Category Archives: human rights
I can’t help but say “I told you so” : Diamond Mines and Appropriated Feminism
Red Technopolitics May 26, 2008 Diamond Mines and Appropriated Feminism M Murphy Here’s a new disturbing twist on reproduction/Production and the entanglements of feminisms in global capital. The International Women’s Health Coalition, the New York based transnational feminist NGO that … Continue reading
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The Manifesto Turns 33
On the eve of my 33rd year of life I have nothing profound to say other than I think that this is going to be a good year. Or, to embrace the wisdom of my cousin Sunita, all is good … Continue reading
Filed under activism, brooklyn, friends, human rights, india, nepal, resistance
The manifesto goes audio
I went to India at the end of April and somewhere between Mumbai and rural Jharkand I fell pretty ill. Luckily, I was in Delhi with my good friends when I figured out what it was that I was sick … Continue reading
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The import of democracy: marginalization and conflict
On Monday I’ll be in Nepal attending the Institute for Rights and Development hosted by CREA. I’m looking forward to this though it will take a lot of traveling to get there. (I leave on Saturday morning to go to … Continue reading
Filed under activism, amazing people, human rights, sri lanka
Khmer Rouge trials rolling out… scapegoat?
After living in Cambodia from 2003-2005, I’m not sure how I feel about this and then again, I think it doesn’t matter at all what I think but rather what friends from and in Cambodia think. It was just 2+ … Continue reading
Filed under cambodia, human rights
broadway had to stop to address puerto rico’s aids crisis…
BIG UPS GINA AND EDDIE!!! Acting Up on Broadway By: PAUL SCHINDLER 11/15/2007 With roughly 75 activists and a larger lunchtime crowd looking on, a dozen demonstrators protesting what they say is the federal government’s “neglect” in stepping in … Continue reading
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Pakistan: Musharaf is losing his marbles…
I got this email today from my friend, Rahal Saeed, at Aahung. I have worked with Asma Jahangir but have yet to meet the fabulous woman. Here is an inside account of what’s happening with detentions of human rights activists… … Continue reading
Filed under friends, human rights, pakistan, resistance
Kohlapur Awakening
I was blessed to spend several days last week with my friend, my hero, my colleague and fellow comrade, Meena Seshu in her home in Kohlapur, surrounded by glorious family by blood or by love. The drive from Pune to … Continue reading
Filed under friends, human rights, india, kohlapur, resistance
Thinking of Myanmar
At the moment, I have taken some time to hole away at a generous friend’s home in Jamestown, Rhode Island. She has given me a room that feels right on the water. I am listening to the waves splash over … Continue reading
Filed under human rights, Myanmar, resistance
Dhaka, Bangladesh August 2007
When in Dhaka, one waits and waits and waits. In traffic. I sat next to this bus for about an hour. There was a moment when I felt hope as this man next to me noticed a clearing. But, then … Continue reading
Filed under abortion, Bangladesh, human rights
