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Naiman: Coup Protestor Gang-Raped by Honduran Police
Znet Article, August, 27 2009
Robert Naiman
Naiman's ZSpace page
On Friday, Latin America scholars sent an urgent letter to Human Rights Watch, urging HRW to speak out on violations of human rights under the coup regime in Honduras and to conduct its own investigation. HRW hasn't made any statement about Hondur...
Carlsen: Coup Catalyzes Honduran Women's Movement
Znet Article, August, 26 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
On the morning of June 28, women's organizations throughout Honduras were preparing to promote a yes vote on the national survey to hold a Constitutional Assembly. Then the phone lines started buzzing.
Zirin: Caster Semenya Aint 8 Feet Tall
Znet Article, August, 26 2009
Dave Zirin
Zirin's ZSpace page
If you aspire to be a star woman athlete but have no aspirations to appear in Playboy's Women of the Olympics issue, you are far better off being from South Africa than the United States. The Western media's handling of the story of Caster Semenya...
Harvey: Many Different Enemies: Afghan Women Fight for Their Country
Znet Article, August, 26 2009
Ryan Harvey
Harvey's ZSpace page
As the government of Afghanistan, under the watchful eye of Washington, prepared for its second national election since the U.S. invasion of 2001, we sat down with Shazia, a Kabul resident and member of the powerful organization RAWA, the Revoluti...
Brodsky: Gender Profiling Hurts Our National Health Care
Znet Article, August, 25 2009
Linda Brodsky
Brodsky's ZSpace page
On August 26, we celebrate Women's Equality Day, commemorating the 89th anniversary of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution that gave women the vote in 1920.
Zirin: Caster Semenya and the Idiocy of Sex Testing
Znet Article, August, 22 2009
Dave Zirin
Zirin's ZSpace page
World-class South African athlete Caster Semenya, age 18, won the 800 meters in the International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships on August 19. But her victory was all the more remarkable in that she was forced to run amid...
Capdevila: Indigenous People Troubled by U.S. Military Presence
Znet Article, August, 20 2009
Gustavo Capdevila
Capdevila's ZSpace page
The head of Colombia's biggest association of indigenous people is concerned that allowing U.S. troops to use military bases in his country will signal a regression to former times when the United States exercised control over Latin America, while...
Hutzler: Artist Dedicates Herself to Lost Women of Juarez
Znet Article, August, 18 2009
Kayla Hutzler
Hutzler's ZSpace page
NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)--More than 400 women have been murdered in the Mexican border city of Juarez in the past 15 years. While authorities have done little to identify these women or their killers, Andrea Arroyo, a Manhattan-based artist, is dete...
Winter: The Sport of Feminist-Bashing
Znet Article, August, 17 2009
James Winter
Winter's ZSpace page
It's been a busy summer of feminist-bashing at CanWest, Canada's largest newspaper publisher.
Ireland: Pioneers With Pens
Znet Article, August, 14 2009
Doug Ireland
Ireland's ZSpace page
Book review of PRE-GAY L.A.: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT FOR HOMOSEXUAL RIGHTS by C. Todd White
Cattan: Mexican Women Activists Put Reforms Under the Gun
Znet Article, August, 10 2009
Nacha Cattan
Cattan's ZSpace page
Mexico's federal government in 2007 passed a domestic violence law to protect victims, created a national anti-violence commission and appointed a special prosecutor to rein in gender abuse.
Mohideen: Socialist Feminist Revival
Znet Article, August, 09 2009
Reihana Mohideen
Mohideen's ZSpace page
There is a revival of socialist feminism in Latin America, spearheaded by the Venezuelan and Cuban revolutions.
Hollibaugh: Going for Broke
Znet Article, August, 08 2009
Amber Hollibaugh
Hollibaugh's ZSpace page
In the early days of the epidemic, gay men and a few lesbian, bisexual and transgender activists gathered together in cities across the U.S. to seriously discuss what we would do if our government decided to require mandatory HIV testing. If peop...
Hari: Malalai Joya
Znet Article, August, 06 2009
Johann Hari
Hari's ZSpace page
"Dust has been thrown into the eyes of the world by your governments. You have not been told the truth. The situation now is as catastrophic as it was under the Taliban for women. Your governments have replaced the fundamentalist rule of the Talib...
Suggett: Post-Sexist Society
Znet Article, August, 05 2009
James Suggett
Suggett's ZSpace page
This essay is an effort to look beyond the struggle to resist, critique, and understand sexist oppression, and articulate a revolutionary vision for specifically how we wish to structure a new society that nurtures and sustains healthy gender r...
Suggett: Venezuelan Same Sex Union
Znet Article, July, 21 2009
James Suggett
Suggett's ZSpace page
Mérida, July 15th 2009 (Venezuelanalysis.com) -- The public debate over a law proposal in the Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) that would legalize same-sex civil unions intensified this week, as Venezuela's Episcopal Church publicly condemned th...
Jensen: Romantic Love?
Znet Article, July, 21 2009
Robert Jensen
Jensen's ZSpace page
Cristina Nehring's title marks the problem with her attempt to vindicate love and reclaim romance: Love needs no vindication, and we shouldn't be eager to reclaim the vision of romance she offers - dark and dramatic, tortured and tragic, always a ...
Berkowitz: Next Generation Pro-Life Movement
Znet Article, July, 21 2009
Bill Berkowitz
Berkowitz's ZSpace page
Young people are being trained by militant anti-abortion groups to be informed, media-savvy, publicity-oriented foot soldiers in the battle to outlaw abortion.
Ferguson: Labor, Love, Community and Democracy
Znet Article, July, 19 2009
Ann Ferguson
Ferguson's ZSpace page
To think about a better world, we need to theorize a bit about what is possible, given human nature, as well as what is attainable, given human history.
Peters: Imagining Intimacy, Family, and Sex in a Better World
Znet Article, July, 14 2009
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
Being active in the anti-war movement, supporting eviction blockades in my city, working with youth who are surviving oppressive schools and violence on the streets, I often wonder how I can justify taking the time to imagine what sex, family, gen...
