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« Pour saisir la situation, il faut voir les photos d’enfants enfermés dans des cages, recouverts de couvertures de survie posées sur des matelas à même le sol. »

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La glaciation Romain Dumont - 23 Juin 2018 - Le Devoir
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C’est tristement drôle comment les abréviations d’initiales sont parfois longues de symbolisme ; aujourd’hui, les trois lettres de #ICE, l’agence américaine pour « l’#Immigration and Customs Enforcement », sont devenues l’étendard d’une milice au coeur, justement, de glace. D’une bande de red-necks qui exécute de sang-froid des lois néroniennes. Pour saisir la situation, il faut voir les photos d’enfants enfermés dans des #cages, recouverts de couvertures de survie posées sur des matelas à même le sol. Leur sommeil laissé entre les mains de ce que la démocratie électorale a de plus dégueulasse ; les politiques démagogues. L’indignation est tellement généralisée que même l’ancien directeur du ICE en est venu à déclarer que ce genre de politiques pourrait créer des milliers d’enfants orphelins.

Le terme « créer » est important, car ce sont des orphelins artificiels. Ils ne sont pas issus de la fatalité d’un monde, mais de la #cruauté volontaire des hommes. Le message qu’ils veulent passer, est que si vous essayez de passer la frontière vous risquez de perdre vos enfants. Je suis contre ces camps, je suis contre l’argumentaire des sans-dessein, ils ne sont rien d’autre que répulsif, on ne sépare pas les familles, point, mais nous pouvons gueuler aussi fort que nous le voulons, une chose qui semble évidente à travers ce gouvernement c’est qu’il se fout éperdument de la pression internationale et que ça ne le fera pas changer d’un poil. Bien sûr, ce n’est pas une raison pour se taire, il faut s’indigner, annuler ses vacances mêmes, c’est magnifique comme sentiment et ça rend libre, mais il faut surtout être libre de penser et de savoir comment notre indignation peut être utilisée de manière opérante, sinon ce n’est que pure fantaisie et pure flatterie d’intellos qui aiment s’autoproclamer humanistes. Je suis convaincu que le devoir de s’insurger vient avec celui de le rendre le plus efficace possible.

Ici, on parle des pensionnats #autochtones comme le symbole de nos #barbaries ancestrales, mais dans la même phrase on se rassure : « Nous, contrairement à nos voisins américains, nous avons évolué. » Peut-être, mais pas assez pour se réjouir. Dire que cela n’existe plus est insuffisant. Les statistiques parlent pour elles-mêmes ; la moitié des enfants placés par les services de protection de la jeunesse sont issus de la communauté autochtone ou #inuite. C’est une crise humanitaire. J’ai relu le récit de Xavier Moushoom, un Algonquin de Lac-Simon, et je vous assure, on n’est pas beaucoup plus humains qu’à l’époque des pensionnats. Certes, c’est une oeuvre plus précise, plus propre, mais ça garde l’aspect de blanchissement industriel et de mécanisme bien huilé de déracinement définitif. Ils ne sont peut-être pas en cage, mais on cadenasse tout de même leur culture et leur langue. Après, ils deviennent adultes et on les laisse là, étrangers de tous, le cul entre deux chaises. Tributaires d’une histoire qu’ils ne savent pas raconter puisqu’on ne leur a jamais lue. Il faut en parler de ça aussi si c’est par humanité, l’humanisme est englobant et ne doit pas seulement être dicté par l’actualité journalistique.

Je ne suis pas venu dire ce dont on devrait ou l’on ne devrait pas parler, je suis convaincu qu’il faut hurler sur tous les toits du monde le désespoir de ces #enfants arrachés à leur famille rendus coupables d’avoir rêvé à l’Amérique, mais dans cette même phrase, dans ce même pénible hurlement de révolte, il faut aussi pointer du doigt ce qui se passe chez nous. Sinon, cela n’est qu’hypocrisie théâtrale visant à blâmer tout le monde sauf nous-mêmes. L’#hypocrisie, elle, se soigne par la pertinence de mots les plus éclairés, informatifs et précis possible. Il y a des dizaines de mots pour désigner la glace en inuktitut, par exemple ; sikuaq, qui signifie « petite glace », ou bien igalaujait pour décrire « les glaçons minces qui s’accrochent aux herbes et aux végétaux ». À bien y penser, il en faudrait peut-être un nouveau, en anglais cette fois, pour décrire l’ICE with humanity.

