#Refugees

Today I am going to tell you about a legal term from real estate transactions in the Middle East dating back 2,800 or more years.The term is bētu epšu adi
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Here's a fun thing to do in your spare time: find old articles claiming 'university students demand' removal of philosophers from syllabi 'because they are white' and compare the content
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I agree with @IjeomaOluo and have some ideas for people in Germany1. Donate to @ISDBund (consider making a regular monthly payment of 3,00 €)https://twitter.com/ISDBund/status/1206484616934285312#BlackLivesMatter https://twitter.com/Ijeom
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I've received a few responses to my prison abolition thread along the lines of, "so you're saying I'm a bad person for wanting my rapist locked up?"no, I don't think
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Asian Americans: can we talk about vaccines for a sec? The government data shows that our community is getting vaccinated at high rates. But what if the data is not
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I've done electoral organizing in the past, and with a lot of progressive people tossing their hats into the ring for local races, I've been asked about who to support,
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Gather round, children.The Mail on Sunday is pushing some vintage #FakeLaw today, with a classic reheating of some #LegalAidLies in the ongoing war on asylum seekers. Let’s take a brief
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We need to discuss Sanders & the long term harm he will cause American politics because of his inability to lead his supporters in any significant, positive manner.There are some
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open this thread now that you’re here please look through this thread, read all the carrds below, and donate if you can :( for anybody living in lebanon, please stay
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1/I've been thinking about these comparisons. There are interesting similarities, but gor whatever reason (some semblance of sep of powers left, plus different personality disorder?)--there are important, interesting differences.https:/
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a thread to summarize what's happening in lebanon. please link petitions and donation links below, do whatever you can to help. The value of the lebanese lira is continuously decreasing.
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This “memory” from 6 years ago popped up on my Facebook page today. Seeing this inspired me to reflect on the last 8 years of my life as I plan
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A group of Tory MPs + Lords wrote today:""It is strikingly clear that, rather than a 'hostile environment', invading migrants have been welcomed," they wrote."I will tag/name them below and
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Hannah Arendt and her mother Martha Sara Cohn. Martha was born in Königsberg on May 28, 1874. Her father Jacob Cohn had fled Russia in 1852 to escape Tsar Nikolaus.
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Massacres of Jews or 1278 Years of Coexistence with Islam?#BeforeZionism #We_Remember_Khaybar and not only627 Medina: Saudi Arabia Muhammad beheads 900 Jews628 Khaybar: Saudi Arabia 93 Jews are killed, the survivors
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I met Prof Fatimah Kari our UM poverty expert for the first time since COVID. She was practically in tears recounting the suffering she encountered on her humanitarian/research trips. Yet
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