate millions more.
…47 percent of U.S. workers have a high probability of seeing their jobs automated over the next 20 years…”
Community Village‘s insight:
I would prefer the author didn’t single out China. China continues to be blamed in the media because they have the worker capacity to do the jobs that are building the vast majority of consumer electronics and everything else.
On the one hand Americans love their low cost consumer electronics. On the other hand Americans complain about loosing jobs to China.
What ends up happening is that Americans start hating on all Asians (not knowing the difference between cultural groups), and next segregation, xenophobia, hate crimes, scapegoating, and maybe even immigration restrictions based on race again with the myopic thinking that Chinese people are taking all the jobs – at the low end in China and at the high end in the U.S.
There is an underlying injustice from the U.S. here:
- U.S. government refuses to provide low cost higher education so that low income people (often Black and Brown) can get an education and in-turn get a decent job.
- Furthermore, U.S. companies refuse to hire Black and Brown workers to manufacture goods in the U.S. and hence move the vast majority of manufacturing jobs to other countries.
See on www.washingtonpost.com
Foreign workers’ spouses often stuck in limbo
They are part of a sisterhood of sorts — spouses of software engineers and computer programmers. Many of them hold multiple advanced degrees but are not legally permitted to work in the U.S.
Community Village‘s insight:
Freedom and Liberty – for some.
See on seattletimes.com
Multilingual Coca-Cola ad sparks love
A Coca-Cola ad with “America the Beautiful” in different languages that aired during the Super Bowl has sparked anger.
Community Village‘s insight:
Notice CNN doesn’t say what percentage of the comments were hateful vs what percentage where supportive.
And CNN let’s the “English is the way” guy speak first.
CNN you are part of the problem. You frame the story in a negative light instead of a positive light.
See on www.cnn.com
Bayer CEO: ‘We don’t make medicine for poor Indians’
In a crass yet frank admission, Bayer CEO Marijn Dekkers said the company’s new cancer drug, Nexavar, is not “for Indians,” but “for western patients who can afford it.” The statement came in the w…
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India Retaliates: India asks US embassy to shut
“India asks US embassy to shut club – News – Al Jazeera English. India retaliates. US-India relationship: One hand no longer washes the other. My continuing coverage of this story leads me to ask …”
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Noam Chomsky: How the U.S.-Mexico Border Is Cruel by Design
“The US-Mexican border, like most borders, was established by violence — and its architecture is the architecture of violence.”
Community Village‘s insight:
An eleven page article.
There is also a button to “View as a Single Page”
See on www.alternet.org
World Bank reforms aim to cut extreme poverty in half by 2020 | ONE.org
“Over the weekend, the Development Committee – a ministerial-level forum of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – unanimously endorsed a new reform strategy to align the staff, finances and priorities of the WBG to meet the twin goals of ending extreme poverty by 2030 and boosting shared prosperity for the bottom 40 percent of the population in developing countries. The new strategy will go into effect on July 1, 2014.”
See on worldhumanrights.wordpress.com