Preocupante:
Cifra de mujeres que reportan haber sufrido violencia intrafamiliar
creció un 11,4 por ciento en 10 años. por Opazo/El Ciudadano. Trabajo
del Instituto Milenio para la Investigación de Imperfecciones de Mercado
y Políticas Públicas (MIPP) de la U. de Chile analizó la evolución de
este fenómeno a lo largo de diez años. La violencia intrafamiliar
(VIF) es un …
Categorías: Feministas, género y sexualidad, Luchas sociales - Chile
Special
Opportunity to Attend Zoom Panel Discussion with We Are Not Your
Soldiers presenter Lyle Rubin this Thursday May 11 at 7:00 pm ET - Be sure to register here.
We Are Not Your Soldiers' Travels in April!
Joe Urgo and Will Griffin
April
took We Are Not Your Soldiers to speaking locations both within and
outside the borders of the United States – remotely, although we would
have loved to have done all these visits in person!
We started
with a very new experience – speaking for two hours with graduate
diplomacy/security students in France. The entire discussion was in
English, a language in which they’re fluent. Presentations were made by Will Griffin and Joe Urgo.
Their questions were thoughtful and deep. Here are a few examples:
"Joe,
Will, thank you both for your shattering presentations and for your
courage in coming to speak to us about your experiences. You both joined
the military to serve your nation’s interest but the things you saw
made you realize that the aggressiveness of American defense policy and
especially the racism, xenophobia and systemic misogyny within its ranks
and towards all foreigners served only violence rather than protecting
the interest of American citizens. Today, as a veteran and American
citizen, do you have renewed confidence in the state? And how do you
feel today: angry, desperate, or hopeful that American ethnocentrism and
the violence more generally in our societies will gradually disappear?"
"As
someone of Vietnamese descent, your testimonies were really insightful.
I noticed that you have not mentioned Agent Orange, the herbicide that
was sprayed by the U.S. Air Force on Vietnamese forests. Last year, a
French victim made international headlines by suing in a French court
several U.S. multinationals that sold the agent to the U.S. government.
In the end, they were not held accountable at all. The generational
trauma and health issues of the victims were never acknowledged by the
U.S. government either. I was wondering if you could comment on that."
"Thanks
a million for these insightful interventions. Joe, you said no easy
questions so I will ask a personal one to both of you. Your anti-war
fight seems, to me, like a David and Goliath fight, especially when you
look at the growing importance given to the army in most countries. Do
you ever doubt the real impact you achieve through your honorable
activism? Do you have any experience to share with us? How do you keep
up your faith?"
One student sent us this message at the end:
"Thank
you for taking the time to share with us your experiences in the
military. For young people studying security it is so very important to
attend to presentations showing the other side of the ledger. I think
your level of detail and your anecdotes were much appreciated as they
concretized your stories. Moreover, I am certain some students,
including me, would have liked to talk longer with you in a less
Q&A-type of format. Two hours was good enough for the formal
presentation but a continuation (at the pub?) would have been most
welcomed if the ocean did not separate us."
We also went to a women’s studies class in a community college on Long Island NY where Joy Damiani presented
and then answered questions which focused on issues such as assault,
concerning women in the military. Will Griffin spoke to two classes at a
New York City community college which had recently viewed the
documentary, “Why We Fight.”
Will then headed, again virtually, to North Carolina to present to two
community college classes there which have been studying the Milgram and Stanford Prison experiments. Miles Megaciph
completed the April visits with presentations, sharing his experiences
creatively through performances of his music, to four classes at a large
NYC public high school.
One of the students wrote Miles, “Thank
you for being so expressive, heartfelt and insightful” while another
said, “Thank you for sharing your heart-breaking experiences." The
teachers noted, “So many students found your words and emotions moving
and are eager now to do their own research.”
We share this note from Carol Dudek who produces the Sudan's Struggle Blog:
"My look at Sudan was interrupted for several months - I was devastated
by my husband Jim’s death in November. I’m privileged now to continue
presenting global reports on the political progress of our friends in
Sudan."
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