Toward a World that Works for Everyone
Prue Beckow, 1914-1968 When my Dad slugged my Mom and she fell unconscious, I, a seven-year-old at the time who was himself physically abused, said to myself, “I can’t help you now, Mom. But I will help you some day.” It took another thirty or so years to subdue my Father in my own life. […]
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers! The Mother/Father principle is repeated in almost all species, as far as I know. It reflects the imaginary division between God the Father and God the Mother and is meant to re-focus our attention on them. In some species, like mantises, the female can be violent. In many species […]
The power of a red dress will hopefully inspire reconciliation and safety for Indigenous women By Brandi Morin, Toronto Star, May 4, 2021 https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/05/04/the-power-of-a-red-dress-will-hopefully-inspire-reconciliation-and-safety-for-indigenous-women.html On Wednesday, friends and families of Missing or Murdered Indigenous People will honour their lost loved ones with a lone symbol. May 5 is collectively known as the National Day of […]
By Elisia Seeber, North Shore News, May 2, 2021 https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/unstoppable-squamish-nation-elder-recipient-of-bc-reconciliation-award-xelemilh-doris-paul-3680964 “Incredible” and “unstoppable.” These are just two words that have been used to describe Xele’milh, Doris Paul, an inspirational Squamish Nation Elder and leader who has worked tirelessly for more than a decade for the betterment of her community and to further reconciliation in British […]
www.voiceoffreedom.ca Facts and Figures: Ending Violence Against Women https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/facts-and-figures Availability of data on violence against women and girls has increased significantly in recent years, and data on the prevalence of intimate partner violence is now available for at least 106 countries. Visit our research and data page for more information on why data is critical […]
How One Interior Designer is Helping — with Her Invoices Interior designers typically serve the 1%. Jessica Helgerson wants to turn that on its head. By Aimee Rawlins, Fast Company, February 10th, 2021 https://www.fastcompany.com/90602613/how-one-interior-designer-is-fighting-homelessness-with-her-invoices “The one percent” is most often used as a pejorative, shorthand for elite, out-of-touch vultures who prey on the working class. […]
By Debra Adams Simmons, HISTORY Executive Editor for National Geographic, December 28th, 2020 https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v600000176 Houston’s Chris Williams was terrified when the pandemic began because he feared he would lose his restaurant. He dropped his prices and converted to a takeout spot. Then he turned his attention to those most in need. “We switched up our […]
Remember I said that we keep our books, articles, and databases free – relying instead on your donations – so that a poor African child using a public-library computer could have full access to them? Behold that child. (1) (From 2019) Congo student: ‘I skip meals to buy online data’ Gaius Kowene, BBC News, Kinshasa, […]
Time to do away with “rich” and “poor.” Time to Do Away with the Super Elite Nathan Robinson, Guardian, July 18, 2020 (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/18/ghislaine-maxwell-power-money-elites) Ghislaine Maxwell now sits in a jail cell, after having been denied bail on charges of sexually trafficking minors. Maxwell is alleged to have recruited underage girls for the billionaire pedophile Jeffrey […]
Cathy Buckle, Letters from Zimbabwe, July 10th, 2020 http://cathybuckle.co.zw/zimbabwes-clock-ticking-towards-immense-crisis Dear Family and Friends, On these late winter mornings you don’t have to listen hard to hear Zimbabwe’s clock ticking towards an immense crisis. Civil servants at ground level: teachers, nurses, security personnel, clerical and office workers are barely surviving, earning a basic salary now worth […]
I reported on GAoG the hopes and optimism of the people in Zimbabwe when Mugabe was thrown from power. The situation has gone from bad to worse, the poverty is increasing exponentially but I’m always amazed at the resilience of the people. My daughter, Natasha, visited Zimbabwe in March. Life goes on, the people are […]
Cathy Buckle, Letters from Zimbabwe May 15, 2020 MP dumped in a pit and brutally assaulted Dear Family and Friends, With anxiety and excitement I headed out onto the open road one day this week; everything was in order: travel permit, face mask on, hand sanitizer and gloves at the ready. I had anxiety for […]
Events are happening faster than we can write articles on, so we’re going to change to a format used fairly widely these days – a summary of information with the URL for you to go to and read at more length if you so choose. Some of the subjects are hard to take and so […]
Women leaders are doing a disproportionately great job at handling the pandemic. So why aren’t there more of them? By Leta Hong Fincher, for CNN, April 15, 2020 https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/asia/women-government-leaders-coronavirus-hnk-intl/index.html This is an opinion editorial written by Leta Hong Fincher, the author of “Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China” and “Leftover Women: The Resurgence […]
Coronavirus: When home gets violent under lockdown in Europe Natalie Higgins BBC News, Brussels, April 12, 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52216966 Flags were lowered to half-mast and three days of mourning were declared in the Spanish town of Almassora to mark Carina’s death. In normal times, this community near Valencia would have gathered in silence to remember their […]
