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"Here We Breathe Freedom": Belarus Activists (and Musicians) Go to Poland to Be Political

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<h2>"Here We Breathe Freedom": Belarus Activists (and Musicians) Go to Poland to Be Political</h2>
<span>"Here We Breathe Freedom": Belarus Activists (and Musicians) Go to Poland to Be Political</span>
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<div>This article originally appeared on <span>Agence France Presse</span></div>
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<p>Strumming his guitar in a forest clearing in Poland, Belarusian rocker Lavon Volski sings into the microphone: “Break everything, break the system.”</p>
<p>As he criticizes the authoritarian regime of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, the crowd chants “Long live Belarus,” waving the white and red flag of the opposition.</p>
<p>Banned from giving concerts in his homeland, Volski and fellow musicians crossed over into neighboring Poland last weekend to play at the annual Basowiszcza festival, held in the border town of Gródek.</p>
<p>“I can’t sing in Belarus because my lyrics are too strong. The regime doesn’t like these kinds of songs,” said the 49-year-old Volski.</p>
<p>Thousands of young Belarusians have descended upon the festival for years, to see their favorite underground bands play free from the fear of arrest.</p>
<p><strong>"A Window onto a Free Belarus"</strong></p>
<p>Since Lukashenko came to power in 1994, his government has routinely faced international criticism over its human rights record.</p>
<p>In 2010, tens of thousands of people protested against what they said were unfair presidential elections that gave Lukashenko another landslide victory. Following the protests, the strongman unleashed a crackdown on the opposition, imprisoning some of his most prominent critics and muzzling independent media.</p>
<p>Lukashenko is running for re-election in October, but festival goers voiced widespread pessimism regarding the possibility of a regime change.</p>
<p>“There’s no way you could hold this kind of festival in Belarus. Here the rock bands say what they can’t over there,” said Ruslan, a 24-year-old Belarusian living in Poland who declined to provide a second name for fear of compromising the safety of his family back home.</p>
<p>Dressed in a black t-shirt, he came out to hear punk-rocker Brutto frontman Siarhei Mikhalok, whose song Don’t Be Cattle has become something of an anthem for the opposition movement.</p>
<p>“If I wore this shirt out on the streets of Belarus, I’d have a 95% chance of getting arrested,” Ruslan said.</p>
<p>The festival dates back to 1990, just after the fall of communism in Poland, when students from the Belarusian minority in the eastern town of Podlasie racked their brains for a way to attract young people to a place where politics could be openly discussed.</p>
<p>Poland had not yet then joined Europe’s visa-free Schengen zone, so Belarusians were free to come and go. Now, visitors need to obtain a visa for £40.</p>
<p>Most of the performers are from Belarus – including many who steer clear of politics and are allowed to perform at home – but there were also two from Poland’s Belarusian minority, and two other Polish bands.</p>
<p>Whereas in the early days the crowd numbered no more than 100, this year the audience was 4,000 strong.</p>
<p>“Here we breathe the air of freedom for three days,” said Nikolai Lemianouski, a 49-year-old Belarusian and festival regular from the western city of Grodno.</p>
<p>“This festival is like a window onto a free Belarus.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/20/belarus-opposition-music-festival-poland-basowiszcza" rel="nofollow">Originally published by Agence France Presse</a></p>
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Cuban Flag Raised In Washington, D.C., Marking Historic Restoration of Ties

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<h2>Cuban Flag Raised In Washington, D.C., Marking Historic Restoration of Ties</h2>
<span>Cuban Flag Raised In Washington, D.C., Marking Historic Restoration of Ties</span>
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<div>This article originally appeared on <span>Al Jazeera</span></div>
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<p>The Cuban flag was raised in front of the newly designated Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C., on Monday, a symbolic gesture that ushers in a new era between the United States and Cuba and formally re-establishes diplomatic ties ruptured more than 54 years ago.</p>
<p>Just past the stroke of midnight, the two countries reached a milestone in the historic thaw that began with a breakthrough announcement by U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro on Dec. 17.</p>
<p>Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez on Monday morning presided over the raising of the Cuban flag over the colonial revival mansion that will again serve as Havana’s embassy in Washington. He was greeted by cheers and protests, including one man who appeared covered in red paint, symbolizing blood, The Hill reported. He was arrested.</p>
