The Pregnant Female Doctor Accused the Male Doctor Who’d Assigned the Shifts to Have Bullied Her at the Workplace

There’s still NO equal rights of workplace for men AND women, and it’s not going to be equal NOT anytime, soon, off of the Newspapers, translated…

She’d Worked the Graveyard Shifts & Was in Exposure of Radiation in Her Pregnancy

There is a bullying in the workplace that came out of an unnamed hospital in Zhonghe, Hsinbei City, a female physician from the radiology department accused a senior male physician from the department of making two pregnant female physicians work the overnight shifts, causing the female physicians to be in the exposure of high radiation environment.  Yesterday the female physician was interviewed, told, that to secure her position of work, she’d, selected to swallow the unfair treatments down, but the male physician had gone overboard in exploiting her, she couldn’t put up with it anymore, so she’d filed a complaint with the hospital.

The assistant director of the hospital, Lee stated, that as soon as the complaints were received, a review committee was set up immediately, after two investigations, the board found the accusations of workplace bullying valid, in the process of the investigations, both were interviewed, and if there are no objections, twenty days after the results of the investigation got posted, the punishment will be, handed, down.

The female physician told, that last year, there’s a female older schoolmate from the department who took the maternity leave, and, considering the personnel available on file wasn’t short staffed, and only when the personnel staffing became stabler, she’d gotten, pregnant, and when she got pregnant, she was caught in the, exact, same, predicament, she’d been emotionally stressed and seven weeks into her pregnancy, she’d miscarried.

The Department of Sanitation of Hsinbei City sated, that it’d already asked the hospital to explain what had happened, that if laws had been broken, then, the department will have the labor department or social service to fine the hospital; the head of labor examination, Lin pointed out, that the hospital needed to implement a plan against improper work schedules in the workplace, setting up the routes of complaints, the investigators, and employee training, and other preventative measures, the victim had filed the complaints, and the workplace bullying had been found, valid.

As for it being illegal to make the pregnant female physicians work the graveyard shifts, the hospital said, that the workhours of medical professionals aren’t protected by the basic labor laws, in other words, physicians have no limit to the hours they work, but as a physician is pregnant, she is, protected the occupational safety laws, the individual can get the managers to assist in exchanging of her shifts.  The hospital believes, that the male physician who’d scheduled the shifts did NOT communicate well enough, as the victim filed the complaints back in January, the hospital reassigned the male physician from the scheduling of work shifts already.

And, with men, there’s NOT the problem of needing days off when you get pregnant, because we are the ones, getting pregnant, and this is still due to the sexism of the society, of culture, of how there will NEVER be equal basis for the genders in the workplace, or in anything, because, we are essentially, different in our, biological, makeup.  And the result in this case, is, a DEAD FETUS!

Grandma’s Cat’s Eyes

This cherished rock, turned out to be, a total, FAKE!!!  But, the history of your families is, real as, ever…translated…

I have a box of minerals made of cypress, the lid was made of glass.  Inside the compartments of the individual slots, were the minerals I’d collected, the slots appeared like the Instagram posts in physical forms, every time I’d opened the box, other than the scent from the cypress, it’d, appeased my, sight as well.

There was a section of the box with the rocks and minerals I’d bumped into by chance, other than what I’d picked up off the ground, more were gifts.  Some where the rhodochrosite, the pebbles I’d collected from the campus of the University of Heidelberg, the prize from the drawing of the book signing, the nephrite.

My friend who’d come to afternoon tea at my place situated herself in my living room, and at first sight, she’d caught my box of minerals.

“That’s so amazing, can I see it?”, I’d nodded, of course you can, the minerals aren’t really that big a deal, most were the original, unpolished, minerals, I’m no collector, I just like things that I saw that call out to me, maybe, it’s the collector’s box that’s made me seemed, like an, experienced, collector.

“Oh!”, she’d let out a yelp, “What is this one?”

I’d set my eyes on what she had, oh, this one, it’s a, long, story.

