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Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict in Global Perspective
Author: Khatib, Dania Koleilat
Journal: Journal of Globalization Studies. Volume 12, Number 1 / May 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30884/jogs/2021.01.10
Dania Koleilat Khatib, Research Center for Cooperation and Peace Building more
Review of Zipperstein, Steven E. Law and the Arab–Israeli Conflict: The Trials of Palestine. London: Routledge, 2020. 396 pages – 37 B/W Illustrations. ISBN 9780367435080
The Arab–Israeli conflict has been the focus of many research works in the past. However, the book under review differs from other publications since it handles the conflict from a legal perspective .The book does not make attempts to take somebody's side or to demonstrate who is right and who is wrong; and it tries to analyse the legal bases which both parties used with the British authorities to prove their claims. The book is written by Steve Zipperstein who has 35 years' experience of work in a legal field in the US, including performance of the role of public prosecutor.
The book relies on primary sources to insure objectivity. It presents abundant references and documents that the author employs in his analysis given the intricacy of the subject. The author makes extra efforts to preserve objectivity. One might wonder what is the value of such an addition to the literature other than filling a gap in research. The book can help us make out how the conflict started and how it evolved. Besides, it is also important to define similarities between then and now. In earlier days, the Arabs were the majority in historic Palestine and had the upper hand. The Jews then resorted to law to make their case. Today, it is the other way around since the Palestinians are in a weaker position and use law to make their case with the international community. In 2016, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 2334 declaring the settlement activity as a flagrant violation of international law. In 2015, the International criminal court charged Israel with military and civil violation in West Bank and Gaza. Petitioning between the Arabs and the Jews around sacred places started long before the partition and long before the British mandate. It started with the Ottomans and revolved around the Wailing Wall and the rights and concerns pertaining to the land purchased by Jewish immigrants. Going back in time helps scholars who are focused on the conflict to observe how the argument developed over time.
After taking the mandate over Palestine, the British wanted to preserve the status quo that had existed during the Ottoman period. The British, like any superpower, tried to juggle the claims of its different allies and keep the balance without really solving a problem. The book documents well the confusion created by the British, who purposely gave vague promises in order to keep its different partner pleased. On the one hand, it wanted to please the Arabs whose help was needed to defeat the Ottomans, and on the other hand, they wanted to please the Zionists in Europe and England who were important financial donors and who fought with the British, especially the American and Russian Jews. Two communications were going almost concurrently. The first one was between Sharif Hussein Bin Ali of Mecca and Lieutenant Colonel Si Henry McMahon, the British High commissioner of Egypt; the second one was held between Arthur Balfour and Lord Lionel Walter Rothchild. The communications that were conducted from July1915 to March 1916 promised an independent Arab state to the Arabs if they rebelled against the Ottomans. Sharif Hussein wanted an independent state for the Arab 'race.' The author of the reviewed book describes McMahon's definition of the borders, given in correspondence, as 'ambiguous.' The author skillfully describes how the British dodged Sharif Hussain's questions and demands on the boundaries of the promised Arab state. The British needed the Arabs while the latter were also courted by Germany. Hence, the British did their best to humor Sharif Hussain without locking themselves in a firm commitment. One of the loopholes introduced by the British, for example, is the clause written in the 24 October correspondence saying that 'Great Britain would recognize the principal of the Arab independence in a purely Arab territory.' There is no 'purely Arab territory' expect for the Arab peninsula. Mesopotamia, Palestine and Syria that Sharif Hussein had claimed as a part of the Arab state had minorities. Another clause concerned France. The correspondence said that 'Britain was not free to act without the detriment of her ally France.' In addition, a lot of the substance was lost in translation. Another factor that helped the British to mislead Sharif was the terminology used. Palestine was divided between two Wilayats which means Turkish district or province. The Ottoman Empire was divided into Sunjuks and Wilayats. This did not match with the terminology used by the British. After the war the British also contested the communication saying that the letters were not a treaty as Sharif Hussein was not the head of a state whereas the Arabs considered them as a treaty. The Sykes Picot treaty was considered by the Arabs as a breach of 'trust.' At the same time the 67 words' Balfour declaration was vague and did not really devise a modus operandi for the relation between the Arabs and the Jews. It promoted a 'buffer Jewish state' and established the 'Jewish national homeland' in Palestine. The promise mentioned vaguely the rights of existing people without mentioning the Arabs. Was the Balfour promise insinuating at treating them as a minority? Shortly after the Balfour declaration and the Hussein–McMahon exchanges came Wilson's principle of 'self-determination.' All those contradicting claims created confusion on both the Arab and the Jewish side while Britain was trying to juggle the Arab, Jewish, and French interests and claims. The reviewed book skillfully goes into details of the terminology and events that led to the confusion. And then the book goes to describe three trials: The Lofgren commission, The Shaw commission and the Peel commission. The trials conducted during the British mandate focused around the claims to the Wailing Wall and the legality of the Balfour declaration as well as the Arabs' rights to Palestine. They ended up in the formulation of the idea of the two-state division of historic Palestine. In addition to meticulous description of the trials, Zipperstein thoroughly explains the background and the aspirations of the two people, as well as the circumstances and confusion surrounding the situation.
The most important part of the book is its unwritten message. It is the contemplation that it instigates in the reader when looking at how the conflict started after the WWI and how it developed. The conflict resulted in millions of Palestinian refugees who even today have not any legal status. It is about a struggle for the statehood. It is about people, who despite being acknowledged by the United Nations have always had a country in their neighborhood who called for their annihilation. Though it has mostly been propaganda and no country has taken a serious effort to do so, those calls have affected the Israeli perception and approach to the conflict.
The Arab–Israeli conflict or Israeli–Palestinian conflict was one of the most complicated if not the most complicated issue of the twentieth century. Though one cannot go back in time and rectify the mistakes of the past. The problems around the Wailing Wall and the two peoples' claims to the land unresolved over a hundred years kept on aggravating. The conflict morphed into a regional problem. The issue of Palestine has been the basis for several ideologies that were adopted by countries in the region.
In addition to its academic value, through revisiting claims of the past the book can help create reconciliation between the Israeli Jews and the Palestinians. The claims of the two peoples have changed as the author of the book notes. Bringing the issue back to its origin which was smaller in scope and much less complicated will not solve the issue today. The issue evolved beyond its initial problematic. Now it involves refugees, the states' security and unrealized statehood. Nevertheless, finding a solution to the original claims can create a kind of common ground for the two parties to start a fruitful dialogue. The reviewed book can create a base for some rapprochement between Palestinians and Israelis. The 1928 white paper by the British said that the Wailing Wall issue developed from a religious issue into political and racial one. Actually, later on it developed to the prime regional issue that defined the Arab nationalism and pan-Islamism. Nasser's nationalism was based on liberating Palestine. Khomeini's Islamic Revolution took a pan-Islamic aspect by vowing to liberate Palestine. The most important branch of the revolutionary guard is called the Quds Brigade (Quds means Jerusalem in Arabic).
