February 2011
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January 2011
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Dear Other Continents,
thenewfilo:
whatafricaisnot:
Please stop using me as an example when referring to starving children. There are hungry kids EVERYWHERE.
Sincerely, Africa.
Thank you for writing this. EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY has poor people. Even the richest countries in the world.
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Iran and Egypt: A Common Cause
Two years ago I was driven by the same feelings and emotions of pride and admiration when the Iranian people took to the streets after a very public election scandal. I was reading articles, watching various videos, and seeing images. As an Iranian i bowed down to the great bravery of the Iranian people as I watched them risk their lives for freedom.
Almost two years later and I am again filled...
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“I think this is a hopeless, desperate attempt by Mubarak to stay in power. I...”
– Mohamed ElBaradei • Speaking on CNN’s ”Fareed Zakaria GPS” about the situation in Egypt. The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has also been the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog, has also offered to lead on a temporary basis if the Egyptian people want him to serve. source (via • follow)
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if you know anyone in Egypt.
carpe-cerevisi:
If you know anyone in Egypt, please pass this on to them. To bypass government blocking of websites, use numerical IP addresses: Twitter ”128.242.240.52” Fb ”69.63.189.34” Google ”172.14.204.99”. A French ISP offers free dial up internet access ~ +33 1 72 89 01 50 Login password: toto. Please pass this on and share.
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Iran on "Execution Binge"
Iran on “execution binge”: 1 execution every 8 hours
Increase in Executions On January 16, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) reported that the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) has executed over 97 people in the past 30 days, of whom four were prisoners of conscience. The IRI has averaged one execution every eight hours since the start of 2011. Currently, the...
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Images of what is going on in Egypt. →
caraobrien:
mendmyheart:
*Warning, some images are horrific.
May Allah grant them the strength and will power to overcome such a difficult time.
These are really disturbing.
(TRIGGER WARNING) Brazilian kept wife in cellar... →
malefeministandthenakedsamba:
A Brazilian man has been arrested on suspicion of keeping his wife locked in a squalid basement for 16 years while he lived with another woman in the same house.
Acting on a tip, police on Wednesday found Sebastiana Aparecida Groppo, 64, in the cellar of the house in the city of Sorocaba in Sao Paulo state.
(Full article)
There aren’t enough words. I hope this...
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NY TIMES: Mubarak calls in Egyptian Army to help... →
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A Short Course in Indigenous Feminism →
Online Articles:
Indigenous Feminism Without Apology, by Andrea Smith
Jennifer Nez Denetdale on Indigenous Feminisms
An Indigenous Perspective on Feminism, Militarism, and the Environment, by Winona LaDuke
Zapatismo and the Emergence of Indigenous Feminism, by Aida Hernandez Castillo
Academic Journal Publications:
Wicazo Sa Review “Native Feminisms: Legacies, Interventions, and...
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Facebook fails to alert police on child porn... →
believeinfreedom:
The management of Facebook repeatedly failed to reveal the activity of an international child pornography syndicate operating on the social networking site and ignored continuing admissions by one of the ring’s Australian members. The failure was uncovered during an Australian Federal Police-led international investigation of the syndicate, which had operated via fake...
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The top 10 news events for women in 2010
moreapologies:
padaviya:
The top 10 news events for women in 2010 (via Girl Brain)
I’m not even going to PRETEND this list is exhaustive, impartial or definitive, it’s just stories that either a)would obviously have an impact on women’s lives (and obviously made an impact in the world’s media) or simply caught my eye. But what do you think? Add your own in the comments!
1. UN Women, the...
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Manchester gay bar sparks row over straight-only... →
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The male privilege checklist →
payface:
quantumscoot:
I am legitimately tearing up, not because it’s unjustful or whatever (we are already aware of this) but because it’s a long road to fight and I’m glad I’m going to be fighting it head on.
You know what’s even sadder? Some of these things are what women do sometimes. Especially when it comes to judging one’s body appearance, and questioning why that other woman refuses...
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Ask the Super Bowl Host Committee to Stand Up and... →
The trafficking of children for sale at the Super Bowl is welldocumented. Texas Attorney General Abbott is taking a stand and has prepared a task force to identify and respond to traffickers who plan to sell children at the Super Bowl. However, it is not enough to expect law enforcement and victim advocates to bear the entire burden of responding to this issue, which is expected to include many...
