What's left of Women's Day?

We are today the 9th of March 2011. Yesterday was the 8th of March 2011, or International Women's day. It has now been over a century of International Women's days; over a century of activism marked by that symbolic day, the 8th of March. Women have of course always fought for their rights, but we like to say that feminism is something of the twentieth century. 

     We also like to say that women's conditions have dramatically improved in that same century, that women are now equal to men, and that men are even abused in Canada or in some Scandinavian countries (stories of myk mann = a man who goes against the traditional male role). 

     The reason for me to write this post is that I was yesterday supposed to go shoot a march in support of Palestinian Women and in relation with the international women's day. I arrived there, and left immediately, for there was almost no one. It's international women's day and no one cares in Montreal. Tonight I came back from work, checked the Al Jazeera English website, and ended up on this story: "In Juarez, women just disappear". The issue is that in Juarez, a border city plagued by drug gangs, women often disappear because they are used by gangs to 'train' new recruits. They kidnap a young girl (like Alejandra Garcia Andrade), rape her, and after days of agony leave the dead body in a gutter.

Kifeya

Then I browsed a bit more on Al Jazeera, and found this other article: "The New Egypt: Leaving women behind". The story is about Egyptian women who feel left beside after the revolution that saw Egypt get rid of Mubarak. Kifeya! (enough!)

But the problem is that these two examples are only two examples. There are thousands of other examples, untold stories. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), hundreds of women are raped every months by rebel groups, by government troops, and even by UN troops sometimes; all of this resulting from centuries of colonization and destruction.

In Japan, dozens of women are raped every years by US troops in Okinawa. Dozens of female US troops are raped  every years by their own colleagues male US troops.

In other words there are countless examples of gendercides that keep occuring all around the world; sometimes much closer to home than most would think. Yet, on International Women Day, in Montreal, no one cared.

George Clooney the new South Sudanese Ambassador

Sudan: One country or two? - RIZ KHAN - Al Jazeera English



I used to think highly of Al Jazeera but now I feel all shaken... Why would they ever consider bringing George Clooney to a talk show to explain the matter with South Sudan and the upcoming referendum? Has Mr Clooney recently became South Sudanese? And has he on top of this been appointed by... someone to the job of South Sudan Ambassador?

It really annoys me to see these western pop-stars taking leading role when Africa is concerned! Next we'll have Wyclef Jean president of Haiti!

Government of Canada investing in community action to preserve local habitat and species at risk in Quebec

ENVIRONMENT CANADA | GOVERNMENT OF CANADA INVESTING IN COMMUNITY ACTION TO PRESERVE LOCAL HABITAT AND SPECIES AT RISK IN QUEBEC

Linking communities with federal government. Bravo!

Obamaland...

	Clare and the Reasons - Obama Over The Rainbow .mp3
	Found at bee mp3 search engine

First, click on "PLAY" to read this post.

 A couple of weeks ago I went to Obamaland, the land where people need instruction to be able to cross the street, but also the land where luckily you can chew some BlueQ Obama Gum while goin' shipping with the BlueQ Mighty Michelle Shopper.

Then.

Battlestar Galactica

Newly discovered planet 'habitable' -
 Al Jazeera English

And there we go! Once we'll be done fucking up our dear pachamama we can just hop on a shuttle and colonize Gliese 581 g!

For that we will be able to use Israeli intelligence, for they are expert in illegal colonization/settlements...

That would be nice wouldn't it?

Squares of Autumn

Squares of Autumn
Originally uploaded by L'Arlesien

And now Fall is kickin'in. School, work, rainy days, yellow leaves, orange leaves, red leaves, falling leaves, and leaves-less trees.

Seasons keep coming and going, and I still hear comments such as "well in 50 years or something maybe people will react more strongly to global warming because it may become more real..." This was from the mouth of a soon graduating political science student. Amazing.

Sheep on da street!

Wowowiwow! Well it has been a while since I had a single thought (which is strong within me) for the Enigmatic Worthlessness!

But an international (article on Al Jazeera) event that reveals both human stupidity and a regime's own stupidity has forced me to come out of the closet, so to say, and post this.

(reuters)

Chinese citizens are on the street in front of the Japanese embassy in Beijing because they feel angered by... they themselves have no idea what.

Or rather they think they know. They think they feel angered because the Japanese are keeping

Zhan Qixiong, the chinese trawler captain, in custody. How is that surprising?

Quick summary of the situation. Some days ago a chinese trawler was sailing around the Diaoyu/Sentoku disputed Islands. The Chinese boat was approached by Japanese coast guard, and as an answer the chinese boat hit the Japanese ones. The Japanese coastguards thus arrested the Chinese crew and brought them back to Japan. Then, of course, the Chinese were crying out loud saying that the Japanese are insane.

What is scary is that people are not understanding that this is all just a political game over a couple of islands, and most of all that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is willingly fueling popular resentment over the Japanese in order to gain momentum and legitimacy.

However, although the use of nationalism feelings is easy and handy for the CCP in time of social unrest, it is a dangerous thing to play with. We saw it in Urumqi last year.