Theresa Malkiel came to New York as a teen after fleeing anti-Semitic violence in Russia. Eighteen years later, she founded Women's Day, the forerunner of IWD.

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The Woman Behind International Women's Day Was a Refugee and a Socialist

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NO GO JOE

Joe Biden is the Hillary Clinton of 2020 – and it won't end well this time either | Arwa Mahdawi

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A Biden Presidency Would Be a 'Death Sentence,' Climate Activists Warn

Resurfaced video shows Joe Biden pushing border fence, calling for employers who hired 'illegals' to be punished

Broadsheet wrote: Let's keep a tally - how does the law treat men who rape women, men who kill women, and women who kill their rapists? Here's how a male judge punished a woman who killed her rapist...

In Australia, Roxanne Eka Peters, 35, slashed Grant Cassar, 51, with a kitchen knife after he threatened to harm her daughter unless she submitted to more sex. Justice David Boddice said Peters was “enraged” at Cassar’s previous rape of her and sick threats, but that did not excuse her lack of respect for Cassar's “human dignity.” Peters was sentenced to nine years for manslaughter plus another 18 months for interfering with a corpse. The judge acknowledged that the humiliating rape followed by Cassar’s threats to harm her child had been a “significant provocation.” He said: “I accept the stabbing occurred in circumstances when you were enraged by what the deceased had done to you and was threatening to do to you again.”

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Woman sentenced to 9 years in prison for killing rapist

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Kurl: Here's why Elizabeth May's Green Party is drawing so much voter attention

Many left-of-centre Canadians, who pulled together under the Liberal banner in 2015, have jumped ship. But so far, they’re not exactly flocking to Andrew Scheer or Jagmeet Singh.

Secrets. Both the Liberals and the Conservatives have hidden agendas. We need open transparency and accountability if we want to survive the next 50 years.

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Two dozen secret cabinet decisions hidden from Parliament, Canadians - iPolitics

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government has made more than two dozen secret cabinet decisions, hiding any trace of them from Parliament and Canadians, iPolitics has learned. A review by iPolitics of more than 21,000 orders-in-council published on the Privy Council’s website since 2004 found t...

Family Guy Pays Tribute To Adam West In Season Finale

By MATTHEW AGUILAR - May 10, 2019

Adam West is known by many for his portrayal of Batman in the Batman 1960's television series, but in recent years he's also become synonymous with Family Guy, and the show recently gave him a humorous tribute. West was featured several times on Family Guy as the city's Mayor, and every time he showed up hilarity followed. It's fitting then that the show recently gave him a comedic tribute, especially considering it is Peter who decides to do the video.

The family is looking for a way to honor Mayor West, and Brian suggests they rename James Woods High to Adam West High School, and everyone gets on board quickly, especially after listing all the reasons why James Woods is undeserving. While Brian goes to take care of it Peter says he's going to make a video in honor of Mayor West, though being Peter, he somehow messes it up

 

Replanting oil palm may be driving a second wave of biodiversity loss

The environmental impact of palm oil production has been well publicised. Found in everything from food to cosmetics, the deforestation, ecosystem decline and biodiversity loss associated with its use is a serious cause for concern.

What many people may not know, however, is that oil palm trees – the fruit of which is used to create palm oil – have a limited commercial lifespan of 25 years. Once this period has ended, the plantation is cut down and replanted, as older trees start to become less productive and are difficult to harvest. Our research has now found that this replanting might be causing a second wave of biodiversity loss, further damaging the environment where these plantations have been created.

HEALTH

MOTHER’S DAY: FOR MANY BLACK AND INDIGENOUS WOMEN, MOTHERHOOD IS A FIGHT AGAINST, RACISM, SEXISM, AND VIOLENCE

BY ROBERTA K. TIMOTHY ON 5/12/19 AT 12:10 AM EDT

Käthe Kollwitz, Mother With Two Children, 1932-6

9 ways racism impacts maternal health

May 8, 2019 11.34pm BST

As we celebrate our moms and mommies this Mother’s Day, let us not forget that for some, motherhood is not an enjoyed privilege. For many Black, Indigenous and racialized women in Turtle Island (North America) and globally — motherhood is a fight for life.

The struggle for our maternal health and motherhood includes daily resistance against anti-Black racism, anti-indigeneity, sexism, classism and other forms of intersectional violence.

The health of Black pregnant women and mothers is a key issue being debated in the United States presidential 2020 campaigns especially by Sen. Kamala Harris and Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Recently, Harris introduced a resolution to raise awareness of the disproportionately high rates of pregnancy-related deaths among Black women.

Professional tennis player Serena Williams’ recent maternal health crisisdemonstrated that Black women’s reproductive health can be jeopardized, suspect, dismissed and at risk of demise even for the very talented, wealthy and well-known.

BARBARA BUSH ON ABORTION

Satanic Temple says abortion laws violate religious rights by promoting Christian beliefs

A lawsuit argues that a Missouri statute for women seeking to terminate their pregnancies promotes the Christian viewpoint that life begins with conception.

STORY FROM LAST YEAR HOWEVER IT POINTS TO HOW TO FIGHT THESE REACTIONARY ABORTION LAWS