Today is May 25, 2009. In the United States, it’s Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, a day meant to honor those U.S. women and men who died in military service. Not all deaths are equal, and not all are equal in death.
Mary Clare Lindberg’s son, Benjamin Jon Miller, killed himself, as have many [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2009’
Haunts: Who haunts May 25, 2009?
Haunts
Welcome to `Haunts’, a new series about prisons, police, women.
A specter is haunting the world, or so one could believe from reports and blogs. Consider these:
“My Great Recession: Economic Downturn? When Was It Ever Up?”, RaceWire, May 21, 2009:
“Economic downturn? When was it ever up? I have been dealing with poverty and economics since I [...]
Bordering on: `I still live in fear’
The borders are everywhere, especially for women. Audre Lorde and Gloria Anzaldua taught that lesson, the borders are not only geographically everywhere, but they are also everywhere in our bodies, in our selves. Every act of violence is another border establishment. Every act of border is another act of violence. Let’s talk about fear, violence, [...]
El Salvador: Las Hermosas Factory Struggle – Background
[Editors' note: Yesterday CISPES released an action alert concerning the struggle of workers at Las Hermosas maquila in El Salvador. We invited them to give us a background on the situation of women workers, who make up the majority of workers and of leaders in this struggle. They sent us the report below. Thanks to [...]
Iowa: Gay man gets 25 years for one-time non-disclosure to a single complainant
[Edwin J. Bernard's blog, Criminal HIV Transmission, "focuses on prosecutions for sexual exposure to, or transmission of, HIV around the world". HIV crimes. And where there's crime, there's prison. We thought the links might be interesting. Thanks to Edwin for his work, and for sharing it here: http://criminalhivtransmission.blogspot.com/2009/05/iowa-gay-man-gets-25-years-for-one-time.html}
Given the things I write about on this blog, [...]
Kenyan Women on a Sex Strike: Why They Did It
[Editors' note: There's been much talk and writing on the current `sex strike' in Kenya. Here's one version. Thanks to Kenyaimagine, www.kenyaimagine.com, and to the author, Nekessa Opoti, for permission to publish and for sharing.]
I must be getting wrong. Or maybe most people are missing the point of the sex strike.My first reaction when I [...]
The Security of Sex: “Why can’t I quit you?”
In March, the Metro Police Department had a minor publicity issue when one of its own was arrested in an anti-prostitution sting targeting clients. Officer Robert A. Schmidt was charged with solicitation after agreeing to pay an undercover female officer $80 for sex. Solicitation is a misdemeanor in the District, however, solicitation tends to be [...]
Some words about Bantu’s work with prisons
Alice Nderitu
2009-04-30, Issue 430
http://pambazuka.org/en/category/letters/56026
[Editors’ note: Bantu Mwauru, Kenyan artist, activist, academic, died April 26. Pambazuka this week published Shailja Patel’s “The Man With the Mau Mau Spirit: Remembering Bantu Mwauru”, http://pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/55979, and Alice Nderitu’s reminiscence of Bantu and Ndungi Githuku’s work at Langata women’s prison. Thanks to Pambazuka for their great work and labor, [...]