Challenging racism, sexism and violence since 1984
The Art is Absent
We live in a world where critiques of art are more acceptable if they are academic and not too critical of content. A layperson critical of art is likely to be dismissed as ignorant, conservative or a censor. We are trained to be accepting and tolerant of others,...
Occupy Earth: We are Winning!
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Garden of Truth: The Prostitution & Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota
Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota Authors of the study: Melissa Farley, Nicole Matthews, Sarah Deer, Guadalupe Lopez, Christine Stark, Eileen Hudon The Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC) and PRE...
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Make Your Own Media on OWS
Blatantly Biased Tabloids and Clueless Mainstream Media Keep Missing the Obvious Big Story at OWS Many mainstream news outlets are flummoxed at best, condescending at worst, when it comes to their coverage of the new movement. By Sarah Seltzer "Occupy Wall Street, go...
Brothel Prisons
'I'm selling sex like McDonald's sells burgers. Legally'; Owners of lawful brothels in Nevada claim their hookers are well cared for but Julie Bindel finds virtual prisoners Julie Bindel for the London Times SECTION: T2;FEATURES; Pg. 6,7 Nevada, famous for its...
Over $50 Million Withdrawn From Big Banks
Move Your Money Day a Success; Over $50 Million Withdrawn From Big Banks by Sarah Jaffe Around the country, in groups and individually, Americans voted with their dollars this week to move away from the banks that caused the economic crisis. Around the country this...
I Will Carry On This Fight Forever
Nawal El Saadawi: 'I am going to carry on this fight for ever' If the power of religious groups increases, so does the oppression of women. Women are oppressed in all religions By Genevieve Roberts Nawal El Saadawi was sacked as Egypt's director of public health...
Rise of Femicide
Can naming a deadly crime help prevent it? Aaron Shulman December 29, 2010 | 12:00 am During the last decade, Guatemala has experienced an epidemic of woman-killing. The bodies are everywhere: turning up in ditches on the side of the road, on the curbs of city...