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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

I reject the US abortion ruling. I vow to defend the sovereignty of women’s bodies | V (formerly Eve Ensler) | The Guardian

I will not ever accept this decision to go back against myself, my body and all the years of our bloodily fought-for freedoms. I know there are multitudes who feel the same. I don’t have the answers but I have questions. I believe in questions.

Will we be passive, obedient followers of unjust laws. Will we be more concerned with formality than justice, acquiesce to corrupt and delegitimised institutions – rather than devotion to conscience and each other?

Will the magnitude of our joining forces catalyse our imaginations, our ferocity and solidarity, and emerge with a collective vision – a series of surprising, successful actions?

Will we finally agree to understand that the struggle for abortion rights is the struggle against white supremacy, is the struggle to end gender oppression and patriarchy, so that we stand by each other when they come to each of our doors?

Will we finally be able to release our self-delusions, which have obscured the supreme court’s historically racist and inherently patriarchal practices, and stop turning our lives and will over to these institutions run mainly by white men who work against the majority, the vulnerable and oppressed?

Will we trust our bodies and defend their sovereignty against church and state?

Will this be the moment when we finally come to celebrate that not one of us has the answer or will ever write the definitive piece, but when we choose to line up side by side in the same direction with the uniqueness each of us has to offer, the way forward will be revealed?

Is this the moment we’ve been waiting for?

Is it called Revolution?

Could it happen with love?

Source: I reject the US abortion ruling. I vow to defend the sovereignty of women’s bodies | V (formerly Eve Ensler) | The Guardian

Women accused of illegal abortions in England and Wales after miscarriages and stillbirths | Abortion | The Guardian

Women in England and Wales who have suffered miscarriages or stillbirths are being investigated by police on suspicion of having illegal abortions, with some forced to hand over their phones and laptops for invasive “digital strip searches”.

In one case in 2021, a 15-year-old girl who had an unexplained early stillbirth was subjected to a year-long criminal investigation that saw her text messages and search history examined. Police dropped the case after a coroner concluded the pregnancy ended because of natural causes.

The teenager was investigated under the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, which says it is unlawful to procure a miscarriage using “poison”, “an instrument” or “other means whatsoever”, and that those found guilty can be jailed for life.

Source: Women accused of illegal abortions in England and Wales after miscarriages and stillbirths | Abortion | The Guardian

Adele performs first public concert in five years – BBC News

Adele told fans she was “so happy” to be back on stage at the start of her first public concert for five years.

The pop superstar’s composure momentarily cracked as she took in the huge audience in London’s Hyde Park during the opening lines of Hello.

She quickly resumed singing and went on to play a crowd-pleasing two-hour set for 65,000 fans in her home city.

Source: Adele performs first public concert in five years – BBC News

A Chilling Tweet

Filosofa's Word

There are probably no more than five Republicans sitting in Congress today who are deserving of the honour of representing We the People, and of the new ones currently seeking a seat in Congress, not a single one is qualified.  And yet, their lies and wild conspiracy theories have gained them a following and there is a possibility that Republicans will gain a majority in one or possibly both chambers of Congress next year.  That, in and of itself should make intelligent people of good conscience more determined than ever to overcome the barriers and get out to vote, take their neighbors to the polls, volunteer as a poll worker … whatever it takes to keep Republicans out of Congress.  I have never been a member of either party, have always been an Independent, but I’ve never felt as affiliated, even if unofficially, with a party as I do the…

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Roe’s Collapse Means Everything is Up for Grabs

What’s worse, is that Justice Clarence Thomas explicitly called for overturning several of these substantive due process cases in his opinion, including Obergefell v. HodgesGriswold v. Connecticut, and Lawrence v. Texas.

It’s hard to stress the importance of each of these cases. Obergefell guaranteed the constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Griswold gave us the right to access contraceptives. And Lawrence made it unconstitutional to criminalize sex between people of the same sex.

Source: Roe’s Collapse Means Everything is Up for Grabs

¡DEVOLVER LA TIERRA AHORA! « La tierra para los Indígenas no tiene valor comercial, como en el sentido privado de propiedad civil. Es una relación de identidad, que incluye espiritualidad y existencia, y se puede decir que no hay comunidad Indígena sin tierra »

Barbara Crane Navarro

‘Arrancaron nuestras hojas

rompió nuestras ramas

cortar nuestros baúles

Pero se olvidaron de arrancar nuestras raíces ‘

Y hoy luchamos por la vida. Todavía no entienden.

¡Pero es cierto que los pueblos Indígenas están en peligro de desaparecer!

¡Gracias por mantenerte alerta y movilizado! ¡NO al « Marco Temporal »!

« Los derechos Indígenas están en riesgo en Brasil, como nunca antes en la historia. Los pueblos Indígenas ahora son perseguidos en nuestro país por un presidente que articula el desmantelamiento total de nuestros derechos. »

– Emerson Pataxó

En un caso judicial histórico que se presentó por primera vez en 2017, solo votaron dos jueces. El caso ha sido pospuesto varias veces a lo largo de los años…

El ministro de la Suprema Corte Federal, Edson Fachin, votó a favor de rechazar el «marco temporal» ya favor de los derechos de los pueblos Indígenas.

Fachin dijo: «No hay mayor…

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