1939 The S.S. St. Louis, carrying 900 Jewish refugees from Germany, is turned away from the Florida coast. The ship is also denied permission to dock in Cuba and returns to Europe, where many refugees die in Nazi concentration camps.[...]
Archive for June 4th, 2011
June 4th, 2011 - 9:50 am § in Misc.
يوم النكسة March on Israel’s borders to mark the anniversary.
Today is Naksa Day (Yawm an-Naksa, meaning “day of the setback”) , the annual day of commemoration for the Palestinian people of the displacement that accompanied Israel’s victory in the 1967 Six-Day War. As a result of the war, Israel took control of the Palestinian-populated West[...]
June 4th, 2011 - 8:16 am § in Misc.
Robert Reich On The Double Dip
Back toward double dip Robert Reich, professor of public policy | 6/3/11 | from The Berkeley Blog The May jobs report is a disaster — the weakest reading since September. Non-farm payrolls grew only 54,000 last month, according to the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Private empl[...]
June 4th, 2011 - 6:45 am § in China, Schools & Colleges
CHINA: A Little Mao With Your Capitalism?
Der Spiegel speculates that Beijing is alarmed by the recent popular uprisings in the Arab world and may have the seeds of unrest in Chongqing. The fous of their worries is Bo Xilai, 61, the Communist Party secretary for Chongqing. Bo’s governments is promoting Maoist populism and cultur[...]