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Commentary :: Civil & Human Rights

Fathers No Longer Cost-Effective?

But there is a small yet influential group in our society that views fatherhood as an anachronism and a stubborn obstacle to their utopian vision of the social welfare state. And they see divorce and award of child custody to mothers as a highly-effective ploy to achieve their goal.

When one million children experience divorce each year, and when custody is awarded to mothers in 85% of cases, you can see the scope of the problem. If you want to scale down male influence in a society, what better way than to bar fathers from seeing their own sons and daughters?
 

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News :: Culture

VAMOS LOS HERMANOS!!!!!!!!!!

VAMOS LOS HERMANOS!!!!!!!!
 

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Commentary :: Civil & Human Rights

BTL:Mexican Government Fears Spread of Oaxaca Civil Society Uprising

Interview with Jonathan Treat, journalist living in Mexico, Oaxaca, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
 

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News :: Asia

BALOCHISTAN : Heavy fighting in Kohlu areas

 

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Commentary :: Civil & Human Rights

BTL:Human Rights Groups File War Crimes Charges in Germany Against...

...Rumsfeld, Gonzalez and Others~Interview with Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
 

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News :: Asia : Civil & Human Rights : Class : International Relations : Labor

Philippines: Another militant labor leader shot dead in Laguna

Four young assassins shot dead another militant labor leader in the Calabarzon area past eight this morning. Killed on the spot was Andrew “Bok” Iñoza, union president, for 11 years now, of Alaska Milk in San Pedro Laguna.
 

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News :: Asia : Civil & Human Rights : Gender and Sexuality : International Relations : U.S. Government

Filipino women demand justice for Nicole, speedy resolution of Subic rape case

Filipina-women-power.jpgWomen from Akbayan (Citizens Action Party) converged at the Welcome Rotonda today joining nationwide protests for the speedy resolution of the Subic rape case and to call for justice for Nicole.
 

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LOCAL Commentary :: Animal Rights : Civil & Human Rights : Environment : Gender and Sexuality

Contesting the Conquest of the Senses

Balboamurder.jpgpattrice jones

Throwing the homosexuals to the hounds sounds like a metaphor for the Republican Party's electoral strategy of recent years, but it actually happened back in 1513 in what is now Panama. Then, governor Vasco Nunez de Balboa condemned 50 homosexual Indians to be torn apart by dogs.
 

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News :: Activism : Animal Rights : Peace : Poverty : Urban Development

Histroy of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day is much more than turkey, trimmings, and football.
 

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News :: Media

4,000 Iraqi civilians killed in October alone

News Junkie Scott's Blog - Thanksgiving
 

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