#usa #vomir #trump

En 2015, avant l’intervention russe, et lors de l’offensive de Jaysh al-Fatah, on ne faisait pas mystère, dans la presse du Golfe, de qui était en train de prendre le contrôle d’Idlib et de sa province :

Lors de la prise de la ville d’Idlib :
Syria’s Idlib fully under Al Nusra control
Idlib capture opens up route to target the Al Assad bastion of Latakia
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Gulf News (EAU) 13.04.15

Lors de la prise de Jisr al-Shoughour :
Nusra Front, allies overrun key Syrian city
▻http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/04/25/Nusra-Front-allies-overrun-key-Syrian-city-.html
alarabiya.net (AS) 25.04.15

Lors de la prise de la base militaire d’al-Dhouhour :
Syria loses last Idlib army base to Nusra Front, other groups
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al-Jazeera.com (Qatar) 09.09.15

Please Don’t Have Sex With Robots
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Robots shaped like human beings have always been categorized by gender, with androids standing in for males and gynoids representing females.

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If robots are for human work, feminized robots exist for the purpose of feminized work. In real life, a call-center program gets a female voice; in the fictional realm (for now, at least) gynoids with secondary sex characteristics do domestic or sex work. They’re predominantly wife/maids (2004’s “The Stepford Wives”) or stripper/sex-slaves (“Blade Runner”). And in the recent movie “Ex Machina” and the new BBC/AMC show “Humans,” the central gynoid characters split evenly into the two categories.

#Androïde #Exploitation_sociale #Gynoïde #Robot #Sexe #Sexisme

Bahrain, Oman Cut Gas Subsidies | Al Jazeera America
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On Tuesday, gas prices at the pump rose by up to 60 percent in Bahrain, climbing to $1.25 per gallon for regular gasoline and $1.60 per gallon for premium fuel. Hundreds of people lined up at gas stations a day earlier to fill their cars before the higher prices went into effect.

The tiny island-nation in the Gulf ended subsidies on meat and poultry in October, increasing consumer prices between three and four-fold. Bahrain plans to make further cuts in electricity and water subsidies in March.

Earlier this month, Bahrain cut government subsidies for diesel and kerosene. 

Meanwhile, Oman said it would reduce gasoline subsidies starting Friday, with prices set to rise by 33 percent for premium fuel and 23 percent for regular fuel.

The moves come as crude prices closed Monday at $31.41 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange — the lowest in 12 years.

The dip in global oil prices has cut into the revenues of oil-exporting countries, including many Gulf Arab states where citizens have become accustomed to generous government subsidies and state handouts.

Saudi Arabia in December raised petrol prices by 50 percent as part of subsidy cuts for petroleum products, power and water, after the country posted a record $98 billion budget deficit for 2015.

The United Arab Emirates has liberalized fuel prices, while Kuwait lifted subsidies on diesel and kerosene from the start of 2015.

Comment la fracturation hydraulique pollue l’eau des villes et des campagnes américaines
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Aux #États-Unis comme ailleurs, la contamination de l’eau est l’un des principaux risques associés à la technique de la fracturation hydraulique, nécessaire pour exploiter le #gaz_de_schiste. Certaines images d’eau du robinet prenant feu au contact d’une allumette ont fait le tour du monde, mais les infiltrations de gaz dans les nappes phréatiques ne sont pas la seule source potentielle de pollution liée au fracking. Les réseaux d’eau urbain sont eux aussi exposés. Second volet de notre reportage sur (...)

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#industries_extractives
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#Boko_Haram kills nearly 80 in three Nigerian villages, locals say

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on horseback shot dead nearly 80 people in separate attacks on three villages in Nigeria’s restive northeast in recent days, a member of a vigilante self-defense group and residents said Monday.

▻http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/8/31/boko-haram-kills-nearly-80-in-3-nigerian-villages.html
#Nigéria #ISIS #EI #Etat_islamique

40 Percent Dropout Rate in Mideast Conflict Areas | Al Jazeera America
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Forty percent of children from five conflict-scarred Middle Eastern countries are not attending school, the United Nations agency for children said Thursday, warning that losing this generation will lead to more violence, migration and a dim future for the region.

An estimated 13.7 million school-age children from Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya and Sudan are not in school, out of a total of 34 million in the area, UNICEF said in a report titled “Education Under Fire.”

Vous avez bien lu : presque 14 millions sur un total de 34 millions d’enfants en Syrie, Irak Yémen, Libye t Soudan ne vont pas à l’école...

#catastrophe_arabe

La transgenre Chelsea Manning, punie pour la possession du Vanity Fair sur Caitlyn Jenner

▻http://www.slate.fr/story/105511/transgenre-chelsea-manning-punie-possession-vanity-fair

C’est l’une des figures transgenres les plus célèbres des États-Unis. Chelsea Manning, anciennement Bradley Manning, risque l’isolement cellulaire pour une période indéterminée dans le centre de haute sécurité de Forth Leavenworth, au Kansas.

