Lasantha Manilal Wickramatunge was a prominent Sri Lankan journalist and former editor-in-chief of the The Sunday Leader. Wickramatunge was assassinated on 8 January, 2009, while driving to work in Dehiwela, just outside Colombo. His killing has been widely condemned by the media and viewed as an assault against press freedom. The government is being held [...]
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Lasantha Wickramatunge & press freedom
Posted in Career listings, I protest, tagged assassinated, Colombo, Lasantha Manilal Wickramatunge, press freedom, Sri Lankan journalists, The Sunday Leader on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Women’s freedom, not ‘pub culture,’ is their target…
Posted in I protest, feminism, tagged Bajrang Dal, BJP, feminism, Mangalore pub incident, pub culture, Sangh Parivar outfits, Sri Ram Sene, Sri Ram Sene Chief PV Muthalik, State Women's Commission, women boozing, Women's freedom, women's rights on February 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Around 40 goons of the ‘Sri Ram Sene’ entered a pub, assaulted people there, dragged women by the hair, molesting them and lifting up their blouses and skirts.
They claimed to be righteous defenders of ‘Indian morality,’ incensed by ‘women boozing’ and ‘pub culture.’ Since these scenes came to people’s notice through national TV, there [...]
Buy Handmade!
Posted in I protest, tagged buy handmade, Consumer Product Safety Inspection Act, CPSIA, Environmentalist, save handmade, soft toys on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(I felt good when I made this poster myself with Adobe Photoshop)
My favourite blogger Jenny B Harris from Allsorts says:
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When congress passed the CPSIA (the Consumer Product Safety Inspection Act) in August 2008, they were intending to protect companies from selling harmful products. All products intended for children under 12 years old must go through [...]
Letters & More II
Posted in I protest, India Uncut, tagged Christian, Christianity, Confederates, D G S Dinakaran, Muslim, Muslim terrorists, Narendra Modi, Nazis, Osama bin Laden, Paul dinakaran, RSS, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on January 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
In line with the idea that ” all Muslims are terrorists,” another person mailed me:
“obviously you live in la la land
how about you check out the real world
www.crusadewatch.org
www.jihadwatch.org”
I replied to him: ” that just because Osama Bin Laden was a Muslim, does not mean All Muslims are terrorists or that all Muslims [...]
Letters & More
Posted in I protest, India Uncut, tagged India, Pakistan, Israel, Muslim terrorism, racist, anti-Hindu, Hindus, propogate christianity, hindu nationalists, Kashmir, Kosova, East Timor, minorities, Mizoram Christians, Dara Singh on January 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Sometimes I get letters that I just don’t know what to do with. Scream, tear my hair or just mark it as spam?
Here’s a sample copy from a rightist:
Seems as though this blog starter is a hardcore Anti-Hindu and a racist trying to spread shit against religion. The name RACHEL reveals your hidden agenda. How [...]
Psychos on Amazon!
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, I protest, tagged domestic violence on January 18, 2009 | 12 Comments »
I was shocked to check this link posted at TW
Domestic violence is a problem in the US as much as it is in India. But you will only find religious fundamentalists having the unmitigated gall to defend it! And not only defend it but actually write a justification and call it “romance?” Ugh! I want [...]
AIDS campaign on the blogosphere
Posted in I protest, tagged AIDS campaign, BlogCatalog, blogosphere, HIV/AIDS, National Institute on Drug Abuse on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi,
I am a member of BlogCatalog, and since they are conducting a campaign for World AIDS Day, its only fair if I post our campaign objectives:
Blog Catalog says:
“This December 1st, 2008, BlogCatalog members are joining with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human [...]
Fight the mental burqa
Posted in I protest, tagged Punkassblog, White washed feminists on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In publicity of WWF & Punkassblog
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