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Italy: 75% of young people voted anti-establishment

Chris Tomlinson
Breitbart
Sun, 11 Mar 2018 15:24 UTC
Italian voters
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New statistics from the recent Italian election show 75 per cent of the youngest first-time voters - born in 1999 - voted for anti-establishment parties.

The data, which was compiled by Italian polling firm SWG, shows that the vast majority of young first time voters reject the political establishment, Italian poll-tracking website Termometro Politico reports.

The populist 5 Star Movement (M5S), which has promised to implement a universal basic income and be tough on mass migration, received the most votes with close to half, or 43 per cent. Second was the right-wing populist La Lega which garnered 19 per cent of the support of the first-time voters.

The establishment left-wing Democratic Party (PD) came last with young people with a mere 12 per cent of their vote, despite numerous attempts to get the youth vote with a 500 euro "culture bonus" payment scheme.
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Sweden targets Islamic schools that don't support gender equality


RT
Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:51 UTC
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Sweden is cracking down on schools that do not support gender equality, according to the country's education minister. The initiative is part of the government's overall plan to remove religious influence from schools in general.

Gustav Fridolin said Sunday that he has launched an inquiry into tightening the regulation of independent religious schools, by stopping those who do not support Sweden's "fundamental values."

"The regulatory framework will be tightened," wrote Fridolin for the newspaper, Aftonbladet. "Those who do not support fundamental values around equality and human rights should be stopped from running free schools in Sweden."

The new regulations will ensure that schools will "actively promote equality" and "allow students to develop their skills and interests independently of gender identity," wrote Fridolin. The restrictions are expected to impact muslim schools the most.
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Migrants terrorize German town fair by harassing women & attacking teens

Chris Tomlinson
Breitbart
Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:53 UTC
German flag migrant
A group of ten young asylum seeker men are said to have terrorised a local fair in the German town of Steinfurt by sexually harassing young women, fighting with local teens, and threatening ride owners.

Most of the incidents occurred at or around a bumper car ride that was set up for the town fair. In one incident at around 6:30 pm, a 22-year-old migrant molested a young girl on the upper body and legs, Der Westen reports.

The migrant, who was visibly intoxicated, also tried stealing one girl's mobile phone and was told to leave the fair by security.
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Syrian army surrounds jihadi forces in East Ghouta

Alexander Mercouris
The Duran
Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:53 UTC
Syrian Army
The fight for East Ghouta took a dramatic but inevitable turn earlier today when the Syrian army, continuing its advance, capturing the town of Mesraba inside the enclave, and splitting the enclave into three separate pockets.

The latest advances mean that the Syrian army now controls more than 70% of the territory of the former Jihadi enclave of East Ghouta.

Here is a map provided by the Al-Masdar news agency which shows the present situation in the enclave
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'Authorities act in accordance with the law': Israel's 'war on children' leaves hundreds of Palestinian youngsters imprisoned


RT
Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:17 UTC
Palestinians scuffle with Israeli soldier
© Mohamad Torokman / ReutersPalestinians scuffle with Israeli soldier as they try to prevent him from detaining a boy during a protest against Jewish settlements in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah August 28, 2015
Ahed Tamimi has become a poster child for Palestinian resistance against Israeli occupation. But what of the hundreds of other minors currently incarcerated by the Israeli state? And what of the children killed by IDF bullets?

Tamimi, who is facing 10 years in jail after slapping an Israeli soldier in December 2017, will be in court this month but Tamimi's case is far from an isolated one. According to B'Tselem (the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories), at the end of 2017 there were 352 Palestinian minors being held in Israeli prisons.

This trend has risen dramatically since 2014. In December of that year there were 156 child prisoners, by the end of 2015 this figure had jumped to 450 before being reduced by 98 at the end of 2017.

To learn more about these arrests, and the manner in which they are carried out, RT spoke to Palestinian photojournalist Mohammad Al-Azza. Al-Azza lives and works in the Aida refugee camp located about 2km north of Bethlehem. He documents the almost daily incursions into the camp by IDF soldiers, who routinely fire tear gas and rubber bullets, which are essentially live rounds encased in hard plastic, at children and adults there.

