Liberal Opposition Day Motion compels Parliament to investigate missing and murdered Indigenous women By Liberal Party of Canada (Press Release)| Feb. 14, 2013: OTTAWA – Liberals will use a rare opportunity in the House of Commons to bring forward a motion calling on the House of Commons to investigate the crucial
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The Canadian Progressive: Scathing report accuses RCMP of raping, abusing B.C. Aboriginal women
Human Rights Watch report accuses Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers of excessive force, and physical and sexual assault of Aboriginal women and girls in northern British Columbia. By Human Rights Watch | Feb. 13, 2013: OTTAWA – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in northern British Columbia has failed to protect indigenous
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: Violence is almost never an acceptable response. Neither is rationalizing it.
In August 2012, Floyd Lee Corkins entered the Family Research Council (FRC) headquarters and opened fire, injuring a security guard as he was tackled — fortunately, before he could cause any more damage. Periodically, I see people who I otherwise respect trying to dismiss the incident as insignificant, or even
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: In Canada, Indigenous youth fight for rights of women (VIDEO)
by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 3, 2013: Andrea Landry, a member of the Anishinaable people and Youth Executive of the National Association of Friendship Centre in Canada, recently attended a meeting for Indigenous youth at the UN Headquarters in New York. In this interview with UNTV Multimedia Producer, Mary Ferreira,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: DWR PSA Saturday – Men should be offended.
Filed under: Feminism Tagged: DWR PSA Satruday, Men, Rape, Violence
Continue readingLeDaro: American Santa
American Santa Gun violence is pervasive in the United States, with the highest rates of gun violence among western countries. In light of the tragic shootings in Connecticut, the answer of the NRA is NOT sensible gun control, but armed guards. Really? What is inhibiting common sense in American gun
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Slaughtered Children and the Gun Nutz
I'm sure you know how I feel about guns and gun violence. And how I feel about those who hurt children.So you can imagine how I feel about this horror.A heavily armed man opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school Friday leaving 27 dead — including 20 children — and
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Who Is Responsible For Connecticut?
You are. We’re all responsible for Connecticut. All the causes that led up to the tragedy yesterday were known before from other horrible events but we did nothing to prevent them. Days of rational discussion have passed since a gun man shot up a theatre in Colorado, countless debates have
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: A Tragedy
Canada is one country out of 193 and most Canadians currently think we can do nothing about our economy; yet when one person out of seven billion uses a gun to kill we think we know the problem and how to solve it. Either we as a society recognize our
Continue readingSong of the Watermelon: On the Latest School Shooting: Symptoms, Disease, and Gun Control
With every problem, there are symptoms and there is the disease. In the wake of yet another mass shooting in the United States today — this one leaving twenty-seven dead at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school — the disease, clearly, is the culture of violence that pervades the country, and
Continue readingCanadian Progressive: The Revolution Starts At Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities
By South End Press Publisher: South End Press Pages: 368 ISBN: 978-0-89608-794-1 Format: Paperback original Release Date: 2011-05-01 Synopsis: The extent of the violence affecting our communities is staggering. Nearly one in three women in the United States will experience intimate violence in her lifetime. And while intimate violence affects relationships across the sexuality
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Gaza and Western Media – Charlotte Silver
“Since Israel’s brutal 21-day assault on Gaza in the winter of ’08-’09 (dubbed by Israeli politicians as Operation Cast Lead) that led to over 1,400 Palestinian deaths – of which 930 were civilians including many women and children – followed by its deadly raid on a civilian Turkish ship headed to Gaza in June 2010 […]
Dead Wild Roses: The Preservation of Life – AKA Gun Control.
The media is responsible for the people’s erroneous view about guns and violence in society. Good work by CNN to get some facts and information into the debate. “The good news is that as America becomes safer, fewer and fewer Americans feel the need for a weapon. The overall
Continue readingCanadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: Native Women’s Association of Canada announces 7th Annual Ottawa SIS Vigil
The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is pleased to announce the 7th Annual Ottawa Sisters In Spirit Vigil on October 4th 2012. October 4th is a day when we honour the lives of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls and support families who have been tragically touched by the loss
Continue readingCanadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: Alice Walker: Racism, Violence Against Women Are Global Issues (VIDEO)
On the 30th anniversary of the publication of her groundbreaking novel “The Color Purple,” American author, poet and activist Alice Walker sat down with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!, and discussed the novel’s enduring legacy, racism, violence against women, Obama’s presidency and global issues. When Goodman probed her role as
Continue readingCanadian Progressive: Sexism: A Call to Arms for Decent Men
Guys, we have a problem. We are letting way too many boys get into adulthood without actually becoming men. We’re seeing more and more adult males around who are not men.
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: Montreal LGBT couple beaten in Paris
I’ve heard via Michelle Blanc that on the afternoon of Wednesday August 1st, a Montreal trans advocate (who I’ve had the pleasure of meeting) was assaulted with her partner in Paris, in view of the couple’s children. Marie-Ève is with l’association Fierté Montréal Pride and has been active within Montreal’s
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Occupy Movement Call for Global Day of Action: Chalkupy the World!
via Occupy Los Angeles: On July 12th, participants in OccupyLA met to raise awareness for unlawful arrests of activists that had been targeting a lobby group with a stranglehold on power over local and state politics. The activists handed out chalk and shared the story of unlawful arrests and police
Continue readingRedBedHead: Is Gun Control Debate Missing The Point?
The brutal and tragic killing of 12 people in a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado has raised the thorny issue of gun control in an election year. Not surprisingly both Obama and Romney, fearful of being targeted the politically powerful National Rifle Association have dodged the issue and stated that
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Ask General Kang: What do you do when you ask God to smite your enemies, but no smiting ensues?
Ah, you human monkeys and your penchant for violent fiction! Of course, this question has no meaning for me, because I have neither been influenced by the collective delusion you call “God”, nor have I ever asked anyone else to … Continue reading →
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