My friend used her eagle sight, caught that fish oil pill sized “cat’s eye”, something from my father, also, one of the heirlooms from, grandma.  The story traces back to about half a century ago, back then, grandma took her children to Taipei, situated in Shihpai, and became a second landlady, rented a room of their apartment out to an elderly retired serviceman, the elderly servicemen grew a beard, a faithful Christian, they’d nicknamed him, “Jesus”.  They got along fine, “Jesus” was kind, but had a ton of bad friends who got him into gambling, who’d, enticed him to the wrong business ventures, and in the very end, he’d lost all he ever had, all his pension, and he’d still owed grandmother the rent for the rom, and in the end, he can only, use this rock as a collateral, told that it was a gemstone that his mother handed to him before he’d enlisted into the army, and came to Taiwan.  “Jesus” ended up, all alone, dying in his bedroom, and, my families gave him a simple funeral, because he was their, neighbors, and, this “cat’s eye”  got passed down to, me.

“But, is it the real cat’s eye gem?”, my friend questioned.

And she was, correct too, I’d, checked a lot of volumes of gemstone encyclopedia, because there’s that, fakeness to it, I’d asked dad what it was, he’d told me it was cat’s eye this time, and, garnet the next…….

“I don’t know, it’s something passed from Grandma down to us.”, I’d, given the response my father gave to me.

“I’d made it out to be fake at first sight”, I’d not denied my friend’s views, this, just as well, is a, fake.  But, this fake piece of jewelry, had the story of my families, an heirloom left behind by, grandma.

“But it’s, totally, fake!”  my friend insisted, it’d made me take several deep, inhales, that cake that’s eaten to flat, symbolized our friendship about to be, destroyed, and, the originally leisurely afternoon tea, turned into, a gathering, disaster, at the moment, I just, wanted to, close up my box of collected minerals, and told her to get out.

The stone is fake, but the heirloom, real, what is false, what is true?

It didn’t matter if the item is not real, the histories of your families are, real as, ever, and that should be, all that mattered, it does NOT matter if that rock is real or not, it’s, a part of your, history just the same.

Biden: if Hamas Release the Hostages, the Attacks on Gaza will End the Following Day

Biden made it sound like it’s up to the Hamas to stop fighting, that they only needed to release ALL the hostages, to end the assaults on the land, but it’s, not that, simple here…off of the Front Page Sections, translated…

The AFP and CNN reported on the eleventh, that at a fundraising event in Seattle, Washington, the U.S. president, Biden stated that if the Hamas free the hostages in Gaza, then, at the soonest, Gaza will stop fighting “tomorrow.”

Biden stated to about a hundred present said, “just like I’d said, it’s reliant on the Hamas, if they want to free the hostages, then, we will end this tomorrow, start the ceasefire process by tomorrow.”

On the eighth, Biden was interviewed by the host of CNN special report, stated for the very first time, that if Israeli army enters into Rafah, he will stop supplying the weapons made in American and the ammunitions which had been used on the assault on the many cities of Gaza.

There are five Americans who’d been taken hostage by the Hamas right now.  The American security consultants met up with the families of the five American hostages.  The families are gravely upset, especially in seeing their loved ones having been treated humanely enough after being taken.

the video of this “peace talk” by Biden from CNN, off of YouTube

Since the Israeli-Hamas War began last October, there were about 250 who’d been taken hostage to Gaza, of these, 128 still hadn’t been released, including thirty-six who’d been, killed.  The negotiators for Israel and Hamas had left Cairo, where the peace talks took place, with last week’s ceasefire dissolving.

Hamas said, the Israelis objected the ceasefire plans proposed by third parties, returning the negotiations to release the hostages back to where it was, and accused the P.M. of Israel, to block the talk of ceasefire, using the negotiations as a false front for the assault on Rafah.  The Israeli officials stated, that unless the country defeated the Hamas, otherwise, they won’t agree to a permanent ceasefire, even if all the hostages were, released.

And so, the negotiations still go, B-U-S-T, because, Israeli refused to back down, and, the Hamas hit back, this is still a I hit you, you hit me vicious cycle, with neither side willing to take a step backwards, and so, the war continues and many more will die, because the blame is on the Hamas, and, the Hamas won’t have it!

