@GeofCox @randahl I don't believe this is 'the political right'. I believe that this is people who are powerful, testing just how powerful they are.

I wrote about it six years ago, and I still believe this is fundamentally true.

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#Billionaires
#TheAndrewFormerlyKnownAsPrince

https://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-output/2020-07-24-rape-grouse-and-the-pathology-of-power/

Rape, grouse, and the pathology of power

Just as, as feminists keep saying, rape is not (mainly) about sex, so enclosing the uplands is not mainly about improving agriculture — the new 'improved' agriculture could make no use of such marginal land. What had been, from April to September, the summer shieling of tens or hundreds of thousands of subsistence farmers, became an arena, for a few days in August, to display the power of the few.

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Women 'main victims' of Sudan crisis as sexual violence used as weapon of war http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQYPBl #SudanCrisis #WomenRights #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #SexualViolence #HumanRights
Event marks 36 years since Polytechnique Montreal Massacre, honours 14 slain women

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Today I remember:
Geneviève Bergeron, 21
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daignault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviarnick, 29
Barbara Klucznick-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Lagaière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 23
Michèle Richard, 21
Anne St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 21
The conversation around violence against women is as important now as it was in 1989.
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National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women - AC Component

On December 6, we mark the National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women, a solemn day to honour the 14 women whose lives were stolen at Montréal’s École Polytechnique in 1989 because they were women. Their names remain a reminder of the urgent need to confront gender-based violence in all its forms: …

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Scholarships created to honour women killed 36 years ago at École Polytechnique - the Order of the White Rose

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https://youtu.be/Rl4934l1Cq8?si=QFTSgTt4yBRVoai2

Scholarship honours women killed at École Polytechnique

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Africa: Why a Woman Is Killed Every 10 Minutes - the Rising Wave of Global Femicide: [UN News] Every 10 minutes, partners and family members killed a woman intentionally in 2024 and that trend is growing, according to the UN. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPSyqw #Femicide #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #GenderEquality #WomenRights #UNReports
Standing against gender-based violence on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Let's raise awareness and support survivors. #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #OrangeTheWorld #SupportSurvivors 🧡🚫
25 November – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Violence against women is a global human rights issue. It takes many forms — physical, psychological, sexual, economic and digital. No one should face it alone. Support in Germany:
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Stand with all women and girls.#OrangeTheWorld #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #25November #HumanRights #SupportWomen #SocialMediaStreetwork #SoMS #MinorBerlin #MinorProjektkontor #SafetyForWomen #NoMoreViolence