Posted in Being Poor, Capitalism, Cronehood, Earth, Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Feminism, Heroes, Homelessness, Homes, Inspiration, It's all connected, Practical Radical Feminism, Rural Womyn, Small is Beautiful/Sustainable Agriculture/Alternative, Sustainability, Women as Writers, Women's Art, Women's Culture, Working Class People, the Animals on Dec 21st, 2008
Carla Emery as a young woman
I’ve been thinking about the women in my life who have most deeply influenced me (besides my mother, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, relatives by blood, all of whom have so deeply influenced me and who have given me so much). One of these women was Carla Emery, who died [...]
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Posted in Being Poor, Exile, Female Ritual Servitude, Femicide, Feminism, Her, Heroes, Homelessness, Homes, Immigrants, Indigenous Women's Rights, It's all connected, Male Terrorism, Prostitution, Sex Trafficking, Small is Beautiful/Sustainable Agriculture/Alternative, Sustainability, The Mother, The Skies, War on Women on Nov 22nd, 2008
UPDATE: Irene Fernandez has been ACQUITTED. H/t to People’s Coalition for Food Sovereignty
Dr. Irene Fernandez on receiving the Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm, Sweden in December 2005:
“… I am a product of migrant labour. My father was a migrant worker from Kerala, India. He worked in the rubber plantations during the British rule [...]
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Above is a photo of my new (to me!) stove. I got it free via Freecycle in my area. Through Freecycle I have also been the grateful recipient of a very fine sectional couch, an entertainment center, a computer desk, a computer, two La-Z-Boy recliners and a medium-size animal crate.
Freecycle is [...]
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Posted in Femicide, Financial Meltdown, Heroes, Indigenous Women's Rights, Inspiration, Male Terrorism, Rape and Sexual Assault, Revolution, Small is Beautiful/Sustainable Agriculture/Alternative, War on Women on Oct 1st, 2008
Kirsten Brydum
The following letter from swaneagle came through this morning on a list I’m on. Kirsten Brydum, who was found murdered in New Orleans, was the amazing, visionary founder of the Really Really Free Market, something I’ve been meaning to blog about for a while now, but particularly recently, when there is all of this talk about money and about [...]
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I’ve been receiving bulletins from these folks for some months now, and I really like their style, their ideas and their plans for making a revolution that can change the world for everyone. This is how you do it.
After several months of planning, the time has come to start our new program based on the [...]
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