My Bookmarx 06/19/2013

• Turkey: A History of Sexual Violence | Global Development Professionals Network | Guardian Professional

  “The rape and torture of Kurdish prisoners in Turkey are disturbingly commonplace”

  tags: turkey Kurds torture rape women

• BBC News – Africa’s middle class: Fact or fiction?

  “Africa’s billion-plus population is increasingly being investigated by foreign and local companies alike for signs of a burgeoning middle class.”

  tags: africa economy growth middle_class poverty capitalism

• BBC News – Africa rising – but who benefits?

  “Against the backdrop of a prolonged slump that has brought financial paralysis to much of the Western world, experts have identified Africa as having many of the world’s fastest-growing economies.”

  tags: africa economy growth middle_class poverty capitalism

• Ready for more interventions in Africa? Obama is – Waging Nonviolence

  “While most of the coverage of the recent reshuffle of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy team has been focused on how it will (or won’t) change his administration’s approach to Syria, the continent most affected by it could turn out to be Africa.”

  tags: USA africa obama interventionism imperialism

• BBC News – Kofi Annan: Africa plundered by secret mining deals

  “Tax avoidance, secret mining deals and financial transfers are depriving Africa of the benefits of its resources boom, ex-UN chief Kofi Annan has said.”

  tags: africa mining investment raw_materials primitive_accumulation expropriation exploitation Neoliberalism capitalism

• Biggest protests in 20 years sweep Brazil | Reuters

  “As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil’s biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption.”

  tags: Brazil protests Neoliberalism police_brutality

• Rio de Janeiro: From the City of Wonder to the City of Business – CIP Americas

  “The City of Wonder has become “the place with the highest concentration of public and private investment in the world” [2], thanks to the big events of this decade: the Rio +20 conference held in 2012, the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, in addition to the Military World Games in 2011 and the 2013 Confederations Cup. It is estimated that by 2020 the city will receive one billion dollars for infrastructure, services and industry [3].”

  tags: Brazil Sao_Paulo investment poor Rio_De_Janeiro business

• ‫Ahmed El-Naggar – مقالي اليوم في جريدة الأهرام بدون أخطاء الموقع…‬

  “أدى الغضب والاحتقان الشعبي من الأداء السياسي والاقتصادي والاجتماعي لحكومة د. محمد مرسي، إلى استجابة هائلة للدعوة السلمية لسحب الثقة منه أو التمرد عليه التي أطلقها الشباب سواء كانوا مستقلين أو ينتمون إلى مختلف التيارات المعارضة أو حتى مواطنين عاديين والذين تتركز مطالبهم في رحيل د. محمد مرسي وإجراء انتخابات رئاسية مبكرة واستعادة كل ما اغتصبه من سلطة تشريعية ولجنة تأسيسية وإصلاح الدستور المشوه. وسوف نعرض أهم النتائج الاقتصادية-الاجتماعية لعام من حكم د. محمد مرسي، لنرى بصورة موضوعية هل نحن أم حصاد طيب، أم حصاد مر…
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  tags: Egypt economy muslim_brotherhood Mohamed_Morsi budget health deficit debt loans education

• QIZs Boost Egyptian Exports to the U.S. – 124% Growth Since 2004

  “Egyptian exports to the United States increased dramatically since the first Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) was established.  Since 2004, the year prior to the establishment of the first Egyptian QIZ, Egyptian exports totaled $1.3 billion and by 2012 they grew nearly 124% to $2.9 billion.  Since 2005, QIZ exports grew at an even more impressive rate of 265% from $266 million to $971 million in 2012.”

  tags: Egypt USA Israel QIZ economy exports growth industry textile

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My Bookmarx 06/18/2013

• What do Bosnia, Bulgaria and Brazil have in common? | ROAR Magazine

  “Once again, it’s kicking off everywhere: from Turkey to Bosnia, Bulgaria and Brazil, the endless struggle for real democracy resonates around the globe.”

  tags: world bosnia Brazil turkey Bulgaria protests Neoliberalism

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My Bookmarx 06/17/2013

• مشكلات أوروبا خبر سيئ لمصر – محمد العريان – بوابة الشروق

  “مع كل ما تمر به مصر هذه الأيام، فإنه ليس غريبا أن يراقب بضعة أشخاص الأخبار الاقتصادية القادمة من أوروبا الأسبوع الماضى، فأوروبا شديدة الأهمية لمصر، وللأسف فإن ما يحدث هناك سوف يزيد التحديات الداخلية التى تواجهها مصر تعقيدا، وهو آخر ما نحتاجه فى هذه المرحلة من تطورنا الاقتصادى والسياسى.”