<p>Later in the day, Rodriguez and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held a joint press conference and hailed the reopening of the embassy, but they cautioned that there are still impediments to full normalization of relations.</p>
<p>"This milestone does not signify an end to differences that still separate our governments, but it does reflect the reality that the Cold War ended long ago and that the interests of both countries are better served by engagement rather than estrangement," Kerry said.</p>
<p>Rodriguez reiterated Cuban calls for the closure of Guantanamo Bay and the end of the trade embargo. He also raised the issue of U.S. criticism of Havana's human rights record, saying his government will not allow Washington to meddle. "We Cubans feel very happy with the way we Cubans manage our internal affairs," Rodriguez said.</p>
<p>Neither Kerry nor his Cuban counterpart went into specifics on human rights reforms.</p>
<p>While the Cubans hold their ceremony, the U.S. Embassy in Havana will also reopen. But no American flag will fly there until a visit by Kerry, which is expected next month. “We wanted the secretary to be there to oversee these important events,” a State Department official said.</p>
<p>Kerry and Rodríguez last met in April at the Summit of the Americas in Panama, where Obama and Castro also held talks. Aides see the outreach to Cuba as a boost to Obama’s legacy.</p>
<p>The re-establishment of embassies, agreed to on July 1, opens a new chapter of engagement by easing government contacts heavily constrained since President Dwight Eisenhower pulled the U.S. ambassador from Havana on Jan. 3, 1961. It was the culmination of diplomatic reprisals that began in the summer of 1960, when Fidel Castro began nationalizing U.S. property in the island.</p>
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<p>“If we only had embassies in countries whose governments we agree with, we would have to close half of our current embassies,” Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., a longtime proponent of normalization, said Monday. “That is not why you have embassies. It is to protect the interests of the United States and of American citizens and to defend our ideals around the world.”</p>
<p>A full-service U.S. mission in Havana could offer some reassurance to companies interested in investing in Cuba after the Obama administration <a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/international-location/americas/cuba.html" rel="nofollow">loosened a series</a> of restrictions on U.S. business in January in an attempt to encourage the growth of the island’s small private sector.</p>
<p>It could also seed the way for more — although still heavily restricted — travel to the island by American citizens, who have been able to book rooms <a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/4/2/airbnb-rentals-for-us-travellers-to-cuba.html" rel="nofollow">via Airbnb since April</a>.</p>
<p>Talks to reopen the embassies dragged for months, with U.S. officials wrangling over a range of issues, including the size of diplomatic staffs in each country and the extent of freedom to travel they are granted.</p>
<p>While the opening of embassies marks a major milestone in the thaw between the U.S. and Cuba, significant issues remain. The two nations are also discussing possible cooperation on law enforcement, including the touchy topic of U.S. fugitives sheltering in Havana and restoration claims by Americans who lost at total of $1.9 billion in property in Cuba.</p>
<p>Reopening embassies is just the first step in what the Cuban government has called “a long and complex process toward normalization of bilateral ties.” Island leaders want an end to the 55-year-old U.S. embargo, the return of the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay and a halt to U.S. radio and TV broadcasts aimed at the island.</p>
<p>Obama also wants Congress to repeal the economic embargo of Cuba, though he faces resistance from Republicans and some Democrats. Those opposed to normalizing relations with Cuba say he is prematurely rewarding a regime that engages in serious human rights abuses.</p>
<p>Since Jimmy Carter’s administration in the late 1970s, the United States and Cuba have operated diplomatic missions called interests sections in each other’s capitals. The missions were technically under the protection of Switzerland and did not enjoy the same status as embassies.</p>
<p>The Obama administration did not require congressional approval to reopen the U.S. embassy in Havana because it did not request money for an upgrade. However, any improvement to the embassy that requires funding would need the green light from Congress. The Republican-controlled Senate and House will also need to approve an ambassador to Cuba. That, like the lifting of the U.S. embargo, is unlikely to occur during Obama’s tenure.</p>
<p><a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/7/20/us-cuba-restore-full-diplomatic-relations-after-five-decades.html" rel="nofollow">Originally published by Al Jazeera</a></p>
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Take Back Control Of Your Facebook News Feed In Minutes!