Another conflict, which similar to the Palestinian–Arab conflict exceeded its original dimensions, is the Syrian conflict. The struggle that started as a popular demand for justice, democracy and freedom became a gruesome proxy war. It became a playing field for superpowers to flex their muscle and mark their territory in the world affairs. Russia that lost it leverage in global politics with the collapse of Soviet Union found in Syria an opportunity to define itself as an important player in the global affairs. Its presence and role in Syria showed countries in the region that it is the power to reckon with. Iran found in Syria an opportunity for expending its influence in the Levant. The dynamics of the uprising changed. The demands that were about dignity got infiltrated by extremist groups. The discontent and grievances created a fertile soil for the ISIS to start its project for a caliphate. The snowballing of the Syria problem somehow has similarities with the snowballing of Palestine problem. We can also draw on the similarities between the British and the Americans. The British at the time wanted to please different factions: they wanted to please the Zionist Jew in England who were important financial contributors and at the same time wanted to please the local population mostly composed of the Palestinians Arabs. They tried to manage the problem and not to solve it in order not to take a bold decision that can put them at odds with any party. That is why all their promises correspondence had ambiguity. The ambiguity was intended to give the British the flexibility to maneuver and a potential exit from any problem they might face. This is very similar to the attitude of Obama who facing the Arab spring had a hand off approach. That is an attitude of being above everything and responsible for nothing. When the Syrian protest erupted, he called for Assad to leave but made no effort to impose on him a departure. The ambiguity in the position led to more people defecting without any help. The void was filled by extremist and things went downhill from there. Similarly, when the British gave the Zionist the Balfour promise it had the very vague premise of preserving the rights of the peoples. However, the British did not clarify what does that mean and what is the limit of how can the Jews settle, create a national homeland without infringing on the rights of the peoples inhabiting the region. The position taken by the British where they pitted Arab Nationalism against Zionism and took a step back while they were the party in charge and could have enforced a solution, is very similar to the US current position when they step in only if their interest are threatened while trying to keep the balance between the two parties instead of finding a solution to a problem.
The Arab–Israeli problem and its handling by the British shows the importance of multilateral organization like the UN in solving problem not only by issuing a resolution but by enforcing them. If different states delegate problems to the UN it will be easier to find solutions than if countries have a unilateral approach towards them. The more countries adhere to multilateralism, the less conflicts we will have in the world and the more likely conflicts will be solved swiftly. Given the global implications of conflicts all nations have interest in solving it using diplomacy based on recognized principles of international law including precedents from other disputes around the world.
Despite the fact that the Arab–Israeli conflict is regional in nature, it implicates the global legal, political and security issues. The conflict has had an implication in the US standing in the Arab and Muslim world as it is considered as supporting Israel in subjugating the Palestinians. In many instances including the latest annexation episode the US has been at odds with its European allies regarding Palestine. The grievances of the Palestinians have given impetus to global terrorism. Bin Laden following the 9/11 events mentioned Palestine as a reason for revenging the USA. Legally, the repercussions have been global. The instances are numerous and among others include the Palestinian authority efforts to get the recognition of different UN organization, like, for example, the UNESCO. In 2004, the international Court of Justice applied international human rights and human law in its landmark 2004 ruling, declaring that the separation wall is illegal.
The drawback of the reviewed book is that it is too academic. It will be difficult for a general reader to stay focused on it. However, for the sake of objectivity the author had to follow a thorough scientific method and to bring in details and documents. This might come across as boring for the general reader; however, it gives the book objectivity and credibility. Therefore, writing another version would be good but would be a difficult and tricky endower: keeping the objectivity of the book and the thoroughness of the research involved while presenting the reader with easy to read material.
The book should be read by scholars interested in the Middle Eastern affairs, by students, most importantly it should be read by both Palestinians and Israeli activists as well as by state people and politicians. It will help them reflect and define why they got here and what do they really have against each other. This is why it is recommended – though it is a difficult task – that the author publishes another version which would be simplified and shortened for the general reader and not targeted to academic community.


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One year ago in the early morning hours of September 1st, the religious fascism ruling Iran committed a horrific crime through its puppet government in Iraq against Camp Ashraf residents. In this horrific genocide forces linked to Nouri Maliki's government attacked the remaining PMOI members in Ashraf, murdered 52 and kidnapped 7 others. These PMOI members were amongst the 101 individuals remaining in Ashraf under a quadrilateral agreement between the United Nations, United States, the Iraqi government and Ashraf residents. They had remained in Ashraf after all of their colleagues had transferred to Camp Liberty in order to supervise the sale of PMOI property in Ashraf. Many of the victims were killed with their hands tied behind their backs and with bullet shots to their heads at point-blank range. Maliki's murderers didn't show any mercy even to the injured in a local clinic in Ashraf, spraying them with a barrage of bullets while they were lying on hospital stretchers.
Nearly immediately after the 1 September 2013 massacre, senior Iranian regime officials, starting from the terrorist Quds Force commander General Qassem Suleimani, to Bassij paramilitary force commander General Naqdi, and General Salami, deputy Revolutionary Guards chief, to Mullah Alavi, the regime's Minister of Intelligence, they all confirmed that Ashraf massacre in many aspects was the reminiscence of the 1988massacre of 30,000 political prisoners; most important of all, the reason behind the 1988 carnage was Khomeini drinking from the 'chalice of poison'. On the day leading to the 'nuclear agreement with the West which is known to Iranians as drinking the 'nuclear chalice of poison', Mullahs' Supreme Leader followed his predecessor's footsteps and sought to carry out yet another massacre. Khamenei had calculated that through this massacre he would deliver a lethal and a back breaking blow to its only viable and popular alternative, taking them out of the equation. And by doing that, he would be relieved of the only capable force that is main source of uprisings inside the country and the main source of inspiration for the people in Iraq and the entire region. In other words, despite what catches the eye at the first glimpse, the unholy massacre in Ashraf actually showed the depth of the regime's defensive position in the face of the prospect of being overthrown. However, in less than a few months all of Tehran's calculations for political and propaganda stage turned completely against it. The horrific scenes of that grave crime and the courage shown of Ashraf residents lying in their blood, not only shocked the Iranian people but also stunned the people of the entire region and around the world. The Iranian people saw yet again who and to what extent is standing on its pledge to bring about freedom, and who Khamenei and Khomeini regime's leftovers would consider as the real threat and potent rival to them. People of the world saw that the epicenter of resistance against religious dictatorship and the anti-thesis of fundamentalism is Ashraf. The most highly intellectual political dignitaries say today's world needs the PMOI and Ashraf as an example, and if there were no Ashraf, we must have helped for there not to be just one Ashraf, but at least 10 Ashrafs.
And now, one year on, the status quo speaks of an unprecedented leap by the PMOI and the democratic alternative National Council of Resistance of Iran's stature rising, with its positions being more firm than ever before.
On the other hand, the Iranian regime has not gained anything it had reached out for, either inside the country, or in Iraq and Syria. Today, everyone can see that the rift in the senior ranks of the regime is getting deeper and deeper every day.
In Iraq, with the growing uprising amongst the vast majority of people and tribes, Khamenei's puppet dictator has been overthrown and all of Tehran's investments in Iraq have literally gone down the drain. With the Iraq berm crumbling, the mullahs' regime received a strategic and unrecoverable blow that will soon catch up with the bloodthirsty dictator of Damascus, leaving him facing the same fate as Maliki. This blow will tear apart Tehran's front in the region and its impact will reach out to Lebanon, Palestine and the entire region.
Therefore, as so many have admitted, the bloody morning of September 1st in Ashraf truly left behind deep strategic impacts. However, exactly the opposite of what Khamenei imagined; from an oasis in the middle of the Iraqi desert, Ashraf became a symbol and a flag always aloft of a long and restless struggle against dictatorships, depicting the freedom-loving cause of a nation, and finally, becoming the immortal legend of a revolution. From this seed dozens of Ashrafs will be reincarnated across the globe.
