MB Civic

<a href=”http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/07/01-11″>Weisbrot</a> ..

<blockquote>The comparative advantage of the rich and powerful against non-violent resistance has significantly diminished in recent years. Although they still hold the upper hand with the vast majority of the world’s communications resources, their monopoly over messaging has been shattered by the Internet, social media and other new forms of competition .. It has become much more difficult to hide and cover-up massacres, or to keep people from empathizing with the victims of state violence. Now comes the Freedom Flotilla, a group of 10 boats bound for the Gaza Strip, which is suffering under a blockade by the Israeli government. Its residents made the mistake of voting “the wrong way” in 2006 for a government that Israel and the United States didn’t want. So they are being subjected to collective punishment, which is a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention</blockquote>

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