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Everything Must Fall!
Recently, shit has been popping off in South Africa, with students across the country taking to the streets to demand free education. To learn more about this situation, I recently caught up with Alex Hotz, a member of #RhodesMustFall, a grassroots student group that came together in March of 2015, to demand that a statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes be removed from Cape Town University, and which has been a major force in the student movement ever since.
53 Comments on "Everything Must Fall!"
Davy on Fri, 11th Mar 2016 7:18 am
The destruction of a city
How Vancouver Is Being Sold To The Chinese: The Illegal Dark Side Behind The Real Estate Bubble
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-10/how-vancouver-being-sold-chinese-illegal-dark-side-behind-real-estate-bubble
“dark side” of Vancouver’s real estate market, it cites wholesaler Amanda who says that “Vancouver seems to be evolving from a residential city into almost like a lockbox for money… but I have to live among the empty houses. I’m a resident, not just an investor.”
Unlicensed wholesaling is an illicit and predatory business that is quickly growing in Metro Vancouver because enforcement is virtually non-existent.
Vancouver realtors confirmed that money laundering is a big concern in assignment-flipping deals, whether organized by an unlicensed wholesaler or a realtor.
“This unscrupulous behaviour is targeting seniors who need money for retirement. What kind of society is that?” Weaver said.
Davy on Fri, 11th Mar 2016 7:34 am
“Ex-Putin Aide Who Died in D.C. Said Killed by Blunt Force”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-10/ex-putin-aide-who-died-in-d-c-hotel-said-killed-by-blunt-force
“Mikhail Lesin, who served as information minister under Putin and advised the president on media policies, ran one of Russia’s biggest media operations, Gazprom Media, until December 2014. He was also a founder of the Russia Today news channel, now known as RT.”
“Lesin was found dead in November 2015 at the Dupont Circle Hotel. He died of a heart attack, Russian state news service RIA Novosti reported at the time. The Washington medical examiner said today that in addition to the blows to the head, Lesin suffered blunt-force injuries to his neck, torso, arms and legs…. The manner of death, or how Lesin died, was listed as undetermined.”
GregT on Fri, 11th Mar 2016 8:01 am
“Mr. Lesin did, however, appear disheveled when he returned to the hotel, according to the video surveillance cameras, the official said. But the Russian state media, including the English-language state television network that Mr. Lesin helped found, known as RT, reported that he had died from a heart attack.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/11/us/former-putin-aide-found-in-washington-died-from-blows-to-head.html?_r=0
“Four months after the death of former Russian press minister and prominent media figure Mikhail Lesin in a DC hotel, Washington’s chief medical examiner has revealed forensic data indicating that Lesin died of injuries to the head.”
“While initial reports following Lesin’s death in DC’s Dupont Hotel on November 5, 2015 indicated that a heart attack had been to blame, no conclusive official forensic data has been released until now.”
“Moscow said it is now expecting Washington to explain why Russia has not received any details from the probe into Lesin’s death, despite repeated requests.”
https://www.rt.com/news/335181-russian-media-tycoon-death-washington/