My friend Doug Doulton shared this on his Facebook timeline: In it, Naomi Klein states: Shock. It’s a word that has come up a lot since November— for obvious reasons. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about shock. Ten years ago, I published “The Shock Doctrine,” an investigation that spanned four decades from Pinochet’s U.S.-backed coup in 1970s Chile to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. I noticed a brutal and recurring tactic by right wing …
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Parliament is considering legislation by the government to compel Bahrainis with multiple-citizenship to rescind them in favour of the Bahraini citizenship within 3 months of the legislation becoming the law. I know that many countries in the world have similar conditions for their citizens. What is different in our situation is that I know – through precedent – that if this law sees the light of day, and I believe it is as this parliament doesn’t …
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A video letter from a Bahraini citizen – Arif Aldoseri – to the minister of housing (in Arabic). Worth watching as it shows you what normal citizens in Bahrain are suffering from as they live in a country rich enough in resources and have many billions of US Dollars pumped into it by neighbouring countries.This is symptomatic of the government’s continued failure in various sectors. The way that these situations could be corrected is by …
By mahmood In this country, over a thousand have been dismissed from their positions for doing nothing other than expressing their opinions. Quite a number were fired for simply being Shi’a. My head just cannot get around this. Disregard, for the moment, the fact the as many households have been disadvantaged directly due to this despicable practice, how on earth do those who have ordered this heinous crime to be committed and those who condoned such collective punishment …
By mahmood «الصØÙيين» تدعو للاعتصام أمــــام «النيــابي» الخميــس المقبــل ناشدت جمعية الصØÙيين البØرينية جموع الصØاÙيين والمثقÙين والÙنانين البØرينيين ”الاعتصام أمام مجلس النواب الخميس المقبل، اØتجاجا على مجمل ما أنتجه المجلس ÙÙŠ دورته الØالية من قرارات ولجان تØقيق بØÙ‚ الثقاÙØ© والإبداع ÙˆØرية الكلمة”. ÙˆÙÙŠ سياق متصل، استغربت الجمعية ÙÙŠ بيان أصدرته أمس (الأØد) رÙض لجنة الشؤون التشريعية بالمجلس رÙع الØصانة عن عضو كتلة المنبر الإسلامي النائب Ù…Øمد خالد ÙÙŠ القضية التي رÙعها ضده رئيس الجمعية عيسى الشايجي. وعبرت الجمعية …
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