My Bookmarx 02/27/2014

• Karl Marx: Early Writings | libcom.org

  “A collection of Marx’s writings from 1843-1844. Arguably most notable among the writings is his Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts, though the collection contains other works such as On the Jewish Question.”

  tags: marx marxism philosophy books book_online

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My Bookmarx 02/23/2014

• Dead end: about the coup in Egypt | libcom.org

  “Article by the Wildcat collective on the background and current developments of class struggle in Egypt after the military coup in summer 2013 with additional focus on the situation of migrant workers in the Gulf states.”

  tags: Egypt revolution coup El_Sissi military analysis anarchists

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My Bookmarx 02/22/2014

• Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 21 February 2014 | Human Rights Watch

  ” Tense standoff as possible deal reached in Ukraine; violence continues in Venezuela; more troops needed in CAR; Egypt’s media trial; audacious attack in Somalia; excessive force in Bosnia protests; Syria aid resolution; judiciary under threat in Turkey; Obama due to meet Dalai Lama.”

  tags: Ukraine venezuela Central_Africa Egypt somalia bosnia syria turkey humanrights HRW

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My Bookmarx 02/19/2014

• The naked truth about the nude in art – video | Art and design | theguardian.com

  “Sin, beauty, guilt and voyeurism … from Botticelli’s wicked Venus to Lucian Freud’s unsentimentally fleshy masterpieces, Dawn O’Porter looks at bodies of art throughout history as part of the Tate Unlock Art series”

  tags: arts painting nudity nude history video

• Bosnia presents a terrifying picture of Europe’s future – and a way out | Igor Štiks | Comment is free | theguardian.com

  “The ordinary people of Bosnia-Herzegovina are showing Europe how to avoid sleepwalking into a disaster to rival that of a century ago”

  tags: bosnia europe uprising economy capitalism crisis

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My Bookmarx 02/12/2014

• Egypt/Sudan: Traffickers Who Torture | Human Rights Watch

  “Traffickers have kidnapped, tortured, and killed refugees, most from Eritrea, in eastern Sudan and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, according to dozens of interviewees said Human Rights Watch. Egypt and Sudan have failed to adequately identify and prosecute the traffickers and any security officials who may have colluded with them, breaching both countries’ obligation to prevent torture.”

  tags: Egypt Sudan human_trafficking Eritrea refugees sinai torture murder

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My Bookmarx 02/11/2014

• » خالد السيد يكتب لـ «بوابة يناير» : هذا ما حدث معي | »بوابة يناير

  “أول محطة لنا – أنا وناجي كامل- بعد إلقاء القبض علينا كانت في قسم الأزبكية، سلخانة -بلا مبالغة- دارت فيها حفلات تعذيب علي مدار اليوم الذي قضيناه فيها.”

  tags: Egypt june30 El_Sissi police torture detainees

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My Bookmarx 02/10/2014

• مصادر مقربة من «المشير»: 4 ملفات شائكة وراء تأخر إعلان ترشح «السيسي» للرئاسة – بوابة الشروق

  “أثار خبر جريدة «السياسة» الكويتية عن حسم المشير عبدالفتاح السيسي قرار الترشح لانتخابات الرئاسة ومسارعة المتحدث العسكري لنفيه، جدلا واسعا عن أسباب تأخير إعلان المشير القرار الذى بات الجميع على يقين أنه نهائي.”

  tags: Egypt politics El_Sissi elections presidency Hamdeed_Sabbahi june30 Tamarod muslim_brotherhood

• القضية المرفوعة من “جروتبوم” ضد حكومة جنوب أفريقيا – Tadamun

  “تعدّ القضية التي رفعتها “جروتبوم” ضد حكومة جمهورية جنوب أفريقيا من القضايا التي غيرت مسار القضاء الدولي، حيث كانت تلك هي المرة الأولى في أي دولة تصدر فيها محكمة دستورية حكماً يؤكد على دستورية أحد الحقوق الاقتصادية والاجتماعية، الأمر الذي أضفى الشرعية على ما يمكن وصفه بأنه “الجيل الثاني” من حقوق المواطنة (وليامز، 2005).”

  tags: humanrights housing South_Africa law juridical constitution constitutional_court

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