Monthly Archives: November 2010

bmtv119 Room for Everyone

bmtv119 Room for Everyone

November 13, 2010

The squatting community in Amsterdam is under siege, with the new law declaring squatting illegal, many who have lived in their homes for a decade or more are now considered criminals and subject to forceful eviction. ; But the community and its supporters have not given up hope and...

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Conflict in Western Sahara

Conflict in Western Sahara

November 9, 2010

An urgent message reached me this morning in Paris, from a concerned world citizen regarding Western Sahara.  With all the travels and themes being focused upon here on my small corner of the internet, much has been happening in a rarely reported on region of the world known as...

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ctrp356 Defying Orders to Save Lives

ctrp356 Defying Orders to Save Lives

November 7, 2010

He died disgraced and impoverished, asking his children to one day clear his name. Decades later, the story of how that man, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, helped save thousands upon thousands of lives during World War II, is finally spreading around the world. Today his family and descendants of those...

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