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Senta Erbe
“…Before our eyes, a woman
of remarkable eloquence and diction spoke of a country in which
a fearless people fought in unison against the greatest threat of
all…ignorance and inequality….” Author on Li Onesto’s
presentation of the People’s War in Nepal. (March
2004)...FULL
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Emily
Frydrych: Looking Through the Lens of International Human Rights
Law
Misty Swift
Systematic power and control
is not confined to a violent home, or to an abusive guard or system,
but is institutionalized in both private and public spheres. While
writing my master’s thesis I looked through the lens of international
human rights law and was able to critique the U.S.’s interpretation
of such formal guarantees of justice. This consequentially, opened
me up to thinking about avenues and strategies for reform....FULL
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Peace
Now
Patricia Metzer
On March 2nd I participated in the
Global Day of Protest in Hollywood. This was not my first demonstration
against the Bush administration or the war. In fact, I considered
myself somewhat of a veteran. My first march had been one year before,
when millions around the globe had taken to the streets in protest
against what the Bush Administration claims as foreign policy and
against the crime of passion it calls the War on Terrorism....FULL
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CNA,
Carla Mendoza
Misty Swift
Carla Mendoza is 51 years old and
five feet tall with hazel eyes. At 6 a.m. on a typical work day
Carla wakes, showers, makes coffee and takes her breakfast on the
way in order to clock in promptly at seven. As a Certified Nurses’
Assistant, or CNA, in Pasadena, California, she starts her day changing
sheets and diapers and logging vital signs on the care recipients’
charts. Once this is done there is an eight to eight-fifteen coffee
break but as Carla points out, “If you talk with a patient
a little too long or have some trouble with sheets or something,
by the time you wheel the cart in, your break’s over.”
Lunch is carted to the various rooms at twelve and afterward Carla
has thirty minutes for lunch. She goes through the rounds again,
clocks out at exactly three and makes the ten-minute drive to her
second job where she starts at 3:30 and works until 11 p.m.
Why
Cuba Remains One Step Ahead of Us
Richard Navarette
On my trip to Cuba, I had the privilege
of experiencing firsthand the gains and achievements made possible
through the Cuban Revolution. Despite four decades of economic blockades
from the United States’ government, the Cuban Revolution has
proven how the economic difficulties faced daily by its people have
not affected the availability of social programs to every Cuban
citizen. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba’s source
of income became heavily dependent on tourism. Once the richest
country in Latin America, Cuba now ranks as one of the poorest.
However, Cuba’s educational and health systems continue to
be the best in the world. How does one country experiencing so many
economic hardships continue to provide free education and health
care to its people?FULL
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Why
We Marched in Washington
Senta Erbe
Abortion is such a nasty topic
for many people-particularly religious zealots who have tried time
and again to impose their values on the whole population of the
United States. The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment guarantees
the division of the State from the Church. Why then, in 2004, are
our rights as free-Americans being hindered by people whom feel
that their value system of anti-abortion sentiment should be supported
by the state? And why has the administration of George W. Bush taken
it upon themselves to promote legislation that will over-rule the
Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade, guaranteeing Americans
the right to privacy, the right to choose? I don’t understand;
what happened to my country? Where are my civil liberties? Where
are my Rights? FULL REVIEW
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