Roger Blackwell
@rogerablackwell
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Divorced, living alone, interests in politics, photography, video, music, philosophy, history, political economy, sexual relations and many other things
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Joined October 2009
🚨Israeli occupation forces demolished 200 homes in during the past two days north of the occupied Palestinian city of Jerusalem..
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A woman went to fetch flour only to find that the Israeli occupation had bombed her house while her family and children was inside. #GazaGenocide
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Newborn babies are freezing to death in Gaza because Israel is blocking the delivery of shelter and preventing reconstruction efforts after carpet bombing the enclave for two years. A 12-day-old baby named Haitham Abu Qass died of exposure to extreme cold on Tuesday, Gaza’s
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A terrorist Israeli settler attack on the population of Masafer Yatta yesterday. It’s insane that no government is threatening to intervene to stop this and punish these savages.
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Warnings from all hospitals in the area that more than 70% of medicines— including life-saving drugs—have run out, amid a tightened blockade and the prevention of medical supplies from entering.
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Look closely into his eyes… This is Mohammad, my sister’s grandson. He hadn’t even turned one. Israel killed him and his sister, Suwar, for no reason—without guilt and without any justification.
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This is Jihad al-Dardasawi, 49 years old, residing in Turkman Street in the Shejaiya neighborhood. His wife prepared food at their home in Shejaiya, and he borrowed an electric bike from his neighbor to deliver the food to his brother receiving treatment at Al-Shifa Hospital in
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HORRIFIC: A video shows that tonight, after Israeli settlers attacked Masafer Yatta and set homes on fire, ambulances were prevented from entering the area for over an hour. Israeli soldiers and settlers blocked the road, confiscated the ambulance keys, and forced paramedics to
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At the request of the illegal “Havat Maon” settlers, Israeli forces detained five Palestinian children, aged 8–12, for gathering wild vegetables and flowers near the settlement.
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If Israeli media can call it what it is, why won’t Western media?
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Since August 1971, US President Nixon unlinked the US dollar from gold. Since then the dollar, as well as linked currencies, have fallen in value. This source of inflation affects the whole world and should not be ignored. Floating currencies have led to poverty worldwide.
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'Union leaders warn that continued delays in addressing salary arrears could undermine confidence in the sugar sector reforms and risks social unrest.'
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'He criticised the Ministry of Agriculture and senior officials for making repeated assurances that have yet to materialise, leaving workers with no choice but to take industrial action.'
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'Wangara said: ‘The government made a commitment to release a partial payment of 4 billion shillings (£23 million) before December, including 1.9 billion shillings (£11 million) in salary arrears due by the end of November, but nothing has been paid.'
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'Kenya Union of Sugar Plantation and Allied Workers (KUSPAW) General Secretary Francis Wangara told journalists in Kisumu that the government has failed to meet its obligations, despite leasing the mills to private investors under the ongoing ‘reform’ programme.'
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'Workers say months of delayed payments and broken government promises have left them struggling financially, prompting the industrial action.'
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'Kenya’s sugar workers are going on strike from tomorrow. More than 30,000 employees from four major companies announced a strike over unpaid wages and benefits totalling 10.8 billion Kenyan shillings.'
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'KETAWU warned that any strike would disrupt electricity supply to homes, businesses and public institutions, but said the action could still be avoided if the agreement was concluded and implemented in time.'
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‘Come the end of February, if there is no Collective Bargaining Agreement that is going to be implemented, then prepare for a big response. ‘The eventualities will be far-reaching in this country.’
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‘We are sending a message to the government, the Cabinet Secretary, the Public Service Commission, the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) and the Head of Civil Service.'
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