Readers, today marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. At it’s greatest strength, the barrier separating East and West Berlin stretched 96 miles. 96 miles of concrete and barbed wire. 96 miles of trenches and kill-zones.
And that- all of that- is nothing.
Nothing in comparison to the wall Israel has built in, around, and through the West Bank territory.
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Tagged apartheid, Barrier Wall, Berlin, Berlin Wall, bigotry, border, Check Point, Childbirth, Chuck Schumer, death, Demolish, fall of the Berlin wall, Ghetto, Hilary Clinton, israel, israeli, JDL, palestine, Palestinian women, racism, reagan, Separation Wall, Size, Tear Down This Wall, terrorism, West Bank, West Berlin
Did you know that in a few days, Scotland will vote on becoming an independent nation?
On the 18th of this month, Scots will be flocking to polling stations to vote either “yes” or “no” on becoming a self-governed country, joining in the movement with many areas of Europe, currently campaigning for self-determination (though barring the Catalonians, Scotland’s probably the closest any have yet gotten).
And may that day yet come…
So is this a good thing? We here at CWR say yes. Continue reading
Posted in Economy, environmentalism, Europe, government, health, history, money, news, politics
Tagged age, bigotry, BNP, citizenship, EDL, ethnocentrism, Europe, fracking, freedom, GCHQ, healtchare, independence, Indyref, loch lomond, Military, missile, Nationalism, NHS, no, NSA, nuclear, pension, pensioner, poverty, proposal, racism, Referendum, scotland, Scottish, September 18, SNP, spending, taxes, trident, UKIP, vote, weapons, Yes
Reader’s, we here at CWR have been at this for a while.
We’ve made you laugh, we’ve (probably at some point) made you cry, we’ve filled you with feelings of inconsolable rage, and judging by some of the search terms used to find our blog, we’ve done other things to you which we shall never speak of.
You people are into some shameful, ****ed up stuff…
Now with all that said, we’ve only ever defined the blog you’ve come to know and love as being about “figuring out” culture. We’ve never really set any ground rules, and today, I’d like to change that. Continue reading
Posted in art, bizarreness, blog news, morality
Tagged bigotry, Canada, change, characteristics, Culture, CWR, Equality, Europe, inequality, national, perspectives, principles, racism, salem witch trials, social pressure, Syria, tradition, USA, Values
This was originally going to be my topic for Monday, but I decided to put this discussion off for a few days and showcase it here. Our “Fame Days”, after all, aren’t just about celebrating achievements but include shining the spotlight on noble issues or events we believe should have more attention, and I’d be hard-pressed to think of any idea more deserving than the “One-State Solution”.
Chances are that you have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about, and that’s fine. Normally I rail against what I’d consider self-imposed ignorance when it comes to politics or foreign affairs, but this is a really, really obscure concept (heck, that’s the entire reason we’re talking about it today).
When we’re talking about either the “one-state” or (more common) “two-state” solutions, we’re referencing the debate over the future of Israel and the Palestinian territories. Pretty much every so-called “road map” to “peace in the Middle East” revolves around settling the question of the borders of Israel and what would eventually become the state of Palestine. Who gets what land, access to which resources, authority over which sites- you get the idea.
Posted in Africa, Fame Day, government, history, lgbt, morality, politics, race, relationships, religion
Tagged 1967, a cancer in the body, african migrants, anti-occupation, antisemitism, apartheid, Arab, askhenazi, bigotry, borders, cancer, conversion, democracy, descrimination, Ethiopian Jews, freedom, interracial, israel, jewish, jews, Knesset, leftist, messianic, messianic jews, middle-east, Miri Regev, mizrahi, mk, nabka, one state, one state solution, palestine, Palestinians, peace, prejudice, race mixing, racism, racist, rally, religion, right of return, road map, segregation, sephardic, tolerance, two state, two state solution, Yad L'Achim
Writing “Shame Days” is harder than it looks. You gotta find a subject that’s extensive enough to merit an entire post of ranting without it being so reprehensible as to leave you speechless (Scott Lively, you satanic **********er, I’m looking at you). With that in mind, and as it’s rapidly approaching 9:00 PM as I write these words, we’re going to revisit an old subject that I personally don’t think got the lashing they deserve.
So who’s being drawn and quartered today?
It was in the title of this piece, so I guess the question’s pretty dang redundant.
“Your Fave is Problematic” is a Tumblr blog devoted, much like these Shame Day posts, to calling out celebrities and artists who the authors view as having committed bigotry in some form or another. Evan and I have both briefly touched on these guys, with us generally concluding that while noble in intent, they tend to be a bit extreme in their measures of what is and isn’t acceptable. Evan specifically stated that “I truly believe that Your Fave Is Problematic is doing a good thing”, however, after myself digging through their blog a bit more, I really just can’t say the same.
These guys are *******es.
Let me break it down here. Continue reading
Posted in Africa, America, art, Asia, bizarreness, celebrity, fashion, film, history, internet, media, race, religion, Shame Day
Tagged appropriation, Arab, bigotry, Black face, celebrity, Colbert, colonialism, Cultural, Culture, die antwoord, dreadlocks, ethnicity, evil boy, history, Mad Men, race, racism, satire, Scott Lively, shame, shame day, SJW, stephen colbert, TCK, white guilt, Your Fave Is Problematic
There’s a prevailing idea that the Middle East and its history is nothing but a quagmire of conflicts and wars too ancient and complicated for all but the most scholarly. This simply isn’t true, and 9 times out of 10 it’s just a flimsy excuse for one’s ignorance on the people and politics of civilization’s cradle. The truth is, the Middle East isn’t anymore complex than any other part of the world, and by the end of this post, I’m hoping to have proven that.
This is as simple as it gets, people.
Let’s talk about a little stretch of beach called Gaza.
A fifth of the size of Los Angeles, and with a population of 1.7 million, the Gaza Strip is the world’s largest open-air prison.
That’s right, a prison. We can call it a “territory” or a “reservation” or dress it up any number of ways- at the end of the day, a gigantic holding cell is all that it is.
Posted in government, morality, news, politics
Tagged 2010, 2014, aid, arrest, bantustan, bigotry, Blockade, civil rights, democracy, election, fishermen, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Hamas, human-rights, humanitarian, ignorance, imprisoned, israel, justice, kidnapped, Mavi Marmara, murder, palestine, palestinian, prison, Rachel Corrie, racism, siege, violation
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