How Politics and Lies Triggered an Unintended War in Gaza
Jewish Daily Forward
Kidnap, crackdown, mutual missteps and a hail of rockets
Friday Nite Videos -- July 11, 2014
Portside
Inequality is real, and it was created. Charlie Haden: El Quinto Regimiento. Eat kelp. NYC Women Talk Cat Calling. Epic Rap Battle: Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye.
Inequality is real, it's personal, it's expensive and it was created
Today, 1% of Americans are taking home nearly 20% of the country's total income and own nearly 35% of the country's wealth. This didn't happen by accident.
Charlie Haden: El Quinto Regimiento
Charlie Haden, the great American bassist, died today at 76. This track, inspired by the anti-fascist music of the Spanish Republic, is from his 1969 album Liberation Music Orchestra
Move Over, Kale, The New Super Vegetable Comes From The Sea.
Farming the Sea: why eating kelp is good for you and good for the environment from Patrick Mustain on Vimeo.
Eat Kelp. It’s chock-full of nutrients, it mitigates climate change by sequestering carbon, improves oceans by soaking up excess nitrogen and phosphorus, and has potential as a valuable fertilizer and biofuel.
Totally Biased: NYC Women Talk Cat Calling
The women of NYC are sick of being harassed on the street so Kamau tries something different—treating them with respect. Afterwards, Kamau provides tips for men who want to make a change.
Epic Rap Battle: Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye
You knew it had to happen, and here it is: Sir Isaac Newton (gravity, calculus, optics) vs Bill Nye (Science Guy, creationist debate), with a special guest appearance by Neil deGrasse Tyson (astrophysics)
UK's Largest Union Backs Boycott of Israel
Jerusalem Post
The largest Union in Britain, UNITE, endorsed a call to Boycott, Divest and Enact Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, because of its treatment and occupation of Palestine.
Another article explains the BDS movement.
Conservatives Benefit from Reduced Media Coverage of Statehouses
Facing South
According to a recent report by the Pew Research Center, the number of full-time reporters covering state politics for daily newspapers has declined by 35% since 2003, most dramatically in the South. The "nontraditional" news sources that have sought to fill this vacuum in state political coverage are dominated by conservative organizations and their websites. The Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity owns 14 of these 33 "ideological websites."
Egypt's Sisi doesn't wait long before launching brutal austerity plan
Al Monitor
Less than a month after Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi became president of Egypt, he launched a massive cut in state subsidies causing fuel, bread and other prices to rise dramatically. The new austerity plan has provoked anger from consumers, taxi drivers and shop owners, and threatens to spread to other sectors.
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