Location and Date of Martyrdom: Ashraf – 1 September 2013 Intro: With 35 years of participation in resistance, she was a political prisoner for 5 years under Khomeini regime. She headed one of the offices of the Iranian Resistance President-elect from 1993 to 1996. She was injured in the July 28-29 attack by Maliki's forces on Ashraf.
Location and Date of Martyrdom: Ashraf – 1 September 2013 Intro: Deputy PMOI Secretary-General, member of the Leadership Council, graduated in psychology, Chairwoman of the NCRI Security and Anti-Terrorism Commission. PMOI Hero Giti Givechian began her political activities with the Resistant as a college student before getting acquainted with the PMOI in 1978.
Intro: Third year college student of personnel management in Informatics & Management College of Tehran National University. She headed one of the offices of the Iranian Resistance President-elect from 1993 to 1996. She was a member of the NCRI Political Research Commission.
Intro: With 35 years of experience with the PMOI, she was also a member of the NCRI. She studied civil engineering in Isfahan University. Zhila Tolu was a member of the PMOI Leadership Council.
Intro: She was a political prisoner for 18 months in Khomeini's dungeons. Fatemeh was the sister of two heroic PMOI martyrs, Bizhan and Isfandiyar. One was executed by Khomeini's regime at the age of 17 and her other brother was murdered by the IRGC in 1988.
Intro: She was arrested by the IRGC in June 1981 and was in Ghezel Hesar Prison in the city of Karaj and also Evin Prison in Tehran until August 1985. Maryam witnessed the murder of two of her brothers. Abbas Hosseini was executed in front of a death squad in Gorgan Prison in November 1981, and her other brother, Gholamhossein Hosseini, was executed in Evin Prison in April of 1984.
Education: Electrical Engineering from Tehran Sharif Industrial University, editor-in-chief of 'Bazuye Enghelab' daily, a member of the NCRI Science and Research Commission.
Education: Diploma in Natural Sciences, a commander of Camp Ashraf Guard and Security Unit and a member of the NCRI Security and Anti-Terrorism Commission.
Intro: with 38 years of experience with the PMOI, he was representative and legal advisor of Ashraf residents, a member of the NCRI Peace Commission and a senior PMOI foreign relations official. Hamid had studied three years in Isfahan Industrial University.
Education: Senior year in electronic engineering from US university, a senior foreign relations official in Ashraf. He was a member of the NCRI Foreign Affairs Commission.
Education: Third year college student of statistics from India and a member of the NCRI.
As an American, I am here to tell you how much we need your voice. For 35 years we have followed a failed strategy of appeasement. We tried to appease a religious dictatorship which has said again and again that his goal is to defeat us. We will never be safe until the dictatorship is replaced and a free government exists in Iran…"
Madam Rajavi did what a great leader does. She set out a path to victory and gave us all a reasonable hope that we will succeed and liberate the people of Iran. You join the history and advance it because you and we are engaged in a historic struggle to liberate the people of Iran, a great nation with a proud history from the evil regime that is holding them hostage and we will do it.
"I say this and I have said that to the US Congress that if there is no Ashraf, we have to build another Ashraf, or even 10 more Ashrafs like it…"
"We will bend every effort to protect your safety as we promised to do, because in doing so we will restore our honor which we have to do…"
"Your struggle is the flame of light that the tired and wounded Middle East needs it the most. So a democratic change in Iran is an important and vital issue…"
"You inspire and motivate not only yourselves, but you are telling people all over the world, that you don't have to sit back and take it…"
"The voices that you have brought here need to be heard not only in Tehran, not only in Baghdad, but throughout Europe as well as in the United States…"
We testify on values and beliefs for freedom, democracy and on respect for the Iranian people. Once again, representatives of many countries have come to declare their solidarity with you for freedom and democracy in Iran.
"It is shameful, it is shameful for the Iraqi government, although shame for the Iraqi government is irrelevant, but it is shameful for the US government. The Iraqi soldiers are equipped with American weapons. If we try to ignore our responsibility in this regard, we are undoubtedly covering up everything…"
"We should today be bringing Iran's leaders into the duct of justice in front of the International criminal court… We cannot rest until Iran becomes a democratic non-nuclear nation with a commitment to human liberty. Only you can bring that about, we are here to help you, the Iranian Resistance…"
I express my deep admirations for your struggle, for your extraordinary efforts, for your fight for the dignity of Persians of your grate nation.
long live Liberty ,long live the PMOI ,long live Madam Rajavi…"
"It is vitally important that the United States do more to assists the residents of Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty… I encourage all of you to continue your fight for democracy and human rights not only in Iran, but across the globe…"
"You are a role model for the entire Middle East and ever beyond…"
"My own government Britain tries to overlook the horrible actions of Nouri Maliki government in Iraq which is carried out under the direction of the Iranian regime…"
"I made clear to the US administration officials of the safety and security of the MEK members at Camp Liberty must continue to be a priority. For that, we stand in solidarity to gather. My thoughts and prayers are with you…"
"The Iranian Resistance under the leadership of Mrs. Rajavi and the full and unyielding support of their many friends in democracies all around the world will emerge as the reference for a tolerant and democratic Islam in the Middle East..."
US has 'legal obligation' to protect Camp Liberty "The first human right is the right to be free, to govern our own destiny. And that is what should happen in Iran, your country, your homeland. And you've got the right leader to do that with Madame Rajavi…"
"We stand with you and we salute you for seeking to be a part of the debate that is happening in Iran and to be part of the force that will ultimately change Iran for the better…"
"UN must act upon its duties to protect Camp Liberty residents… Today, we must call on the United Nations to act to its duties on behalf of Camp Liberty's residents and end their agony. We shall continue with the fight for freedom…"
"Is there hope for change in Iran? The answer is yes, With Maryam Rajavi , with the freedom loving people of Iran, and you who represent them…"
"And when the history of your country is written, Madam Rajavi would be known as a great liberator of Iran… To the people in the Liberty, please understand we are here for you, we remember you and we will fight for you…"
"Madam Rajavi, we want you to know that we have been and continue to be on your side until you achieve the human rights of all your people in full and you can put your ten point plan into action and we believe that your longstanding and brilliant efforts for democracy will soon come to a successful end…"
"In Maryam Rajavi's words, we can hear democracy, liberty and human rights. These are words that resound with the strength in Iran, your homeland. Iran is the place of brilliant and profound civilization, much admired by other people. The whole world is waiting for a completely democratic Iran committed to peace in Middle East…"
"There is no revolution without women. We cannot reshape the degree of progress in a society without the effective role of women in that society…"
"Many of you know that I fight for human rights around the world. There are plenty of countries where I am not invited, but I wear that as a badge of honor because of the work that we do together…"
I am more concerned than ever before for the safety and security of Camp Liberty residents.