  tags: Egypt economy crisis europe EU investment

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My Bookmarx 06/16/2013

• Womensenews

  “تثير التظاهرات المناهضة للحكومة في تركيا انزعاج بعض النساء المؤيدات لاردوغان اللواتي يسيطرن على قاعدة الناخبين. ولكنّها تشكّل بالنسبة إلى نساء أخريات تنفيساً عن الغضب من السياسات الحالية واستراحة من القمع السياسي بعد الاضطرابات في السبعينات.”

  tags: turkey protests women Erdogan

• Protests in Brazil against hike in bus, metro fare | UTSanDiego.com

  “Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Brazil’s two biggest cities Thursday to rage against 10-cent increases in bus and subway fares, and some clashed with police.”

  tags: Brazil protests Sao_Paulo public_transportation

  • Protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro were led by a mix of groups, mostly university students, but authorities said there were also bands of anarchists who seek out fights with police.

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My Bookmarx 06/13/2013

• Greece: Abusive Crackdown on Migrants | Human Rights Watch

  “Athens police are conducting abusive stops and searches and have detained tens of thousands of people in a crackdown on irregular migration, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.”

  tags: greece police police_brutality migrants HRW

• World Day Against Child Labor: Act Now to End Child Labor in Domestic Work | Human Rights Watch

  “Governments should mark June 12, the World Day against Child Labor, by strengthening legal protections for the estimated 15.5 million children engaged in domestic work – accounting for nearly one in three of all domestic workers in the world.”

  tags: children child_labor abuse domestic_labor world HRW labor

• The military’s ugly secret | SocialistWorker.org

  “From the Pentagon to Congress, official Washington is vowing action to curb rape in the military. But their record shows why we can’t believe them”

  tags: women rape military USA injustice VAW sexism rape_culture

• منظمة العمل الدولية : مليون و600 الف طفل عامل فى مصر ..وخبراء : يتعرضون لإنتهاكات يومية | حقوق دوت كوم

  “تحتفل منظمة العمل الدولية اليوم ” باليوم العالمى لمكافحة عمل الأطفالط ، الذى يعد بمثابة تذكرة للعالم، بمشكلة يعانى منها 251 مليون طفلا، طبقا لمنظمة العمل الدولية، ونصيب مصر منهم مليون و600 الف طفلا، ويركز اليوم العالمي لمكافحة عمل الأطفال هذا العام على محنة الأطفال المستخدمين في العمل المنزلي،”

  tags: children child_labor Egypt abuse violence

• Anti-gay law passes in Russia | Index on Censorship

  “A law banning “homosexual propaganda” passed entirely unopposed in Russia’s federal Duma yesterday. The law imposes fines for anyone providing information on homosexuality to minors.”

  tags: Russia homosexuality LGBT law censorship free-speech

  • The Putin years have been characterised by twin strands of piousness and machismo, epitomised by the regime’s treatment of feminist group Pussy Riot after they staged a protest in a Moscow church. Meanwhile, Putin’s announcement of his divorce from his wife this week went oddly unremarked upon by Orthodox church leader Patriarh Kirill, normally a vocal upholder of family values.

• Breaking the Silence: Confronting Rape in Post-War Libya | Global Development Professionals Network | Guardian Professional

  “A network of secret crisis centres are struggling to help the swathe of rape victims in the wake of the 2011 Libyan uprising”

  tags: Libya revolution civil_war women rape honor_killing victims VAW

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My Bookmarx 06/12/2013

• Noam Chomsky: Are We on the Verge of Total Self-Destruction? | Alternet

  “For the first time in the history of the human species, we have clearly developed the capacity to destroy ourselves.”

  tags: Noam_Chomsky capitalism environment catastrophe

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My Bookmarx 06/11/2013

• المسخره بالشين عن السد اللى محدش جاب له ســيرة “كجبــار”

  ““كجبار” دى أصلا بلد نوبية فى شمـال السودان وشمال السودان ليه مع السدود دى مشاوير وحكاوى
  , لما اتبنى السد العـالى غرقت حلفا حاضرة مدن السودان واعرقها مع باقى بلاد النوبة فى الشمال
  , ولما اتبنى فى سنة 2009 سد مروى غرقت قرى المنـاصير ,”

  tags: Sudan Nubia Egypt the_nile dam_building genocide water racism

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