Today’s Democracy Now! was a must see. The hour was spent re-broadcasting all three of their 2010 interviews with Canadian physician and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté. Check it out…
Tag: Suffering
EI needs your help!
The Electronic Intifada needs your support to continue its work publishing “news, commentary, analysis, and reference materials about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from a Palestinian perspective. EI is the leading Palestinian portal for information about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its depiction in the media.”
What with “international solidarity and anti-war activists […] facing a new wave of repression in the United States,” there has never been a more important time, than now, for work of this kind to be done. And it desperately needs to continue.
So if you’re in a position to lend a hand, please consider supporting a valuable resource…
It Needs to Stop!
I haven’t much of anything interesting to say (not that I ever do), regarding the events that occurred on this day in 1989. But I couldn’t let this day pass without, in the very least, mentioning it’s significance.
Today, sadly, marks the 21st anniversary of the Montreal Massacre. Marc Lépine, “armed with a legally obtained Mini-14 rifle and a hunting knife,” walked into Montreal’s École Polytechnique and “shot twenty-eight people [killing fourteen women, while injuring ten more women and four men, all in an attempt to “fight feminism”] before killing himself…”
Another Year Down
Yes December 1st is the day of my birth. Another year down. But, in addition to any personal significance, today also marks World AIDS Day. Please do what you can to help, yourself especially, by getting and remaining informed with the issue in your country of residence and around the world…