Of all the justifications the Obama administration has employed to sanctify yet another war on Iraq, none have been more disingenuous than the portrayal of the latest US bombing campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS, aka ISIL) as a feminist rescue mission. By Rania Khalek www.truth-out.org PopularResistance.org November 8th, 2014 More
What turns us on to social movements? Is it the same intoxicating energy that draws us to our romantic partners? How do people in politics learn to laugh and what do we need to do to see meaningful change in our lifetimes? Tuesday, 24 June 2014 13:00By Laura Flanders, GRITtv | Interview truthout.org [youtube=http://youtu.be/rj7xnzNtnf0] Kate Clinton and More
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/70600553] Misty Rowan Peacestock 2013 from Bill Sorem PLUS 1 week ago ALL AUDIENCES Misty Rowan appeared at Peacestock 2013, sponsored by Veterans for Peace, July 13, 2013, Hagar City, WI. Misty is a Twin Cities activist, Anti-War Committee member, and a poet. Her website is www.missteatree.com. Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the More
Democratic Womanism: By Alice Walker January 2, 2012 - from her official website: http://alicewalkersgarden.com/2012/01/ Wangari Maathai: who remembered the beautiful bountifulness of her land before the colonial invaders laid waste to it and resolved to bring it back to health by planting trees. Rest in Well Done; beloved sister of our clan. “Traditionally capable, as in: More
Occupying the Occupy Movement Robin Morgan January 3, 2012 Women’s Media Center An Occupy movement for 2012 could gain strength and staying-power with strategies suggested by an emerging feminist critique. Mexico city collective, from Occuprint.org As women of the Arab Spring are rediscovering, being participants, even leaders, of the uprisings hasn’t led to women’s More
