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The Earth is Narrowing Around Us

A poem by Mahmoud Darwish  (translation) The original version in Arabic A bus station ad purports to show a shrinking 'Palestine' in Vancouver, Canada.  (photo credit: @globalpilgrim via Twitter, via timesofisrael
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Canada and Israel "Rather than pressure corporations to act more ethically – a concept that often seems in direct conflict with their bottom-line imperative of making a profit – campaigners might work for deeper reforms, such as public control or ownership of enterprises like Bombardier. Or, perhaps more radically, look to indigenous society itself for ideas on how to curb the capitalist profit motive." Bombardier Abroad: Patterns of Dispossession
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Here we shall remain, a wall upon your chests, And in your throats A sliver of glass, a cactus thorn; In your eyes A fiery storm (…) We will guard the shade of our fig and olive trees, Implant thoughts that will grow like yeast in dough. (…) A burning hell rages in our hearts, The walls of the tank: on Palestinian resistance
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