Category — News and politics

An Open Letter to All Feminists: Statement of Solidarity with Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim Women Facing War and Occupation
by Piya Chatterjee and Sunaina Maira
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/cm130308.html
As feminists and people of conscience, we call for solidarity with Palestinian women in Gaza suffering due to the escalating military attacks that Israel turned into an open war on civilians. This [...]

Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness
Washington, DC
March 20-23, 2008
www.SplitThisRock.org
info@splitthisrock.org
Split This Rock Poetry Festival calls poets to a greater role in public life and fosters a national network of activist poets. Building the audience for poetry of provocation and witness from our home in the nation’s capital, we celebrate poetic diversity [...]

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/53
 The above is a link to a speaker on environmental activism, gentrification, and its impact on communities of color. It’s very, very good.

EDGEWORKS Dance Theater
Open Call for Discussion Groups
Are You Interested In Participating In An EDT Project On Gender,
Sexuality, And Spirituality?
EDGEWORKS Dance Theater’s Founder & Artistic Director Helanius J.
Wilkins recently launched the determining factor– a work focused on
gender, sexuality and spirituality; and that will be the result of
community collaboration.
The research and development of this work includes organizing [...]

Check out the new Split This Rock Blog, Blog This Rock! It is edited/curated by Peter Montgomery and will showcase exciting work at the intersection of poetry and social change from all over the country. Building toward Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness, March 20-23, 2008, Blog This Rock will be [...]

The Democrats want to expand US hate crime legislation to include crimes based on sexual orientation and gender identity and those women things, but Bush will veto it because such protection is "unnecessary".
First, let me criticize my supposed allies. In every report I’ve read of this, it’s all about gay rights. In other words, knowing [...]

By linking to Pandagon’s excellent coverage of Don Imus’ recent slur against the Rutgers women’s basketball team, I don’t have to repeat what he actually said or link to any mainstream news sources. (UPDATE: I just found the best piece of Don Imus coverage yet.)
I just want to point out that you can’t buy publicity [...]