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Islamophobia bankroller behind organizer of Israel junket for US “Muslim leaders”
Source: electronicintifada.net
By: Ali Abunimah
An organization sponsoring a controversial visit to Israel by a number of American Muslim “leaders” is funded by one of a handful of major financiers of extreme Islamophobic groups in the United States.
Internal Revenue Service filings show that the Jerusalem-based Shalom Hartman Institute has received generous funding from the Russell Berrie Foundation in recent years.
This foundation was named in the 2011 Center for American Progress report “Fear, Inc.: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America” as one of the top seven donors to anti-Muslim hate groups in the United States.
Russell Brand: ‘I don’t trust politicians & corporations in this country’ (Video)
Russell Brand has spoken to Newsnight about his “alternative to corporate hegemony”. Presenter Evan Davis quizzed the comic about his ownership proposals for General Motors but was told it was a “silly administrative quibble”.
The Trews: Russell Brand – Is Ebola The New AIDS? (Video)
As flights are cancelled, communities stigmatised & mildly sick people fear for their lives, is it worth questioning what the biggest threat to our collective wellbeing is: rare tropical diseases, or the media coverage of them?
The Trews: Russell Brand – Who Are Politicians Truly Representing? (Video)
Reaction to the social cleansing housing crisis occurring in London and across the UK. You’ll be shocked at the laws that are being kept hidden from you.
The Trews: Russell Brand – WAR What Is It Good For (Cameron&Obama)? (Video)
Reaction to news that UK Parliament has voted by a majority in favour of government plans to join air strikes against IS in Iraq.
The Trews: Russell Brand – Should Obama Return His Nobel Peace Prize? (Video)
5 years after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize and campaigning on a platform that endorsed having “a nuclear-free world” in the not so distant future, Barack Obama’s policies will now reportedly see $1 trillion in new nuclear defence spending over the next 30 years.
The Trews: Russell Brand – Who Profits From Denying Climate Change? (Video)
This Sunday, Sept 21st, 2000 marches will be taking place all around the world showing climate mobilisation to the heads of state heads gathered at the historic summit on climate change in NYC next week.
The Trews: Russell Brand – Welcome To The Sean Hannity School Of Bullying (Video)
Sean Hannity is at it again, this time in a condescending interview with a local Committeewoman in Ferguson, St Louis, following protests over the shooting of teenager Michael Brown.
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