Hi IamnotTheDudeness... it may pain you to hear this but it's true. Check out Chalmers Johnson's book Blowback, or read his brief piece in The Nation from late September 2001: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20011015/johnson The US funding for the Mujahideen flowed through the (posted to U.S. War, Occupation Deepen the Bitter Oppression of Afghanistan's Women: This Must End)
Thanks for opening this up Samhita! This is no joke. The war in Afghanistan has been going on now for over 8 long years: longer than the Soviet occupation. People ought to be pretty fucking sure one way or another (posted to War and the Women in Afghanistan. )
era4allNOW: I won't be in town this weekend but I'm totally there in spirit! I look forward to reading the reports and looking at the pictures! :) knitgirl: check out the blog http://everysaturdaymorning.wordpress.com/ - you'll want to meet up with (posted to Zombieland, USA)
Well, the image of blindfolded, deafened women walking through angry mobs like this freaks me out; but actually the headphones idea was raised and discussed over the course of the weekend. It's not used though, because of the danger of (posted to Zombieland, USA)
90% of all abortions happen when the fetus (or embryo in many cases) is tiny. I neglected to include the size in my post. After three months (remember, 90% of all abortions happen before this point), the fetus is this (posted to Dignity)
Thank you so much for posting this and for serving as a protector for women! I have a question, and pardon me if this is something that's already been tried, but the violence of the actions in the video made (posted to Zombieland, USA)
There may be no oil to extract but there are oil pipelines to be built and not to mention that going into Afghanistan (since it's something that the Bush administration could justify to the american people) opened the door for (posted to War and the Women in Afghanistan. )
i've been escorting in Louisville for 10 years. first i want to thank lina, and others for coming to help us, and for spreading the word. it is making a difference that needs to be made. i wish to follow (posted to Zombieland, USA)
I received amazing care at the EMW Women's Center in Louisville. I drove over 50 miles to get there for my abortion and was amazed at the demonstrations taking place outside. These people did not know me, they did not (posted to Zombieland, USA)
