The Threat of Islamist Terrorism

Iranian essayist Amil Imani sent this in: Exposing the Threat of Islamist Terrorism Symposium in Dallas, Texas‏. If you live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, you might want to attend.

Thousands March Against Chavez in Caracas

Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas to show their rejection of the Chavez’s regime and call on the people to vote NO to the chavista “reform” of the constitution, that would boost the tyrant’s power. I was surprised to find this news in the mainstream media, yet there was nothing about it in the Italian media. (h/t: Mega Resistencia)

Migliaia di venezuelani sono nuovamente scesi in strada per dire NO alla riforma costituzionale voluta da Chavez, che prevede poteri assoluti al tiranno marionetta di Castro. Come al solito, ai media italiani (persino a quelli mediaset) non conviene neanche citare la notizia, così come non lo fanno mai quando milioni di persone riempiono le strade del paese sudamericano. Ieri e oggi Caracas era invasa da decine di migliaia di persone del popolo che rifiuta chavez ed il comunismo. Ma loro non fanno notizia. Immaginatevi se fossero stati supporter di chavez. A quest’ora stareste vedendo le immagini sulle TV italiane.

Antisemitism, the World’s Obsession

Barry Rubin & Judith Roumani: “An Interview with Robert Wistrich: Antisemitism, the World’s Obsession”

My Message to the Republican Governors

Newt Gingrich: While Washington Is Gridlocked, You Can Lead the Coming Revolution in Effective Government

Amil Imani Asks a Tough Question

Amil Imani: Who’s the Bigger Threat to America: The Dishonest Moderate Muslims or the Honest Jihadists?

Taslima Nasreen

Judith Apter Klinghoffer: STAND BY TASLIMA NASRIN

Photo Reports from Cuba (Spanish), Part II

Carlos Serpa Maceira: Damas de Blanco tributan homenaje póstumo a Jorge Mas Canosa (late leader of the Cuban-American National Foundation)

Aini Martín Valero: Vigilia por Antunez

Aini Martín Valero: Realizan misa por Jorge Mas Canosa (late leader of the Cuban-American National Foundation)

Julio Beltrán Iglesias, Periodista Independiente, Agencia Jóvenes Sin Censura: PIDEN EN IGLESIA HABANERA POR LA SALUD DE LOS PRESOS POLÍTICOS Y DE CONCIENCIA

Italy’s Open Border Problem

My article for Human Events: Italy’s Open Border Problem

Sardinia, Italy — A girl verbally insulted and then killed by a Slavic-speaking person who used the tip of an umbrella as a murder weapon . Dozens of villas assaulted by a mix of Morroccans, Romanians and Albanians in northern Italy. Shop owners murdered at random. This is but a part of the very long list of criminal events Italians learn about on an almost daily basis when they turn over the pages of newspapers or watch the morning and evening news. The common thread linking these crimes is the fact that all of the perpetrators were in Italy illegally.

Go read it all here.

My Flickr Album

In case you haven’t seen it yet, here’s my Flickr Album.

Anorexia Kills Yet Another Ultra-Thin Model

A lot of you might not have heard or read about that 34 year old Israeli model who died from anorexia. An Israeli Fashion photographer accused the fashion industry. Of course, nobody can claim that the industry at large is guilty, but of course SOME stylists ARE. It’s up to a stylist’s goodwill and sense of integrity to choose only healthy models. After all, a cloth is better worn by a healthy weight woman than on a very thin one.

Here is the shocking video (Warning: graphic content).

Italy’s Immigration Agita

Gerald Robbins for the Weekly Standard: Turin is an example of Italy’s unsteady future

Photo Reports from Cuba (Spanish)

Aini Martín Valero: Flamur entrega firmas a la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular

Fotografía de Vigilia por los Presos Políticos en Manzanillo (Oriente cubano) Por el periodista independiente Carlos Serpa Maceira

Aini Martín Valero: Entrega premios biblioteca independiente

Carlos Serpa Maceira: SE AMPLÍA EL SINDICALISMO INDEPENDIENTE EN CAMAGÜEY E ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD

Fotografías tomadas del evento Pedagogía Alternativa 2007 , efectuado por el Colegio de Pedagogos Independiente de Cuba (CPIC) el pasado 3 de noviembre en la Habana , con la participación de 80 profesores y estudiantes de toda la isla .

Las fotografías que les envio patentizan la exitoza realización del conclave que acaparó la aatención de la comunidad internacional . La actividad recibio cobertura informativa de 7 Agencias de la Prensa extranjera acreditada en cuba , así como de la Prensa Independiente .

