Just a quick link–Ammu Joseph has an excellent piece on the Women’s Voices blog about international news coverage of IWD, very worthwhile read.
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With all due respect, let me see if I have this straight…we’re all gung ho to spend $360 to provide the HPV vaccine but birth control pills are no longer affordable for those who need them most. How about a tax on every male in this country for the role they play in this travesty??
“Prices […]
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URGENT ACTION ALERT — Please Forward
3/22/07
Two critical opportunities for action in the Senate!
As you know, although Congress approved spending for VAWA programs by
passing VAWA 2005, they must still provide funding for them through the
annual Budget and Appropriations processes. The early Spring is when
Congress is making many decisions about Federal funding - it is our primary
window […]
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Here is more on Cathy Webster and why she went to jail.
“After she was taken way by the deputies, Lorraine Krofchok, director of Grandmothers for Peace, commented, “I find it amazing that Cathy is going to jail for standing up for […]
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Peace-loving granny Cathy Webster is going to jail, let’s make sure she gets loads of mail!:
Dear family and friends,In nine days, on March 21, I will report to the Sacramento County Jail for my 60 day sentence for unauthorized trespassing onto military property. I think you all know by now that this is consequence […]
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Take a look at these billboards http://tob.hollywood.com/wp-content/uploads/captivitybillboardbigup7.jpg
and:
http://commercial-archive.com/136740.php and then join Hollywood NOW in expression your displeasure.
“If you were deeply disturbed by the recent billboards for the movie Captivity that went up across LA and NY, please help us with this next step.
Although the billboards were taken down, we feel this has given us an opportunity […]
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What an extraordinary treat:
http://www.youtube.com/rawa77
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Missing in Action:
The Peace Movement’s Silence on the Impact of War on Women
by Lucinda Marshall
On March 17 I joined the wonderful surge of patriotic Americans who braved horrendous weather to march from Constitution Gardens to the Pentagon in opposition to the Iraq war. One of the dominant themes of the day in signage, t-shirts […]
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Four Years Ago Today
By Starhawk
March 16, 2007
Four years ago today, I was in Nablus in the Occupied Territories of Palestine, volunteering with the International Solidarity Movement that supports the nonviolent movement among the Palestinians. I was also supporting my friend Neta Golan, an Israeli woman and one of the founders of ISM, now married to […]
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Excerpted from E-Zan from Women’s Forum Against Fundamentalism in Iran
Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:31:02 -0400 (EDT)
E-Zan Newsletter March 15, 2007
“To our readers, For three consecutive years, Iranian women have taken to streets of Tehran and other major cities in Iran to demand more rights and recognition. Making their political presence and voice louder and more […]
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