Author Archives: Jack Stephens

Carnival of Socialism #17

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Jack Stephens

The 17th Carnival of Socialism is up at Stroppy Blog:
Better late than never…I hope. Here is the Carnival, the second of the relaunch.I have tried to capture a number of themes and posts that have caught my eye, and a few sent me. I would have liked to have had more from beyond the usual […] Continue reading →

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If It’s A War This Honky Wants…

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Holy fucking shit! Just finished posting this at my blog:
This was actually in a campus newspaper! I believe it’s an independent newspaper, not affiliated with the University of Colorado journalism department (thank God!) but it is a newspaper none the less for the UC community.
I’ll get straight to the point. Here is an […] Continue reading →

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Transphobia and Homophobic Violence and Hate Crimes

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Jack, at Angry Brown Butch, blogs:
On February 10, Sanesha Stewart, a young trans woman of color, was brutally murdered in her apartment in the Bronx. This is tragic and deeply saddening in and of itself, and part of a frightening and enduring pattern of violence against trans people. But because of this woman’s identities – […] Continue reading →

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Craz-ay Jewish Congresspeoples

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Matt writes:
By now you might have seen the unbelievably ugly story of a virulently anti-Semitic flier that was distributed by supporters of Nikki Tinker, the Democrat who is challenging Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) in a primary election.
“Memphis Congressman Steve Cohen and the JEWS HATE Jesus,” reads the flier. “Memphis Christians must unite and support ONE […] Continue reading →

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The RCP’s Idol Worship

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Burningman blogs on the Revolutionary Communist Party’s response to the Nine Letters to our Comrades, which was a group of critical letters on the RCP and it’s leadership by a former RCP member:
The Revolutionary Communist Party has decreed on a “matter of basic orientation.” The unsigned author(s) don’t mention the object of their scorn by […] Continue reading →

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Exploitation

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Bambu rants:
i recently got a myspace message from an old friend who had a little bit of a beef with me. she wanted to know why i was “knocking the hustle” of so many young pinays in the import model/go-go dancing game. she felt that by me trying to persuade young women (especially young women […] Continue reading →

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Real Israelis

Posted on February 16, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Connie writes on Sabbah Blog about a recent ad campaign in Israel:
An aggressive public relations campaign against military draft evaders is currently being waged on billboards, television sets and computer screens throughout Israel. Entitled “Real Israelis Don’t Shirk the Draft,” the low point of this campaign is a brief video clip featuring secular, European Jewish […] Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on White Privilege

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Vibracobra, on the feminist blog Mind the Gap, blogs about white privilege and white feminists:
You might be familiar with the video that Sudy (of A Womyn’s Ecdysis) made a while back, showcasing a collection of comments by self-identified feminists in people’s comments threads, some of which are pretty horrifying.
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Anyway, inspired by a recent post on […] Continue reading →

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Feminist Carnival #53

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Jack Stephens

The 53rd edition of the Feminist Carnival is up at Uncool:
There’s some great posts this time around: some submitted, some found through extensive blog-hopping. Like the last time I hosted the carnival, I’ve marked any blogs that maybe unsafe for you to view at work with a “(NSFW)”. Enjoy…..
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Racism, Feminism, and the Issue of FGE

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Plain(s)feminist blogs about Female Genital Excision (FGE), also known as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and the issue of white Western feminists focusing more on the brutalities against women in Third World countries than in the Western world:
There seems to be no way to get a certain segment of the feminist population to understand that it […] Continue reading →

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