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Casey Hayden Dies at 85

January 14, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Casey Hayden, a Force for Civil Rights and Feminism, Dies at 85 New York Times By Neil Genzlinger Published Jan. 13, 2023 While working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the early 1960s, she helped write two memos that spurred the modern women’s movement. Casey Hayden with Dorie Ladner, a fellow member of the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, History, Obituaries, Politics, Racism, Thinking about Tagged: 1962, anti-segregation, Casey Hayden, civil disobedience, Civil Rights, Ella Baker, Freedom Rides, New York Times, Port Huron Statement, S.D.S., sexism, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Students for a Democratic Society

HATELAB

May 8, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In the Guardian, May 7, 2022, an article on hate speech Hate speech online has escalated to unprecedented levels. Matthew Williams, a professor of criminology, is shining a scientific light on who is behind it and why. “It is no coincidence that soaring hate-crime figures are found in countries where the extreme right is rising … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Feminism, IT Failures, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about Tagged: big tech firms, Cardiff University, Civil Rights, criminology, governments, hate, hate speech, hate statistic, hate-crime, HATELAB, incels, Internet, internet hate, Matthew Williams, Misogyny, organisations, Twitter

Fifty-seven years ago today …

June 12, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From a Mother Jones Daily newsletter by Ben Dreyfuss: June 11, 2020 Fifty-seven years ago today, noted segregationist George Wallace — then of Alabama, now of Hell—infamously stood in the schoolhouse door in an attempt to block two Black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending the University of Alabama. In response, President John … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics, Racism, Slavery, This Day in History, Trump Tagged: Alabama, Civil Rights, George Wallace, injustice, Juneteenth, Lincoln, oppression, President John F. Kennedy, revolution, Trump

Police in Hong Kong arrest 15 activists

April 18, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From the Guardian, April 18, 2020 Chris Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong, said while the world’s attention is focused on the covid-19 epidemic, Beijing has taken “yet another step towards burying one-country, two-system” and the arrests show that “Beijing is determined to throttle Hong Kong”. He said the liaison office’s claim that it … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Politics, Racism, Thinking about, This Day in History Tagged: Albert Ho, Au Nok-hin, Beijing, Chris Patten, Civil Rights, Figo Chan, Hong Kong, Lee Cheuk-yan, Leung Kwok-hung, Luo Huining, Margaret Ng, Pro-democracy, the Basic Law, Xi Jinping

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