"It will be a time when all of us will be very happy because Iran will be free, and I hope this time will be very soon…"
"On June 16th the Canadian Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Human Rights called for the United Nations to immediately establish a permanent presence inside Camp Liberty to address the humanitarian crises and protect the residents and to launch an independent and impartial investigation into the September 1, 2013 massacre at Camp Ashraf…"
"We are getting close to the moment that the people of Iran can breathe freely with no fear. They deserve it and this is the day I have waited for far too long. I can assure that I will continue to support you both in the Council of Europe as well as in the Spanish Senate…"
"Madam Maryam Rajavi who's ten point plan for the future of Iran are a true inspiration, a fuel that keeps us all going equality is indistinguishable from the fight for global peace…"
"All your friends in Italy are fighting for your goals for freedom and human rights in Iran…"
"We must support the resistance, the opposition both in and outside Iran, starting with protecting those who we have promised their safety, most importantly your brothers and sisters in camp Liberty. Madam Rajavi, you are the catalyst for the establishment of a free and democratic Iran…"
The global hunger strike campaign was launched immediately following the Ashraf massacre on September 1st and continued for 108 days in Liberty and 8 countries across the globe. Finally, with the declaration of the Spanish National Court ruling against Maliki's national security advisor, Falah Fayyaz for massacre and abduction in Ashraf, and his criminal collaborators, this hunger strike came to a successful end. Following this ruling, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, called on Liberty residents and Iranians in various cities throughout the world to end their global hunger strike. Mrs. Rajavi reiterated that with a strong judicial leverage against the perpetrators of this crime against humanity, from now on this global campaign for the release of the hostages and provide security for Liberty residents, and the demands of the hunger striking prisoners in Iran, will continue with full force and non-stop until its final determination.
Mrs. Rajavi congratulated the hunger strikers in Liberty, Geneva, Berlin, Ottawa, London, Melbourne, Washington, Stockholm and Rome, on this great victory emphasizing that they left behind a marvelous and historic example of resistance and perseverance in the face of cruelty, dictatorship and crimes.
Truly, this heroic and grand hunger strike is a spectacular example not only for the history of the Iranian Resistance, but also added a treasure of revolutionary experience for nations under cruelty that have risen for freedom. The inspirational remnants of this glorious and global move can now be clearly seen in Iran, especially in prisons, as an effective method of resistance. Also, it has been inspiring noble people across the globe. However, what these hundreds of people have left behind after their long endeavor and paying the price little by little from their very existence, will become more and more apparent in the future. The sacrifices of these truly humble human beings will, without a doubt, pave the Iranian people's path to liberty and the final victory. Hail to all of them!


The inevitable is about to happen: high-performance building objectives are emerging as the new normal across the country.
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Home National College student terrorized on campus by Trump supporter
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College student terrorized on campus by Trump supporter
A Kentucky college student is facing a harassment and hate campaign inspired by Donald Trump's decision to push for the deportation of immigrants brought to the United States as children.
A student is facing vicious, racist attacks inspired by Donald Trump's decision to rescind protections for young undocumented immigrants, along with his and his party's ongoing demonization of Latinos.
Paola Garcia, a senior at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, posted a YouTube video responding to the harassment she has faced.
A student at her school posted a photo of Garcia's Facebook profile, with the caption, "Everyone go report this illegal at my school bragging about breaking the law." Reacting to the hateful comments that the post elicited, Garcia said, "Racists are emboldened today, and he's inciting them to harass me and report me."
The harassment comes after Trump announced that he would end the DACA program within six months. DACA allows undocumented immigrants who came to America as minors to work and seek legal status without living in the shadows and fearing deportation and prosecution.
The cruel decision puts the lives of nearly a million people in turmoil and chaos, while working to show Trump's anti-immigrant base amongst conservatives satiated.
Garcia was brought to the United States when she was 2 years old and grew up in St. Albans, West Virginia.
Taylor Ragg, the student who posted the attack against Garcia, is a young conservative. He was a campus coordinator for Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's presidential campaign, and his Facebook profile (now deleted) said he also worked as a legislative intern in the Senate.
The account also showed photos of Ragg wearing the "Make America Great Again" hat sold by Trump's campaign.
According to Garcia, school officials told her that Ragg will not be expelled for his actions.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that Seamus Carey, president of the school, sent a campus-wide email that said the school "supports DACA and abhors bigotry and intolerance."
Not long after Trump said some anti-Semites were "very fine people" and made a passionate defense of monuments erected to honor Confederate slavery defenders, a group of teenagers attempted to lynch a biracial 8-year-old New Hampshire boy.
The office of the presidency is the largest bully pulpit in the United States, and perhaps the world. When the person in that office preaches hate, millions of people hear it, and unfortunately, some will act on Donald Trump's words.
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Annapolis synagogue celebrates Jewish holiday of Purim with a food drivehttps://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/annapolis/ac-cn-kneseth-israel-food-drive-20220317-20220317-pku6yszjorherk6wpjai3qcjoa-story.html
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While some Annapolis residents celebrated St. Patrick's Day, members of the city's Jewish synagogue rang in a different holiday known for merriment and festive costumes by donating hundreds of pounds of food to a local food bank.
Members of Congregation Kneseth Israel hauled 425 pounds of food into the Anne Arundel County Food Bank in Crownsville on Thursday in celebration of Purim, a Jewish holiday marked by food sharing and other acts of altruism. Among them was Glenn Carr, who came up with the idea for the food drive.
"I wanted to engage our congregation with some community outreach, and putting this in the spirit of the holiday is a perfect opportunity for that to happen," said Carr, who has attended the synagogue on Spa Road for more than 30 years.
Purim is celebrated annually to commemorate the saving of the Jewish people from genocide in Persia in the fifth century B.C. as told in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. The story goes that Haman, the right-hand man of Persian King Ahasuerus, decided to kill all of the Jews in Persia. But thanks to the advocacy of Esther, a Jewish orphan and the king's new wife, Haman's plan was foiled and the Jews of the kingdom were saved.
Over two days during the Hebrew month of Adar, Jews gather for feasts and carnivals, often masquerading in costumes and masks. There are four mitzvot, or commandments, on the holiday: listening to a reading of the Book of Esther, eating a festive meal, sending food gifts to friends and giving charity to the poor.
The congregation took a few liberties with the interpretation of the holiday by combining the latter two commandments, said Rabbi David Sislen, who has led the synagogue since August.
"It totally encapsulates the imperative of the holiday," Sislen said of the food drive. "Judaism puts a premium on doing commandments that help other people. Doing tzedakah, or voluntary acts of righteousness, that don't benefit themselves at all, they're doing it only to help the beneficiaries of this project."
The food arrives at a critical time for the Anne Arundel food bank as the number of donations tends to wane after the new year, said Susan Thomas, the food bank's executive director.
"This is a huge help right now. It's definitely the time of year when donations are down," Thomas said. "But what we've also seen recently is stores are struggling to keep food on the shelves, and so our retail rescue donations are significantly decreased, which makes food drives like this even more important."
While Kneseth Israel has participated in food drives before, tying one to Purim was a novel and "wonderful" idea, said Michael Synder, who along with two other members, Walt Beckerman and Eliot Cohen, stacked cereal, jars of tomato sauce and other dried goods on the food bank's loading dock.
Sislen said he was proud of the congregation of 100 or so members for rising to the occasion. Some even made special trips to the grocery store to buy highly sought-after items, like breakfast bars and nutritional shakes, he said.
The initiative has raised morale in the congregation and showed that future food drives could be possible, Carr said.
"I think we should always reach out to those who are less fortunate, in general," he said. "It's the first time we're doing this and you don't know what the response is gonna be, whether you have less than a box [of food] or what, but the response has been tremendous and overwhelming."
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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/55/602/Add.3)]
55/114. Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Resolution 217 A (III). the International Covenants on Human Rights Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. and other human rights instruments,
Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms and to fulfil the obligations they have undertaken under the various international instruments in this field,
Mindful that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex. and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Resolution 44/25, annex.
Recalling its previous resolutions on the subject, the most recent of which is resolution 54/177 of 17 December 1999, and taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/28 of 18 April 2000, See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2000, Supplement No.3 and corrigendum (E/2000/23 and Corr.1), chap. II, sect. A.