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Elle aurait violé quatre règles de détention, selon le document exposant les charges, communiqué à Vanity Fair par Christiana Dipasquale. Elle est accusée de s’être « conduite de manière méprisante », d’avoir troublé l’ordre public en « jetant de la nourriture par terre » ou encore de s’être livrée à un « usage indécent de médicaments » pour avoir gardé un dentifrice périmé depuis avril.

Le quatrième chef d’accusation est de loin le plus troublant. Il suggère que tous sont destinés à punir son activisme transgenre. Chelsea Manning est accusée de possession « de livres et de magazines interdits », notamment la une de Vanity Faire sur Caitlyn Janner ainsi que d’autres publications relatives à la question transgenre.

Every Map You’ve Ever Seen of Africa Is Right | Al Jazeera America

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Would new maps that depict the continent’s size more accurately really change our attitudes about it?
June 21, 2015 2:00AM ET
by Nick Danforth

With all the deadly serious issues of social and economic injustice confronting Africa, it’s amazing how many people remain concerned with the continent’s size on our maps. If you’ve heard of the Mercator projection, the term for the ubiquitous rectangularly rendered maps found in almost every American classroom, you probably know about its flaws. Most egregiously, critics note, it distorts the world by making Africa look much smaller, relative to other continents, than it really is.

The anti-Mercator case continues to fascinate us, making regular appearances in outlets as diverse as The Economist, Upworthy, The Guardian and Business Insider. But it may be best remembered from a 2001 episode of “The West Wing,” in which an enthusiastic academic tells the White House that the Mercator map has “fostered European imperialist attitudes for centuries.” As he explains, “In our society we unconsciously associate size with importance and even power. When third world countries are misrepresented, they’re likely to be valued less.”

Is the Mercator projection to blame for bad public policy and geographical ignorance? It is true that the almost universally used Mercator world map (named for Gerardus Mercator, the 16th century cartographer who created it) relatively reduces the size of regions near the equator and expands the size of areas near the poles. Greenland, for instance, appears roughly the same size as Africa, even though Africa’s actual land mass is 14 times Greenland’s.

#cartographie #projections #représentation #visualisation #manipulation #cartographie #afrique

AJAM Presents: ‘Borderland’ | Al Jazeera America
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Al Jazeera America Presents “Borderland”: A new original series in which average Americans are confronted with the realities of illegal immigration while retracing the footsteps of dead border runners.

Six Americans are tasked by a frontier medical examiner with retracing the footsteps of three dead migrants — three of the nearly 6,000 illegal immigrants who perished in the desert in the last 15 years while crossing from Mexico. Gathered at the morgue, the participants are handed three case files and told, “We’ve given them a name. You must give them a story.” The six, from all walks of life, first explore the issue on the U.S. side, embedding with law enforcement and Arizona ranchers angry at the cartels that now control not just the drug trade but the migrant routes as well. Then, split into three groups, they head for Mexico and Central America, learning about the lives of the migrants they’ve been asked to follow. In a twist, the medical examiner instructs the six to work their way back to the United States alongside real migrants by whatever means necessary … on river rafts, on foot through gang-controlled jungle and, once regrouped, on top the infamous cargo train known as La Bestia. Finally, from cartel-held Sinaloa state, they attempt the journeys that proved fatal to their assigned migrants — a dangerous trek through the hot badlands. They’ll live. But will they learn?

#frontières #murs #boderlands

AJAM Presents : ‘#Borderland’

Episode 1
Premiered Sunday April 13th at 9E/6P

Six Americans – strangers from all walks of life – gather to embark on a haunting journey that begins in the Pima County morgue’s dead-body freezer.

Episode 2
Premieres Sunday April 20th at 9E/6P

The six are split into three groups, each tasked with retracing one dead migrant’s past, and discover the grave circumstances that led “their” migrants to risk their lives.

Episode 3
Premieres Sunday April 27th at 9E/6P

Things get real in gang controlled Arriaga, when the six climb atop a cargo train known as “La Bestia,” or “The Beast.”

Episode 4
Premieres Sunday May 4th at 9E/6P

It’s the final leg of their perilous journey and the six must face sweltering heat during the day and nights that drop below zero – how long can they last?

►http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/al-jazeera-america-presents-borderland.html
#USA #Etats-Unis #Mexique #frontière #mourir_aux_frontières

The #USA bribes militias, then abandons them to face an hostile government - you’ll never guess what happens !
▻http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/6/19/isil-thousands-fighters.html #ISIS #Iraq #Irak

A migrant’s first call home

While documenting the stories of Syrian refugees who had just arrived in Italy after crossing the Mediterranean, the Compass team noticed a young African man crying. It was clear he wanted to call home. Host Sheila MacVicar lent the young man her cellphone, and our cameras captured the charged moment when he reached his loved ones. We just had no idea what he said. We thought it would take a phone call or two to get the exchange translated. We were wrong. Read about our hunt to interpret his emotional phone call.