An Overwhelming Support for Palestine to Gain Membership into the U.N. by the Members of the U.N.

Palestine crossed over, a big hurdle, in the process of becoming a member of the U.N., and the U.S. still, stood on the WRONG side of history, with, Israel…off of the Front Page Sections, translated…

Not Yet Gained the Formal Acceptance Yet, Only the Admittance of Status Quo of Member Country, the Israeli Diplomat Furious, Tearing Up the Constitution of the U.N.

The United Nations took a vote on the tenth, demanded the National Security Council to reconsider admitting Palestine as a formal member of the U.N., the result of the votes was one-hundred forty-three votes for, nine against, and twenty-five forfeiting the votes.  Only the U.S. and Israel voted no to admit Palestine into the U.N., the diplomat of foreign affairs from Israel stated that the United Nations had made the most absurd decision.

This decision did NOT give Palestine the full membership to the U.N., only admitted that Palestine had qualified for application for the membership of United Nations. The decision pointed out, that Palestine should be admitted as a member country of the U.N., suggested that the national security council to reconsider its standpoint, and stated that the next meeting of the U.N. starting in September, Palestine will be allowed more rights as a member, for instance, proposing a bill, complete involvement, along with sending an elected representative to the council.

Based off of the constitution of the U.N., the application to join the U.N. need to first pass the recommendations from the N.S.A., then the member countries can, vote on the matter.  There are, currently a total of 193 members, and if the candidate country gained two-thirds votes, then, it would become a member officially.

the video of Palestine being, admitted into the U.N., that foot in the door, from YouTube

Mansour, the ambassador for Palestine to the U.N. spoken before the voting, and gained widespread applause.  He’d stated, that voting for, is voting to save the lives of Palestinians, and not against another country.

Before the votes, the American ambassador told the U.N., that even IF the voting for Palestine to be admitted as a member country of the U.N. passes initial voting, and will be voted again by the Security Council members, then, the U.S. will vote against the matter again, a replay of the National Security Council situation back in April.  The representative group stated, that the self-government of Palestine does NOT qualify as a member of U.N. in application.

Erdan, the U.N. ambassador from Israel on the sixth claimed, that if the votes pass, he’d suspected, that the U.S. will cut back on the fundings that the U.S. sent to the U.N., and other agencies related to the U.N.  Based off of an amendment of the U.S. in the 1990s, if the U.N. accepts Palestine as a member, then, the Congress will have the right to stop funding the operations of the United Nations.

Erdan spoke after the votes on the tenth, he got angered, and shredded an envelope with “Constitution of United Nation” on it, and accused that there are too many, anti-Semites in the U.N. conference in real time.

And so, this is how it went, with the U.S., forfeiting, voting for Palestine being a member of the U.N., because it’s “friends” with Israel, besides, Israel is one of the countries with the grade-A nuclear weapons, and the U.S. must save itself from confrontation with another country with the nuclear weapons such as China too, that is why it voted NO, and besides, that’s been U.S.’s standpoint all the way, being as opportunistic as it’d always been, with a total DISREGARD of what’s right and wrong, what’s morally responsible, all it CARES about is ITS own, benefits!

The Famed YouTuber Gave Away Free Cash to the Crowd in Xinyi Shopping Mall, Arrested for Disturbing the Peace

See how these, younger generations longed for the spotlight?  Getting ARRESTED for public disturbances, how’s that for your, spotlight, huh?  Just because you got the money, that still doesn’t mean, that you need to, “FLASH” it!!!  Off of the Front Page Sections, translated…

The YouTuber, “Mr. R”, Lin, two evenings ago, arrived at the alley on Song-Shiou Road in Xinyi District, started pouring out the cash into the crowd, after the news got out on social media, it’d attracted thousands of people there, the police worried about crowd control, that it might turn into another case of the Korean theatre stampede, they’d immediately sent the police forces there to control the crowd, yesterday the police called Lin in, and after they’d interviewed him, Lin was charged on public safety.

after he got arrested, he’d made a, public apology to the press, off of YouTube

In the late of nights two evenings ago, Lin had shot out the thousand dollar bills twice with the spray pumps to the locals gathering, and the rumors were, that Lin would be spreading around $300,000N.T’s in cash, but in reality, only a little over $10,000N.T.s of what’s been “sprayed out” was real, there were the toy bills, but Lin denied it was him, who’d, poured out the cash.

