Politicians show up for Pink Dot despite scorecard grading their 'family values', say it's important to engage different groups

SINGAPORE: Despite the emergence of a scorecard grading politicians based on their traditional stances on family values, several politicians attended this year's Pink Dot rally, with two Members of Parliament (MP) from the People's Action Party saying that it is important to speak to all communities in Singapore.

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#OnThisDay 25th May 2018, the referendum to repeal the 8th amendment of the Irish constitution was passed, removing the barrier to abortion provision in the country.

You can see a number of documents from the campaign in our collection: https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/3762/

#Ireland #Politics #Referendums #Repeal #Repealed

Referendum - Repeal of the Eighth Amendment Referendum, 2018

Political material on Repeal of the Eighth Amendment Referendum, 2018 in the Irish Left Archive. Documents from Together for Yes, Trade Union Campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment and Éirígí.

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United Methodist Church lifts 40-year ban on LGBTQ+ clergy: ‘We no longer say being gay is a sin’

LGBTQ+ clergy members are now welcome in the United Methodist Church (UMC) following the lifting of a a four-decade ban. 

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#OnThisDay 7th September 1983 a referendum was held to add a "right to life of the unborn" to the Irish Constitution, legally blocking all abortion.

After decades of pro-choice campaigning, the amendment was repealed in 2018.

Here are some documents from the 1983 campaign: https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/2639/

#Ireland #Abortion #RepealTheEighth #Repealed #OTD

Referendum - Eighth Amendment (Right to life) Referendum, 1983

Political material on Eighth Amendment (Right to life) Referendum, 1983 in the Irish Left Archive. Documents from Athol Books, People's Democracy and The Workers' Party.

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Montreal’s Chinese community marks 100 years since ’Chinese Exclusion Act’ | RCI

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Five years ago today people in Ireland (& some who travelled #HomeToVote) #repealed the #8th in Ireland.
There was lots of organising for people to get to their polling place (Ireland doesn't make it as easy as some other countries).
The following day I was in a sunny field full of buttercups desperately waiting on updates from the tally people via twitter.
By the time the marriage equality and abortion referendums came I had already lost my Irish vote, but am very proud of how the country voted
Archiving Reproductive Health project published some new collections today, to mark the 5th anniversary of the repeal of the Eighth Amendment. More information and links to the collections here: https://dri.ie/new-collections-published-archiving-reproductive-health-5th-anniversary-repeal-referendum #mastodaoine #repealed #histodons #repoductivehistories
New Collections Published by Archiving Reproductive Health for 5th Anniversary of the Repeal Referendum | Digital Repository Ireland

#OnThisDay 8th March 2018, an International Women's Day march for choice took place in Dublin calling for the repeal of the eighth amendment. Here are documents distributed at the march: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6061/

The eighth amendment was repealed by referendum the following May, removing the block on abortion in Ireland.

#SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction #InternationalWomensDay #IWD #OTD #RepealTheEighth #Repealed

Political Material from: International Women's Day March for Choice, 8th March 2018

Documents distributed at an International Women’s Day march on 8th of March 2018, which called for repeal of the 8th amendment and the right to choice.

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Ber Grogan: Abortion Rights Campaign, Repeal, and Communities Against Racism

In this episode we talk to Ber Grogan. As an activist, Ber was involved with the Abortion Rights Campaign, and was a co-ordinator in Dublin North West during the referendum to repeal the eighth amendment. She also ran a Seanad campaign for the NUI panel, and is currently active in Communities Against Racism.We discuss the Abortion Rights Campaign, Together for Yes and the Eighth Amendment Repeal campaign, and the experience of organising, canvassing, producing campaign material and building community groups and activist networks. We also discuss Ber’s Seanad campaign focussed on registering eligible voters, and her involvement in Communities Against Racism, which draws in part on those established community networks.Leaflets from the Dublin North West repeal campaign:Repeal the Eighth - Dublin North West RepealPlease Vote YES With Us on May 25Some further links of interest: Abortion Rights Campaign The Digital Repository of Ireland Culture Night Event, Culture at risk: Digitally preserving the referendum on the 8th Amendment can be viewed on their website. The In Her Shoes book is available here The Irish Left Archive Podcast looks at Left politics in Ireland, talking to activists, writers, historians, politicians and others involved in Left organisations and movements about their experiences of participating in Left parties and campaigns. The podcast is hosted by Ciarán Swan and Aonghus Storey. View this episode on our website: #10: Ber Grogan: Abortion Rights Campaign, Repeal, and Communities Against Racism.

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அதானி, அம்பானி விவசாயச் சட்டத்தைத் திரும்ப பெறுங்கள்: ராகுல் காந்தி

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அதானி, அம்பானி விவசாயச் சட்டத்தைத் திரும்ப பெறுங்கள்: ராகுல் காந்தி

டெல்லி: அதானி - அம்பானி விவசாயச் சட்டத்தைத திரும்பப் பெறுங்கள் என்று மத்திய அரசை ராகுல் காந்தி வலியுறுத்தி உள்ளார். தலைநகர் டெல்லியில் விவசாயிகளின் போராட்டம் தீவிரமடைந்துள்ளது. அவர்கள் அறிவித்துள்ள பாரத் பந்த் போராட்டத்துக்கு பல்வேறு கட்சிகளும், அமைப்பினரும் ஆதரவு தெரிவித்து உள்ளனர். இந் நிலையில், புதிய வேளாண் சட்டங்களை ரத்து செய்ய வேண்டும் என்று ராகுல் காந்தி மத்திய அரசை வலியுறுத்தியுள்ளார். இதுகுறித்து அவர் தமது டுவிட்டர் பக்கத்தில் கூறி இருப்பதாவது: விவசாயிகளின் போராட்டத்துக்கு ஆதரவாக...

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