1. Welcomes:
(a) The interim report of the Special Representative of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran; A/55/363.
(b) The broad participation in the parliamentary elections held during February and March 2000, which expressed the true commitment of the Iranian people to the democratic process in the Islamic Republic of Iran;
(c) The commitment made by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to promote respect for the rule of law, including the elimination of arbitrary arrest and detention, and to reform the judicial and penitentiary system and bring it into line with international human rights standards in this field;
(d) The visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran of a technical cooperation needs assessment mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and encourages the follow-up to that mission;
2. Notes:
(a) The provisions of the new code of penal procedure, which provide for the attendance of lawyers for all kinds of lawsuits, and the judiciary reform project, which aims, in particular, at re-establishing a distinction between the offices of the judge and the prosecutor;
(b) The legal changes recently put into effect within the Iranian judicial system by which members of religious minorities are no longer obliged to state their religion when applying for a marriage licence;
(c) Developments observed with regard to the status of women in areas such as education, training and health;
(d) The bill currently under consideration that aims at raising the age of marriage;
(e) The work of the Islamic Human Rights Commission on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran and, in particular, its efforts to investigate illegal detentions and disappearances;
3. Expresses its concern:
(a) At the fact that, since 1996, no invitation has yet been extended by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Special Representative to visit the country;
(b) At the deterioration of the situation with regard to freedom of opinion and expression, in particular at restrictions on the freedom of the press, judiciary suspension of numerous newspapers, prohibition of publications and the arrest of journalists, political activists and intellectuals on the basis of laws related to national security, which are used as a pretext to deny or restrict freedom of expression, opinion and thought;
(c) At the continuing violations of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, in particular executions, in the apparent absence of respect for internationally recognized safeguards, and cases of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
(d) At the failure to comply fully with international standards in the administration of justice and the absence of guarantees of due process of law and respect for internationally recognized legal safeguards, inter alia, with respect to persons belonging to religious minorities;
(e) At the discrimination against persons belonging to religious minorities, in particular the unabated pattern of persecution of the Baha'is, including the continuing detention and the sentencing to death of some of them;
(f) At the continuing discrimination, in law and in practice, against women, who still lack full and equal enjoyment of their human rights, as reported by the Special Representative;
4. Calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran:
(a) To invite the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on religious intolerance to visit the country and to resume its full cooperation with him, in particular so that he may study the evolution of the human rights situation in the country, including through direct contacts with all sectors of society, and to make full use of technical cooperation programmes in the field of human rights;
(b) To give effect, in the near future, to its invitation to the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to visit the Islamic Republic of Iran;
(c) To consolidate respect for human rights and the rule of law and to abide by its freely undertaken obligations under the International Covenants on Human Rights2 and under other international human rights instruments;
(d) To make efforts to ensure the full application of due process of law and fair and transparent procedures by the judiciary and, in this context, to ensure the respect for the rights of the defence and the equity of the verdicts in all instances, including for members of religious minority groups;
(e) To ensure that capital punishment will not be imposed for crimes other than the most serious and will not be pronounced in disregard of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights2 and United Nations safeguards and to provide the Special Representative with relevant statistics on this matter;
(f) To accelerate the process of the investigation into the suspicious deaths and killings of intellectuals and political activists and to bring the alleged perpetrators to justice;
(g) To eliminate all forms of discrimination based on religious grounds or against persons belonging to minorities;
(h) To implement fully the conclusions and recommendations of the Special Representative with regard to religious intolerance relating to the Baha'is and other minority religious groups Ibid., para. 110. until they are completely emancipated;
(i) To take all necessary steps to end the use of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, in particular the practice of amputation;
(j) To take further measures to promote full and equal enjoyment by women of their human rights;
5. Decides to continue the examination of the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the situation of minority groups such as the Baha'is, at its fifty-sixth session, under the item entitled "Human rights questions", in the light of additional elements provided by the Commission on Human Rights.
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Meanwhile, I would like to encourage you to set your itinerary to visit Kyoto while you're in Japan. WHY? Because here, they have a lot of beautiful and stunning temples which you would not find while you're in the big city, such as Tokyo. I mean; Tokyo also has lots of temples, but they are completely different!
So, I suggest you to pay a visit to Kyoto first before you see some temples in Tokyo.
Just arrived at Kinkaku-ji (The Golden Pavilion) Temple and park our bike nearby the temple.
I would never forget the stunning golden reflection shimmering on the pond of Kinkaku-ji Temple (The Golden Pavilion). See the uniqueness and the famous of thousands of bright red Torii gates that wind through the hills of the Fushimi Inari-Taisha, which is also one of the must-visit shrines in Kyoto. We both drink the holy water that came out directly from the Otowa Waterfall at Kiyomizu-Dera Temple where it's said have a different benefit. And not to forget, we took a refreshing walk in the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest. We also explored the famous Ponto-cho Alley where many geisha houses and traditional tea houses are there. This area considered as the most beautiful street in the city. Yes, I agreed with that! It was so beautiful with colorful lights, lampions, yet it was too crowded when we were there!
If you have the same passion with us, to visit these lovely and must-visit places in Kyoto, then the best way to explore them is by Bicycle. There are many bike rental places in Kyoto. I'm not saying that you can't reach those places by train, but we've done a lot of research before leaving Jakarta. Those temples are located far from the nearest station that they have, and after that, you still have to walk through the uphill road, or take a bus or taxi to get there. You will need approximately extra 20-40 minutes to reach those temples. But by BIKE, you can easily mobile from one place to another, save some transportation cost, and save more time so you can explore other places.
I bought some cute cat called Maneki-Neko (beckoning cat) at one souvenir shop in Kiyomizu-Dera Temple. It's a Japanese common cat figure which often believed to bring good luck to the owner.
Usually I'm only able to enjoy a morning bike ride in Jakarta, because after 9.00 am the air is full of pollutants from vehicles, but when cycling in Kyoto all feel different. In this city, we do not get tired easily because the air is VERY CLEAN, and even though we were not wearing a full face mask, dust does not get into our eyes. No kidding, guys! You'll fall in love with this city!
On our way to Ponto-Cho Alley, Kyoto by bicycle.
Here we are, at Ponto-Cho Dori; a traditional nightlife district of Kyoto.


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Everything is working well but on the Panorama, if I select Commit > Push to devices, I constantly see a push to do for collector Groups. No matter if I push, it is always there.
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This is March 28 2011 and I'm sitting in the living room of Joan Lamb in Lemington in Newcastle it's a glorious spring morning and I'm here to talk to Joan about her involvement in the Co-op. I'm going to start by asking you what were your earliest memories of the Co-op?
Going to the local shop for my mum that was while I was still at school of course that was in Crayford in Kent and although we weren't actively involved or my parents weren't actively involved in the co-op, we did go regularly to the local shop to do the shopping. When I left school I went to work for Dartford Co-op in one of the retail shops and went through all of the jobs one does when starting in a shop scrubbed the floors anything needed doing, I filled the shelves. At that time we had to weigh everything the sugar, the different ingredients and cut and weigh the butter and cheese. Everything was done by hand at that time and of course counterservice you got to know your customers. A very different world from the one we live in now. Even cut the bacon when the men were off to war.-they were still off to war then.
So men in the co-op did certain jobs and women did other jobs? You said that men cut the bacon, was that seen as a man's job?
