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December 2, 2011
Stomp & Holler, Northampton MA. October 22, 2011
Sign reads: 1 in 3 Native and Alaskan Native American women are raped at some point in their lives. That’s 13% more than the national average for all women in the US. 86% of the violators are white males.
Most victims do NOT recieve justice and are victimized. America continues to appropriate and hyper sexualize Native culture.
I am Seneca. Native women must be heard. American culture enables the targeting of Native women and disregards justice for us.
FIGHT RAPE CULTURE & MISOGYNY FOR EVERYONE!
ON ALL FRONTS!
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November 26, 2011
Nigerian King Sues Shell for $1 Billion
A Nigerian king filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell at the federal court in Detroit, Michigan last week.
The US Supreme Court plans to consider the lawsuit in what the AFP called “a landmark case that could make companies liable for torture or genocide committed overseas.”
King Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi of the Ogoni and four other tribal leaders seek compensation for half a century of pollution from oil extraction and processing that has sickened people and poisoned the land and drinking water.
The civil complaint states that the Nsisioken Ogale community is “exposed to hydrocarbons every day through multiple routes” such as frequent oil spills and pervasive air pollution from refining operations, reported the AFP.
“At all times relevant to this litigation, Defendants knew or should have known that the crude oil contains chemicals hazardous to human health and to the environment and ecosystems,” the complaint said.
The AFP noted that the king also accused Shell of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, gross negligence and the violation of international treaties and obligations to the United States and Nigeria.
Along with $1 billion in damages, the lawsuit seeks immediate cleanup of the pollution and an injunction to require air and water monitoring.
BLOG: Map Reveals Climate Change Injustice
The Nigerian plaintiffs filed the suit in a US court because of what they called a historical “culture of impunity” for Shell in Nigeria and “disregard” for the Nigerian judicial process, reported the AFP.
For example, the plaintiffs claim Shell has yet to pay $1.5 billion in pollution damages to the Ijaw Aborigines, or to comply with a 2005 order to end gas flaring in the Iwherekan community.
King Okpabi’s civil complaint relies on the Alien Tort Claims Act of 1789, a law designed to assure foreign governments that the U.S. would uphold international law.
Royal Dutch Shell has a notorious history with the Ogoni People, that escalated during a murder case in 1995 when a Nigerian court ordered the hanging of Kenule “Ken” Beeson Saro-Wiwa along with eight other cultural rights activists.
November 7, 2011
Sexism, Patriarchy, and Capitalism.
Sex, rape, and abuse sell. Welcome to the US Media’s representation of Women!
September 30, 2011
No matter who you are
No matter where you work
No matter how you identify
No matter how you flirt
No matter what you wear
No matter whom you choose to love
No matter what you said before:
NO ONE has the right to touch you without your consent. SlutWalk NYC is part of a worldwide grassroots movement challenging rape culture, victim-blaming and slut-shaming, and working to end sexual and domestic violence.COME JOIN US FOR SLUTWALK NYC ON OCTOBER 1, 2011! SEE YOU AT UNION SQUARE AT NOON FOR THE MARCH!
THIS EVENT IS RAIN OR SHINE!
11:00 AM: SIGN MAKING AT UNION SQUARE (BRING YOUR OWN MATERIALS)
12:00 PM: MARCH STARTING AT UNION SQUARE
1:00 PM: PERFORMANCES AT UNION SQUARE
2:00 PM: RALLY AT UNION SQUARE!
MARCH ROUTE: UNION SQUARE TO BROADWAY, BROADWAY TO 8TH STREET, 8TH STREET TO TO 2ND AVENUE, 2ND AVENUE TO THIRD STREET, THIRD STREET TO LAFAYETTE AVENUE, LAFAYETTE AVENUE BACK TO UNION SQUARE
September 24, 2011
June 7, 2011
Libyan who claims she was raped by Gaddafi troops deported from Qatar - Guardian.co.uk
An update on a story posted a long time ago..
May 12, 2011
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About 48 women are raped in the Democratic Republic of the Congo every hour, a study has claimed.
The study, due to be published in the American Journal of Public Health in June, found sexual abuse was rampant not only in conflict areas but also in the home, with nearly one woman subjected to some form of sexual abuse every minute.
The DRC has been racked by war, with rapes widely documented in the conflict-hit east of the country. However, the study suggests the problem is bigger and more pervasive than previously thought, and goes further in documenting domestic sexual abuse.
It found 1,152 women are raped every day – a rate equal to 48 per hour. That rate is 26 times more than the previous estimate of 16,000 rapes reported in one year by the United Nations.
"— http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/12/48-women-raped-hour-congo
April 2, 2011
"There is general acceptance by the international community that Israel has legalized the use of torture."
— Amnesty International
March 27, 2011
Just to share the video of the story below unfolding……. Gadaffi’s forces silence rape victim.
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