March 2013
February 2013
“A revolution doesn’t only teach reading and writing to those who are illiterate....”
– Lea Guido, Nicaraguan feminist activist active in the struggle against the Somoza Dictatorship. Read more here (via ourspaceislove)
The personal relevance of socialism - Ian Angus
amodernmanifesto:
My friend Kamala Emanuel is a member of the Socialist Alliance in Perth, on Australia’s west coast. She posted this on her Facebook page today. It’s a brilliant illustration of the fundamental truth that what are often portrayed as individual problems can only be solved through social change.
And because I know Kamala, I know that every word is true …
This morning on ABC...
“I don’t think there’s a lot of thinking about anti-imperialism [in progressive...”
– Chandra Talpade Mohanty - Anticapitalist Feminist Struggle, and Transnational Solidarity. (via mehreenkasana)
A Short Course in Indigenous Feminism →
by Rowland Túpac Keshena
For those who don’t know much about me, I am a currently studying for a Masters Degree in Public Issues Anthropology, specializing in a Fanon and MLM infused analysis of revolutionary Native nationalist and anti-colonialist movements in North Amerika. I also have really strong interrelated interests in revolutionary critical pedagogy, the “reindigenization” of the...
Grand Jury Refusers Katherine Olejnik and Matthew... →
wifwolf:
aunty-fascist:
Posted by Brendan Kiley on Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 5:15 PM
This was originally posted at 4:19 pm.
Or they will be at 4 pm tomorrow afternoon. Judge Jones has granted Duran and Olejnik’s attorneys’ request to release their clients, who have been in prison—without convictions or charges—for five months and in solitary confinement for two months.
I wrote about visiting...
A Young Doctor Fights The Depression Epidemic In... →
hasratein:
“Forty percent of Palestinians are clinically depressed, a rate unmatched anywhere in the world. It’s more than triple that of the U.S., ten times higher than in the U.K., and four to eight times higher than in Scandinavia, where the sun doesn’t shine for a good part of the year. For Palestinian neuroscientist Mohammad Herzallah, this epidemic is an opportunity, if a tragic one,...
Lesbian teen sues school after being suspended for... →
sinidentidades:
An openly lesbian student on Tuesday sued her high school in Florida after she was suspended for participating in an anti-bullying event.
“There are many LGBT kids in my school who have been bullied and harassed and who feel unsafe,” Amber Hatcher, 16, said. “I just wanted to stand up for all the kids in my school, gay or straight, who don’t feel like they have a voice to stand...
Organized anger across India →
amodernmanifesto:
Workers struck and protested across India on February 20 and 21 as part of a two-day national strike called by unions across India against the government’s anti-labor policies. Kavita Krishnam, secretary of the All India Progressive Women’s Association, challenged the media distortions about the strike, in an article written for the Economic and Political Weekly.
Time for Outrage (Hessel, rip) →
planetsedge:
PDF of Hessel’s Time for Outrage (rest now)
#Stephan Hessel #Time for Outrage!
Britons find slave-owning ancestors through new... →
nefermaathotep:
A new database launched Wednesday lets Britons uncover uncomfortable information — whether their ancestors owned slaves.
Researchers at University College London spent three years compiling a searchable listing of thousands of people who received compensation for loss of their “possessions” when slave ownership was outlawed by Britain in 1833.
Some 46,000 people were paid a...
Fascists aren't going to smash themselves.
inflightandflames:
Good point
Hands Off Somalia →
knowledgeappliedispower:
Hands Off Somaliais a campaign originally organised to oppose any upcoming corporate, political and military intervention in Somalia by the British government, which was signalled at their conference held on 23 February 2012.
Our demands:
Hands off Somalia! aims to stop any imperialist intervention in Somalia through helping to build and mobilise mass support for the...
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List of 16264 documented refugee deaths through...
List of 16264 documented refugee deaths through Fortress Europe
http://www.unitedagainstracism.org/pdfs/listofdeaths.pdf Deaths are listed if they can be put down to “Fortress Europe” (border militarisation, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…) Documentation on 13-06-2012 by UNITED
N.N. (baby) , origin : unknown
died from...
“I was once an illegal alien in The Netherlands. I was once pregnant. I was once...”
– Tiger Beatdown › Here I am. Fatigue, depression and infertility
This is my latest piece. Which also kinda explains where I’ve been.
(via redlightpolitics)
AGENT OF CHANGE: How come the west finances... →
theagentofchange:
So, according to the Washington Post, the “Obama administration is moving toward a major policy shift on Syria that could provide rebels there with equipment such as body armor and armored vehicles, and possibly military training, and could send humanitarian assistance directly to Syria’s…
The People's Record: College rape victim faces... →
imaginarywallscollapse:
February 26, 2013
A sophomore at the University of North Carolina (UNC) is facing potential expulsion and other consequences from her school for what the college calls “intimidating” behavior. But the “intimidating” behavior may be that the student spoke out to the press about the man who raped her.
As the blog Jezebel highlights, Melinda Manning, the former assistant...
“If you are getting a colonial education, you are learning how to solve imperial...”
– Hatem Bazian (via blkcowrie)
Caving to Pressure, ICE Begins Releasing... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
The National Immigrant Youth Alliance is hearing from contacts at multiple detention centers across the country that low-priority detainees are being released in large groups without bond. The office of US Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has confirmed that this move by Immigration and Customs Enforcement is related to sequestration. While congressional sequestration talks...
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Fight to free all Saudi Arabian political...
After staying up pretty late last night to write the part on the wikipedia page about new protests in Saudi Arabia, I found that a new movement is forming. This centers around the idea of freeing all political prisoners as Anti-Flag put in their song titled “Mumia’s Song.” However, there is much more potential to this movement than one would originally realize.
It’s good to...
“People wonder why women don’t “fight back,” but they don’t wonder about it when...”
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Harriet J
(via ceasesilence)
Obama to threaten Iran with military strike in... →
rtamerica:
President Barack Obama says the United States could launch an attack on Iran as early as this June, Israeli media reports.
According to a report on Israel’s Channel 10 News that has since been picked up by the Times of Israel, Pres. Obama will use an upcoming meeting overseas to discuss a military strike on Iran. Pres. Obama is scheduled to visit Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Watchkuroenigma:
realfakescientist:
thepoliticalmecca:
Female Imams in China…amazing video!
the Patriarchy and male subjectivity need to be smashed, this is one of the biggest idols in Islam that need to be destroyed. Women imams are needed to do this.
yes, more of this is needed.
Mashallah
#islam #patriarchy #female imam
readyokaygo:
Since 1967, 72 Palestinians have been tortured to death in Israeli prisons.
#palestine #israel
“We couldn’t bring our belongings, so we fled with our souls.”
– woman from a Syrian refugee camp (via syriaonmymind) 