February 2012
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Mohandas Gandhi: Life For A 21-Year-Old In Homs,... →
newsweek:
This is happening:
Maras, 21, awoke yesterday morning at 6:00 a.m. to the sound of bombs falling on his neighborhood.
In his world, the Bab Amro neighborhood of Homs in central Syria, this was not the part of his day that shocked him most. This was how it had been for the…
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“The Way” // Fastball
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“I spent last year in Afghanistan, visiting and talking with U.S. troops and...”
– Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, an officer turned whistleblower who disputes the official narrative about Afghanistan. Read his full article at the Armed Forces Journal and the New York Times story about how he became a whistleblower. (via govtoversight)
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Doctors Without Borders: Free Public Event In NYC →
doctorswithoutborders:
At Any Price?: Negotiating Access to Crisis Zones
Join us for a panel discussion on the reality that medical humanitarian organizations and human rights groups often operate in the same crisis zones but have different aims and approaches to negotiating access.
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I unfortunately have class that night, but this free MSF event is happening at my...
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notwithstanding the foregoing: cheap(ish) theater →
turnabout:
So you know how there’s Restaurant Week in January because the tourists have gone home and restaurants need to get locals to come out? Theater marketers did not ignore that.
There’s 2-for-1 tickets to select Broadway (through Saturday) and Off-Broadway shows (through February 12, including my…
Relevant to my interests!
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Anyone with experience traveling through...
nomadandvagabond:
I was going to ground myself, but I’m now getting a really great tax refund, which has got me thinking about a trip through Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand — possibly via motorcycle. So, I’m looking for thoughts, suggestions, tips, etc.
I might be crazy, but I’m beginning to seriously contemplate planning this trip. Any advice would be terrific. I’d likely be...
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Addressing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in...
caraobrien:
at American University’s Washington College of Law today.
Watch it live here, going on now until 2:30 pm EST.
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Pantsless Progressive: Planned Parenthood, Komen &... →
amaditalks:
So Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure today announced that they will no longer give any funding to Planned Parenthood.
This funding allowed Planned Parenthood to provide breast examinations and referrals for mammography and ultrasound to patients at their health centers,…
More important than ever to donate to Planned Parenthood.
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January 2012
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“Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both...”
– Sir Arthur C. Clarke (via crookedindifference)
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What Gingrich Didn’t Learn in Congo - NYTimes.com →
mohandasgandhi:
mere-khwabon-mein:
Adam Hochschild, the author of King Leopold’s Ghost, rips into Newt Gingrich’s dissertation with such relish that I can only refer to this column as a scholarly bitch-slap.
Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian. He lards his speeches with references to obscure events in the American past, talks about his time teaching at West...
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What Does Twitter’s Country-by-Country Takedown... →
futurejournalismproject:
Via the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Twitter’s increasing need to remove content comes as a byproduct of its growth into new countries, with different laws that they must follow or risk that their local employees will be arrested or held in contempt, or similar sanctions. By opening offices and moving employees into other countries, Twitter increases the risks to...
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“In a coarse way, dirty living is good for you and clean living is bad for. You...”
– Eating off the floor: How clean living is bad for you (via caraobrien)
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Kent/Marburg MA in Peace and Conflict Studies →
I’m looking at possible grad school programs outside of The New School. UPEACE was one that caught my eye (international law), but this is also worth considering.
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After 12 years of battling to stop Monsanto's... →
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University for Peace →
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Activists Talk to POGO about Human Trafficking and... →
govtoversight:
Today is National Human Trafficking Day, so spend some time learning about this important issue, which may seem distant, but is actually closely related to your paycheck. Recently, POGO had the opportunity to talk with two documentary filmmakers working on a project about human labor trafficking on U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. This wide-spread practice is supported...
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