▻http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/2015/5/a-migrants-first-call-home.html
#coup_de_fil #migration #Méditerranée #appeler_maman #réfugiés #téléphone

Record 38 million people internally displaced by conflict

Conflicts and violence in places like Syria and Ukraine have displaced a record 38 million people in their countries — equivalent to the total populations of New York, London and Beijing, a watchdog group said Wednesday.

▻http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/5/6/record-38-million-people-displaced-by-conflict.html
#IDPs #déplacés_internes #statistiques #chiffres #réfugiés #migration #asile

Europe Anticipates Renewed Hostilities in Ukraine | Al Jazeera America
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Retired U.S. General Wesley Clark, former commander of NATO, returned last month from a fact-finding journey to Kiev to convey to the Atlantic Council, a foreign affairs think tank in Washington, that Kiev authorities expect a Russian-led separatist offensive to launch sometime between Orthodox Easter, April 12, and the Russian celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Nazis’ surrender in World War II, on Victory Day, May 9.

A Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) officer recently told a Kiev television audience to expect Russian terrorist activity on or about Orthodox Easter.

Titre particulièrement mensonger : les éléments repris ci-dessus sont ceux qui indiquent l’imminence d’une reprise « d’activité terroriste ». Il faut donc comprendre : le gouvernement de Kiev anticipe une reprise des hostilités. Ce qui est en effet plus que probable, entre autres au vu de la volonté d’en découdre que manifestent certaines de ses composantes…

The pseudoscience of countering violent extremism
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Saudi Intervention in Yemen Endangers Region | Al Jazeera America
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It would be ironic if the Saudi-led military move to thwart the expansion of presumed Iranian-backed Houthis ended up creating a much more tangible threat to the Saudis and other GCC governments: thousands of takfiri-Salafist militants in their immediate neighborhood.

The emerging scenario of four out-of-control countries shattered by war — Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen — is frightening, but it may be the inevitable price the world pays for continued unchecked militarism across the region, whether led by Western or Arab powers.

Pour informer sur l’#Afrique ne faites pas comme “60 Minutes” (pétition)
▻http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/3/open-letter-to-60-minutes-on-its-africa-reporting.html

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We, the undersigned, are writing to express our grave concern about the frequent and recurring misrepresentation of the African continent by “60 Minutes.”

In a series of recent segments from the continent, “60 Minutes” has managed, quite extraordinarily, to render people of black African ancestry voiceless and all but invisible.

Two of these segments were remarkably similar in their basic subject matter, featuring white people who have made it their mission to rescue African wildlife. In one case these were lions, and in another, apes. People of black African descent make no substantial appearance in either of these reports, and no sense whatsoever is given of the countries visited, South Africa and Gabon.

The third notable recent segment was a visit by your correspondent Lara Logan to Liberia to cover the #Ebola epidemic in that country. In that broadcast, Africans were reduced to the role of silent victims. They constituted what might be called a scenery of misery: people whose thoughts, experiences and actions were treated as if totally without interest. Liberians were shown within easy speaking range of Logan, including some Liberians whom she spoke about, and yet not a single Liberian was quoted in any capacity.

Liberians not only died from Ebola; many of them contributed bravely to the fight against the disease, including doctors, nurses and other caregivers, some of whom gave their lives in this effort. Despite this, the only people heard from on the air were white foreigners who had gone to Liberia to contribute to the fight against the disease.

#voix #racisme

Jordan’s illegal labor puzzle: Let Syrian refugees work or just survive?

AMMAN, Jordan — The streets are quiet and very dark at 4 a.m., when Mohammad al-Masri begins to wash cars. An Egyptian, he has been in Jordan for four and a half years, washing 50 vehicles every day for one Jordanian dinar per car, which amounts to $70 total. On lucky days, he can get 20 dinars to clean a whole house. He likes early mornings because the police aren’t awake yet. He has no work permit, so he scrubs windshields with muscles tensed, ready to sprint if the police come for him. But he makes more in Jordan than he did as a farmer in Egypt — as long as he can run from the law and the Syrians don’t interfere.

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Misgovernment, Not #Religion, Has Sunk Middle East | Al Jazeera America
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U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent comments at the National Prayer Breakfast that compared savage deeds by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Middle East with Christian-anchored brutality such as the Crusades, the Inquisition and Jim Crow laws have sparked major controversy in the United States. Commentators have debated whether and to what extent the president’s comparison was justified.

But this American debate has missed more important point: By using religion to frame this juxtaposition of all these cases of vulgar brutality, Obama, following Islamophobic leaders he would criticize, once again sadly misguides Americans by making religion the key that explains some people’s criminal conduct.

#faux_débat #Obama #Etats-Unis