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Hundreds of Thousands of Consumers, Billions of $$ Move to Credit Unions
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[The following press release was issued by the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) on 3 November, 2011.] Rising fees at banks spark consumer action during October in run-up to ‘Bank Transfer Day’ WASHINGTON --- Reacting to rising fees at banks, hundreds of thousands of consumers have rushed to credit unions over the past four weeks, and have joined existing credit union members in depositing or shifting billions of savings to credit unions, according to estimates ...
Keep Reading »Job Announcement: Assistant Professor - West/Southwest Asian American Culture; Rutgers University
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Assistant Professor, West/Southwest Asian American Culture Application Deadline: December 2, 2011 The Departments of Women's and Gender Studies and American Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick invite applications for a tenure track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level in feminist cultural studies of West (Middle East) and Southwest Asia. We encourage applications from innovative scholars whose research and methods contribute to more rigorous and ...
Keep Reading »Call for Papers: Gulf Charities in the ‘Age of Terror’ and the ‘Arab Awakening’ Workshop (University of Cambridge, 11-14 July, 2012])
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3rd Gulf Research Meeting Workshop: 'Gulf charities in the "Age of Terror" and the "Arab Awakening" University of Cambridge, 11-14 July 2012 Workshop Directors: Robert Lacey 115a Ebury Street London SW1W 9QU United Kingdom Email: robert@robertlacey.com www.insidethekingdom.net Jonathan Benthall Honorary Research Fellow Department of Anthropology University College London United ...
Keep Reading »Eye-Witness Account of Israel's Capture of Freedom Waves Flotilla
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[The following personal account of what transpired on the "Freedom Waves" flotilla to Gaza was written by Lina Attalah, a friend of Jadaliyya and Al-Masry Al-Youm English's managing editor. I was originally published in Al-Masr Al-Youm English. Lina and the rest of the passengers, a group of twenty-seven activists and journalists, were captured on Friday, 4 Ocotber 2011, in international waters by Israeli security forces. On Saturday, she returned to her home in ...
Keep Reading »Burhan Ghalioun Address to the Syrian People (Video and Translated Transcript)
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[The following speech was given by prominent Syrian opposition leader, and president of the Syrian National Council, Burhan Ghalioun as an address to the Syrian people on 5 November 2011. The original Arabic speech is shown in the video below. English translated transcription by Ziad Abu-Rish.] Oh great Syrian people, I address you today on the eve of the blessed Eid al-Adha, as our country reels from the violent actions of an unjust regime, which has transformed our ...
Keep Reading »Mapping the FBI: Uncovering Abusive Surveillance and Racial Profiling
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[The following statement was issued by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).] The Federal Bureau of Investigation is collecting racial and ethnic information and “mapping” American communities around the country based on crude stereotypes about which groups commit different types of crimes. Nationwide, the FBI is gathering reports on innocent Americans' so-called “suspicious activity” and sharing it with unknown numbers of federal, state and local government ...
Keep Reading »Call-Out for Solidarity with Egypt: Defend the Revolution
[The following statement was issued by the No Military Trials for Civilians Movement on 4 November 2011.] A letter from Cairo to the Occupy/Decolonize movements & other solidarity movements. After three decades of living under a dictatorship, Egyptians started a revolution demanding bread, freedom and social justice. After a nearly utopian occupation of Tahrir Square lasting eighteen days, we rid ourselves of Mubarak and began the second, harder, task of ...
Keep Reading »Palestinian Youth Join Boats Set to Challenge Israel’s Siege of Gaza, Act Now to Defend Today's Boats to Gaza
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[The following statements were issued by the International Solidarity Movement on 2 November 2011.] Palestinian Youth Join Boats Set to Challenge Israel’s Siege of Gaza Irish and Canadian boats in international waters on their way to challenge illegal siege policy Palestinian activists call for end to international complicity in Israel’s crimes Support actions taking place throughout the West Bank and inside Israel [Ramallah] Two civilian boats, the ...
Keep Reading »Africa without Qaddafi: The Case of Chad
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[The following is the latest from International Crisis Group (ICG) on the impact of Qaddafi's death on neighboring countries.] Africa without Qaddafi: The Case of Chad Executive Summary The end of the long reign of Muammar Qaddafi, killed on 20 October in his hometown of Syrte, opens the way to democracy in Libya. His fall has also left the country and its neighbors facing a multitude of potential new problems that could threaten stability in the region. Chad is a case ...
Keep Reading »Conflict Risk Alert: Syria's Tipping Point
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[The following is the latest from the International Crisis Group (ICG) on Syria.] Conflict Risk Alert: Syria's Tipping Point Brussels, 3 November 2011 Syria's acceptance of the Arab League proposal to defuse the crisis presents an eleventh-hour opportunity to seek a negotiated transition before the conflict takes an even uglier turn. Despite understandable scepticism, both the protest movement and the international community ought to give this initiative a fair chance; ...
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