"He was then shot multiple times as he ran away." IB Times
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There's some good discussion in the comments about expropriation of private land versus more aggressive development of state-owned land.
Personally, I think we should be pushing for a relatively high land-value tax, the proceeds for which could be earmarked for land redistribution (preferably at market prices). It's fairer for all land-owners to be expropriated a little bit than for the few who happen to be on the land that is optimal for new housing to be expropriated a lot.
"He said the policy of evicting shackdwellers was often presented as isolated cases. “Yet, it is important to realise that they form part of a bigger process of policing urban land. Contrary to the City's justification, these evictions are not carried out to protect land for housing for the poor. They are designed to protect land from the poor.”" Groundup
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What a dick.
"Many fear that critics will have an even harder time voicing their opposition to what Erdogan calls “the new Turkey” under him as president." Guardian
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"“Bezos kept pushing for more” and suggested that Amazon should negotiate with small publishers “the way a cheetah would pursue a sickly gazelle.” This remark—a joke, one of Bezos’s lieutenants insisted—yielded a negotiating program that Amazon executives referred to as “the Gazelle Project,” under which the company pressured the most vulnerable publishers for concessions. Amazon’s lawyers, presumably nervous that such a direct name might attract an antitrust complaint, insisted that it be recast as the Small Publisher Negotiation Program." NY Review of Books
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This whole thing is utterly gross, from the headline on down. So little basic human empathy, so much middle-class bigotry and pearl-clutching. Times
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People who support the policies of the Israeli state tend to complain that Israel is "singled out" for criticism, and often attribute this to anti-Semitism. It is true that people in the West (including, for current purposes, South Africa) tend to be much more upset by atrocities committed by Israelis as opposed to the (in some senses) more extreme atrocities committed elsewhere in the world, but I think this is only slightly attributable to anti-Semitism.
The usual explanation, which I think is partly right, is that the Israeli state is economically and militarily supported by Western states, notably the United States, and thus Westerners are in some real sense more directly accountable for these atrocities. But I suspect a deeper explanation lies in the ways that Israel is culturally and symbolically "part" of the West. A large proportion of Jewish Israeli's are of European descent, are educated in and travel to the West, hold dual citizenship in the West, speak English and fall into the Anglophone cultural sphere, etc. Moreover, many Jewish people living in Western countries have cultural and family ties in Israel. My view is that Israel isn't held to an unusually high moral standard because its people are regarded as the Semitic "other", but for precisely the opposite reason: because we think of Israelis as part of the collective "us".
Of course, you could argue that it represents a racist/colonialist "anthropology of low expectations" to demand less of those we perceive as non-Westerners, but I'll leave that idea for another day. Thoughts?
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"A body of a 19 year old sex worker was discovered in a parking lot in Kenilworth on Sunday morning the 3rd of August by residents. The young woman was allegedly stabbed three times and left for dead. Just weeks before, SWEAT attempted to meet with Kenilworth ward councillor to discuss concerns about violence and increased stigma in Kenilworth." SWEAT
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Does anyone have thoughts about how to respond to this politically? On the one hand, I'm glad Russian efforts to destabilise eastern Ukraine appear to be failing. On the other hand, shelling of a densely populated city... Could this have been (or still be) resolved through diplomatic means? Guardian
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Come on, guy. You've done enough damage. Just go. Guardian
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No surprises there.
"Daniel Radcliffe has described his acting in one of the Harry Potter films as so "complacent" and "one-note" that he struggles to watch it." Guardian
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There's some good discussion in the comments about expropriation of private land versus more aggressive development of state-owned land.
Personally, I think we should be pushing for a relatively high land-value tax, the proceeds for which could be earmarked for land redistribution (preferably at market prices). It's fairer for all land-owners to be expropriated a little bit than for the few who happen to be on the land that is optimal for new housing to be expropriated a lot.
"He said the policy of evicting shackdwellers was often presented as isolated cases. “Yet, it is important to realise that they form part of a bigger process of policing urban land. Contrary to the City's justification, these evictions are not carried out to protect land for housing for the poor. They are designed to protect land from the poor.”" Groundup
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What a dick.
"Many fear that critics will have an even harder time voicing their opposition to what Erdogan calls “the new Turkey” under him as president." Guardian
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"“Bezos kept pushing for more” and suggested that Amazon should negotiate with small publishers “the way a cheetah would pursue a sickly gazelle.” This remark—a joke, one of Bezos’s lieutenants insisted—yielded a negotiating program that Amazon executives referred to as “the Gazelle Project,” under which the company pressured the most vulnerable publishers for concessions. Amazon’s lawyers, presumably nervous that such a direct name might attract an antitrust complaint, insisted that it be recast as the Small Publisher Negotiation Program." NY Review of Books
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This whole thing is utterly gross, from the headline on down. So little basic human empathy, so much middle-class bigotry and pearl-clutching. Times
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People who support the policies of the Israeli state tend to complain that Israel is "singled out" for criticism, and often attribute this to anti-Semitism. It is true that people in the West (including, for current purposes, South Africa) tend to be much more upset by atrocities committed by Israelis as opposed to the (in some senses) more extreme atrocities committed elsewhere in the world, but I think this is only slightly attributable to anti-Semitism.
The usual explanation, which I think is partly right, is that the Israeli state is economically and militarily supported by Western states, notably the United States, and thus Westerners are in some real sense more directly accountable for these atrocities. But I suspect a deeper explanation lies in the ways that Israel is culturally and symbolically "part" of the West. A large proportion of Jewish Israeli's are of European descent, are educated in and travel to the West, hold dual citizenship in the West, speak English and fall into the Anglophone cultural sphere, etc. Moreover, many Jewish people living in Western countries have cultural and family ties in Israel. My view is that Israel isn't held to an unusually high moral standard because its people are regarded as the Semitic "other", but for precisely the opposite reason: because we think of Israelis as part of the collective "us".
Of course, you could argue that it represents a racist/colonialist "anthropology of low expectations" to demand less of those we perceive as non-Westerners, but I'll leave that idea for another day. Thoughts?
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"A body of a 19 year old sex worker was discovered in a parking lot in Kenilworth on Sunday morning the 3rd of August by residents. The young woman was allegedly stabbed three times and left for dead. Just weeks before, SWEAT attempted to meet with Kenilworth ward councillor to discuss concerns about violence and increased stigma in Kenilworth." SWEAT
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Does anyone have thoughts about how to respond to this politically? On the one hand, I'm glad Russian efforts to destabilise eastern Ukraine appear to be failing. On the other hand, shelling of a densely populated city... Could this have been (or still be) resolved through diplomatic means? Guardian
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Come on, guy. You've done enough damage. Just go. Guardian
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No surprises there.
"Daniel Radcliffe has described his acting in one of the Harry Potter films as so "complacent" and "one-note" that he struggles to watch it." Guardian
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