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FILM / ‘Milk’ : The Man Who Set America Straight About Gay Rights
Sean Penn stars as Harvey Milk in the Hollywood biopic. Photo from Getty Images.The release of a Hollywood biopic about Harvey Milk, America’s first openly gay elected politician, could not be more timely.By Guy Adams / October 30, 2008 Video: … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Rights, Film, Gay Liberation, Gay Rights, Harvey Milk, Homophobia, Human Rights, San Francisco, Sean Penn
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El Salvador : Human Rights Abuses and the Role of the US Government
This mural of the “four churchwomen” is one of many in El Salvador that honors the martyrs who were killed while peacefully advocating for human rights during El Salvador’s violent Civil War. The churchwomen were asassinated by the National Guard … Continue reading
Orlando Homeless Win Big Victory in Federal Court
City ordinance that limited size of homeless feedings linked to gentrification effortsBy Jay D. Jurie / The Rag Blog / September 27, 2008 ORLANDO — The City of Orlando, in keeping with corporate dominance by theme park and other business … Continue reading
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Tagged Federal Courts, Homeless, Human Rights, MDS, Orlando, Poverty, SDS
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Our Cultural Divide : California’s Battle over Gay Marriage
Film star Brad Pitt has donated more than $100,000 to oppose a California referendum seeking to ban gay marriages. Photo by AP.Combatants in the fight have contributed millions of dollars to prepare for an all-out confrontationSeptember 16, 2008 The stakes … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Human Rights, Proposition 8
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Another Episode of Bringing Democracy to Iraq
Karkh juvenile prison in 2004. The prison currently holds 315 children, while its capacity is 250. Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFPInmates tell of sexual abuse and beatings in Iraq’s overcrowded juvenile prison systemBy Jonathan Steele / September 8 2008 BAGHDAD — Hundreds … Continue reading
Angola : Slavery Haunts America’s Plantation Prisons
Prisoners picking cotton at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. Photo by William Albert Allard / National Geographic.‘It’s not even really a metaphor for slavery. Slavery is what’s going on’By Maya Schenwar / August 28, 2008 On an expanse of 18,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Angola, Human Rights, Involuntary Servitude, Louisiana, Prisons, Slavery, Texas
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Palestinian Travel to US: Can You Say Hypocrisy?
Palestinian Fulbright scholars Zuhair Abu Shaaban, 24, second from right, Osama Daoud, 25, third from right, and Fidaa Abed 23, fourth from right, wait to cross the Erez Border crossing between Israel and Gaza Strip in order to meet U.S. … Continue reading
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Tagged Human Rights, Palestine, Palestinian Blockade, U.S. Government
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Do No Harm : The Complicity of Psychologists in Cheney-Bush Torture Program
Psychologist protesting APA complicity in torture in 2007.APA pressured to take a stand… ‘Psychologists have been identified as key figures in the design and conduct of abuses against detainees in US custody’by Meteor Blades / August 12, 2008 Unlike the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Ghraib, Bush Presidency, Criminal Justice, Detention, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Medical Ethics, Medicine, Psychologists, Torture
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Worldwide Protests On Eve of China Olympics
Tibetans protest in India ahead of Olympics.Demonstrations ‘pressure Beijing over its rule of Tibet and heavily Muslim Xinjiang province, the arrests of dissidents, Internet censorship and concerns about Chinese foreign policy’August 8, 2008 PARIS – Police banned demonstrations outside the … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Human Rights, Olympics, Protest, Social Action, Sport, The World, Tibet
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Texas Death Row : Those Who Are About to Die
Photo courtesy of the Wood Family / Austin Chronicle.Your Texas death machine gets rolling once againBy Jordan Smith / August 1, 2008 A Nation of Laws? José Medellín.Scheduled for Execution Aug. 5: José Medellín There is no doubt that the … Continue reading
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Tagged Capital Punishment, Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Texas, Texas Death Row
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Iranian Women : Fighting Back
Iranian women. Image: public domain. See Iranian women: A force to be reckoned with, by Talajeh Livani, below. ‘Death by stoning’: Save Kobra NajjarBy Catherine Price / July 30, 2008 Her name makes her sound like a bit like a … Continue reading
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Tagged Human Rights, International Law, Iran, Islam, Islamic Law, Sexual Abuse, Stoning, Women
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Amnesty International : China Using Olympics As ‘Pretext’ For Crackdown
A Chinese paramilitary policeman tries to block photos being taken outside the Olympic Stadium. Photo by AFP.Repression of ‘human rights defenders, journalists and lawyers has intensified’ July 29, 2008 HONG KONG – China is using the Beijing Olympics as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Amnesty International, China, Civil Liberties, Human Rights, Olympics, Sport
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