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From Public Citizen's Corporate Presidency site: "44 Trump administration officials have close ties to the Koch brothers and their network of political groups, particularly Vice President Mike Pence, White House Legislative Affairs Director Marc Short, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and White House budget director Mick Mulvaney."
Dark Money author Jane Mayer on The Dangers of President Pence, New Yorker, Oct. 23 issue on-line
Can Time Inc. Survive the Kochs? November 28, 2017 By Jane Mayer
..."This year, among the Kochs’ aims is to spend a projected four hundred million dollars in contributions from themselves and a small group of allied conservative donors they have assembled, to insure Republican victories in the 2018 midterm elections. Ordinarily, political reporters for Time magazine would chronicle this blatant attempt by the Kochs and their allies to buy political influence in the coming election cycle. Will they feel as free to do so now?"...
"Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America" see: our site, and George Monbiot's essay on this key book by historian Nancy MacLean.
Full interview with The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer March 29, 2017, Democracy Now! about her article, "The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency: How Robert Mercer Exploited America’s Populist Insurgency."
Democracy Now! Special Broadcast from the Women's March on Washington
The Economics of Happiness -- shorter version
Local Futures offers a free 19-minute abridged version of its award-winning documentary film The Economics of Happiness. It "brings us voices of hope of in a time of crisis." www.localfutures.org.
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January 07, 2011
Call for Women to come to remember, to honor Jawaher Abu Rahmeh, killed by Israeli occupation.
"As the world was celebrating the new year, Jawaher Abu Rahmeh, a 36 year old Palestinian women and resident of Bili’in, was killed by tear gas used in a massive way by the Israeli occupation forces against nonviolent and peaceful people, Palestinian, International and Israeli, who together act to stop the wall and end the occupation.
Jawaher every Friday was marching towards the fence and the wall which stole the land of the Palestinian farmers for a new Israeli colony.
Like many Palestinian women, she was courageous, proud and full of dignity.
Her mother is still mourning the loss of her beloved son, Bassem also killed two years ago by the IDF and now alongside him, she is mourning the loss of her beloved daughter. We need to stand with the Abu Rahmeh family in this -- another terrible moment of loss and great sacrifice.
We cannot forget Jawaher and her struggle for freedom and rights, to live in her land. Despite the brutality of the occupation, Palestinian don’t give up their right to freedom.
A peaceful nonviolent resistance is growing in villages and cities to struggle and put an end to the occupation, the illegal settlements and their expansion, the Apartheid Wall, the siege of Gaza and the racial policies imposed on the daily lives of Palestinians.
This Friday, January 7, 2011, at 11.30 we call for all women to participate in a silent vigil in Bil’in to express our grief and sorrow for the loss of the gentle and courageous Palestinian woman, nonviolent resister, Jawaher Abu Rahmeh. Our goal is that our silent vigil will be heard like thunder around the world. We shall pay homage to Jawaher and all Palestinian women who struggle for their people’s right to freedom and self determination, for the end of the occupation in order to enjoy the rights that all human being are entitled to."
See also: Palestinians hold anti-wall protests, January 7, 2011 — occupied palestine.
Democracy Now video report and transcript: Eyewitnesses Describe Death of Palestinian Woman in Israeli Tear Gas Attack
BBC News: Palestinian dies after inhaling gas at W Bank protest