All posts by nedhamson

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

Trump the Traitor by Bernard-Henri Lévy – Project Syndicate

The implications of Trump’s election would be truly terrifying. The problem would not only be his vulgarity, sexism, racism, and defiant ignorance. It would be his possible infidelity to America itself. The party of Eisenhower and Reagan has been commandeered by a corrupt demagogue who betrays not only his country’s ideals, but also its fundamental national interest.

Source: Trump the Traitor by Bernard-Henri Lévy – Project Syndicate

Dear Politicians, Please Shut Up About Hacking and Chopping Rapists. Do Some Actual Work to Ensure Women’s Safety Instead – The Ladies Finger

When politicians make noisy bombastic statements about killing rapists, it’s a neat little diversion from work. How do you create environments in which women can report rape, be safe after reporting, stay secure and strong during trials, and create conditions in which rape trials can be sensitive? All of this is hard work and requires more effort than simply hanging someone. It requires challenging existing laws that are biased against women; it requires making changes in the educational system by introducing sex education and sensitising young adults and children; it requires us, and especially politicians, to stop moral policing women, a task that requires a little more than gruesome solutions such as “cutting the hands and legs of rapists”.So if you don’t mind, Raj Thackeray and the rest of you, don’t give speeches and demand blood in our names. Call us after you’ve done some work.

Source: Dear Politicians, Please Shut Up About Hacking and Chopping Rapists. Do Some Actual Work to Ensure Women’s Safety Instead – The Ladies FingerThe Ladies Finger

Mimi Writes…….: How To Grow a Nation

My life isn’t perfect. Our world isn’t either.But I’ll keep planting.And digging.And getting my hands dirty.And tending my own garden.Because when I find myself planting seeds in window-boxes in the silence of the hot southern sun or during a snowy inaugural walk, I feel a growing in my own soul. And a voice with the deepest strongest wisdom of all saying…”Just plant, Mimi. Plant.”

Source: Mimi Writes…….: How To Grow a Nation

DNC’s 102-year-old delegate thrilled to see woman nominated – video | US news | The Guardian

Jerry Emmett, 102, was just six years old when women were given the right to vote. She said that was very much on her mind when she helped cast a ballot to nominate Hillary Clinton for president on Tuesday. Emmett, the honorary chairwoman of the Arizona Democratic delegation, said despite her flagging energy levels, she was thrilled to be at the convention

Source: DNC’s 102-year-old delegate thrilled to see woman nominated – video | US news | The Guardian

Critics of ‘Military Impunity’ Take On Indian-Administered Kashmir · Global Voices

The Indian writer Arundhati Roy argues that his country is in denial about the Kashmiri people’s freedom—its azadi.While we denounce—as we must—the gunning down of unarmed protesters by the security forces, the attacks on ambulances and hospitals by policemen, and the blinding of teenagers with pellet guns, we have to keep in mind that the real debate cannot only be about the violation of human rights by Indian security forces in the Kashmir valley. Egregious though they are, those violations are the consequence—the inevitable and unavoidable consequence—of the militaristic suppression of a people’s struggle for freedom. Kashmiris are not fighting for the establishment of the rule of law or an end to human rights violations. They are fighting for azadi. For this, they are prepared to face down bullets with stones. For this, they are prepared to die in numbers.

Source: Critics of ‘Military Impunity’ Take On Indian-Administered Kashmir · Global Voices

Israeli Forces demolish home with Palestinian man inside it – PNN

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Wednesday dawn have demolished a home in Surif town north of Hebron with a Palestinian man in it amid intense clashes that lasted for hours.The Israeli army said that the man who was killed is a Palestinian resistance fighter named Mohammed Al-Faqih, whose body was pulled out of the ruins of his home.Eyewitnesses said that Israeli Forces were  calling on Al-Faqih to surrender before they fired 11 anti-tank missiles on the house and demolitshing it.Israeli authorities claim that Mohammed is responsible for the shooting near Otniel illegal settlement which left one rabbi dead and three others injured earlier this month.

Source: Israeli Forces demolish home with Palestinian man inside it – PNN

Trump invites Russia to meddle in the U.S. presidential race with Clinton’s emails – The Washington Post

The candidate and several of his top advisers have business connections to Russia. Campaign chairman Paul Manafort has made millions of dollars in business deals with pro-Russia oligarchs as well as advised the Putin-aligned president of Ukraine whose 2014 ouster triggered Russia’s intervention there.

Source: Trump invites Russia to meddle in the U.S. presidential race with Clinton’s emails – The Washington Post

Bernie Sanders’ Former Staffer: “No One Stole the Election From Us” | Mother Jones

But after Sanders’ attempt to rally support for Clinton this morning led to boos and protests, Sanders’ former national press secretary, Symone D. Sanders, took to Twitter to reject notions that the senator had been cheated. “I worked there,” she tweeted. “No one stole the election from us.”

Source: Bernie Sanders’ Former Staffer: “No One Stole the Election From Us” | Mother Jones