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Webバージョン  |  アップデート設定  |  登録解除 いいね ツイート 転送 http://endofsecrets.blogspot.com Finding Strength In The Extraordinary Ordinary Posted by jacob on 2 December, 2012 Lucinda Marshall For more than ten years now, I have devoted the overwhelming majority of my work as a writer and activist to shining a light on the many heinous guises of misogyny, especially on the impact violence has on women’s lives, and also on efforts to stop that violence and to empower women. read more For United States and China, Mutually Assured Inaction at UN Climate Summit Posted by jacob on 2 December, 2012 Janet Redman The 2012 UN climate negotiations are not expected to be a breakthrough moment in solving the unfolding ecological crisis, but these talks will set the course for a future deal that countries have agreed will enter into force by 2020. What’s at stake is more than a little overwhelming. read more A New Face of the New Labor Movement Posted by jacob on 2 December, 2012 Laura Gottesdiener For Mahoma Lopez, a long-time restaurant worker in New York City, it came down to a decision between fight and flight. Last fall, his boss at the cafe on the Upper East Side where Lopez had worked for years began cutting hours and screaming at his employees, withholding overtime pay and threatening to fire anyone who complained. Being Mexican-born and with halting English, Lopez had been in this position before. read more Balancing Our Ties to the Past with Responsibility to the Future Posted by jacob on 2 December, 2012 Caroline Arnold The Kent community has been divided as downtown commercial redevelopment orphaned an 1858 Greek Revival house, the Wells-Sherman House. Plans were made to move it to a vacant lot on N. Water St. with large trees and improvised gardens and play areas, that has been used for 20 years by Standing Rock Cultural Arts (artists and people committed to building community through the arts) as a venue for performances, gardens, and displays. read more The Wealthy Like Redistribution – Their Way Posted by jacob on 2 December, 2012 John M. Repp Republicans and corporate media are always talking about taxing the rich as “redistribution of wealth” as if the capitalist economy is not itself a great redistribution engine. In its normal workings, capitalism redistributes the money and labor of poor and working people to the rich. read more Manning Up: The Just Actions of a ‘Fan of Sunshine’ Posted by jacob on 2 December, 2012 Randall Amster Whatever one’s views about his alleged actions, you would need a pretty hard shell not to be moved by the case of Bradley Manning. Hero to some, traitor to others, this diminutive soldier has endured an unprecedented level of mistreatment, languishing in a largely incommunicado pretrial state for more than two years and facing repeated episodes of humiliation and degradation. read more This Week in Poverty: A Wake-Up Call on Housing and Homelessness Posted by jacob on 2 December, 2012 Greg Kaufmann “They tweet and they titter. They chat and they chitter. But the bear snores on.”       —from Bear Snores On read more Badwill Ambassador: Honorary Chair of Israeli Fund for UNICEF Wants Palestinian Children to “Suffer” Posted by jacob on 2 December, 2012 Ali Abunimah Palestinian rights campaigners are demanding the removal of Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes from the position of honorary chairwoman of the Israeli Fund for UNICEF, the United Nations’ Children’s Fund, over racist and violent comments she has made. read more US Ending the War in Afghanistan? It Depends on the Meaning of the Word ‘War’ Posted by jacob on 2 December, 2012 Dave Lindorff It is amazing to watch politicians trying to weasel their way around their promises. President Obama is providing us with a good illustration of the art.Afghan National Army soldiers undergoing training by a U.S. contractor at Camp Leatherneck on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province, May 19, 2011. (Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images) read more Cyber Safety by Design: Red Hood Project Demands Action Posted by jacob on 2 December, 2012 Raffi Cavoukian Sandy Garossino In October 2012, British Columbia teen Amanda Todd ended her life after suffering intolerable bullying triggered by a sexual predator who found and blackmailed her through Facebook. Millions were outraged. We were too. We are social media enthusiasts who care deeply about protecting vulnerable young users in the cyber woods from the predators out to get them.Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA read more 登録変更 | 登録解除

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