Showing posts with label genocide war. Show all posts
Showing posts with label genocide war. Show all posts

Sunday, April 27, 2008

25,000 Dockworkers Shut Down West Coast Ports in Historic Antiwar Protest

In the largest labor strike since the invasion of Iraq, ports along the West Coast -- all twenty-nine of them -- were shut down as some 25,000 dockworkers went on a one-day strike to protest the Iraq war. Port workers in Iraq also struck on May 1st in solidarity with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

Listen/Watch/Read the full story on Democracy Now!

Monday, March 31, 2008

Violence Against Women in War

This is an extremely short overview of women's experiences in modern wars. It contains highlights from international laws protecting women in armed conflict as well as descriptions of psychosocial interventions tailored for war survivors.

Monday, March 10, 2008

Ghosts of Rwanda

Excerpt from the Frontline Documentary about the Rwandan Genocide in 1994:

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Trauma and Recovery

Trauma and Recovery
by Judith Lewis Herman

Don't Hit My Mommy

Don't Hit My Mommy
by Alicia Lieberman and Patricia Van Horn

Violence: A National Epidemic

Violence: A National Epidemic
by James Gilligan

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali
from the cover of "Infidel"