Oh yes it was very much so but of course the men weren't back from the war so the women did everything. The women carried the sacks of potatoes through and the sides of bacon which we had to cut up, that was all done by the women. At that time we had recognition of course we were needed but when the men came back they took over those jobs.
You did this before you were married?
Oh yes I actually met my husband in the shop when he came back he actually came to work in the same shop before he went on to Stanford Hall, College to study co-operative subjects.
So your huuband was active in the Co-op?
Oh, he and his parents were very much more active than my parents. His mother was a member of the Co-operative Women's Guild and his father a member of the Men's Guild. I joined the Co-operative youth movement because we had a youth movement in those days. We had the Playways the Pathfinders the Co-op Youth clubs the BFYC it was hoped that from that we would progress into the Women's Guild or the Men's Guild we were a Co-operative family and we did everything from the cradle to the grave.
How old were you when you joined the Co-op youth movement?
What sort of things did you do- was it just a youth club or was there anything particular about the co-op in the youth club?
Sorry, you learned particular skills when you were in there (youth club) ? Social skills…and organisational skills as well if you were secretary?
Oh yes we ran the club. We had leaders but we had to do the work. We decided what we were going to do and planned it and so on.
So that's very different from the way normal Youth Clubs operate isn't it? Where the leader determines what they are going to do, they set the programme and they don't necessarily involve the young people?
We had Colne Hall in Yorkshire and one near Brighton.
Did you go there for visits, weekends or courses?
For a course of a social weekend/week.
Would you say it was more social than political as such?
When did you join the Guild?
And he wanted to know why I wasn't in the Guild so I had to join the Guild quickly. From there on it was a learning curve for me because we had so many courses through the Guild we had to learn how to run a Guild we had proper structure we didn't just come together and have social events. The Guild I belonged to the first meeting in the month was a social, we had a business meeting we had meetings where we had speakers come in- they could come from anywhere but there was a strong co-op influence.
You say you had got involved in 1960 what had stopped you getting involved before then- were you busy did you have children?
Oh yes, my family and my husband's family all lived in Kent. My family in Crayford his family in Dartford. We moved to Manchester when he became research officer with the CWS and I worked for Fire Insurance in Manchester until I had my first baby and then I finished work. It's one thing if you've got somebody who can look after the children for you but it's quite different if you are on your own' so I stayed home with the children. We moved to Newcastle in 1954 David was 6 months old I then had two more children but as I say in 1960 I became involved in the Guild but I didn't do any other work outside the home.
Too difficult for you to look after them and not having people around for you to be active – did you find that?
Other than active through the Guild I was able to go to the meetings regularly. We had weekend courses we learned how to run the Guild, the organisation. Not just be a social group but carrying out the principles of the Guild .
Do you think that it was possible for you to be active because you were supported at home?
Were you also involved in the Labour Party or just in the Co-op at that stage?
At that stage for me it was the Co-op Party but for elections we all helped out the people who were standing for election and then of course I started, as a Co-op Party member I stood for election myself not choosing seats which might be won. I went through the process of non-labour seats first then learning again as you went along about the Party and about people.
Did you stand as a Labour Party Candidate or as a Co-op Party Candidate?
Labour/Co-op. It wasn't always easy to get Labour/Co-op on the election papers but I was always promoting myself as a Lab/Co-op.
So were you eventually elected?
although of course we have always counted ourselves in Britain as leaders in the Co-operative field but almost everything you touched in America you could have a co-operative so that was really a learning curve.
So how were you chosen to go on that study tour?
Because of the activities I had in the Guild up to that point I'd attended Congress regularly.
so you were working at a National level?
No, not at that stage I didn't get at a National level with the Guild until after I finished with my council work. So that was leaping forward, it was 2000 before I got on the National Executive of the Women's Guild but I had been on the National Exec. Committee of the Co-operative Party before that.
Women's Guild colleague from London and myself were the two persons we went to Paris to the UNESCO headquarters for a briefing before we actually went then we flew to Guyana. The people in Guyana looked after us while we were there we had a senior officer- Government officer and his team who were looking after us. We actually stayed at the YWCA down the bottom of the street and the President of Guyana lived up the road from us- quite a salubrious area.
So how did you feel about that trip?
Absolutely wonderful we weren't just tourists we were there with the people. We saw the tin huts that people lived in, we saw the difficulties they had they might not have enough desks to go round, they might not have enough books to go round but they were immaculately dressed when they went to school. They had their uniforms on it was amazing how much effort they put in to teaching their children but of course education didn't last long for them, they were lucky if they could go on to secondary school. Although we did meet the senior person who was in charge of our tour, his wife was the principal of the High School so we obviously met her and her colleagues and went into her school and met children there but they were privileged children who got to that stage.
So as a consequence of that tour do you think it changed your outlook on life at all or on your involvement?
You certainly saw how the other half lived and you recognised the difficulties. We went to Mackenzie to the bauxite mine area and the factories where they processed the bauxite. Mackenzie was a town of two areas literally- where we were living on the one side and the other area where the workers lived where the smoke from the factories was there 24 hours a day. You saw how desperate some people were were.
Right Joan I would like to take you back to your Council days if you wouldn't mind. You were elected for Elswick in 1972, that was Newcastle City Council, why did you want to be a councillor?
Well as I say I had been in the Guild for a number of years and I was interested in people and to promote the work of the Co-op Movt. You have to be involved with people. My interest grew and I had been to Geneva with the United Nations Organisation. The one thing we were concentrating on over there was equal pay for work of equal value. Of course I learned quite a lot while I was there on that course and horrified to find that Britain was not signed up for it. So again with the Co-op involvement and Labour Party involvement finding that sort of situation we were in, you have to do something about it. You can't sit on the outside and be… you can raise your voice but it very often doesn't get heard. You have to be in somewhere to do something about it. Where better to start than at local council level. I had my family so I couldn't look at anything other than that work locally so I finally got the seat in Elswick and got involved with absolutely wonderful people again living in hardship a lot of them but my goodness couldn't they work …Again the women put effort into what they wanted the council to do and how they wanted it to be done. It's a real education to go out there and mix with people like that when you haven't had to do it yourself so that's how it all started.
So which committees were you involved in on the council… did you specialise in certain areas?
Housing first and then one of the things I was rather surprised about was how few people were willing to go onto the education committee for some reason, it's a bit like asking parents to go into school and take an interest in what their children are doing. Getting over that doorstep is difficult, getting people to sit on the Education Committee whether it's the Co-op Education Committee and of course I had been with ours as well before going onto council. It's not always easy to get people involved but as iI say I was asked to go onto the Education committee so I did, it's not really my forte but I'll have a go and one of the first aspects I became involved in was the needs of special children and that could be children with any problems whether its behaviour, mental, handicap whatever- that was the sub-committee.. They were called sub-committees that looked after them. I was a governor of all the special schools in the city at one stage simply because they were different and I need to know how the children were helped, how the parents were helped because within that part of education parents have to be involved if the children are going to progress. Not always easy, for carers.
That must have been quite time consuming Joan that was a big job. Were your children much older by that time?
Were you working as well?
No, no I always regarded the housewife's job as they were allowed to be called then as a full time job and I suppose in one respect I was fortunate I had no one pressurising me either at family level or at government level to go out and get a paid job. It was recognised that it was terribly important to look after your family because unless the children get good support who can guarantee what will happen to them. And I think today it is even more dangerous there are so many distractions, so many things that are there for them to take them off the line. To me it's a serious concern that women are pressurised you have got to work. It's wrong in my opinion.
So how long were you on the council?
