PROTEST! BLOCK THE BOAT, TACOMA!

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Written by Peter Miller Peter Miller

Published: 22 August 2014 22 August 2014

Hi all,
The situation is fluid but it looks like the Zim ship that was blocked from unloading in Oakland is coming to Tacoma Washington or maybe even Portland!
Peter

BLOCK THE BOAT TO GAZA was an amazing success in Oakland, and turned the boat around. Now we must follow it up the coast, thus BLOCK THE BOAT, TACOMA For now, get details from the original organizers ofBlock the Boat for Gaza

Friday, August 22at 8:00pm in CDT
Tomorrow
Here is a link to information about the efforts to block the Zim ship coming to Tacoma to unload after leaving Oakland. This page will be updated as this situation changes by the hour:

    http://blocktheboatnw.wordpress.com/

The call is for folks to be there tomorrow afternoon and potentially ongoing.
Organizers have  heard that it may be possible that if they are not able to unload there, they may attempt to do so in Portland, but  they haven’t be able to verify that yet.

Also a Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/events/530669670411666/

‘Common Dreams’ website traps Hasbara troll spewing anti-Semitism

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Written by Annie Robbins Annie Robbins

Published: 21 August 2014 21 August 2014

A Jewish graduate student at Harvard posting virulently anti-Semitic comments at various internet forums, allegedly “to gauge how pervasive anti-Semitism” is online, has been busted by the progressive website Common Dreams (CD).  

Investigative journalist Lance Tapley leaves few stones unturned in his report “The Double Identity of an ‘Anti-Semitic’ Commenter” except the identity of the culprit. “Let’s call the student Jason Beck”, Tapley says, protecting the perpetrator. 

Read more: ‘Common Dreams’ website traps Hasbara troll spewing anti-Semitism

On Land Many Voices: Joel Beinin and Sandy Tolan on KBOO 90.7fm

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Written by One Land Many Voices, KBOO 90.7fm One Land Many Voices, KBOO 90.7fm

Published: 20 August 2014 20 August 2014

On Friday, August 22, 2014, One Land Many Voices welcomes Stanford University Professor Joel Beinin and USCLA Professor Sandy Tolan to discuss the situation in Gaza since Israel began its bombardment and invasion of the occupied Palestinian enclave on July 7^th, and the University of Illinois Urbana Champagne’s decision to rescind its offer of a tenured position for Palestinian-American Professor Steven Salaita following Salaita’s tweets against the bombing campaign.

Read more: On Land Many Voices: Joel Beinin and Sandy Tolan on KBOO 90.7fm

Obama's Priorities . . .

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Written by AUPHR AUPHR

Published: 16 August 2014 16 August 2014

"Oh, and let's give American police heavy weapons and military gear while we're at it . . . "