Fraternalmente

Carlos Serpa Maceira

ASEAN=UN?

We’re all happier now, as ASEAN (an organization committed to defend the rule of law and whose members are all notorious working democracies) has a Human Rights chart, signed by great democracies such as Burma and Vietnam. The late has recently detained foreign activists protesting such a great democratic system.. (Notice my sarcasm). Doesn’t this scenario remind you of something?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy belated Thanksgiving all!!

Cuban Dissidents Organize Rally Against Apartheid in the Island

Dr. Darsi Ferrer has sent us, from Havana, a Spanish-language email where he urges people to hold peaceful rallies to protest apartheid against the Cuban people by the Castros’ regime. The rally’s taking place on December the 10th, on the occasion of the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Below is the English translation by the friends at Babalu. Here is what happened during last year’s peaceful march in Havana. Darsi well knows that by announcing the rally, the mobs are again preparing to attack him and other dissidents, but he is going on anyway. This guy should be awarded the Nobel Prize, if only the Committee was not made up of useful idiots.

MARCH AGAINST APARTHEID SUFFERED BY THE CUBAN PEOPLE

Havana, November 20, 2007.

We call upon all Cubans to commemorate International Human Rights Day on December 10th, by exercising our right to demonstrate in a PEACEFUL SILENT MARCH as a protest of the immoral and illegal APARTHEID policy imposed by the Cuban government.

It is the duty all people to assume individual responsibility and confront the tragedy facing the nation, to urge political, economic and social changes that benefit EVERYONE, and to facilitate an end to this humiliating situation in which a powerful few violate sovereignty and enjoy privileges all while discriminating against the majority simply because they are citizens.

Governments, institutions, organizations and human beings in general have an obligation to promote respect for fundamental rights and freedoms, as well as ensure their recognition and universal and effective application.

Our appeal, by our participation on that day, will be for the recognition, in every corner of the earth, of the inherent dignity and equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family.

Never in the history of the nation has there existed such an ANTI-CUBAN government. The current constitution recognizes rights and freedoms for Cubans (Article 42 and 43), the penal code condemns as a felony any application of apartheid (Article 120-1 and 295-1); in practice the two laws are systematically violated by the established official public policy.

Despite the fact that the Cuban government is a member of the newly created United Nations Council for Human Rights, it violates its pledge to be a signatory of the international convention on repression and punishment for the crime of apartheid.

The march will take place at the park located at Calzada between D and E, in El Vedado. The start time for the march will be 11:00 A.M. and will consist of walking around the park, in silence, to avoid any kind of disorder and provocation.

We urge Cubans living outside the island to conduct activities on the 10th of December, at the same hour, in commemoration of this important date, and thus extend their support and solidarity to the march.

We call upon the international organizations dedicated to the defense of human rights to join and contribute by promoting the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the elimination of APARTHEID in Cuba.

In particular, we expect that the authorities of the government of Cuba to ensure order during the march and prevent, on this occasion, abuses by state security apparatus.

Academia in the Hot Seat

Judith Apter Klinghoffer: Academia in the Hot Seat

The Latest from Barry Rubin

Prof. Barry Rubin emails us another excellent piece: WHAT SORT OF MESSAGE IS THAT SENDING US?

Red Cross Trains PalestinianTerrorists

Judith Apter Klinghoffer: RED CROSS JETS TERRORISTS TO GENEVA TO TRAIN IN INTER. LAW

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Photos from Cuba

Aini Martín Valero: Misa por los presos políticos

Cuban dissidents and ordinary people

Tres fotografías tomadas en el municipio de Manzanillo , provincia Granma , extremo oriental de Cuba , que muestran a activistas de la organización civilista Grupo de Apoyo al Cambio en Cuba

Carlos Serpa Maceira: Fotografias de Vigilia y Ayunos de los sindicalistas independientes

Callate, Payaso

The clown-in-chief, Castro puppet and best friend of the worst European prime minister ever, Mr. Zapatero, is opening his mouth again to speak pura mierda.

Breaking News: Jailed Egyptian Blogger Karim Amer Tortured in Prison‏

Sandmonkey’s Sam alerts us: The lack of media attention is what is enabling them to get away with it. Please spread the news on this.

Noticias desde Cuba por Carlos Serpa Maceira

Carlos Serpa Maceira: RESPALDAN BIBLIOTECARIOS INDEPENDIENTES CAMPAÑA DE DESOBEDIENCIA CIVIL EN CUBA

Carlos Serpa Maceira: Reconocen labor humanitaria de la Operación LiborioReconocen labor humanitaria de la Operación Liborio

Happy Veterans Day!

