January 2012
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In case anyone is interested because I'm... →
mohandasgandhi:
And there you have it.
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CloseGITMO: 20K Signatures + 10 Days = White House...
darling80m:
I don’t know how effective this will be but I always see these petitions on tumblr and they get massive signatures for saving the internet and shit.
But this is promising, from an email I got from the Center for Constitutional Rights:
Dear CCR Supporter,
Sign the petition to the White House calling for President Obama to keep his promise to close Guantánamo. If we reach 25,000...
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bell hooks - Feminism Is For Everybody (free... →
bitterbuffalo:
UMM YES! This is like 19£ on Amazon. I love you internet.
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White privilege: Being white, speaking about racism, and being taken more...
– BILLY BIALOTA (via fatmolly)
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Aboriginal rights protesters surround Australian... →
so-treu:fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
CANBERRA — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was dragged away by security guards Thursday after she was trapped in a restaurant by rowdy protesters demonstrating for indigenous rights following a ceremony to mark Australia’s national day.
Some 200 supporters of Aboriginal rights surrounded a Canberra restaurant and banged on its windows while Gillard and...
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How Bradley Manning's Fate Will Be Decided
leftish:
The soldier accused of giving files to WikiLeaks will likely face a court-martial — an expert explains how it works.
This week, Bradley Manning came one step closer to being tried for allegedly leaking a trove of secret American cables to WikiLeaks when a military officer made the formal recommendation that Manning should face a court-martial on 22 criminal charges.
One of the...
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Ecuador will shut down "ex-gay" clinics →
gaywrites:
Ecuador’s government recently announced that it would shut down clinics where LGBT people were tortured to “cure” them of their homosexuality. From the Advocate:
AllOut.org co-founder Andre Bank credited “courageous LGBT and women’s rights activists in Ecuador, and supporters around the world who helped elevate this national scandal to global prominence.” AllOut and Change.org...
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nextian:
Guys, ACTA does not go into effect tomorrow, nor is a vote happening tomorrow. While the petition on AccessNow is, I’m sure, an extremely impressive benchmark (100,000, guys, we did it!) we don’t need 100,000 signatures or 150,000 or whatever number they’ll adjust it to when they hit 150,000 (as they should, because they’re trying to drum up support, and numbers breed urgency.)
On...
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To define racism only through extreme groups and their extreme acts is akin to...
– Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer in What is Racial Domination? (via kidonacloud)
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