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Category: Education & Society
Why “Wai”?
Vanessa Lee-Miller – Wai, a ubiquitous word in the Hawaiian islands, it’s well nigh impossible to travel for more than a few miles without seeing “wai” printed on a street sign. It’s a word sung repeatedly in many a Hawaiian song and chant. Wai is the Hawaiian word for fresh water. Prior to the introduction of the written word by…
“Forgotten Genocides” and the Alleged “Miseducation” of Hollywood Star Natalie Portman
The immediate objectives are the total destruction and devastation of their settlements and the capture of as many prisoners of every age and sex as possible. It will be essential to ruin their crops in the ground and prevent their planting more U.S. President George Washington to General John Sullivan on May 31, 1779 Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News…
Cuba Pre-1959: The Rise and Fall of a U.S. Backed Dictator with Links to the Mob
Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Latin America’s relationship with the U.S. government has been difficult to say the least. The U.S. has been intervening in Latin America since President James Monroe established the Monroe Doctrine, a foreign policy that prevented European powers from colonizing any sovereign nation in “their backyard” (that was America’s job!). The Monroe Doctrine became…
Playing Politics: How The New York Times Misrepresents Womens Rights in Saudi Arabia
Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – The New York Times and other main-stream media outlets in the U.S. are cautious on how they portray one of the most important political figures in the Arab World, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Monarchy is close to Washington and Tel Aviv and has an abundant supply of oil and gas…
Discovering Iran: A Perspective on Women’s Rights in Iran
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, Guest Post – Marcel Proust said: “The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” During the past two decades, I visited Iran on numerous occasions staying 10-14 days at a time. This time around, I stayed for 2 months and heeding Proust, I carried with me a fresh pair of eyes. I…
Protecting the Public from the Police? Will U.S. Law Enforcement Use Body Cameras to Monitor Themselves?
Obama Proposes $75 Million to Purchase Body Cameras for U.S. Police Departments Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Protests in US cities and towns has continued to make headlines over the acquittal of the police officers involved in the unjustified homicides in Ferguson, Missouri involving the shooting death of Michael Brown and in New York City where Eric Garner’s…
Civil Rights and the Militarization of Police: Lessons from the Gestapo, America’s Path to Tyranny
Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News –The world is watching what is happening in Ferguson, Missouri. After the announcement by the grand jury that Officer Darren Wilson was acquitted for the shooting death of Michael Brown, angry residents took to the streets of Ferguson and other towns and cities across the U.S. to protest police brutality. The U.S. government has the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) along with the Ferguson police department and the Missouri National…
Victims of Deception: A History of U.S. Mass Sterilization in Puerto Rico and Beyond
Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Disturbing revelations made by doctors based in Kenya regarding the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) located in New York City, exposed a sterilization program supposed to prevent neonatal tetanus which effects newborns aimed at young girls and women ranging from 14 – 49 years of…
War Propaganda and Women’s Rights: The Arab Emirates (UAE) Exploit First Woman Pilot to Lead the Bombing Campaign Against ISIS
Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) had recently announced that a female fighter pilot led the United Arab Emirates Air Force (UAEAF) bombardment of ISIS on Syrian territory. According to the UAE’s online news source ‘The National’ based in Abu Dhabi confirms its nation’s first female pilot leading the fight against the Western created…
Rigged Scottish Referendum? Why the Anglo-American Establishment Oppose an Independent Scotland
Europe’s nations should be guided towards the super-state without their people understanding what is happening. This can be accomplished by successive steps, each disguised as having an economic purpose, but which will eventually and irreversibly lead to federation Jean Monnet (One of the Founders of the EU in a letter to a colleague on April 30th, 1952) Timothy Alexander Guzman,…
Is the “Common Core” Educational Standards Initiative Part of a Domestic Spy Program? The US Department of Education and the P-20 Agenda
Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – In 2009, US President Barack Obama and the Secretary of Education Arne Duncan had announced the “Race to the Top” initiative to reform the American education system. But there is a lot more to know about the new education standards known as the ‘Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI).’ It is not about…
The New Orleans Eleven: The Untold History of the Lynching of Italians in America
Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Once again, the Oscars dominated headlines on US television networks as well for the last 86 Years. ‘12 Years a Slave’ based on the book by Solomon Northup won the 2014 Oscar for best picture of the year tells the story of how slaves of African ancestry were treated by its white owners.…
Haredim Orthodox Jews Oppose State of Israel Militarism: Is There a Civil War Brewing in Israel?
Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – The state of Israel arrested an ultra-Orthodox man of the Haredim community for refusing a mandate to enlist in the Israeli-Defense Forces (IDF). The move by the Israeli government sparked protests across the nation demanding his release from a military prison. The Times of Israel reported: In Jerusalem, hundreds of ultra-Orthodox demonstrators clashed…
Conflict in Syria and Global Resistance: Why Humanity will Prevail
Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – The World is watching how far Washington will go to gain support for an attack on Syria. France is backing the US along with Turkey and other Gulf “Puppet” States including Saudi Arabia. Syria is defying Washington’s strategy of supporting the rebels known to be affiliated with certain groups such as the Al…