Category Archives: Women’s Rights

Chevron’s Worst Year Ever, Episode 5: Nigeria

Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 by cherylmeeker

By Rebecca Tarbotton, Rainforest Action Network, Executive Director / reposted from SFGate / originally posted May 28, 2012 This has been one of the worst years ever for Chevron. From it’s ongoing massive legal losses in Ecuador, to offshore disasters … Continue reading →

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Capitalism: A Ghost Story

Posted on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 by cherylmeeker

by Arundhati Roy Re-posted from Outlook India Rockefeller to Mandela, Vedanta to Anna Hazare…. How long can the cardinals of corporate gospel buy up our protests? Is it a house or a home? A temple to the new India, or … Continue reading →

Posted in art, AUSTERITY, CAPITALISM, COLONIALISM, CONSUMERISM, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, EMPIRE, EMPLOYMENT, ENVIRONMENT, imperialism, OCCUPY!, Women's Rights | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Capitalism and Loneliness: Why Pornography Is a Multibillion-Dollar Industry

Posted on Monday, January 16, 2012 by cherylmeeker

By: Harriet Fraad and Tess Fraad Wolff Re-posted from Truthout | Op-Ed  Massive social changes in the US labor force and in commerce have transformed the economy and powerfully affected personal relationships. Since 1970, we have changed from being a … Continue reading →

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Women Help Promote a Just Global Economy

Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 by Eliza

Anasuya Sengupta Wednesday, September 14, 2011 SF GATE In the countryside of war-torn Mindanao in the southern Philippines, a group of indigenous female farmers have opened their own organic produce store. Even as they try to improve their own health … Continue reading →

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IMPACT OF WAR & CONFLICT SPENDING ON WOMEN & POVERTY

Posted on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 by Eliza

Panel on Women-Poverty-Crises-Human Rights United Nations Human Rights Council 17 3 June 2011 IMPACT OF WAR & CONFLICT SPENDING ON WOMEN & POVERTY Beatrice Fihn, Reaching Critical Will – WILPF www.reachingcriticalwill.org According to the new report released by Stockholm International … Continue reading →

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