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Russian FSB: Terrorist attack foiled in central Russia, 3kg TNT bomb found


RT
Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:07 UTC
The members of the Russian security service (FSB)
© Public relations center of Federal Security Service / SputnikThe members of the Russian security service (FSB)
Russian security services say they have prevented an attack planned by a terrorist cell. An improvised explosive device and a hand grenade were found in a car during an operation in the western Saratov region.

A statement on Sunday's operation was released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), although it gave few details.

The members of the terrorist cell were shot dead as they opened fire at security forces, who tried to stop their car. Guns, a hand grenade and a homemade 3kg TNT explosive device were found at the scene, according to the FSB.
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Epic trolling! Radio Liberty poll on Stalinist purges ends in hilarious response from the Russian people


RT
Tue, 06 Mar 2018 15:33 UTC
journalist dressed as Stalin
© Komsomolskaya Pravda / Global Look PressJournalist Pavel Lobkov dressed as Josef Stalin during an unauthorized rally staged on Triumfalnaya Square as part of the Voters’ Strike.
After Radio Liberty asked Russians to recall the fate of their families in times of repression, the thread was flooded with mocking tweets about "grandparents who died childless after 20 years of executions."

In the early hours of Monday, on the 65th anniversary of Joseph Stalin's death, the Russian branch of Radio Liberty posted a tweet reading: "How did your family survive the times of Stalin's repressions? Tell us in comments." The comments started to flow in by the hundreds, and by Tuesday afternoon there were over 1,700 of them - but many were not exactly the type expected by the initiators of the scheme.

Comment: Good on Russian citizens for seeing through the blatant propaganda attempts by US-backed Radio Liberty - and with a great sense of humor, at that.

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2 dead as helicopter crashes in East River off Manhattan, New York (VIDEO)


RT
Mon, 12 Mar 2018 01:16 UTC
helicopter crash New York City East River
© John J. Magers / ReutersA helicopter crashed in New York City's East River March 11, 2018
At least two people have been killed and several remain missing after a passenger helicopter crashed in New York City, according to officials and media reports.

One person has been rescued from the water alive so far, while two more were confirmed dead, according to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's spokesman Eric Phillips.

"Divers are still in the water," Phillips added, referring to the city's police and fire department officers.
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New Maryland law will force homeschoolers to submit to warrantless home 'inspections,' be subject to state dictates

Matt Agorist
Free Thought Project
Sun, 11 Mar 2018 00:00 UTC
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Under the guise of preventing child abuse, lawmakers in Maryland have introduced a bill that will allow the state to intrude in the lives of innocent families, keeping tabs on them, and destroying their right to privacy.

The bill, HB 1798 - County Boards of Education - Home Instruction Program - Observation of Instruction and Reporting of Abuse and Neglect, lays out some fairly ominous requirements that will persecute otherwise entirely innocent families for doing nothing other than teaching their children at home.

According to the bill's text, it will establish grounds for parents to essentially register with the state and be subject to some of the same constraints as the public education system. But that is only the beginning. This bill also lays out the framework for involuntary home inspections in which state agents will enter a family's home multiple times a year - likely unannounced - and observe and inspect the homeschooling process.
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Finally! Gender-neutral Mother's Day cards are a go

Andrew Gilligan and Vincent Wood
The Times UK
Sun, 11 Mar 2018 19:37 UTC
gender neutral mothers day card
Waitrose said the move was aimed at ‘broadening out who the cards can go to’
Waitrose is selling gender-neutral Mother's Day cards as retailers reduce their use of the M-word to make today's celebration more "transgender inclusive".

The supermarket chain is selling a "Happy You Day" card in its Mother's Day range in which the word "mother" does not appear.

Comment: Clearly, the world won't be right until transgenders are included in every aspect of society, including all the benign Hallmark holidays.

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