Tag Archives: birth control

Birth control and being human

Posted on May 12, 2014 by franklindmitryev

The war against birth control is a war against the idea that women are actually human beings who have a right to control their fertility and plan when and if to have a child. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged abortion rights, ACA, Affordable Care Act, American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists, birth control, Catholic Church, Conestoga Wood Specialties, Contraception, Ella, feminism, Hobby Lobby, Intrauterine device, Marco Rubio, patriarchy, Plan B, Roy Blunt, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, sexism, Supreme Court of the United States, women's liberation | Leave a comment

Revolt and retrogression at home

Posted on May 6, 2014 by franklindmitryev

Draft for Marxist-Humanist Perspectives, 2014-2015: From the U.S. to Ukraine, crises and revolts call for philosophy. II. Revolt and retrogression at home. A. Women under attack. B. Many dimensions of revolt Continue reading →

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May-June 2014 News & Letters online

Posted on May 2, 2014 by franklindmitryev

May-June 2014 News & Letters online: “From the U.S. to Ukraine, crises and revolts call for philosophy”; “Unchaining the revolutionary dialectic”; much more… Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged 1844 Economic-Philosophical Manuscripts of Karl Marx, birth control, Bolivia, Bosnia, capitalism, Chernobyl disaster, climate change, Contraception, dialectic, dialectics of philosophy and organization, feminism, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, global warming, healthcare workers, Karl Marx, labor, Marxist-Humanism, Middle East, miners, News and Letters Committees, philosophic moment, philosophy of revolution, Raya Dunayevskaya, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, women's liberation, workers | Leave a comment

Women fight for freedom against growing retrogression

Posted on March 13, 2014 by franklindmitryev

While experiences in the squares of the Arab Spring, in Turkey’s Gezi Park, in the streets of Spain and Greece, and in the U.S. Occupy Movements have revealed moments of what new human relations between women and men could look like, those moments of hope and exhilaration have been followed by devastating reaction and retrogression. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Abortion, Afghan Women's Network, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, African Americans, Arab spring, Bashar al-Assad, birth control, Black liberation, Burma, Contraception, Dina van der Zalm, Egypt, feminism, food stamps, Gezi Park, Greece, Hamid Karzai, Heather Barr, Human Rights Watch, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Jordan, Kachin, Latinas, Lebanon, Louisiana, Middle East revolutions, Missouri, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Myanmar, New York Times, Nouri al-Maliki, Nuba Mountains, Occupy Gezi, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, patriarchy, Planned Parenthood, poverty, racism, Rape, Raqqa, Reproductive rights, sexism, sexual harassment, Shan, Sima Samar, South Dakota, Spain, Sudan, Suraya Pakzad, Tahrir Squares, Taliban, Texas, Turkey, U.S. military occupation of Iraq, Unemployment, United States, Violence against women, Virginia, Wendy Davis, Women's League of Burma, women's liberation | Leave a comment

Review: Sweetening the Pill

Posted on February 17, 2014 by franklindmitryev

Sweetening the Pill: or How We Got Hooked on Hormonal Birth Control by Holly Grigg-Spall has provoked controversy among feminists, especially over its contention that the birth control pill and other hormonal contraception are unsafe. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Abortion, anti-science, birth control, Boston Women’s Health Collective, capitalism, Contraception, Feminist Health Movement, Fertility Awareness Method, Holly Grigg-Spall, Our Bodies Our Selves, patriarchy, pharmaceutical companies, Planned Parenthood, sexism, Sweetening the Pill, women's liberation movement | Leave a comment

Ex-Pope Benedict’s reactionary career

Posted on March 27, 2013 by franklindmitryev

From the March-April 2013 issue of News & Letters: World in View by Gerry Emmett Ex-Pope Benedict’s reactionary career Pope Benedict XVI’s sudden resignation announcement on Feb. 11 took the world by surprise. It is the first time in almost … Continue reading →

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From India to Egypt to U.S., women fighting for freedom

Posted on March 17, 2013 by franklindmitryev

From the new March-April 2013 issue of News & Letters: Lead From India to Egypt to U.S., women fighting for freedom by Terry Moon Two recent events have shown the deep and seemingly intractable worldwide oppression of women and, at … Continue reading →

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Abortion rights action

Posted on December 18, 2012 by franklindmitryev

From the November-December 2012 issue of News & Letters Abortion rights action Chicago—On Oct. 20 dozens of determined women and some men demonstrated against the war on women, this time spearheaded by the Catholic hierarchy in cahoots with crazy anti-abortion, … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Abortion, birth control, Chicago, Contraception, feminism, Grey Panthers, Reproductive Health, Reproductive rights, Roman Catholic Church, war on women, women's liberation | Leave a comment

Obama’s re-election doesn’t end clash of two worlds

Posted on November 26, 2012 by franklindmitryev

From the new November-December 2012 issue of News & Letters Obama’s re-election doesn’t end clash of two worlds by Franklin Dmitryev The two worlds of the rulers and the ruled shone through the suffocating blanket of propaganda surrounding the election … Continue reading →

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Review: The Conflict… debating motherhood

Posted on October 11, 2012 by franklindmitryev

From the September-October 2012 issue of News & Letters: Review: The Conflict… debating motherhood The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women, by Elisabeth Badinter The Conflict is a brief overview of its subject that occasionally makes poorly … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged attachment parenting, Élisabeth Badinter, birth control, climate change, Contraception, feminism, lgbt, Mother, naturalism, Parent, patriarchy, sexism, The Conflict, women's liberation | Leave a comment