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Stamping Out LGBT Discrimination in Housing →
Today the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a proposed rule regarding equal access to HUD housing programs regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Among the aims of the rule is a prohibition on inquires regarding sexual orientation or gender identity, as well as a prohibition on using sexual orientation or gender identity as grounds for decision-making...
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"The least of eloquence...": Black Mother Jailed... →
robot-heart-politics:
sheresists:firesandwords:
Black Mother Jailed For Sending Kids to White School District
An Ohio mother of two was sentenced to 10 days in jail and placed on three years probation after sending her kids to a school district in which they did not live.…
What? This is ridiculous. My parents sent all of my siblings and I to different school districts because of...
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More than 100,000 American children become sex... →
believeinfreedom:
Did you know that…
12.3 million people are enslaved today worldwide
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation eradicating slavery, yet more than one million people are enslaved in the U.S. today.
Two million children are bought and sold in the global commercial sex trade
The average age of entry into commercial sex slavery in the United...
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Man Accused Of Raping Lesbian Best Friend: I... →
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Violence Targeting Transgender Women in Honduras... →
In the last four weeks the bodies of five transgender women in Honduras have been found. The murder of women, especially transgender women, has been on the rise following the June 28, 2009 coup. According to the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission, prior to the most recent murders, there have been 31 deaths of LGBTI people in Honduras in the last year and a half.
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“Most of the wounded veterans I know have waited more than six months to get...”
– Torrey Shannon: The VA Joins Big Banks in the Foreclosure Business: A New Wave of Veteran Homelessness
another appalling bit of news.
(via radicallyhottoff)
Some of the big banks (say, GMAC) like to dummy up fake affidavits in order to make foreclosing on Veterans go faster.
(via squashed)
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Children of rape: Latest legacy of Haiti quake →
A year after Haiti’s devastating earthquake, women in Haiti’s still-teeming tent cities face yet another threat: sexual violence. With little protection from community or law enforcement, many have been violently raped, only to become pregnant with their attackers’ children.
A community organizer and a local midwife confirmed his worries: Many of the women were pregnant as a result of rape....
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AnonOps: Open Letter to the Department of Justice →
To Whom It May Concern We are regretful of your actions to attempt to retrieve information from Twitter about the account belonging to “Wikileaks”, as by doing so you are attempting to remove the anonymity of the poster and by extension, their right to speech. We are confused as to why you have brought such a subpoena against Twitter, as there is little information you will gain from...
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Non-Trans Privilege or Cisgender Privilege List →
sexisbeautiful:
feministslut:
trastorn:
etrehumain:
neutresex:
This list is based on Peggy McIntosh’s White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.
1) Strangers don’t assume they can ask me what my genitals look like and how I have sex. 2) My validity as a man/woman/human is not based upon how much surgery I’ve had or how well I “pass” as a non-Trans person. 3) When initiating...
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'Niqab,' Afghan Television Program, Allows... →
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WikiLeaks cable: Israel said it would keep Gaza's... →
jonathan-cunningham:
Can we end the misconception that Israel is just acting in self defense now?
I’m speechless.
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Massachusetts forum opposes FBI repression →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
Fight Back News Service is reprinting the following article from Workers World.
The house was packed on Dec. 17 in Cambridge, Mass., as a wide spectrum of organizations and activists came out to…
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“UN peacekeepers have been ordered to do everything in their power to investigate...”
– Ivory Coast mass graves investigation launched by UN
(via americanwanderlust)
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Geert Wilders to Release Anti-Islam Book →
imaginenoheaven:
evilteabagger:
Dutch Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders will publish an anti-Islam book in the first half of 2011, he told the Telegraaf newspaper in an interview on Friday.
“The book is aimed mainly at the US market and focuses on how to combat the spread of Islam on a global level. We can do a lot here in the Netherlands, but we want to send out a strong international...
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Antigay iPhone App Rejected a Second Time →
projectqueer:
For a second time, Apple has rejected the “Manhattan Declaration” antigay app.
The “Manhattan Declaration” is a 4,700-word statement that, according to its website, was “born out of an urgent concern about growing efforts to marginalize the Christian voice in the public square, to redefine marriage, and to move away from the biblical view of the sanctity of life.” The...