March 2011
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February 2011
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“The Catholic Church in Rome made the extraordinary admission yesterday that it...”
– Vatican confirms report of sexual abuse and rape of nuns by priests in 23 countries
(Via Alternet)
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America’s Food Sweatshops and the Workers of Color...
People of color typically make less than whites working in the food chain. Half of white food workers earn $25,024 a year, while workers of color make $5,675 less than that. This wage gap plays out in all four sectors of the food system—production, processing, distribution and service—with largest income divides occurring in the food processing and distribution sectors. Women working in...
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STFU RACISTS CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Black... →
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STFU RACISTS CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Where there is no vision, there is no hope. George Washington Carver
Something a little different for this edition…
A favorite canard of white supremacists is that whites are superior for having given us so much, for having invented so much, for having “civilized” the world. Of course, one should not mistake “colonization” for bringing...
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Obama: DOMA Unconstitutional, DOJ Should Stop... →
corruptpolitics:
In a major policy reversal, the Obama administration said Wednesday it will no longer defend the constitutionality of a federal law banning recognition of same-sex marriage.
Attorney General Eric Holder said President Barack Obama has concluded that the administration cannot defend the federal law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman. He noted that the ...
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“ICE agents were “knocking on doors, saying they were selling Avon or with...”
– The Not So Silent ICE Raid in Mississippi | VivirLatino
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Dubious: Arizona House GOP Passes Bill to Ban... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
This is rich! Arizona Republicans have introduced a bill that would ban abortions that were made on the basis of race or sex.
How about banning employment discrimination due to gender or race? Oh wait, that would actually do something useful.
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“A single act of kindness or a particularly well-timed intervention on the part...”
– Christopher G. Hudson (in “At the edge of chaos: a new paradigm for social work?”)
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Wis. Assembly Passes Bill Taking Away Union Rights →
pigisapig:
bradicalmang:
“What a terrible, terrible day for Wisconsin,” said Rep. Jon Richards, D-Milwaukee. “I am incensed. I am shocked.”
I can’t even believe this passed. They actually did it.
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“One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to...”
– Martin Luther King Jr. (via ludgateapril)
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“I’m not going to restrict my own physicality because someone is uncomfortable...”
– Cerrie Burnell, television presenter, discussing suggestions that she hide her disability to get better job opportunities (via meloukhia)
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Nutrition and privilege
newwavefeminism:
I really don’t understand why it’s so difficult to understand why those in poverty don’t make nutrition their first priority.
1) First of all, understanding about nutrition is a privilege in itself. These are things that have to be LEARNED, and TAUGHT by actual nutritionists. Do you know what my high school made a priority? Making sure students are able to pass the mandated...
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“You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is...”
– Malcolm X (via armenia-cityinthesky)
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radicallyhottoff:
somebody I follow on facebook just made a really important point that all these “THINGS” being done right now by congress right now (i.e. attacks on women, attacks on immigrants, etc) is overwhelming—shocking. *destabilizing*. and the very important reply back to this person was that this is like the shock doctrine (coined by naomi klien). when you become so shocked by a...
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“Morello said he was willing to play in Indiana, Ohio, or any other state...”
– Rage Against The Machine Guitarist Tom Morello Coming To Wisconsin: ‘Madison Is The Next Cairo’
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“Justice is beautiful, but justice is never free. The beauty of Tahrir Square you...”
– Rage Against The Machine Guitarist Tom Morello Coming To Wisconsin: ‘Madison Is The Next Cairo’
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Top 10 Shocking Attacks from the GOP War on Women
amyho:
Republicans not only want to reduce women’s access to abortion care, they’re actually trying to redefine rape. After a major backlash, they promised to stop. But they haven’t.
A state legislator in Georgia wants to change the legal term for victims of rape, stalking, and domestic violence to “accuser.” But victims of other less gendered crimes, like burglary, would remain “victims.”
In...
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12 Things You Need to Know About the Uprising in... →
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“We must, however, move beyond access by itself. We cannot allow the liberation...”
– Changing the Framework: Disability Justice | RESIST (via radicallyhottoff)
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What might happen if federal government shuts down...
corruptpolitics:
If President Obama and congressional Republicans do not reach an agreement on how to fund the final seven months of the fiscal year, some military veterans might not receive benefits checks and other Americans would be unable to apply for Social Security. The State Department might not issue new passports, unemployment statistics would not publish as scheduled, museums and...
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“A dictator cannot be allowed to shun the foreign press, and to shut off his...”
– Anderson Cooper on Libya (via lifeaficionada)
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“With disability justice, we want to move away from the “myth of independence,”...”
– Changing the Framework: Disability Justice | RESIST (via radicallyhottoff)
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Libya deputy ambassador to U.N. says Gadhafi has...
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Justice for Iran: Why Egypt and Iran are different →
Why haven’t the street demonstrations toppled the Iranian government? It happened in Egypt. It happened in Tunisia. And demonstrations are wracking Yemen, Libya, and particularly Bahrain.
While many Americans view the Arab world as one cohesive block, nothing could be further from the truth….
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“If teachers are willing to stand by us when we need them, we as students need to...”
– Student organizer Luke Cleiber
AlterNet: Is Wisconsin Our Egypt? 15,000 Protest Off-the-Wall Right-Wing Governor’s Policies
(via momonwi)
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Smash the White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy:... →
remnantof:
Grammar policing is one of the nastiest and most privileged forms of derailing I’ve come into contact with. When you nitpick a person’s argument because of formatting, grammar, or spelling errors, rather than examining the actual intent and objective worth of what they are saying, you’re not just derailing, you are silencing people and closing off the debate to large groups of...
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Update on Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran,... →
dancingonembers:
DUBAI — Here are Friday’s developments in the unrest sweeping the Middle East and North Africa following uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia that toppled their longtime rulers.
ALGERIA: A senior former leader of the Algerian regime, Abdelhamid Mehri, called for sweeping political changes in the North African country in an open letter to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
BAHRAIN:...
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Achievement Gap Panel at Harvard →
teachforamericabu:
By the 8th grade, students in low-income areas are on average 3 grade levels behind their higher-income peers in math and 2-3 grade levels behind in science.
Educational inequality exists.
What can we do to erase the gap?
A Panel on the Achievement Gap featuring:
Ronald Ferguson – Senior Lecturer on Education & Public Policy at HGSE
Jeff Young – Superintendent of...
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“17-year-old farmworker Maria Isabel Vasquez died from heat exhaustion while she...”
– Still No Justice in 17-Year-Old Farmworker’s Death
Demand Jail Time for Heat Death of 17-Year-Old Maria Isabel
(via thetart)
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L.A. Job Fair on Saturday, February 26, 2011
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Slaughter across Libya
tinyfist:
Al-Jazeera: “Libyan security forces have reportedly opened fire at a funeral in the eastern city of Benghazi, killing at least 15 people and injuring scores more as protests against Muammar Gaddafi, the country’s long-time ruler, continued.
The victims on Saturday were mourning the loss of protesters who had been killed during anti-government demonstrations in the city during the past...
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“To think that we are here tonight debating this issue when the American people,...”
– Rep. Jackie Speier (via corruptpolitics)
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“We talk about American like we’re all in this together. Let me give you some...”
– Sen Bernie Sanders (via 14kgoldnyc)
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Lipstick Feminists: From Women in Science: Then... →
lipstick-feminists:
From Women in Science: Then and Now by Vivian Gornick
Rosalind Franklin made me begin to think about what is might be like to be a scientist who is a woman. Science is, after all, the pursuit of “the real thing”—the ultimate effort to separate out what is real from what is not. Everyone…
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