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Tell New Yorker: Exploiting Prostituted Haitian Women Dying of HIV: Not Funny

Posted August 3rd, 2009 by sdiener
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Zev Borow wrote in a humor column about sunblock in the New Yorker:

"SPF 175—Ever wanted to have unprotected sex with a prostitute in Haiti? Don’t answer. Doesn’t matter. The point is with SPF 175 that’s now an option." Whoa. I think it's the pseudo-cool casualness of the misogyny and racism displayed here that outrages me most.

Worker Solidarity After the Work is Gone: The Story of Fuerza Unida

San Antonio, TX, 2006. Petra Mata and Viola Casares, co-directors of Fuerza Unida. Photo: Storycorps (www.storycorps.org)
Authors: Alyson Lie

Summary:"I remember when we had our first protests we used to hide our faces behind the poster boards because we were nervous and embarrassed."

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Closer to a Death-Penalty-Free World: But in 2008: 2390 Known Executions

For the World Day Against the Death Penalty, an anti-death penalty message was projected against the Roman Collosseum, a former public mass execution site. Italy banned the death penalty in 1947. PHOTO: NOVEMBER 30, 2006, FABIO RENZETTI VIA FLICKR
Authors: Amnesty International

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Capital punishment is a legalized process of physical and psychological terror.

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Safe Abortion in Latin America & the Caribbean: A Demand for Social Justice, Human Rights, and Democracy

Authors: Deborah Meachem

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Feminist Declaration: From the Americas Social Forum in Guatemala

Woman with microphone
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A good life must be based on an equal distribution of power.

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Well Beyond Abu Ghraib: Expert Testimony on the Effects of US Torture Policy

Authors: Deborah Pearlstein

Summary:As of 2006 there had been more than 330 cases in which US military and civilian personnel were credibly alleged to have abused or killed detainees.

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A Maine Activist Walks in Solidarity with the Undocumented

Maine activist and photographer Jim Harney, diagnosed with end-stage cancer, set out to walk from Boston, MA to New Haven, CT to show solidarity with undocumented workers and raise awareness of the need for immigration reform. He was joined at the beginni
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Anti-TortureActivists Convicted: Guantánamo Prison Put On Trial

The thirty five defendants stand in front of Superior Court, Photo: Bill Ofenlach, www.witnesstorture.org
Authors: Frida Berrigan

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We have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances, and Guantánamo Bay prison is beyond grievous.

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Mapping Political Violence: A Review of Bomb after Bomb: A Violent Cartography

Grenada painting
Authors: Ashley Hinson

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Ink craters the pages.

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Militarism in Venezuela: Warning Signs of Dictatorship?

Student Protestors
Authors: Sam Diener

Summary:Chávez says he plans to emulate repressive regimes around the world.

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