The Xinyi Substaion pointed out, that two evenings ago at eleven, the police were called, and, the police ordered the activities to be halted, and started enforcing the laws, and guided the crowd away from the location, maintained the order in the traffic.

The police stated, that Lin used the online platforms to call the people out, disregarded that the real of fake bills that he’d poured out into the public may cause a rampage, a stampeded, causing death, that his behaviors had impacted the life and safety of others, that he’d broken the criminal laws of public safety.

At noon yesterday, Lin arrived at the station to give a statement, before he went in to get interviewed by the police he’d bowed to the public, apologized for the inconvenience he’d, caused, he’d stated that he’d not had any bad intentions, nor was he sponsored, or had anything to gain, that he was, purely, inspired from a fellow youtuber, wanted to bring what little blessing and joys to the crowd in the hard times.

Lin told, that this wasn’t his first rodeo, that there were the red envelopes he’d handed out from before, he’d prepared ten red envelopes, and there’d been leftovers, he didn’t imagine that this time, there would be so many who’d come, that he will continue to give out the money but in the future, he may work with the orphanages, or the animal shelters to plan these, activities of his.

the photo of people arriving to catch the “free cash” this famed YouTuber is giving out to the crowd…the “promo” poster of his activities, from online

Lin and the actor, Darren Wang were high school classmates, and when asked about his relations, Lin told, that he’d been acquainted with Wang from before, but had lost touch, that this incident had nothing to do with Darren Wang.

Lin told, that he is in the jewelry trade and the encrypted currencies trade, but he’d done his business all legally, stressed that he’d never told that he was rich, that he’d only wanted to spread the joys to all, giving out the free cash.  As for the fake toy cash that were found at the sites, Lin said that he had proof of video, that it was from another YouTuber, “Bacon”, that he had nothing to do with it.

So, this is how FAR these younger generations of “children”, they’re ALL grown-ASS adults by the way, are willing to go, to GAIN their, three nanoseconds (no longer three whole seconds I’m afraid…) of fame, online, and, what this does it???  Oh yeah, teaching people, that you can get arrested on T.V., for causing a possible STAMPEDE, in a public and crowded area somewhere in society, and, you will get arrested for it, but hey, you still got YOUR FACE on tape, so it’s, all, good!

The Nursery Employees Started Making the Alcoholic Beverages at Work, and Posted the Video of Making the Drinks, Suspended, and Pending Investigation

You should NOT be doing that “side gig” at your regular place of work, don’t you know that???  Apparently, N-O-T!  Off of the Newspapers, translated…

In a government-sponsored, public nursery school in Yingge, Hsinbei City, an early childhood caretaker posted their own mixing the alcoholic beverages at work on social media, with the label “Just 3-Percent Concentration!”, the Department of Education pointed out, that after the nursery reviewed over the surveillance and interviewed the involved individuals, the two caretakers did, mix the alcoholic beverages at work, and drank the drinks, and they’d confirmed that the alcohol wasn’t given to any of the children in the classes, the two nursery employees immediately got suspended, pending investigation.

A preschool instructor had been in suspicion of making the alcoholic beverages in class, the video was posted by other instructors online, the footage showed the instructor mixing the three-percent alcohol content with Konjac juices, and sodas too, the instructor laughed and stated to the young children, “Would you want a glass?”, with the labels of “breakfast served with grape juice and Konjac, healthy, happy, one glass isn’t quite enough, use the measuring cups”, with the post-script of “go to sleep babies, sleep soundly, so you’ll grow up healthy.”, and it’d worried those who watched if the children were actually, ingesting in the alcohols.

doing this, NOT at a night club…photo from online

Because there were young children close by, the people who’s viewed the footages worried, and the employees at the main office of this chain nursery reiterated that no child was fed any alcoholic substances.

