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Jun 21 2011

Middle East, North Africa, Palestine, United States

Open Letter to Gaddafi Supporter Cynthia McKinney from Disappointed Palestinians

Dearest Cynthia McKinney,

Two years ago, you spoke out against Israel’s human rights abuses in Palestine. You were even put in an Israeli prison after your attempts to help deliver medical supplies and humanitarian aid on a ship to Gaza in 2009. For your sacrifices, you gained respect from many Palestinians all over the world.

However, we can’t help but be irked by your recent stance on Libya. It’s fine to be against NATO intervention in Libya. You’re entitled to your own opinion. But to praise Libyan dictator Muammer Gaddafi is completely unacceptable. Anti-intervention shouldn’t equate to whitewashing Gaddafi’s crimes.

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Tagged ANSWER, arab spring, Castro, Chavez, Cynthia McKinney, gaddafi, gaza, israel, libya, libyans, Muammer, Nation of Islam, NATO, palestine, palestinians, Tripoli, us intervention

Feb 23 2011

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Music & Arts, North Africa

“We will not be silent”: Libyan Rapper’s Appeal to Facebook and Twitter Activists

by Shirien D.

To all the people who keep saying that the recent Arab revolutions are Facebook or Twitter revolutions, I couldn’t disagree more. The people who are on the ground struggling and dying for their rights are the revolutionaries and the true heroes. That being said, social networking has undoubtedly changed the way we mobilize and communicate. It has helped people to spread news, engage in critical debates, and expose war crimes in dictatorship regimes with media that is otherwise controlled and censored. This is the case in Libya. Continue reading →

Tagged #feb17, facebook, gaddafi, genocide, khaled m., libya, libyans, massacre, middle east, north africa, qaddafi, rap, rapper, revolution, twitter

Feb 21 2011

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North Africa

An Open Letter to Gaddafi

by Ramsey Judah

Dear fascist pig,

In fact, I feel like I’m insulting the dirtiest animal in the animal kingdom by relating it to you. Therefore, I fully apologize to the pig population. Gaddafi, you have proven yourself as one of the most disastrous, self-destructing tyrants of Arab history.

Instead of listening to your people and going out like a man, you bomb them into oblivion in order to add the whip cream on your horrid rule. As the blood spill in the streets on your orders, your name has carried with it a type of scorn not seen on your continent in decades. You are now in competition with Israel for the most brutal government in the known world. Congratulations on that title.

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Tagged #feb17, dictator, gaddafi, genocide, libya, libyans, massacre, qaddafi

Feb 21 2011

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Music & Arts, North Africa

Libyan Rapper Pleads for Action

by Khaled M.

This is a message to everyone reading this. I am PLEADING for your help. I don’t want just your solidarity, or moral support, although I appreciate all of that as well as your prayers. There are tangible actions that each and every one of you can take to help the mass slaughter of hundreds of innocent civilians in Libya.

The people of Libya have begun mass protests for the first time in the history of Gaddafi’s 42 year dictatorship. Members of the international press have been shut out of Libya. The only news coming out is from cell phone videos, pictures, and phone calls from brave souls inside that are risking their lives. Gaddafi has closed off the country, and literally hired mercenaries from other countries to kill anyone protesting, anyone with cell phones, and anyone that looks suspicious in the street. Continue reading →

Tagged #feb17, gaddafi, genocide, hip-hop, khaled m., libya, libyans, massacre, qaddafi, rap, rapper, revolution

Feb 19 2011

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North Africa

What About Libya?

by Shirien D.

The Arab world is fired up right now. Paving the way, the people of Tunisia and Egypt have successfully removed their dictators and are in the process of rebuilding their countries. The revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt have sparked anti-government movements across the entire Arab world, after decades of stagnation. And there is no turning back now.

Furious protests are happening now in Libya, Bahrain and Yemen. Governments are scrambling to do everything they can to stop them, by any means necessary. Still, hundreds of thousands of people are out in the streets protesting with no fear, ready to die in the name of freedom.

Libya is in one of the most dire situations right now. Libyans have suffered under Gaddafi’s tyranny for 42 years. As the longest running dictator in the Arab world, Gaddafi has ruled the nation with an iron fist. Don’t be fooled by his perceived harmless, flamboyant dress or eccentric behavior. And Arabs, please don’t be bamboozled by his supposed anti-imperialist rhetoric and criticisms of Israel. His actions speak louder than his words.
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Tagged #feb17, arab, bahrain, clinton, dictator, egypt, gaddafi, libya, libyans, north africa, obama, protest, qaddafi, revolution, tunisia, yemen

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Open Letter to Gaddafi Supporter Cynthia McKinney from Disappointed Palestinians

“We will not be silent”: Libyan Rapper’s Appeal to Facebook and Twitter Activists

An Open Letter to Gaddafi

Libyan Rapper Pleads for Action

What About Libya?

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