Thank you again to Avaaz: Here is an email from Asma Jahangir, head of the Pakistani Human Rights Commission and the UN’s Special Rapporteur for freedom of religion worldwide. Now under house arrest in Lahore, she’s one of many Pakistanis urgently asking the world community to raise our voice: There is a strong crackdown on [...]
My friend is in a terrible work situation, one which has damaged his body and mind, and has asked me if I can help find someone to fight what is being done to him and his fellow factory employees- not in some sweatshop overseas, but right here in Montreal. The employees of a local Plastics [...]
i was on the Amnesty Internation website today, checking in on the Urgent Actions. these are cases where your letters could be the difference between life and death for someone in the next few days. reading through some of these cases it feels like fear is in control- turning people against each other and against [...]
by Michael (no longer) in Mali I awoke this morning to the sound of children playing, light snow falling slowly from the sky. I looked out my second story residence window onto the park next to my building and saw little kids running around in their snowsuits yelling in Norwegian. I smiled. With my jet [...]
By Mike and Dave A cool breeze blowing off the Bani River descends upon Mopti, softening the brutality of the mid-afternoon heat in the ancient town. Two men dressed in Tuareg attire – flowing robes and protective turbans – huddled in the shade playing a game of Wali to pass the time, engaged but silent, [...]
The Drive, by LK. I crossed the border on October 29th in a Mexican made VW Jetta named Cloey. The car belongs to my crazy french lesbian housemate / co-worker, but we are sharing her down here. I think she is happy to be home so far and seems to love the dirt roads. My [...]
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