The Department of Education stated, soon as they were notified, they’d immediately asked for the surveillance from the school, that the employees shall NOT be ingesting alcoholic beverages, and can’t be doing things that aren’t related to work.  If the caretakers behaved improperly toward the young children after they were intoxicated, then, there will be laws enforced, with the most severe punishment being a fine of $600,000N.T., and blacklisted as an early childhood caretaker for life, and the preschool can also get fined for $60,000N.T., and have its license to operate retracted.

And so, this is STUPID, and I can only imagine, that the individual who’d posted this is of younger ages (like in early to mid twenties, maybe???), and these no-longer-teenagers still behaved like TEENS, with NO heads on the consequences of their own misbehaviors, maybe they think it’s cool, or it would be fun, posting a video of their, “side gig”, and now, they’d, broken the laws of child welfare, and they DESERVE to get more than just a slap on the wrist: getting FIRED and blacklisted.

but inappropriately, at this kind of, location…in the midst of YOUNG CHILDREN!!! Photo from online

A Kiss for Mom

How we remembered, and honored our loved ones after they’d been, gone…translated…

My father who’s ninety-seven is in his dreams, I didn’t wake him.  Bring along a poem I just finished, I’d passed through the city ravaged by the rain, through your silent lying on the side, listening to the waves, with the Guanying Mountain in the distances, gazing up at the morning, star.

Dad is slowly losing his memories now, forgotten that you’d, left, forgotten that he’d, cried over you, didn’t remember the heartaches.  When he’d longed and asked for you, I’d always told him, “mom’s watching T.V.” or, “mom went to bed already!”, then, the small room we were in, fell into, that boundless, silence.

Dad’s been blind a long time, with only the dying hearing remained out of his right year, last night, he’d complained of not hearing your calls of late.  I’d, modeled after the trembling hands that you had in your Parkinson’s, held on to his thin, frail, palm, he’d, smiled and took my hand, kissed it gently, and his, silvery white stubbles, gave me the tingling pains.

At age ninety-seven, dad’s still dreaming, I’d not waken him up.  The raging rain released a bit, the flowers outside, all fallen to the pavement, the springtime thunder rolled at the tip of the end of the distant, skies, the morning, patted my face gently like you’d done before, reminded me to get a gulp of warm water before I head out.  I’d come to before you, patted the plaque of your spirit, I’d brought you a kiss, the kiss that’s, kept on your, mind.

So, this is in death, how we remembered our loved ones.  We keep these rituals of worship, to keep those whom we’d loved and lost, still alive in the, memories, and somehow, this ritualistic behavior, can help us, cope with death better…

Close to Seventy-Percent of Female Physicians Were Sexually Harassed, and There Weren’t Enough Reported Cases

The contributing factors of WHY the birthrate is on the, steady DECLINE in this country, even though, the DDP prided itself on making the strides to give women more rights, practically, it doesn’t work, and these female physicians are handling more than their shares here, off of the Front Page Sections, translated…

The Physicians’ Labor Laws aren’t Up to Standards, Sixty Percent of Female Medical Professionals Were Asked for Their Plans of Getting Pregnant in the Interviews

The workplace in hospitals and clinics isn’t fitting, not only were the nurses all overworked, the medical doctors are also, faced with the, bad labor conditions, especially the female medical professionals, being sexually discriminated against, the Taipei Physicians’ Guild posted its latest gender-friendly survey results, close to seventy-percent of female physicians had been sexually harassed, but there’s a very low rate of reporting, close to sixty-percent of female physicians were asked about their plans of getting pregnant at the interviews for hire, another thirty percent of female physicians were on duty in the graveyard shifts during their pregnancies.  The guild called out, that there should be the medical labor laws, to protect the medical professionals’ rights.

