tent cities, popping up everywhere

Roach · 08-05-2011, 06:27 PM

Tent Cities Are Springing Up All Over Israel

Israel's Tent Cities--a Movement Suddenly Emerges. Perspectives

Three perspectives on the amazing growth of tent cities of protest across Israeli society.
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It started with a demand for Affordable Housing . Rents in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and elsewhere are extremely high, after years of Government neglect. But the protest soon engulfed other subjects: the high price of foodstuffs and gasoline, the low wages . The ridiculously low salaries of physicians and teachers, the deterioration of the education and health services. There is a general feeling that 18 tycoons control everything, including the politicians. (Politicians who dared to show up in the tent cities were chased away.) They could have quoted an American saying: Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

A selection of the slogans gives an impression:

We want a welfare state!

Fighting for the home!

Justice, not charity!

If the government is against the people, the people are against the government!

Bibi, this is not the US Congress, you will not buy us with empty words!

If you don t join our war, we shall not fight your wars!

Give us our state back!

Three partners with three salaries cannot pay for three rooms!

The answer to privatization: revolution!

We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, we are slaves to Bibi in Israel!

I have no other homeland!

Bibi, go home, we'll pay for the gas!

Overthrow swinish capitalism!

Be practical, demand the impossible!

WHAT IS missing in this array of slogans?
Of course: the occupation, the settlements, the huge expenditure on the military. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
interesting read.

The Rev · 08-06-2011, 01:25 AM

Why does everyone have the same tent?

The Rev

stoneric · 08-06-2011, 06:14 AM

Great article. Hope the movement grows and they get rid of the right wing nut jobs running that country.

clive · 08-06-2011, 07:53 AM

tents are p cool, much cooler than houses.

kamikazi89 · 08-06-2011, 08:48 AM

they get pretty sandy too

**Mafoo** · 08-06-2011, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Rev

Why does everyone have the same tent?

The Rev

because they are socialists

~1~ · 08-06-2011, 12:43 PM

eat the rich

Roach · 08-06-2011, 01:11 PM

I see now China, for some unknown reason, wants to tell Americans how a democracy should be run.

How's it feel to buy junk mr. chinaman ?

NYT: China tells US to 'cure its addiction to debt' - Business - US business - The New York Times - msnbc.com

updated 2 hours 20 minutes ago 2011-08-06T17:50:40
Font: +-SHANGHAI — China, the largest foreign holder of United States debt, said Saturday that Washington needed to “cure its addiction to debts” and “live within its means,” just hours after the rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded America’s long-term debt.

The harshly worded commentary, which was released by China’s official Xinhua news agency, was Beijing’s latest effort to express its displeasure with Washington.

Beijing’s reaction to the downgrade was the harshest among foreign leaders.

Officials in Japan and France said their faith in the United States government remained strong. The Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard, warned against overreacting, while the Indian finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, said the downgrade had created a “grave” situation, one that would require some time to analyze.

Though Beijing has few options other than to continue to buy United States Treasury bonds, Chinese officials are clearly concerned that the country’s substantial holdings of American debt, worth at least $1.1 trillion, are being devalued.

“The U.S. government has to come to terms with the painful fact that the good old days when it could just borrow its way out of messes of its own making are finally gone,” read the commentary, which was published in Chinese newspapers.

Beijing, which did not release any other official statement on the downgrade, called on Washington to make substantial cuts to its “gigantic military expenditure” and its “bloated social welfare” programs.

just what a good communist would say.

~1~ · 08-06-2011, 03:15 PM

Perhaps we need to stop being World Cop and let China take a swing at it for a while.

I know a country, fuckin' GREAT at waging pointless war, I mean if China is looking to outsource the work to save a few bucks on the defense budget.

Roach · 08-07-2011, 12:48 AM

TEL AVIV — A quarter-million Israelis marched on Saturday for lower living costs in an escalating protest that has catapulted the economy onto the political agenda and put pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu planned to name a cabinet-level team on Sunday to address demands by the demonstrators, who in under a month have swollen from a cluster of student tent-squatters into a diffuse, countrywide mobilization of Israel's burdened middle class.

Israel projects growth of 4.8 percent this year at a time of economic stagnation in many Western countries, and has relatively low unemployment of 5.7 percent. But business cartels and wage disparities have kept many citizens from feeling the benefit.

... this is what Americans should be doing.

fenderbender · 08-07-2011, 01:11 AM

someone just needs to get the ball rolling .

i dont see you doing it roach...

