Tag Archives: Uganda

Same-sex marriage

Posted on May 20, 2014 by franklindmitryev

Roundup on advances and resistance on same-sex marriage in churches and states. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Africa, Britain, Bulgaria, Christopher Senjonjo, Church of England, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Church of Norway, Croatia, Desmond Tutu, EU, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, lgbt, Lithuania, Michigan, Oklahoma, Poland, Same-sex marriage, Seventh Day Adventist Church, Texas, Uganda, UK, Utah | Leave a comment

Queer Notes, March-April 2014

Posted on April 2, 2014 by franklindmitryev

CeCe McDonald; Arizona’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act; Global Day of Action called by Solidarity Alliance in Nigeria. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Affordable Care Act, Africa, African Americans, Arizona, CeCe McDonald, gay, George Zimmerman, Global Day of Action, heterosexism, homophobia, IDAHO, Jordan Davis, lgbt, LGBTQ rights, Michael Dunn, Minneapolis, Nigeria, queer liberation, racism, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Solidarity Alliance, transphobia, Trayvon Martin, Uganda, United States | Leave a comment

Call for News and Letters Committees Convention, 2014

Posted on March 11, 2014 by franklindmitryev

News and Letters Committees has posted its OFFICIAL CALL FOR CONVENTION to Work Out Marxist-Humanist Perspectives for 2014-2015 February 23, 2014 To All Members of News and Letters Committees Dear Friends: The sharpness of revolution and counter-revolution … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged 1953 Letters on Hegel's Absolutes, 2014 Winter Olympics, Absolute Idea, Absolute Negativity as New Beginning, Arab spring, Ban Ki-moon, Barack Obama, Bosnia, Cameroon, Canada, Chattanooga, climate change, Congo, counter-revolution, Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy, Egypt, European Union, fast food workers, Gezi Park, global warming, Iran, Keystone XL pipeline, kill list, LGBTQ rights, low-wage workers, Middle East revolutions, Moral Mondays, News and Letters Committees, Nigeria, Occupy Boston, Occupy Gezi, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Pelican Bay prison hunger strike, philosophic moment, philosophy of revolution, queer liberation, Rape, Raya Dunayevskaya, revolution in permanence, Rosa Luxemburg, Russia, Ryan Crocker, structural economic crisis of capitalism, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tahrir Squares, tar sands, The Philippines, Turkey, Typhoon Haiyan, U.S. military occupation of Iraq, UAW, Uganda, Ukraine, Unemployment, VW, Walmart strikes, War in Afghanistan (2001–present) | Leave a comment

Anti-LGBT bigot sued in human rights trial

Posted on September 22, 2013 by franklindmitryev

U.S. preacher and bigot Scott Lively will have to face charges of human rights violations in a Massachusetts courtroom. Lively is best known as promoter of Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” bill. His homophobic preaching has led to persecution and death among African Gays. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Alien Tort Statute, Angola, Center for Constitutional Rights, David Kato, heterosexism, homophobia, Human rights, lgbt, Mozambique, Pink Swastika, queer liberation, Russia, Scott Lively, Sexual Minorities Uganda, Uganda, Vladimir Putin | Leave a comment

Queer Notes, November-December 2012

Posted on December 13, 2012 by franklindmitryev

From the November-December 2012 issue of News & Letters Queer Notes by Elise On National Coming Out Day this year, youth in particular showed the way. Texas Tech University’s Gay-Straight Alliance members told coming out stories. People wrote their sexual … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged 7FreeDays Club, Gay community, homophobia, Human Rights Watch, Kathmandu, lgbtq, Moscow, National Coming Out Day, Nepal, People's Council, Pride parade, queer, Russia, South Asia, Texas Tech University Gay-Straight Alliance, Uganda, University of Florida Pride Student Union | Leave a comment

