Category Archives: human rights

Pushing Limits – Disability and Seniors

Eddie Ytuarte speaks to Jessica Lehman,
executive director of Seniors and Disability
Action in S. F. about the intersection between
the disability community and senior
communities.  Tune in for Pushing Limits
on Friday, Nov. 7 at 2:30 pm.

Ms Lehman is a strong disability activist and
this wide-ranging conversation will discuss
topics like In Home Support Services (IHSS),
what older folks and people with disabilities
have in common, labor unions, and the outlook
for disabled activism.

How about that aborted effort by SEIU to get
its IHSS training initiative on the California ballot?

What was that all about?!?!

Senior and Disability Action
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Standing in the Firing Squad: An Interview with Brianna Wu

The culprit is obvious. It’s male privilege. And, if there is a mecca of male privilege, it’s gamedev.

It’s filled with men that frequently harbor resentment towards women they don’t understand. While they intellectually feel we should be here, they unconsciously assume it’s their space and that their comfort is paramount. There’s no way to describe it but really, really shitty. I think we all address it in our own way. I try to make it better by never taking any shit, and speaking up on this stuff. I don’t accept excuses. That’s not going to work for everyone, but I think I’m helping make it better.

via Standing in the Firing Squad: An Interview with Brianna Wu.

Protesters Descend on Mexico City to Demand Action for Missing Ayotzinapa Students · Global Voices

Tens of thousands of people marched from the presidential palace to Mexico City’s main plaza to demand the safe return of 43 missing education students and protest the regional government’s role in their disappearance along with the president’s inefficient response to the crime.

Organizers said 120,000 people participated in the Global Day of Action for Ayotzinapa in the city, organized by various Mexican student groups, while police counted 60,000. Protesters’ cries for justice reached every corner of Mexico and the world; news site Revolucion 3.0 described the demonstration as possibly “the largest condemnation march in history” and shared an audiovisual gallery with minute-to-minute updates of the movement.

via Protesters Descend on Mexico City to Demand Action for Missing Ayotzinapa Students · Global Voices.

US airstrikes hit Nusra Front in Syria | News | DW.DE | 06.11.2014

Slopes getting slippery!

US-led airstrikes targeted the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front in Syria Thursday, marking only the second time coalition airstrikes have hit jihadists outside of the ” Islamic State,” activists reported.

The coalition carried out “several raids after midnight” against Nusra Front targets in northwest Syria, killing several jihadists as well as two children, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The Observatory also reported that another radical Islamist group, Ahrar al-Sham, had been hit for the first time with airstrikes. There was no immediate US comment on the strikes.

Militants reportedly confirmed the airstrikes on Twitter, claiming they were undertaken by “the alliance of Crusaders and Arabs on Al-Nusra positions, causing deaths, mostly of civilians.”

The al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front was once the most powerful militant group in Syria, but has been eclipsed by the “Islamic State”

The US-led coalition has been primarily hitting Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria for the past several weeks, and the recent strikes against the Nusra Front are only the second instance of coalition airstrikes hitting non-IS targets.

The coalition had previously targeted the Nusra Front in September during the first wave of airstrikes, accusing it of harboring a terror cell called “Khorasan” that was plotting to attack US and Western interests.

The strikes come after Nusra Front fighters made gains against Western-backed Syrian fighters in the country’s northwestern Idlib region. The US is attempting to train what it describes as a moderate rebel force to combat both jihadists and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s security forces.

via US airstrikes hit Nusra Front in Syria | News | DW.DE | 06.11.2014.

Chicago Archdiocese releasing child sex abuse files on 36 more priests – Chicago Tribune

Together with documents on more than two dozen priests released in January, the new files represent the archdiocese’s fullest public accounting of 63 of its priests who church officials found abused 352 children since 1950. The archdiocese has paid about $130 million to settle claims by victims, money raised largely through borrowing and selling church land.

via Chicago Archdiocese releasing child sex abuse files on 36 more priests – Chicago Tribune.

Emel Mathlouthi – Ma Lkit Official Video – YouTube

Tunisian Emel Mathlouthi, inspired singer and poet and a highly creative composer, stands directly in line from the great divas of the Maghreb, but has also inherited the legacy of the protest singers of the 60s. With sources and influences ranging from Dylan to Cheikh Imam and sounds of our time, she vests her protest songs in the rock and electronic sound of immediacy. One of the figureheads of the “Arab Spring”, she also has immense stage presence and a voice that spells revolution and freedom. This album and her unforgettable songs will place her firmly on the international pop scene.

via Emel Mathlouthi – Ma Lkit Official Video – YouTube.