Jane Smiley: The Buck Stops Everywhere

Jane Smiley has a wonderful essay on the Huffington Post entitled, “The Buck Stops Everywhere”. In her eloquent words,
“…we have reached the stage in this disintegrating war where the buck stops everywhere, and we will be deeply sorry in the end when the face-saving surge fails.”
The gist of what Smiley is saying isn’t anything [...]

Code Pink gives Harry hell

Several days ago, Code Pink sent out an alert asking people to contact Harry Reid and tell him that his  statement supporting sending more troops to Iraq was unacceptable. The following from CP was in my inbox this morning:
“Many thanks to those of you who took action this week to contact Senator Harry Reid about [...]

Thank You Alice: A Meditation for the Winter Solstice

This piece was originally published on Buzzflash.
Thank You Alice: A Meditation for the Winter Solstice
by Lucinda Marshall
In the dark days of approaching winter here in the Northern Hemisphere, Alice Walker’s new book, “We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light In A Time Of Darkness”, offers an inspiring path of peaceful [...]

Fiji women working for peace

The women of Fiji are an inspiration!
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Subject: [pacwin] Friday 14 December 2006
Friday 14 December 2006
Suva, Fiji Islands
They gathered in silence. Close to 40 women and young women at the Holy
Trinity Anglican Cathedral in Suva, symbolizing a collective commitment to
non violence:
“I need to reiterate that non-violence does not mean passivity, but as
women¹s peace groups around the [...]

Alice Waters on the politics of food

Alice Waters, owner and chef of Chez Panisse had a wonderful piece in The Nation back in August that I just caught up with after it was reprinted in a local alternative paper.  But as we go into the holidays when a good ot of us will gorge ourselves silly, it seemed quite timely.  In [...]

The Grandmothers’ Revolt

Lately it seems that uppity grannies are in motion everywhere. A group calling itself the Granny Peace Brigade has called for grannies everywhere to gather in Washington on January 18th to lobby Congress. This is a picture of the Grannies on the Brooklyn Bridge on Grandparents’ Day, 2006.
If the lyrics to their [...]

More Sheroes

Several readers have written to let us know about other Shero sites on the web. Here are 2 sites that are definitely worth a look.
Sheroescentral is a site that is
“about female heroes, “Sheroes”, of every age, race, and country. Here, we discuss women and girls [...]

Women Human Rights Defenders

Defending Women Defending Rights is a site about some very special sheroes, Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs). As the site explains, WHRDs
“work tirelessly for the protection and promotion of human rights. Yet, WHRDs have got little attention in the human rights arena and face gender-specific risks and vulnerabilities in addition to those faced by [...]

McKinney introduces Articles of Impeachment

Yesterday, the very honorable Rep. Cynthia McKinney became the first woman to ever introduce articles of impeachment. The following are excerpted from her remarks which she was not allowed to deliver on the U.S. House Floor:
With a heavy heart and in the deepest spirit of patriotism, I exercise my duty and [...]

Yanar Mohammed on Laura Flanders

Yanar Mohammed will be on the Laura Flanders show tonight at 8-9 pm EST talking about the Iraq Study Group.Dear Friends
The debate can be heard online later at: http://feeds.feedburner.com/RadionationPodcast
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Radio Nation With Laura Flanders
Saturday
The women Baker-Hamilton forgot: Iraqi feminist Yanar Mohammed and Carolyn Ho, mother of Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned officer to publicly [...]