Queer Notes, March-April 2012

Posted on April 18, 2012 by franklindmitryev

From the March-April 2012 issue of News & Letters: Queer Notes by Elise A California Girl Scout put out a YouTube video asking the public to boycott Girl Scout cookies because she objects to a troop admitting a Transgender girl. … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Freedom and Roam Uganda, Girl Scout, Girl Scout cookie, Girl Scouts of the USA, Housing and Urban Development, Human Rights Watch, Kasha Jacqueline Nabagasera, Kuwait, lgbt, lgbtq, Police brutality, queer liberation, Scouting, Shaun Donovan, Simon Likodo, transgender, Uganda, Violence against LGBT people, Violence is Not Our Culture Campaign, Women Living Under Muslim Laws, YouTube | Leave a comment

Women Worldwide, March-April 2012

Posted on April 9, 2012 by franklindmitryev

From the March-April 2012 issue of News & Letters: Women Worldwide by Artemis Pakistan’s first Academy Award nomination, the documentary Saving Face, follows the successful struggle by the Acid Survivors Foundation to introduce a law ensuring a minimum 14-year prison … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Abstain Be faithful use Condoms, abstinence, acid attacks, Acid Survivors Foundation, Argentina, Dirty War, domestic violence, feminism, Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, HIV/AIDS, Janet Museveni, Maurice Hinchey, Mohammad Jawad, Pakistan, patriarchy, Saving Face, sexism, Uganda, Violence against women, Violence and Abuse, virgin census, virgin party, women's liberation | Leave a comment

Kenya in Somalia

Posted on December 4, 2011 by franklindmitryev

From the November-December 2011 issue of News & Letters: Kenya in Somalia by Gerry Emmett Reportedly backed by French and U.S. air strikes, Kenyan troops entered south Somalia to attack positions of the Islamist al-Shabaab militia which controls much of … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged al-Shabaab militia, East Africa, Islamists, Kenya, Kismayu, Lord's Resistance Army, sambuza, Somali Transitional Federal Government, Somalia, TFG, U.S. military forces in Africa, Uganda | Leave a comment

Somalia famine, climate and capitalism

Posted on September 18, 2011 by franklindmitryev

From the new September-October 2011 issue of News & Letters: Somalia famine, climate and capitalism The famine in the Horn of Africa is finally getting attention, though it has been years in the making, now that shocking pictures of starving … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged African Union, Al-Shabaab, Black Hawk Down, climate change, Dadaab, Danziger Bridge, Ethiopia, Famine, global warming, Horn of Africa, Human Rights Watch, Hurricane Katrina, Jeremy Scahill, jingoism, Kenya, Mogadishu secret prison, race, racism, secret rendition, Somali National Security Agency, Somalia, torture by proxy, Transitional Federal Government, Uganda, United States | 1 Comment

July -August 2011 Readers’ Views

Posted on September 2, 2011 by franklindmitryev

From the July-August 2011 issue of News & Letters: Readers’ Views Contents: AS REVOLUTION AND COUNTER-REVOLUTION TAKE WORLD STAGE CHINESE ART PROJECT HEALTHCARE IN 2011 NEW RIGHT=OLD LEFT? FREEDOM RIDES, 50 YEARS AFTER WOMEN’S LIBERATION SPEAKS IN MANY VOICES BURMA … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Abortion, Abraham Bassford, Ai Weiwei, anti-immigrant legislation, Arab spring, Bahrain, Baton Rouge, Burma, Cabrini Green, Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign, Chinese Art Project, Chinese Whisper, Colombia, Counter-revolutionary, criminal injustice, Critique of the Gotha Program, democracy, Deutsche Bank, Egypt, feminism, Freedom Riders, healthcare, Hillary Clinton, housing, Human rights, Iranian Revolution, Karl Marx, labor, leaderlessness, Libya, Maghreb, Martha Biggs, Marxism and Freedom: From 1776 Until Today, Maureen Dowd, Michele Bachmann, Mideast, Morocco, Mother's Day, Mr Taurus, News and Letters Committees, North Africa, North Korea, Palestine, prisoners, Qaddafi, Raya Dunayevskaya, Spain, Syria, theory of evolution, Tunisia, Uganda, Venezuela, What happens after the revolution, Wisconsin class struggle, women's liberation, workers, Yemen, Zack Kopplin | Leave a comment