The secretary of the Taipei Physicians’ Guild, Chen stated that the reduced birthrates is a matter of national security now, the government kept encouraging women to get pregnant, but the medical professions, due to the culture of work, placed a ton of restrictions, limitations on the female physicians; after the female physicians get pregnant, their work rights can’t even match up to that of regular workers; the #MeToo started trending across Taiwan last year, and due to how the field of medicine is dominated by men mostly, the culture of work is too hush-hush, the victims of sexual harassment can’t get the help they required, making the workplace even harsher.

The guild had surveyed a total of 185 female physicians and 97 male physicians.  The results showed, 67.5-percent of surveyed female physicians had been sexually harassed, but the complaints filed was only at 3.2-percent; 22.7-percent of male physicians reported having been sexually harassed, with the rate of filing a complaint being ZERO, other than being too busy at work, they’d worried that the complaints don’t do anything for them, that they can’t collect enough evidence.  The representative of the Taipei Physicians’ Guild, Huang stated, there’s only a limited number of the departments of nominations of physicians, plus how close the culture of work is in the medical field, causing the physicians to prioritize their own means of getting promoted higher up than to report the incidents.

There were close to sixty-percent of female physicians surveyed whom when asked about their plans of marriage, of childrearing in the job interviews, they were hinted by the managers that they can’t get pregnant, or it would affect them getting hired and being, promoted; although the labor laws specified that pregnant women shall NOT work the night shifts, but, other than the resident doctors, the primary physicians aren’t protected under this law, and there are still currently 27.3-percent of female physicians who are working the graveyard shifts right now.

Chen stated, that there’s a ZERO job guarantee protection for female physicians who are pregnant right now, the government should immediately amend this, to strictly prohibit the female physicians who are pregnant from working the graveyard shifts.

And so, this is, a major, contributing FACTOR of what there’s this, decline in birthrate in this country.  The workplace isn’t friendly enough toward women, and not just the doctors, and, there’s this, SEX discrimination in this country that’s, ongoing right now, and it’s still, rooted down in the culture, and to root this bad belief back up, is going to take, more than just, amending the laws to protect women’s right of work when they’re pregnant.

Sexually Harassing a Female Coworker in Checking a Case in Tax Evasion, the District Attorney Admitted, “I Know What I’d Done Was Wrong” to His Victim

Another PREDATORY male, who works for the DISTRICT ATTORNEY’s OFFICE, who’d taken advantage of the situation, and committed SEXUAL HARASSMENT, and ASSAULT too!  This LOSER DESERVES a VERY HARSH, punishment, but he only got stripped off of his district attorney WORK title, punishment still does NOT fit the crime, not even, close here, and the Tsai government swore that it’s going to, CRACK down on sexual harassment in the, workplace?  Lies, Lies, L-I-E-S of the DDP, and we the people still, believed…off of the Front Page Sections, translated…

Shih Took the Advantage to Bear Hug the Female Coworker, Took Her Hand without Permission, Sent to the Punishment Courts

The former district attorney, Shih who had been involved in the cases against the cooking oil of Ting-Hsin, from Changwha D.A.’s Office, is famed for his tax examinations, but he’d been reported for improper sexual misconducts of grazing across his female coworkers’ breasts and other things, the D.A.’s Office asked for the individual evaluation of him, after checking the facts, the evaluation committee believed there was the need for him to be punished for his improper misconducts, and sent him to the punishment courts’ duties court to try.

Shih was called out on how as he was holding a conversation with a female coworker back in September of 2022, that he’d, gestured at the woman’s body, and, touched her breasts when she wasn’t, tentative enough; he was also accused of patting his female coworker’s buttocks at a conference with her.

The evaluation committee investigated, that in July of 2023, when he was in a meeting in the Tax Office of Central Region, he’d pulled his female coworker’s chair to his, then, taken her hands in his; and in the interviewing of witnesses in Lugang, he’d patted the female court clerk’s arms before she could react to him, to the point of wrapping his arms around her waist.

During the evaluation, Shih stated, that he’d, accidentally grazed the woman due to his injured back that he’d, tripped and fallen, denied the sexual harassment, as for when he’d taken the woman’s hands in his in the tax office, he was commending her for a job well done, he wasn’t, making a pass at her.

