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Cubans Are Starting Small Businesses, but the U.S. Is Hurting Them

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“The embargo is a failed foreign policy that’s only served to punish the Cuban people and isolate the United States internationally. And rolling back Obama’s opening there is a major blow for diplomacy, people-to-people ties, and — most of all — Cuba’s new private businesses.”

Read more: https://www.alternet.org/world/cubans-are-starting-small-businesses-us-hurting-them

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Georgia City Imprisoning Traffic Offenders With Unaffordable Fixed Bail

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“The City of Calhoun, Georgia, adopted a scheme by which bail was set to a pre-determined amount, resulting in Maurice Walker being held in jail for nearly 2 weeks on misdemeanor public drunkenness charges. Walker challenged detention on behalf of himself and those similarly situated, including persons held for traffic offenses.”

Read more: https://fee.org/articles/this-unfair-money-bail-scheme-gets-the-challenge-it-deserves/

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Pentagon tried to block report on child sex among Afghan forces

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“The Pentagon tried to block an independent assessment of child sex abuse crimes committed by Afghan soldiers and police, instead insisting on the creation of its own report offering a far less authoritative review of human rights violations perpetrated by U.S. allies, according to an aide to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).  Afghan security personnel have been known to recruit young boys as servants, sometimes to use for sex. There is a broader practice in Afghan society to dress some boys as women and have them dance at gatherings. Known as bacha bazi, it was banned under the Taliban but revived after the U.S. invasion in 2001.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/11/26/pentagon-tried-to-block-independent-report-on-child-sex-among-afghan-forces-senate-office-says/

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UK condemns war in Yemen while selling £4.6bn in arms to Saudi Arabia

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“SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford said regime must ‘stop killing children’ as he condemned the Government for failing to suspend selling arms to Riyadh during the devastating three-year conflict in Yemen.”

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-british-arms-weapons-sales-saudi-arabia-billions-snp-ian-blackford-attack-government-a8082181.html

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Ron Paul: Why Are We Helping Saudi Arabia Destroy Yemen?

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“We are told that US foreign policy should reflect American values. So how can Washington support Saudi Arabia – a tyrannical state with one of the worst human rights record on earth – as it commits by what any measure is a genocide against the Yemeni people?  US involvement in Saudi Arabia’s crimes against Yemen is a national disgrace. That the mainstream media fails to accurately cover this genocide is shameful. Let us join our voices now to demand that our US Representatives end US involvement in Yemen immediately!”

Read more: http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2017/november/20/why-are-we-helping-saudi-arabia-destroy-yemen/

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Abject cruelty: Trump administration deporting 60,000 Haitians

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“There is no particular need –aside from red meat for the anti-immigrant base — to expel these law-abiding people who have made their home here for as long as seven years. Florida’s unemployment rate of 4.1  percent does not suggest that they have displaced U.S.-born workers. And the notion that these people can return to Haiti to enjoy a decent life is belied by the facts on the ground there. The lack of humanity is evident in the administration’s anti-family action. The hardship on those Haitians is immense, while the ‘benefit’ to the United States is nonexistent.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/11/21/abject-cruelty-deporting-60000-haitians/

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Saudi Arabia agrees to ease Yemen blockade, facing mass starvation warnings

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“Around seven million people are living on the brink of famine and four million have no access to clean water.  Save the Children estimates that even before the blockade began around 130 children were dying each day and that more than 50,000 will have died by the end of 2017.  The Saudi-led military coalition has also been bombing the Houthis for more than two years in support of the internationally-recognised Yemeni government, but there is no end in sight to the fighting.  Both the US and UK have supported the Saudi-led coalition with logistics and intelligence, despite accusations that the coalition was guilty of war crimes for bombing civilian targets.”

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/22/saudi-arabia-agrees-ease-yemen-blockade-warnings-thousands-will/

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Why Didn’t “60 Minutes” Mention The U.S. Is Fueling the Yemen Conflict?

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“The program featured imagery of starving children and interviews with displaced people, all obtained after Saudi Arabia blocked ’60 Minutes’ from entering the country.  The program did not once mention that Saudi Arabia is a U.S. ally, and that U.S. support is essential for the Saudi campaign to continue.  For two-and-a-half years, the U.S. government has backed Saudi Arabia’s intervention in Yemen every step of the way. The United States has dispatched warships to reinforce the blockade. It has refueled Saudi planes, sent the Saudi military targeting intelligence, and resupplied them with tens of billions of dollars worth of bombs.”

Read more: https://theintercept.com/2017/11/20/60-minutes-yemen-war-us-involvement/

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50,000 Yemeni children dead; UK-US-Saudi war enters horrific new stage

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“Britain and the USA are driving the Saudis to unleash the world’s biggest famine for years against a totally captive population. Yet, as far as Western media is concerned, this is all totally un-newsworthy.”

Read more: https://www.rt.com/op-edge/410392-yemen-children-saudi-uk/

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US-led war against ISIS is killing 31 times more civilians than claimed

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“Thanks to Khan and Gopal, we now have statistics showing just how poor a job the military has done — and just how many civilians are paying the price.”

Read more: https://www.vox.com/world/2017/11/16/16666628/iraq-nyt-casualties-civilian

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