Category Archives: activism

Acti­vism

I Don’t Want To Go Among Mad People

Late after­noon briefs (not the kind per­pe­tually at war with boxers). In other words, what the heck am I doing besi­des obses­sing about health reform.
Pos­ted at Hell on Earth, but worth a men­tion here, is a Suda­nese Woman’s willing­ness to take a flog­ging in order to change things.
Lubna Ahmed Hus­sein, a jour­na­list wor­king for

Well Ya Know, We All Want to Change the World

First things first. I’m inc­re­dibly dis­tur­bed at the rude­ness of the peo­ple who repai­red my windshield glass. They were sup­po­sed to be here yes­ter­day. After class I sped to the office to pick up some work, came home, and wai­ted for the fixers. They are mobile and were sup­po­sed to be here bet­ween 1PM

Silence is the Enemy

A rare cross pos­ting from Dar­fur: An Unfor­gi­va­ble Hell on Earth.
There is clearly a debate as to whether all publi­city is good publi­city. We won’t get into that here, but I lean on the side of usually, with excep­tions. “Silence is Not Gol­den”. As I’ve writ­ten about the situa­tion in the Congo here many

Dark Secrets, Lavena Johnson’s Story Gets Some Coverage in Australia

Lavena John­son. I haven’t writ­ten of her case in some time because, des­pite all the con­gres­sio­nal hea­rings late last year on the issue of sexual assault in the mili­tary, her case has never been spe­ci­fi­cally addres­sed, and the case has yet to be reo­pe­ned. A new pre­si­dent was elec­ted, and so on and so forth.