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<p>Facebook has introduced a way for users to view posts from friends and pages they actually want to hear from by creating a more personalized news feed. If you’ve been following us but do not see our posts in your news feed, this is a great way to ensure you see our posts in the future.</p>
<p>Please note this will not interfere with how you see your news other than showing your friends and pages you selected first in your feed.</p>
<p>This is how easy it is:</p>
<h2><strong>iOS </strong></h2>
<p>On an iPhone, or any other Apple device, you can go to More in the bottom right corner of the <strong>Facebook app screen >> and then Settings >> then News Feed Preferences</strong>.</p>
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<p>Here you will find different options, but the most popular one will likely be Prioritize who to see first. Clicking this opens a list of friends and groups the user has previously selected. Clicking on one of them puts a star next to their name, and means the next time they post a story, Facebook will automatically take it to the top of the user’s news feed.</p>
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<p>The option is located as a gear located to the left of the News Feed icon in the top left-hand corner of the page, or at the News Feed Preferences in the top right menu that opens up when you click on the downwards arrow in the top-right side of the page.</p>
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Both open the same screen – a summary of the people and websites that have provided the most stories to the user’s news feed over the past week. Next to their names is a rectangular bar that says “Following.” By pointing your cursor at it, a user can choose to “See First” any stories that are posted by this friend or page.</p>
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<p>It is not possible to change all of the priority settings from one place. However, you can individually click on any page that they want to see more of, and then press the ‘Following’ icon, under the name, and choose the ‘See First’ option.</p>
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Study Finds Nearly All Scientific Papers Controlled By Six Corporations

<p><a href="http://cdn9.trueactivist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/microscope-275984_640.jpg"><img alt="microscope-275984_640" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-36273" height="264" src="http://cdn10.trueactivist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/microscope-275984_640-400x264.jpg" width="400" /></a>When children grow up dreaming of becoming scientists they have the purest of aspirations and if they were left to pursue their own studies they would be able to accomplish the unimaginable. Unfortunately, to become a member of the scientific community one has to jump through many bureaucratic hoops until they are eventually inducted into an establishment which is tightly regulated and directed by warmongers and control freak aristocrats.</p>
<p>People spend half of their lives taking classes, passing tests and filling out applications in hopes that one day they can become a scientist and cure a disease. After years of struggling to make the cut they realize that there is no funding for their charitable projects and if they dare step outside of the established guidelines they will be exiled from the scientific community.</p>
<p>Additionally, even when legitimate studies are done, they hardly ever reach the public or get taken seriously because most of the publishers that are considered “reputable” are controlled by just a few corporations that heavily censor the information that gets released.</p>
<p><a href="http://yournewswire.com/nearly-all-scientific-papers-controlled-by-same-six-corporations/">A recent study conducted by Professor Vincent Lariviere</a> from the University of Montreal’s School of Library and Information Science, and a number of other researchers, found that nearly all major scientific papers are controlled by the same six corporations.</p>
<p><em>“Overall, the major publishers control more than half of the market of scientific papers both in the natural and medical sciences and in the social sciences and humanities. Furthermore, these large commercial publishers have huge sales, with profit margins of nearly 40%. While it is true that publishers have historically played a vital role in the dissemination of scientific knowledge in the print era, it is questionable whether they are still</em> necessary in <em>today’s digital era,”</em> Lariviere said.</p>
<p>The researchers sifted through tons of studies that were published between the years of 1973 and 2013 and found that the studies were overwhelmingly published by the same six publishers. The publishers named in the study are ACS, Reed Elsevier, Sage, Taylor & Francis, Springer, and Wiley Blackwell.</p>
