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Stop the Republican War on Women
Redefining rape. Attacking the right to choose. Belitting victims of violence. The Republicans are on a rampage attacking women's health and rights this year. And if we don't speak up, they'll keep going. That's why we need to raise a ruckus, and get the word out about the GOP war on women.
http://pol.moveon.org/waronwomen/
polichick
(37,152 posts)Nice post - thanks!
sheshe2
(83,773 posts)That have a woman or child in our lives. Someone dear that we all wish to protect.
Thank you polichick!
Aristus
(66,380 posts)I do know that I'm a better man when all women have a chance to be the best they can be, without men trying to prevent that...
sheshe2
(83,773 posts)Thank you and Happy Independence Day to us all.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Therefore it is imperative that we not just "go along" and stay silent about superstitious nonsense just because it is "faith."
niyad
(113,318 posts)the whole "biology is destiny" bs.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)It's intrinsic. Physical strength=control. I think it was The First Oppression, historically.
Freddie
(9,267 posts)and Vice President Wendy Davis.
It's going to happen. We women are DONE with this bullshit.
treestar
(82,383 posts):kick:
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)As we speak the GOPers in house and senate are trying to make this a sweeping law across the USA. First and foremost, we need to vote these assholes out of office in towns, cities, states and country.
Apparently GOPers truly fear losing their majority in many of the GOPer run states and possible congress and with that fear coupled with paranoia they are growing more insane, if thats possible.
Also, besides effing with women's bodies, they are effing with the overall civil liberties. We must progress not regress.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)and I think I like the first one best (today).
DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)kneecapped Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's attempt to remove sexual assault prosecution in the military from the chain of command.
Perhaps it is time to start the New Women's Party given that the Democrats take us for granted and do little or nothing to help us. Make them earn our vote.
If they call a national meeting I will be there.
My starting list of keynote speakers:
Kirsten Gillibrand
Elizabeth Warren
Nancy Pelosi
Kamala Harris
Wendy Davis
Hillary Clinton
Joy Ann Reid
Rachel Maddow
Gloria Steinem
Barbara Boxer
Add your choices.
ETA:
Barbara Lee
Cecile Richards
Tammy Duckworth
niyad
(113,318 posts)DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)That is why I added "New".
niyad
(113,318 posts)DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Nancy Pelosi
DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)ReRe
(10,597 posts)... of keynote speakers. Why not Jennifer Granholm?
DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)I Luv the Guv.
okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)up to support each other's causes. The corporations are funding and press, the religious right are the boots on the ground, and the anti-government, small government types are active 24/7 rabble rousing. The Democrats don't need to divide any more. We need to encourage and support female candidates, female involvement, and pro-female politicians. We also need to form a bond with others who are helping us with this fight. There are many, many men involved in our fight. The LGBT crowd provides immense support, and we can't discount the support from minorities in this country. While the promotion of women in politics is a never ending fight, now is the time to embrace each other's causes and show unity. Like your mother taught you, safety in numbers.
DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)than form a new party. We can strike out and spend our efforts on a New Women's Party, but I think we need to corral the efforts of all our supporters and promote women within the Democratic party. We're easier to conquer when we're divided.
sheshe2
(83,773 posts)I would add Michele Obama and Ashley Judd~
DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)I didn't mean to sidetrack your great OP but I have just had enough of the status quo. Like others in this thread I am also in my late 60s and hate hate hate this return to mid-last century.
Ashley Judd would be great but I don't know if Michele can participate until after 2016 but oh if she would... We also have a lot of young women in entertainment who speak out. Kerry Washington, Rosario Dawson, America Ferrara, Anne Hathaway and Eva Longoria to name a few.
I called Senator Gillibrand's office right after Levin slammed the lid on her boiling frustration and suggested that when the Armed Services appropriation bill comes to the floor of the Senate that she not just try to get her amendment reintroduced that Levin had removed but that she actually try a full blown filibuster. That is the way I will know that someone in DC is paying attention to what is going on out here in the sticks and for women to hear a voice.
Today I am flying the flag upside down.
sheshe2
(83,773 posts)You didn't side track my OP. I posted it to draw attention to Women. Our issues and Our Voice! You paid attention Durham D, as did many others and I am glad.
I welcome your input. This issue should be on the greatest page, at the Top, every damn day until it's over.
I understand your frustration. We are fighting the same issues over and over, from the list at the link in my OP~
5) In Congress, Republicans have a bill that would let hospitals allow a woman to die rather than perform an abortion necessary to save her life.
6) Maryland Republicans ended all county money for a low-income kids' preschool program. Why? No need, they said. Women should really be home with the kids, not out working.
Good for calling Senator Gillibrand's office. When we stand up in numbers we will be heard.
gtar100
(4,192 posts)Tragic that women have to fight for their rights. It's a sure sign of our culture's insanity that it has become a necessity. But my hope is that it will bring about the necessary changes we so desperately need for our survival.
catbyte
(34,393 posts)I'm pushing 60, for crying out loud. I certainly hope my younger sisters heed the danger. Bagger bastards. I'm still up for a fight, though!
proReality
(1,628 posts)I'm 68 and standing beside you and all my sisters in this fight.
catbyte
(34,393 posts)Majority. Arrgh! We older ones need to remind the younger ones what life was like before Roe v Wade. A nightmare.
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)Many of us have been trying to warn the younger women for years. I'm willing to stand with them, but not in place of them. They need to take up the banner and fight, and if they do I will certainly be there.
catbyte
(34,393 posts)They need to step up too. No woman can afford to ignore what they are trying to do to us.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)marching back in the day. I can't believe we have to do this shit again.
It IS time for younger women to step up.
