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Goodman: Two Standards of Detention
Znet Article, July, 14 2009
Amy Goodman
Goodman's ZSpace page
Scott Roeder, the anti-abortion zealot charged with killing Dr. George Tiller, has been busy. He called the Associated Press from the Sedgwick County Jail in Kansas, saying, “I know there are many other similar events planned around the country ...
Suggett: Venezuela’s Homemakers Union: An Interview with Founder and Coordinator Lizardi Prada
Znet Article, July, 12 2009
James Suggett
Suggett's ZSpace page
In this interview Lizardi Prada gives insight into the fight for women's rights in the Venezuelan context. Prada speaks about the union's creation and day-to-day functioning, it's agenda for homemakers' rights, it's relationship to the Catholic Ch...
Kolhatkar: Why Is a Leading Feminist Organization Lending Its Name to Support Escalation in Afghanistan?
Znet Article, July, 10 2009
Sonali Kolhatkar
Kolhatkar's ZSpace page
Years ago, following the initial military success of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the temporary fall of the Taliban, the people of Afghanistan were promised that the occupying armies would rebuild the country and improve life for the Afgha...
Zirin: Sexism on Centre Court
Znet Article, July, 09 2009
Dave Zirin
Zirin's ZSpace page
On Saturday, at Wimbledon's Centre Court, Serena and Venus Williams extended their generational dominance of women's tennis in electric fashion. They went head to head for the twenty-first time and Serena took an 11-10 lead in their sibling rivalr...
Gardner: Countries 'Wasting Money and Blood' in Afghanistan
Znet Article, July, 07 2009
Sophia Gardner
Gardner's ZSpace page
A politician who has been described as "the bravest woman in Afghanistan" says that military intervention is not the way to find democracy in the war-torn county.
Gemie: BURQA BLUES: a French Soap Opera
Znet Article, July, 02 2009
Sharif Gemie
Gemie's ZSpace page
It’s often said that there’s nothing but repeats on television. Sarkozy is taking this logic into the political sphere, and has authorized the revival of a highly popular soap opera, first produced by Jacques Chirac. The plot concerns a group ...
Acosta: Mariela Castro's Hopes for Cuba
Znet Article, July, 02 2009
Dalia Acosta
Acosta's ZSpace page
Recognized for her work in defense of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transvestites and transsexuals, Mariela Castro EspÃÂn advocates a form of socialism that is more just, dialectical, inclusive, and especially, participative.
Harris: Anarchists Go to Church
Znet Article, July, 02 2009
Rebecca Harris
Harris's ZSpace page
Backed by lawyers from the right-wing Alliance Defense Fund, a Michigan church is using a law pioneered by pro-choice activists to seek damages, legal fees and a federal injunction against demonstrators who disrupted a church service.
Hayden: Redesigning the American Dream
Zmag Article, July, 01 2009
Dolores Hayden
Hayden's ZSpace page
Feminism, domestic space, and the built environment
Zirin: Who will break the glass closet?
Znet Article, July, 01 2009
Dave Zirin
Zirin's ZSpace page
As the movement for marriage equality and gay liberation gains momentum, we should peer with heightened expectation toward the world of sports. Yes, sports. Every movement for civil rights over the past century has seen the struggle for equality r...
Wolf: The Gay Divorcée
Zmag Article, July, 01 2009
Sukey Wolf
Wolf's ZSpace page
Marriage as a socially conservative institution
Bronski: "Opposite Marriage"
Zmag Article, July, 01 2009
Michael Bronski
Bronski's ZSpace page
Carrie Prejean, Anita Bryant, and same sex marriage
McIntosh: What Would Buffy Do? Notes on Dusting Edward Cullen
Znet Article, July, 01 2009
McIntosh
McIntosh's ZSpace page
Buffy vs Edward is essentially a remixed video answer to the question “What Would Buffy Do?†My re-imagined story was specifically constructed as a response to Edward, and what his behavior represents in our larger social context for both men ...
Berkowitz: Targeting Planned Parenthood
Zmag Article, July, 01 2009
Bill Berkowitz
Berkowitz's ZSpace page
Lila Rose's sneak attack on abortion rights
Ireland: A Truly Queer History
Znet Article, June, 26 2009
Doug Ireland
Ireland's ZSpace page
Tommi Avicolli Mecca draws together witnesses from an age of liberation
Pollitt: Women's Rights and the Mullahs
Znet Article, June, 26 2009
Katha Pollitt
Pollitt's ZSpace page
The massive participation by women in Iran's street demonstrations is surprising only if you accept the mullahs' view of women as weak and passive vessels.
Baroud: Beyond Politics: People for Sale in Hungry World
Znet Article, June, 26 2009
Ramzy Baroud
Baroud's ZSpace page
One might be tempted to dismiss the recent findings of the US State Department on human trafficking as largely political. But do not be too hasty.
Jensen: What does it mean to be a human being? Balancing theological and political insights
Commentary, June, 20 2009
Robert Jensen
Jensen's ZSpace page
My first venture into political activism was in the feminist movement to end men's violence against women and men's use of women in the sexual-exploitation industries (stripping, pornography, prostitution), grounded in a critique of the underlying...
Baute: How Did 100,000,000 Women Disappear?
Znet Article, June, 10 2009
Nicole Baute
Baute's ZSpace page
Two researchers crunching population statistics have confirmed an unsettling reality. Siwan Anderson and Debraj Ray noticed the ratio of women to men in developing regions and in some cultures is suspiciously below the norm.
Bronski: STONEWALL was a riot
Znet Article, June, 09 2009
Michael Bronski
Bronski's ZSpace page
Stonewall needs to be understood in the context of the 60s.
