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Iraq Journal 2 -- Cops of the World?
Kate Raphael has recently been kicked out of Palestine and is now on a 7-day delegation to Baghdad organized by CodePink and Occupation Watch. The group is investigating the status of women under occupation....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 8:42pm PST
Iraq journal #1
Kate Raphael is a local activist. She has spent much time in Palestine, with the International Solidarity Movement, and with Queers for a Free Palestine. Last month she was detained in an Israeli prison. Today, Kate writes from Bagdhad where she is part of a delegation visiting Iraq. Her journals are reprinted here with her permission....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 8:31pm PST
Hermanas de Juarez
Hundreds of young women have been murdered in Juarez, Mexico in the last decade. Many more are missing....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 7:57pm PST
Award Given to Venezuela Coup Leader
Attached is a copy of a press statement from the Global Women’s Strike, protesting the outrageous decision of the Inter-American Economic Council to present an award on January 29 in Washington DC to Gustavo Cisneros, a leader of the coup against President Chavez...
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 6:52pm PST
Discussion on Gender and Domestic Violence in Korea--- Friday 1/30
Friday, January 30, 2004, 4:15 p.m.:
Institute of East Asian Studies,
2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor Conference Room.
Two sociologists discuss the impact of a high-profile domestic violence case in South Korea last year, and how the anonymous and decentralized aspect of internet-based media allowed for frank and open conversations on a topic not always discussed in mainstream Korean society.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC...
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 5:27pm PST
Who is murdering the women of Juarez, Mexico
A coalition of local Sacramento organizations including Francis House, Peace Action, Women Escaping a Violent Environment (WEAVE), and the Zapatista Solidarity Coalition are hosting a series of events to raise money and awareness of V-Day activities in Juarez Mexico. These events will be on Jan. 27, Feb. 2 and Feb. 7. Please get the word out!...
Posted: Tue, Jan 27, 2004 3:49pm PST
Decriminalization of Prostitution Will End Illegal Brothels and Stop Trafficking of Women
SWOP-USA is pushing prostitution decrim ballot initatives in Berkeley and San Francisco. Removing the laws against prostitution will eliminate the black market need to traffic enslaved women and children....
Posted: Sun, Jan 25, 2004 8:25am PST
Anarcha Project Update #3
Website Up and Second Interview Tour Complete....
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2004 5:06pm PST
The Devil-Ettes 5 Years in the Making
I would love to write about The Devil-Ettes. San Francisco's ONLY all-female synchronzed dance troupe. We have been together for 5 years and it is amazing what 14+ strong woman can accomplish!...
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2004 12:10pm PST
The 13th Annual Sparks Fly event benefiting women political prisoners
Come out and support women political prisoners. Hold the date! Pass this on!...
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2004 12:37am PST
Save The Date : February 1 Activist Parents Organizing Meeting
A small group of East Bay parents has been meeting with the idea of setting up a Family Activist Resource Center--a drop-in center where parents and caregivers can come with their children and do their political work while their children are cared for in ways that honor the
unique and creative individuals they are and, where possible, engage them in age-appropriate political activism and education....
Posted: Thu, Jan 22, 2004 8:39pm PST
1/21 ACLU Calls on House Judiciary Committee to Protect Reproductive Freedom
1/21: On the eve of the anniversary of the historic Roe v. Wade decision, the American Civil Liberties Union today urged Congress to oppose the so-called "Unborn Victims of Violence Act," which is scheduled for markup in the House Judiciary Committee this morning....
Posted: Wed, Jan 21, 2004 9:43am PST
Roe v Wade Anniv. is also I'm Not Sorry Day
I'M NOT SORRY DAY: There is a small grass roots effort going on to create "I'm Not Sorry Day," to be celebrated on January 23, 2004, the thirty-first anniversary of Roe vs. Wade....
Posted: Tue, Jan 20, 2004 11:36pm PST
70 Year-Old Files Initiative to Stop Criminalization of Prostitution
Berkeley Decriminalization Initiative Filed
Thursday, January 15, 70-year-old Lois Rowan filed an initiative on behalf of Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA....
Posted: Tue, Jan 20, 2004 11:01pm PST
BBB Pies Operation Rescue Founder in NYC!
Agents of the Biotic Baking Brigade-NYC cell have pied Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry who was speaking on behalf of his new anti-abortion group, the Society for Truth and Justice....
Posted: Tue, Jan 20, 2004 11:24am PST
A Muslim calls for reform -- and she's a lesbian
Jerusalem -- It's not hard to see why people react strongly to Irshad Manji. At 35, she's become a ubiquitous fixture on Canadian television, the smartest, hippest, most eloquent lesbian feminist Muslim you could ever hope to meet....
Posted: Mon, Jan 19, 2004 3:29pm PST
Mexico Case Study Complete: Poor women worse off after NAFTA
The case study provides, for the first time, an accurate and quantifiable picture of how NAFTA affected women differently from men, and shows that the negative consequences of trade agreements often have an even greater impact on poor women....
Posted: Sun, Jan 18, 2004 12:00pm PST
1/20 Code Pink Sorry State of the Union Speakout
Come speak out with CodePink before, during, and after Bush's 6pm State of the Union
address. Have more fun than you've ever had talking about the very serious state of
our union...
Posted: Sat, Jan 17, 2004 11:41am PST
1/17 Urgent Update from Kate Raphael
Well, the hearing in my case today did not go well. The judge felt I was acting in
bad faith and had, in fact, only thought about making Aliyah after signing the
agreement to leave on the 17th. Gaby (attorney) thinks it is important that people fax the Minister of Interior, preferably by
Sunday morning but after is still good....
Posted: Sat, Jan 17, 2004 11:28am PST
RADICAL PRO-CHOICE CALL TO ACTION FOR APRIL 25, 2004
feminists, radical cheerleaders, anti-authoritarians, anarchists and all
those concerned with women’s autonomy: join us on April 25th 2004 in
Washington, DC for a highly festive mobile cheer bloc!...
Posted: Fri, Jan 16, 2004 2:21pm PST