A lot of your work was on a voluntary level- I don't suppose you were very paid much as a councillor?
I am interested in the fact that you as a woman rose to a very high level in council if you were Chair of Education Committee.
I was Lord Mayor dear. There again if you are there long enough you are given the opportunity to become Lord Mayor of the City fortunately they have a Deputy Lord Mayor for a year and that gives you the time in that deputy's year to understand the importance of what is to come.
What were the skills and the personal attributes you had that made that possible for you to do so well in terms of the Council, the Co-op Party ?
I have always said that to be able to work effectively as a councillor I owe a tremendous amount to the Co-operative Women's Guild training because to hold positions within the Guild you were expected to take a training course and you didn't just muddle your way through you were expected to know what you were doing and to be able to lead other people to take positions themselves. That was half of the work that a committee member in the Guild did was encouraging other people to come forward not just to activity within the Co-op but to go out into the world to be able to do other things either in a voluntary capacity or to be an elected member or hopefully and it was hopefully at the time, to take positions on Co-operative Boards because as you know getting through to any of the major committees within the Co-op has never been easy whether at local board level or national level. Women are not really expected to be able to do the very difficult work that has to be…I'm being a bit facetious here I'm sorry I am still concerned that the principle that was involved when I went to the United Nations Organisation in Geneva of equal pay for work for equal value. The work that women have put in for so many years to be more than equal value to what men do whether its paid work or unpaid work, recognition is still very difficult to come by. Recognition has improved and there is equality in some areas, it's not there in all places and it's certainly not in the Co-operative field- in that management or board positions are not so readily available.
Nowadays we would call what you are talking about social capital in terms of the skills that you would get and it's interesting to hear about the training you got in the Women's Guild and how that enabled you to do all of those other things as well. Now ……is it a difficulty from within themselves I'm wondering if there is something about the Co-op Movement which stops women from taking up their rightful place?
I think a part of the training we did within the Guild was to build up confidence… alright we don't do the training we used to so that isn't there now but confidence is always necessary if you are going forward but support of other women….. is very important as well because that again I found in a number of areas the women don't always support the woman coming forward and I accept that nobody should get a position anywhere male or female if they are not up to doing the job. But if they have equal values put forward to do something, they have the intelligence, they have the knowledge, they have the background, they have experience… why can't they be given the opportunity? All right they have a family to look after so that's where equality in the home comes into it and for a long time that wasn't there either. It is supposed to be getting better now but not in every case it is still not accepted that a woman will be allowed to go forward for any position which takes them out of the home for any length of time again pressure on them to have to work is coming from Government level If they have a full time job to do and a family to look after and they don't have equality in the home, then obviously the opportunity to go outside and do something else, whatever that position it is not so readily available to them . They do need support of other women to be able to go forward and it's not always there.
Can you tell me about the next stage from the Co-op Women's Guild in your Co-op involvement?
What was the structure in those days, nowadays we have Area Committees and that would be the first stage if you wanted to be involved in the membership.
Why do you think it was that women were reluctant to get involved or to take up positions in the Guild?
It goes back to what I said earlier having the confidence to do it, having the family support to go forward and do it and frankly just wanting to do ithat anyway if you really werent terribly interested in anything other than the social elements or hearing what other people are doing, that was a feature at that time.
So who would you think from your experience got involved with the Guild and why?
Going back to what I said earlier; to have the confidence to do it, having the family support to go on and do it and just wanting to do that anyway if you really weren't terribly interested in anything other than the social elements and hearing what other people are doing that was a feature at that time.
A friend would bring along a friend if you noticed that that friend was little bit more interested in being active you latch on to them quickly but you were glad to have the numbers there to bring out the few. We had some wonderful guild members I mean Florrie Cowings was one in point. Her involvement in the movement and her knowledge of it was absolutely outstanding. On many occasions we would say "Florence you should get this down in writing, it's so important that other people can learn from what you have learnt " Jennie Lawther was another one in this area. She was District Secretary when I became involved and goodness knows she pushed me to go on to different conferences and training courses and so on its the encouragement of people like that who have been there and done it is so helpful if you are interested and want to do it. From those people I got a lot of my enthusiasm, a lot of my interest and a lot of my knowledge.
I am going to ask you to think about the big picture. In terms of the Co-op what are your best experiences, what is really good about being involved in the Co-op Movement and all of its various ways?
Of course historically it was the cradle to the grave part of it, it didn't matter what your interest was there was something there for you. It wasn't just shopping. There was a group for all age groups to be involved. Opportunities to go places and of course Congress for the Co-op Union was one that you had heard about and you welcomed people who had been there to come back and tell you about it.
International Cooperation through the Guild the I C A we always had members on that who were active internationally. It's not just the home base. That's where we went through UNESCO I went to Guyana two other colleagues went to India a couple of years after I had my trip and again that experience for the Guild was absolutely amazing.
We had the bucket of water campaign where we went through England North and South were doing separate trips collecting money for Botswana that was an enormous campaign that we had. It was things like that that kept the Co-op alive – it was the Guild and of course joining the Co-op Party you get the political side of it, working to keep our interests in Parliamentary Seats was important because we knew that the Co-op was known as a retailer and obviously a retailer in parliament you didn't hear so much about the other retailers influence and that's why we had to be there and why it is so important that our voice is heard locally, nationally and internationally. Of course the Co-operative Movement internationally, has had such tremendous influence throughout the world- its something we are tremendously proud of. Today of course the retailing side is becoming so competitive we don't have the factories that we used to have so it's not so easy to buy co-operative products in the shop. We don't have the big retailing organisation that we used to have locally so that you could buy literally anything. You would need to go onto the internet to do that (now) and that's not everyone's field. You know there are so many elements that have changed so the Co-op has had to change with it.
In terms of the International work we are still very active internationally: Co-op College and of course Fairtrade and the CO-op has had an enormous influence on Fairtrade. There is lots of continuity there in terms of being involved. So you personally felt that you were interested and you were encouraged to become interested. The machinery and the processes were there to enable you to get those skills and become involved.
Were women well represented in the management side of things on the various co-op committees?
How many women were on the Co-op Party Executive in those days?
How did they compare with the men in terms of their skills?
Usually we found that the women were more widely involved and men tended to be on what they were doing personally, not all of them I am of course I am generalising. I am talking about not just Co-op Committees but any committees I have been on. Some are there just to make the weight up because they happen to be nice fellas that get the support- they can speak well- this is another groan that I have had frequently; You have a knowledgeable, experienced and able woman who can not get on to whatever committee and you have a man who to say the least is questionable in that respect. I'm being a bit unkind aren't I but that is my view and that's how I've looked at it over the years constantly frustrated in that respect, thinking how on earth did he get there when the woman could have done so much better. That is a continuing frustration, I am not so actively involved as I used to be so that's in the past.
Obviously there are still concerns about women being represented at various levels of the Co-op. Has it changed in the years in the years you have been involved? Is it easier for women to get involved or more difficult?
I think we went through a phase when women did become more involved in different areas but as women have got older and retired there's not always women coming forward. Partly because of problems that a lot of them face now, they not only have a family they have a full time job- there are two very heavy commitments and to take on a voluntary or even partially paid position on a board or committee is very time consuming so it is limiting in that respect. I think that is where, not in all areas… but in some areas… there is a lack of women coming forward. I even had a letter recently inviting me to consider coming back as a councillor but at my age I neither have the energy nor the ability to do that sort of work. Working on a committee you have got to be able to concentrate for a period of time and as you get older it is not possible. It's not that we have less able women we probably have more able women but it's the opportunity to be able to give the time to something outside their family and work.