<p>Lariviere explained how this can create problems, saying that <em>“As long as publishing in high impact factor journals is a requirement for researchers to obtain positions, research funding, and recognition from peers, the major commercial publishers will maintain their hold on the academic publishing system.” </em></p>
<p>“<em>One would expect that a major publisher acquiring a journal would have the effect of increasing the latter’s visibility. However, our study shows that there is no clear increase in terms of citations after switching from a small to large publisher. Our findings question the real added value of big publishers. Ultimately, the question is whether the services provided to the scientific community by these publishers warrant the growing share of university budgets allocated to them,”</em> Lariviere added.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jgvibes">John Vibes</a> writes for True Activist and is an author, researcher and investigative journalist who takes a special interest in the counter culture and the drug war.</p>
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Dave Chappelle Makes Comeback To Inspire Artists To Become Activists

<p><a href="http://cdn11.trueactivist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Dave-Chappelle.jpg"><img alt="Dave Chappelle" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-36268" height="216" src="http://cdn11.trueactivist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Dave-Chappelle-400x216.jpg" width="400" /></a>While it is very rare for celebrities to speak out against the establishment, if this does happen then they are vilified in the media and will face many obstacles in their career as a result of their dissent. One of the most successful celebrities in the past few years to take a stand was Dave Chappelle.</p>
<p>His years in the entertainment industry had shown him the corruption that exists behind the scenes and how entertainers are used as pawns to advance the agenda of the ruling class.</p>
<p>When leaving his show and turning down a 20 million dollar deal he said, “<em>I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed” and “I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you’re a guy who generates money, people have a vested interest in controlling you.”</em></p>
<p>I cannot speak for Chappelle, but from an outsiders perspective it seems that he came to realize that the ideas that are put forth through the mainstream media are intended to make the population more disorderly, materialistic and obedient. It is possible that he began to see these kinds of degrading ideas in the scripts that he was getting from comedy central and wanted no parts in it, regardless of how much money they were offering him.</p>
<p>Now, years later Chappelle is promising to make a comeback, but this time around he wants to inspire other artists to become activists.</p>
<p>At a recent appearance, Chappelle told the audience that “<em>The biggest enemy of an artist is apathy. A kid gets killed by the police and I buy a T-shirt and before I can wear that one, there’s another kid (killed) and I’m running out of closet space.”</em></p>
<p>After the appearance, Chappelle <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dave-chappelle-comeback_55ace941e4b0d2ded39f50dd">told the Associated Press that</a> “<em>I think it is important to be out now, but what’s going on in the world isn’t why I initially came back out. This is a very surprisingly emotionally charged time, so people like me, I think, are very relevant and necessary in sorting through all this information and emotional content, and when we are at our best,</em> hopefully<em>, we are doing a great service to many people.”</em></p>
<p>Artists truly do have a responsibility to be activists, as Chappelle alluded to in his comments, and hopefully his return will inspire other artists to follow in his footsteps and get involved in important issues.</p>
<p>Chappelle was even out in the protests last year at Ferguson, as he revealed in an appearance earlier this year:</p>
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<p>Obama, the United Nations and the Vatican are all planning on forcing Israel to agree to their terms sometime this year, or else go to war. There are two critical treaties that are being tabled for Israel at this very moment. Obama has one and the United Nation has one as well, which both fit perfectly together. Once you hear the link between these treaties you’ll be floored by where we are really headed! We could be looking at the reason why the blood moons have arrived!! Please don’t miss this breaking prophetic report…</p>
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