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Violence Against Indigenous Women: Canada’s Highway of Tears

Heads up: journalist Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy has written about Canada’s Highway of Tears – the stretch of road in northern “British Columbia” where so many indigenous women have been disappeared over the past decades. Since 1988 over 500 indigenous women have “gone missing” across Canada. Victims of racism, victims of …

Blue Diamond Society Questions re: New Nepal Constitution

I spotted the following on a mailing list i am on, and i thought it worth reposting here. The new Nepalese constitution represents a radical leap forward for the people of Nepal, yet questions remain about how far the changes will go. Especially of concern is how trans people, queers …

[Movie Review] Guan Cha Mosuo – Mosuo, The Last Matriarchy Family

GUAN CHA MOSUO (MOSUO, THE LAST MATRIARCHY FAMILY) (PI) Chine / 2005 / Vidéo / Colour / 60 min / Dir.: Weijun Chen In a remote region of southwest China, there lives the Mosuo ethnic group who have a matriarchal and matrilineal society. A young Mosuo girl wants to liberate …

Further Thoughts on Hezbollah

The following from Matthew Lyons, published a few days ago on Three Way Fight blog. I have a week overflowing with both work and movies, so it may have to wait a few days for me to read this properly and let you know what i hink… but there’s so …

Terrors of Bush

Just passing on this link someone sent me to the General Electric Company… just follow the path from the main “Twilight Zone” page to the “Terrors of Bush” (bottom right corner) and you can see some art they did using my International Terrorist stickers. You can contact the artist here. …

Sutra Ujurtu (Tomorrow Morning)

SUTRA UJUTRU (TOMORROW MORNING) (PNA) Serbia / 2006 / 35 mm / Colour / 85 min / Dir.: Oleg Novkovic, Cast: Uliks Fehmiu, Nebojsa Glogovac, Nada Sargin, Lazar Ristovski, Ljubomir Bandovic, Radmila Tomovic, Danica Ristovski, Milos Vlalukin, Ana Markovic, Nebojsa Ilic An emigré’s return to Belgrade to get married becomes …

Salvador (Puig Antich)

SALVADOR (PUIG ANTICH) (SALVADOR) (PNA) Spain – United Kingdom / 2006 / 35 mm / Colour / 138 min / Dir.: Manuel Huerga In 1974, Salvador Puig Antich, a violent revolutionary, became the last political prisoner to be executed in Spain. This is his story. Or so says the World …

[Reclamation Site] August 25th Update from Hazel Hill

Received this, written by Hazel Hill at the Reclamation Site outside of Caledonia a couple of days ago: Well, there are a few things that have happened since my last up date. First, the appeal against Justice Marshall’s ruling was heard on August 22nd, and the actual appeal was put …

Ruido

RUIDO (NOISE) (PM) Puerto Rico / 2006 / 35 mm / Colour / 100 min / Dir.: César Rodríguez, Cast: María Coral Otero Soto, José Rafael Álvarez, Blanca Lissette Cruz, Francisco Capó, Teófilo Torres Franchi, a teenaged girl suffering from a rare hearing disorder, is sexually harrassed by the man …