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)tired.
sheshe2
(83,773 posts)I am up for the fight too!
Together we can~
catbyte
(34,393 posts)SunSeeker
(51,559 posts)Until that is the case, our work is not done. Of course, a woman's work is never done.
Thanks so much for those beautiful pictures and quotes!
DinahMoeHum
(21,791 posts). . .for women's time has come. . ."
- Meredith Tax "The Battle Hymn of Women"
http://raginggrannies.org/seattle/the-battle-hymn-of-women/
". . .give 'em the fist. . .give 'em the finger. . ." - Flo Kennedy
sheshe2
(83,773 posts)That is fabulous, DinahMoeHum!
AndyA
(16,993 posts)Most of us respect women and trust them to make their own decisions without outside interference!
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)Tired of this BS, but ready to fight again. I, too, like many posters here, am pushing 60. Allrighty then, define my retirement years as 'takin' it to the streets'. I am there.
Enough of this misogynist crapola.
hue
(4,949 posts)nolabear
(41,976 posts)This will continue as long as we let it.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I've already been through this fight once. They'll lose this time too.
sheshe2
(83,773 posts)We will Stand Together!
malokvale77
(4,879 posts)again. Wish it didn't have to be. Sigh.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Cha
(297,258 posts)Happy Fourth of July~
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/07/04/america-the-beautiful/
sheshe2
(83,773 posts)Happy 4th Cha~
sheshe2
(83,773 posts)was the last picture~
" You know who's Beautiful?
Read the first word."
Such strength and a serene beautiful soul.
Cha
Cha
(297,258 posts)Mahalo for making me go back and read it. I was on my way out yesterday and didn't get the small print. this time I pull out my magnifying glass.
sheshe
> Cha
ananda
(28,862 posts)Wish us luck!
sheshe2
(83,773 posts)I will be there with you in spirit!
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)I may not be a woman, but I support this fight. I especially dislike all the DUers around here that seem to think the best way to fight the GOP on this and other issues is for us to run away!
Texas is my home. I know it's a concept too many can't wrap their heads around, but I ain't leaving! I'm going to help turn this state blue again, despite the defeatist members here that would just as soon leave us to fend off the GOP ourselves.
sheshe2
(83,773 posts)mother, daughter or wife that you love. Someone that you want to protect!
It is our fight, all of us together. I know that for all the naysayers, there is a large majority that Stands with Texas. It's time to Stand and Fight, kentauros, together. For a Blue Texas and for women everywhere.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)And here's to the continued growth of Moral Mondays and Witness Wednesdays in NC! I know the GOP is going to do as much damage as they can before they're thrown out next election cycle, but that damage can be undone! We just have to be persistent in our fight against them.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)reflection
(6,286 posts)it seems like it's always your time. I'm so sorry. I can't imagine how tired I'd be if I were an older lady, having fought and won this a few times now, just to have wave after wave of benighted cretins storming the barricades every few years. My heart goes out to all women. I have been preparing my two daughters with the information they'll need when they get old enough to join the fight, but it really pisses me off that they will enter adulthood wearing a target on their backs for religious patriarchal freaks.
Dalai_1
(1,301 posts)Quantess
(27,630 posts)niyad
(113,318 posts)All these decades of fighting the same damn battles over and over again is beyond tiresome. but, guess what, you cretinous, woman-hating thugs? the older I get, the MADDER I get. you think the raging grannies are bad? try again.
niyad
(113,318 posts)For all Women in Struggle
(Kristin Lems)
January 15, 2005
words and music by Kristin Lems c 2005 Kleine Ding Music (BMI)
This song is for all women in struggle
Forced to make their troubled ways alone
In the courts, in the homes, and in the factories
Our heroines unnamed and unknown
Chorus:
They knew they'd never change the world without fighting
Even though they had a lot to lose
If you can stand the pain, it's worth deciding
To defend a woman's right to choose
Oh my sisters, dear sisters, be strong.
Before we had a movement to call our own,
There were women fighting one by one
And even now, when the going gets tough
There are times there seems to be no one
But we can never change the world without fighting
Even though we've got a lot to lose
If you can stand the pain, it's worth deciding
To defend a woman's right to choose
Oh my sisters, dear sisters, be strong
Whatever rights we cherish now,
There are mothers, and their mothers to thank
For the sake of ourselves and our daughters to come
It is time for us to join in the ranks
For we can never change the world without fighting
Even though we've got a lot to lose
If you can stand the pain, it's worth deciding
To defend a woman's right to choose
Oh my sisters, dear sisters, Come along!
sheshe2
(83,773 posts)I posted about this the other day. Amazing article.
Here is a clip...go read the rest. It is inspiring.
snip
Last night we saw a wonderful example of what fusion politics looks like in - of all places - the Texas legislature. Senator Wendy Davis - who owes her seat to a VRA Section 5 challenge - launched a real filibuster to stop a bill that would have stripped most women in Texas of their constitutional right to have an abortion. After standing in the senate well for hours without being able to sit or eat or drink, buoyed only by the crowds that had gathered to cheer her on, she put on a back brace - with an assist from a friend...Senator Rodney Ellis. Here's fusion politics in picture form folks.
That "assist" was against the rules of the filibuster - according to the Republicans in charge. It was one of "three strikes" against Davis that finally ended the filibuster. But in the remaining minutes of the session, the gallery crowd had a little fusion politics to play as well. They shouted until the clock ran out and defeated the bill.
For quite a while now President Obama has been trying to light a fire under us - telling us that we need to engage as citizens in this democracy. I'd say its time we started watching the good people of Texas and the folks participating in North Carolina's Moral Monday movement. As the song says..."There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear."
Somebody noticed.
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2013/06/theres-something-happening-here.html