You've talked and explained very well about the Guild and the training you received. Is it as good as it was for you?
To be able to pay speakers to come- you don't have the voluntary organisations that are willing to send a speaker just to interest you in their organisation. They want to be paid and while I accept paying expenses has always been important If somebody has had to pay bus fares or petrol money to get from A to B it's important that they are not working at a loss but to actually to have then on top of that to pay a fee for someone to talk to you is -… the Guild can't afford it anymore they don't have the financial support they used to have.
Where did the financial support come from?
It came from a number of members you have in the Guild, from the local Society from the fundraising events you were able to hold… not so easy when you have such a few members. The important feature is the Committee structure in order to organise the group to start with. if you haven't got a working committee and you've just got somebody who's doing their best without much support it is much more difficult.
I hope I have made a small contribution at least to helping the society but he doesn't honestly know what he's talking about. He's expecting volunteers to take over duties of a local authority without any financial backing. I mean they are expecting voluntary organisations to take over and yet the funding for that voluntary organisation has been withdrawn- how can they do that? I mean it's absolutely impossible- the principle might be good, the thinking behind it might be there but the recognition of what is needed to enable people to do that- he hasn't got a clue he really hasn't got a clue.
Joan I am going to leave it at that and thank you very much indeed. It has been a very interesting time for me and just to thank you again for doing the interview- this is my first one.
It's been a pleasure it is so nice to look back sometimes and see what has been there I know that I feel enormously lucky for the opportunities and support that I have had even as a new Councillor- had I not been welcomed in by the people who were there at that time and given guidance on how to do things, who to go to. You can't walk into something like that and hope to be successful; you've got to have support of other people. The Co-op, the Labour Party and especially the Guild have been wonderful organisations to be involved with and I think I have had the best years.
Thank you very much Joan.
So sorry this has taken so long- it took me a while to "master" the software to slow down the speech to a speed where I could type. Can I tell you, you sound intelligent at 50% speed I sound like a simple Geordie lass.
I had a month of exam marking too and it really is a terrible chore if you are not used to typing. Maybe we have to get/pay someone to do it for us. I don't think that we will get many interviews done if we have to transcribe every one. Anyway- job done now!
Would you mind checking through this- if there is anything in there you don't want published then that can be removed. I will come and see you and bring a copy of the recording for you to keep.
Thank you once again for helping us – it really did get me interested in the Women's Guild and as you know particularly in their early campaigns especially Sunderland Poor Store. I attended the Women's Challenge in Leeds in early July- this is an attempt to challenge the under-representation of women in senior positions in the Co-op.I did go into the Women's Guild workshop so met their current leadership.


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Meldreth Station 1880. This is the earliest photo we have of Meldreth Station and clearly shows the road bridge in the distance.
Down with the old and up with the new. The construction of the new station footbridge in 1988.
Photograph, taken in 2017, showing the railway line, station and land occupied by the old goods yard elevated above the surrounding land.
The railway came to Meldreth in 1851 but it has been a question since the start of the Meldreth Local History Group as to whether or not the road bridge was built at the same time or added at some time afterwards.
The 'main' road from Royston to Cambridge passed through Melbourn at that time and the road into Meldreth would have been little more than a track. Why did Meldreth qualify for a bridge while Shepreth and more importantly Foxton only have level crossings? A fact that remains until this day.
The earliest photograph we have of Meldreth station is dated ~1880 and clearly shows the road bridge (see adjacent photo).
Maps held at the Parliamentary Archives (see below) show that the road bridge was included in the original plans for the railway drawn up in 1847 and we are now reasonably certain that the bridge was built at the same time as the railway came to Meldreth in 1851.
Click on the play button on the audio sound bar above to hear Gladys Clarke recalling the memory of her father telling her about the building of the bridge.
I've never forgot what my father said that years ago there was no station hill and my father remembers it being built. There used to be a road like Shepreth going straight through and they built that hill. Archie's father and them, when they were building that hill, they lived in Chiswick End and they had to go to school and up this little pathway towards the railway – a boy got killed there, the boy Jacklin got killed there, that's when they were building station hill. Instead of them going the proper way, they couldn't get up the hill and they had to use this other way and that was built. My dad remembers that, it was just a crossing.
Station Hill, it appears, was built up from soil taken from the cutting further down the line towards Royston. There is some confusion though as to just when this was done as there was a level crossing in existence for a time. This is borne out by the story of 'Wuth' Woods. 'Wuth' was a very strong man and someone once bet him that he could pull a ton of coal (on a trolley) all the way from Meldreth Station to Melbourn Cross. If he could manage it, the ton of coal would be his. This was no mean gift in those days. Apparently this was before the railway bridge was built, but sometime after the ford at Sheene Mill had been bridged because legend says that all was on the level until the slope from Sheene up to the Church, where 'Wuth' experienced some difficulty. However, he managed it and won the ton of coal. (Eric Elbourn and Jack Palmer, Drifts Magazine, No 2, July 1981, page 9).
In an attempt to establish exactly when the bridge was built our former Chairman, Angus Bell, paid a visit to the Parliamentary Archives to examine the original documents and maps relating to the construction of the railway through Meldreth. The documents show very clearly that the bridge was on the original plan for the railway: see our page on the Planned Route of the Railway for details and images. Two small cottages belonging to Ann Fitch and occupied by Ellis Negus and Sarah Howard were actually on the site of the proposed bridge and would have been demolished as part of the construction process.
The railway line past the station and goods yard (now demolished) runs on an embankment (see photo) and indeed the goods yard itself stands elevated above the surrounding area providing further evidence that the bridge was built at the same time.
What we still do not know is why Meldreth qualified for a bridge rather a raised level crossing. If you know why then we would love to hear from you.
When the station was built in 1851 there was just a level crossing to cross the railway lines between the platforms and it was not until the fatality of a young lady by the name of Edith Mary Brushett that the level crossing was replaced with a footbridge sometime ~1890. This Victorian wrought iron footbridge remained until 1988 when it was replaced with the current concrete and steel bridge. The main line was electrified at the same time so as to replace the polluting diesel engines with the cleaner electric trains.
It is very probable that the level crossing referred to by Gladys Clarke and in the Wuth Woods article (above) was that referred to here across the station and not a level crossing for the road to cross the railway line.
This page was added by Tim Gane on 11/02/2012.
In the 1988 photo, the new concrete and steel station footbridge was being built in the same position as the old. The footbridge that can be seen in the background was a temporary structure made out of scaffolding and was removed when the new footbridge opened.


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Q: How to $count and $total multiple fields based on $group Good day to all of you. I have this sample data that I want to group.
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5b8de8e635da281e1cb6279b"),
"CountryName" : "Spain",
"SmartClassification": "Special Focus"
}
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5b8de8e635da281e1cb6279c"),
"CountryName" : "Malaysia",
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I want to $group the data above by the "CountryName" and the total number of their "SmartClassifications". This is tricky for me cause I'm relatively new to MongoDB. How can I reproduce the illustration above?

A: You can try below aggregation
Basically You need to use $group stage multiple times here.
db.collection.aggregate([
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The data you will be getting something like this
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  { "_id": "Malaysia", "data": [{ "SmartClassification": "Investment Focus", "count": 1 }] },
  { "_id": "Nigeria", "data": [{ "SmartClassification": "Fundamental Focus", "count": 2 }] }
]

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