During the evaluation committee investigation period, after the sessions, Shih texted his victims, “I’m sorry master, I was wrong, I don’t know how to apologize to you for you to, forgive me!”, etc., etc., etc., and the evaluation committee affirmed, that he’d, sexually harassed the victims.

The evaluation committee found, that Shih had, multiple times, harassed his female coworkers, damaged their dignity, and, destroyed the image of the district attorney’s office, that he’d behaved improperly, that the crimes he’d committed were considered major, asked the evaluation committee to sent his case to be ruled by the punishment duties court.

Shih graduated out of the fortieth seminar, had been involved in many major cases, including the bad oil of Ting-Hsin, which made him famous.  He’d received most number of votes in the 2021 “Changwha-Yunlin-Chiayi” district attorneys’ league, as the chairperson of the Voting Committee.

But, Shih had issues about how the chair district attorney’s selection process, and left during the meetings, and stated that he’s a “good man, who’d made a mistake”, objected to how the investigation wasn’t transparent, that the means of selecting the D.A.’s office manager wasn’t just enough, and after the sexual harassment accusations, he’d stepped down from his post as a district attorney.

And this still just showed???  Men will always OFFEND because they C-A-N, and because this predator is in a higher status, that’s why he was able to, physically assault his female coworkers, and didn’t get punished until now, and, dropping out of the D.A.s office is still not a “severe enough” punishment, he DESERVE to get sent to prison, because sex predators can’t EVER be reformed, because they think they can and will get away with it, every single time.

Protesters Connect Gaza War to Struggles Near & Far

From the New York Times that came with today’s papers…

Talk to student protesters across the country, and their outrage is clear: They have been galvanized by the scale of death and destruction in the Gaza Strip, and will risk arrest to fight for the Palestinian cause.

For most of them, the war is taking place in a land they’ve never set foot in, where those killed—34,000 so far, according to local health authorities—are known to them only through what they have read or seen online.

But for many the issues are closer to home, and at the same time, much bigger and broader.  In their eyes, the Gaza conflict is a struggle for justice, linked to issues that seem far afield.  They say they are motivated by policing, mistreatment of Indigenous people, discrimination toward Black Americans and the impact of global warming.

the protests at Emory University in Atlanta from online, led by the students…

Many protesters have rebuffed entreaties from university administrators, chained themselves to benches and taken over buildings.  Now demonstrators have faced a harsh crackdown, with hundreds of arrests in the past twenty-four hours at many schools, including Columbia University.

With pro-Israel students ratcheting up their counterprotests on a number of campuses, the climate could grow even more strained in the coming days.

In interviews, the language of many protesters was also distinctive.  Students freely salted their explanations with academic terms like intersectionality, colonialism, and imperialism, all to make their case that the plight of Palestinians is a result of global power structure that thrive on bias and oppression.

“As an environmentalist, we pride ourselves on viewing the world through intersectional lenses,” said Katie Rueff, a first-year student at Cornell University.  “Climate justice is an everyone issue.  It affects every dimension of identity, because it’s rooted in the same struggles of imperialism, capitalism—things like that.  I think that’s very true of this conflict, of the genocide in Palestine.”

the police, detaining the protesters at Emory…photo from online

Jawuanna McAllister, a twenty-seven-year-old doctoral candidate in cell and molecular biology at Cornell, pointed to the name of the student group she is affiliated with: the Coalition for Mutual Liberation.

“It’s in our name: mutual liberation,” McAllister said.  “That means we’re anti-racist, anti-imperialist, anti-colonialist organization.  We believe that none of us can be free and have the respect and dignity we deserve unless all of us are free.”

So, this is the young people’s cause, not just for the Palestinians, but for the global people of the world, and, this still just showed, how these younger generations are way more, sound in their following the causes.  When a group of people of tried and dominated another group, the oppressed are bound to eventually, rebel against the rules, because everybody wants to be viewed and treated as equals to that next guy, and the U.S. does NOT, foster this concept of equality at all, which is what’s causing this protest across all the university campuses in the U.S. right now.