Friday, July 9, 2004

Iron Jawed Angels For Peace FEATURED ARTICLES - Hand-To-Brand-Combat: A Profile Of Naomi Klein, Guardian/UK - CODE PINK Not An Organization - A Phenomenon - The Mother of All Anti-War Forces, by Naomi Klein, Toronto Globe and Mail, QUOTE OF THE DAY "I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic at the end." - - Alice Paul KNOW YOUR HISTORY - JULY 9th 1977 -- Alice Paul dies. Leading feminist & author of the Equal Rights Amendment. Ms. Paul was the founder of the National Woman's Party & an organizer of women who lobbied the U.S. Congress for passage of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment (1920) guaranteeing all women the right to vote. 1978 -- 100,000 march in Washington, D.C. for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. RHINO HERE: As cited above, July 9 is the anniversary of the passing feminist activist Alice Paul who was the subject of the excellently produced movie entitled, "Iron Jawed Angels." (To be released to home video this September) http://iron-jawed-angels.com To honor Ms. Paul and the anniversary of the 1977 hundred thousand strong march on Washington for the Equal Rights Amendment, Rhino directs your attention to Code Pink, the organization which The Nation Magazine called, "not an organization but a phenomenon: a sensibility reflecting feminist analysis and a campy playfulness."   A few blurbs below from their website offer a taste of the power that the women's peace movement can have. http://www.codepink4peace.org Then, in resonance with the efforts of women activist round the globe, today's RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE was written by Canadian activist,  Naomi Klein, and published this week in the Toronto Globe and Mail.  A powerful call to action, her piece is entitled, "The Mother of All Anti-War Forces - Washington's talk of Moral Clarity falls Dumb before those who have lost Children in its Wars."   For more about the life of Ms. Klein, check out the following link to a September  2000  Guardian/UK piece. Hand-To-Brand-Combat: A Profile Of Naomi Klein http://www.commondreams.org/views/092300-103.htm CODE PINK Helps Fahrenheit 9/11 Movie Goers Get Active CODEPINK, Global Exchange & United for Peace and Justice have created a flyer that you can download from any of our websites and distribute outside Fahrenheit 9/11 screenings. The flyer describes five things 9/11 fans can do to turn up the heat on our government: *Get Behind the National Voter Registration Effort *Raise Hell about Halliburton's War Profiteering *Travel to New York City to Protest at the Republican National Convention on August 29 *Educate Your Family and Friends Learn More http://www.codepinkalert.org/National_Actions_F911.shtml Organize an Activist Training Camp In Summer and Fall  2004, CODEPINK hopes that many of our local chapters will organize one-day women's activist training camps in their communities, to provide women with the skills they need to become unstoppable activists during the upcoming election season and beyond. The trainings can be as small as 10 women learning skills in someone's living room or as large as 100 women who've traveled from all different parts of the state just to participate in the training camp. Resources for organizing a training camp: Organize a Women's Activist Training Camp! Republican National Convention Hoping to exploit the painful memories of Ground Zero, the Republicans have chosen New York City for their convention. Big mistake!  Citizens from around the country are organizing a huge COUNTER CONVENTION to tell the Republicans we've had enough of Bush's lies & cover-ups, wars & occupations. Learn More At: http://www.codepinkalert.org/National_Actions_RNC.shtml New CODE PINK No Sweat Sneaker! Code Pink is proud to present, in partnership with No Sweat Apparel, the new special edition Code Pink high top sneaker. Union made instead of Nike owned, the Code Pink high top arrives just in time to march in NYC at the Republican convention, canvas precincts this fall, turn out the vote and (hopefully) dance in the streets on November 2nd when we run these bums out of office! Order Now: Code Pink High-Top Sneaker CODE PINK Woman of the Year, Diane Wilson, wins victory in Bhopal after a six day fast After a six day hunger strike initiated by Diane Wilson, Indian Government bows to pressure, agrees to submit a statement to U.S. court in the union Carbide-Bhopal contamination clean up case. Learn more: http://www.codepinkalert.org/National_Actions_Diane_Wilson.shtml CODE PINK Badge of Courage On June 14, CODEPINK Women for Peace presented Sibel Edmunds, FBI whistleblower, our CODEPINK Badge of Courage in front of the US District Court for the District of Columbia during a press conference she and Daniel Ellsberg held. Learn More: http://www.codepinkalert.org/National_Actions_Badge_of_Courage.shtml 8:02:27 AM    comment

RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE - The Mother of All Anti-War Forces "SEND THIS ARTICLE TO A REPUBLICAN!" The Mother of All Anti-War Forces Washington's talk of Moral Clarity falls Dumb before those who have lost Children in its Wars by Naomi Klein, Toronto Globe and Mail, July 7, 2004 There is a remarkable scene in Fahrenheit 9/11 when Lila Lipscomb talks with an anti-war activist outside the White House about the death of her 26-year-old son in Iraq. A pro-war passerby doesn't like what she overhears and announces, "This is all staged!" Ms. Lipscomb turns to the woman, her voice shaking with rage, and says: "My son is not a stage. He was killed in Karbala, April 2. It is not a stage. My son is dead." Then she walks away and wails, "I need my son." Watching Ms. Lipscomb doubled over in pain on the White House lawn, I was reminded of other mothers who have taken the loss of their children to the seat of power and changed the fate of wars. During Argentina's dirty war, a group of women whose children had been disappeared by the military regime gathered every Thursday in front of the presidential palace in Buenos Aires. At a time when all public protest was banned, they would walk silently in circles, wearing white headscarves and carrying photographs of their missing children. The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo revolutionized human-rights activism by transforming maternal grief from a cause for pity into an unstoppable political force. The generals couldn't attack the mothers openly, so they launched fierce covert operations against their organization. But the mothers kept walking, playing a significant role in the dictatorship's eventual collapse... MORE: http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0707-13.htm "RHINO'S BLOG" is the responsibility of Gary Rhine. (rhino@kifaru.com) Feedback, and requests to be added or deleted from the list are encouraged. SEARCH BLOG ARCHIVES / SURF RHINO'S LINKS, AT: http://www.rhinosblog.info RHINO'S OTHER WEB SITES: http://www.dreamcatchers.org (INDIGENOUS ASSISTANCE & INTERCULTURAL DIALOG) http://www.kifaru.com (NATIVE AMERICAN RELATIONS VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES) Articles are reprinted under Fair Use Doctrine of international copyright law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html All copyrights belong to original publisher. Tell a friend about Rhino's Blog 6:52:53 AM    comment

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