Deliver Us A new lighting contraption The one we have is not working Too many are stuck in dark shadows, Some refuse to believe that light exists The light we have has burned in a house fire She lies by the fire, an unhappy lover Choices We can be Shel or Sylvia So much depends upon how the head is tilted Born and raised in Tarzana, California, Jennifer has a [...]
By Dani J. Farrell [Excerpts] https://www.blackandpink.org/montana-supreme-court-blocks-anti-trans-id-restrictions/ This month, the Montana Supreme Court upheld protections for transgender people seeking accurate identity documents, blocking the state from enforcing policies that prevented trans people from updating gender markers on birth certificates and other forms of identification. While many headlines framed this as simply another “trans rights case,” what happened in Montana is much bigger than that. The court recognized something many politicians have spent years [...]
International Women's Day - Global Women's Strike Like May Day, International Women's Day has its origins in the US. First declared in 1909 by Theresa Malkiel of the Socialist Party of America to commemorate a women's garment workers strike in 1857 as National Women's Day, the commemoration was adopted on a resolution by Clara Zeitkin, another Socialist, at a Copenhagen conference in 1911. It focused on demands for equality, labor rights, and [...]
By Marylin Cavanagh The killing of Charlie Kirk has triggered a wave of headlines, media trials, and a political spectacle where real justice seems to matter least. No one who defends human dignity can celebrate a death. Violence is not justice. But we also cannot accept that this case be used to silence dissent, whitewash years of hate speech, and normalize the idea that those who challenge political power and its mouthpieces [...]
by Zarah Sultana [Excerpts] https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/the-alternative Oliver Eagleton: Let’s start with your political trajectory and relationship with the Labour Party. How has it evolved? What brought you to the decision to leave? Will others on the ‘Labour left’ follow you? Zarah Sultana: I was formed politically by the War on Terror and the aftermath of the financial crisis. The first time I engaged with parliamentary politics was when the coalition government [...]
https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/no-cops-pride-how-criminal-justice-system-harms-lgbtq-people On June 28, 1969, the New York Police Department raided the Stonewall Inn, a fixture of the Greenwich Village LGBTQ community. Unlike during previous raids, this time, people fought back, resisted, and rioted. Stonewall triggered a series of uprisings against the criminalization and police brutalization of LGBTQ people. Direct action–based community organizing led to the birth of the Gay Liberation Front, furthered the groundwork for the modern gay rights movement, and [...]
By Marilyn Cavanagh -Educator, social justice researcher, and transgender woman In an era where misinformation spreads at digital speed and court rulings roll back decades of hard-won rights, defending the right to inclusive education is not just a pedagogical urgency—it is an act of political resistance. The recent ruling by the UK’s Supreme Court—redefining the legal concept of “woman” to exclude trans women, even those with Gender Recognition Certificates—is not an isolated [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court has been lurking in the background since Trump took office. Their distressing recent rulings, such as the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, and right-wing majority have people on edge. Many hot button cases are soon due for rulings, so it’s vital to closely track the court’s activity. Kerr v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic has made its way to the Supreme Court no doubt because of its [...]
The International community faces the loss of a critical media stronghold of free speech. The Pacifica Foundation, Inc. is a non-commercial, educational radio broadcasting network comprising five FCC licensed FM radio stations. It began in 1949 as a registered California non-profit for public good, providing a uniquely independent platform for news, education and the arts. Its origin as a pacifist organization promoting peace can be found at: https://www.britannica.com/topic/pacifica-radio In recent years Pacifica [...]