Roach · 08-11-2011, 02:44 PM

Yahooka isn't the right forum to get such things moving.

you should read my posts on newsvine and msn live , they have a much larger exposure.

newsvine = dogmeat-@!$%#s !

live = TheManFromEarth

or yzyzyzyzyzyzyz

08-05-2011, 06:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
Roach Victoria Aut Mors Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7,184 Thanks: 2,372 Thanked 1,987 Times in 1,509 Posts	tent cities, popping up everywhere Tent Cities Are Springing Up All Over Israel Israel's Tent Cities--a Movement Suddenly Emerges. Perspectives Three perspectives on the amazing growth of tent cities of protest across Israeli society. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- exerpt... It started with a demand for Affordable Housing . Rents in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and elsewhere are extremely high, after years of Government neglect. But the protest soon engulfed other subjects: the high price of foodstuffs and gasoline, the low wages . The ridiculously low salaries of physicians and teachers, the deterioration of the education and health services. There is a general feeling that 18 tycoons control everything, including the politicians. (Politicians who dared to show up in the tent cities were chased away.) They could have quoted an American saying: Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. A selection of the slogans gives an impression: We want a welfare state! Fighting for the home! Justice, not charity! If the government is against the people, the people are against the government! Bibi, this is not the US Congress, you will not buy us with empty words! If you don t join our war, we shall not fight your wars! Give us our state back! Three partners with three salaries cannot pay for three rooms! The answer to privatization: revolution! We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, we are slaves to Bibi in Israel! I have no other homeland! Bibi, go home, we'll pay for the gas! Overthrow swinish capitalism! Be practical, demand the impossible! WHAT IS missing in this array of slogans? Of course: the occupation, the settlements, the huge expenditure on the military. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ interesting read. Attached Images __________________ לזיין את הקופים

08-06-2011, 01:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
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~1~ Successful Failure Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: where 'they' can't see. Posts: 10,925 Thanks: 466 Thanked 1,581 Times in 925 Posts	eat the rich __________________ "And those who are successful, be always on your guard. Success walks hand in hand with failure, along Hollywood Boulevard" Ray Davies --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Click Here Asshole

08-06-2011, 01:11 PM	#8 (permalink)
Roach Victoria Aut Mors Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7,184 Thanks: 2,372 Thanked 1,987 Times in 1,509 Posts	I see now China, for some unknown reason, wants to tell Americans how a democracy should be run. How's it feel to buy junk mr. chinaman ? NYT: China tells US to 'cure its addiction to debt' - Business - US business - The New York Times - msnbc.com updated 2 hours 20 minutes ago 2011-08-06T17:50:40 Font: +-SHANGHAI — China, the largest foreign holder of United States debt, said Saturday that Washington needed to “cure its addiction to debts” and “live within its means,” just hours after the rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded America’s long-term debt. The harshly worded commentary, which was released by China’s official Xinhua news agency, was Beijing’s latest effort to express its displeasure with Washington. Beijing’s reaction to the downgrade was the harshest among foreign leaders. Officials in Japan and France said their faith in the United States government remained strong. The Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard, warned against overreacting, while the Indian finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, said the downgrade had created a “grave” situation, one that would require some time to analyze. Though Beijing has few options other than to continue to buy United States Treasury bonds, Chinese officials are clearly concerned that the country’s substantial holdings of American debt, worth at least $1.1 trillion, are being devalued. “The U.S. government has to come to terms with the painful fact that the good old days when it could just borrow its way out of messes of its own making are finally gone,” read the commentary, which was published in Chinese newspapers. Beijing, which did not release any other official statement on the downgrade, called on Washington to make substantial cuts to its “gigantic military expenditure” and its “bloated social welfare” programs. just what a good communist would say. __________________ לזיין את הקופים

08-06-2011, 03:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
~1~ Successful Failure Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: where 'they' can't see. Posts: 10,925 Thanks: 466 Thanked 1,581 Times in 925 Posts	Perhaps we need to stop being World Cop and let China take a swing at it for a while. I know a country, fuckin' GREAT at waging pointless war, I mean if China is looking to outsource the work to save a few bucks on the defense budget. __________________ "And those who are successful, be always on your guard. Success walks hand in hand with failure, along Hollywood Boulevard" Ray Davies --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Click Here Asshole

08-06-2011, 06:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
stoneric bougeman Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,646 Thanks: 704 Thanked 1,512 Times in 1,067 Posts	Great article. Hope the movement grows and they get rid of the right wing nut jobs running that country.

08-07-2011, 12:48 AM	#10 (permalink)
Roach Victoria Aut Mors Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7,184 Thanks: 2,372 Thanked 1,987 Times in 1,509 Posts	TEL AVIV — A quarter-million Israelis marched on Saturday for lower living costs in an escalating protest that has catapulted the economy onto the political agenda and put pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu planned to name a cabinet-level team on Sunday to address demands by the demonstrators, who in under a month have swollen from a cluster of student tent-squatters into a diffuse, countrywide mobilization of Israel's burdened middle class. Israel projects growth of 4.8 percent this year at a time of economic stagnation in many Western countries, and has relatively low unemployment of 5.7 percent. But business cartels and wage disparities have kept many citizens from feeling the benefit. ... this is what Americans should be doing. Attached Images __________________ לזיין את הקופים

08-11-2011, 02:44 PM	#12 (permalink)
Roach Victoria Aut Mors Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7,184 Thanks: 2,372 Thanked 1,987 Times in 1,509 Posts	Yahooka isn't the right forum to get such things moving. you should read my posts on newsvine and msn live , they have a much larger exposure. newsvine = dogmeat-@!$%#s ! live = TheManFromEarth or yzyzyzyzyzyzyz __________________ לזיין את הקופים

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