Free Thoughts wishes all of its readers a happy Veterans Day. To all those readers who are veterans themselves, thank you for defending America, peace and freedom.

Italy: Mosque Opens Doors to Christian Sunday Prayers

I’ve got to be kidding you. Unilateral concessions to hate preachers. Made in Italy. (h/t: noliberals)

Bhutto Democratic? We Need to Be Cautious

Yesterday I wrote a post in which I said Benazir Bhutto may be the only viable alternative to both “moderate” Islamic Musharraf and the Islamo-fascists. I admit I had no clue as to her political ideology. She claims she is not marxist, but what she wants for Pakistan is “Islamic socialism”. Just take a look at her party’s vision in order to get an idea. At this point, my only hope is for Pakistan never to be left alone to fight Islamic fundamentalism. I don’t support Musharraf. I don’t support anyone so far. I only hope we will not have to face a nuclear-armed Taliban regime there one day or another.

Musharraf Regime Plays Games with Benazir Bhutto

Like Aung San Su Kyi, the General-in-chief detained the opposition leader. She has been released, but the situation is more tense than ever. In my opinion, she is the only viable alternative to both Musharraf and the Islamo-fascists who would turn Pakistan into another Taliban Afghanistan.

Noticias Enviadas por Carlos Serpa Maceira

Carlos Serpa Maceira: Ayunos y Vigilias se hicieron sentir en Pinar del Río

‘Peace Dividend’

Judith Apter Klinghoffer: PALESTINIANS, NOT ISRAEL, NEED A “PEACE DIVIDEND”

Newt on Sen. Clinton

From Gingrich’s weekly newsletter: What Sen. Clinton Knows But Can’t Say: We’re a Red, White and Blue America

How to Further Discourage Freedom Loving Iranians

Everybody knows I am not at all a leftist; to me, leftist means insult to intelligence. But I cannot refrain from criticizing those on the other side who behave like immature individuals. That’s the case of Ms. Debra Cagan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Coalition Affairs to Defence Secretary Robert Gates. This lady, quite shamefully, recently declared that she hates “all Iranians”. Often, I happened to read phrases like “nuke iran” by unawarely fool commenters in some blogs. But, when dangerous statements come from PUBLIC OFFICIALS, representing the Unites States government, that is far more disgusting. For years, genuine Iranian opposition groups committed to help their countrymen overthrow the regime in its totality, fought against the Islamic Regime’s anti-american propaganda machine. Tens of US-based opposition TVs are watched by millions of Iranians, a majority of which do not watch the state TV. Opposition groups fought hard – and succesfully – to let the Iranian people know that America is their friend, not the “Great Satan” the regime would have them to believe. And the absolute majority of Iranians, above all the youths, are the only pro-american and even pro-israel people in the Middle East. If you can recall, three years ago the student movements were on the brink to overthrow the Mullahs. Today, we rarely hear of them. Let’s for one moment forget the European destructive role in strenghtening the regime by doing business with them. But the US gov’t, what has it done? President Bush’s first term contributed to empower the opposition movement, and millions of Iranians used to consider him as the “Freedom’s Messiah”. Then came the second, disastrous term. He abandoned his correct vision, and adopted a multilateral approach, made up of indirect appeasement and support for widely discredited separatist groups whose goal is not the end of the regime, but the Yugoslavization of Iran. How if this was not enough per se to undermine the Iranians’ morale and hopes, now this appallingly ugly lady declares her hatred for all Iranians. Undoubtedly, she fuelled the Mullahs’ propaganda machine, which now can count on her (public) words to say “I told you so. Here’s the proof that the United States hates the Iranian people”. This way and others, the administration made the opposition movements’ work more difficoult. How to answer when asked: “Is America interested in freedom for Iran?”. As a committed activist for democracy in Iran, I wouldn’t say I am disappointed: I am DISGUSTED. If President Bush does not want to make history as being one of the many worst ex-presidents, he should immediately fire Ms. Cagan from her position, or at least apologize publicly to the Iranian people for those absurd comments, and make it crystal clea that the US gov’t does not share her views and has nothing against the Iranian people, but much against the terror regime oppressing them since 28 years. Failing to do so would confirm my fears: Bush is more than ever his father’s son. This is a right-wing criticism to the president; we should be honest to admit that, sometimes, idiots are not just on the Left.