March 1st, it’s International Women of Colour Day! by Marian, at Marian's Blog 12:52 pm / 01 March 2010
Wishing every woman of coulour a wonderful International Women of Colour Day, today and for the days, months and years ahead.
Posts tagged 1325 Women, peace, conflict
Is OSCE (closely) monitoring the U.S. election? by Marian, at Marian's Blog 7:02 am / 07 October 2008
With less than a month to go, I'd really like to know whether or not my former colleagues of the OSCE - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe - have a plan in place (on invitation of the U.S....
India’s Shame: Anti-minority atrocities in Orissa by Marian, at Marian's Blog 2:34 pm / 20 September 2008
All of Indian society, India's diaspora (particularly in the West), the national government and its diplomats in Washington and elsewhere, and anyone anywhere in the world who professes to admire or emulate India really must take action to stop the...
August 7, 1998: Julian Bartley and many other lives by Marian, at Marian's Blog 4:29 am / 07 August 2008
I will never forget that August 7, 1998 was a Friday. In Croatia I finished a report for work. My colleague-friend Melinda and I had taken a day of leave and arrived on Croatia's beautiful, rocky, pine-scented Dalmatian coast to...
$200/barrel Oil? Choosing sustainability by Marian, at Marian's Blog 4:52 am / 11 June 2008
My cab driver, transplanted from Ethiopia, told me first. That was weeks ago. But I couldn't believe it till I read the headline of today's Independent (London): "Price of oil will double." Folks, we have now reached 'put up or...
Zimbabwe Independence Day 2008: Where are the election results? by Marian, at Marian's Blog 8:25 am / 18 April 2008
What is there to say about Zimbabwe? 18 April marks the 28th anniversary of Zimbabwe's freedom from colonialism and state-sponsored apartheid. Some of us, like me, marched and protested to help put an end to Rhodesia. Most people acknowledge something's...
Aime Cesaire, 1913-2008 – Negritude, gender, diaspora by Marian, at Marian's Blog 10:57 am / 17 April 2008
Aime Cesaire est mort aujourd'hui. Aime Cesaire has died today. We awoke to this news, 17 April 2008. He made it to age 94. The Martiniquan poet, novelist, playwright and former mayor of Fort de France and member of French...
March Madness? Bombing, from Belgrade to Baghdad by Marian, at Marian's Blog 6:08 am / 21 March 2008
It's just days after the "Ides of March" - the date when the emperor Giulio Cesare was assassinated in Rome. In English we call him Julius Caesar. In English we also have a saying about March, that it "comes in...
Africa: Kenyan truce, and Chinese and Indian colonialism by Marian, at Marian's Blog 9:14 am / 16 March 2008
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga and putatively re-elected second-term president Mwai Kibaki finally reached an accomodation for the country's political divide and the death and violence it wrought. I was excited to see BBC live coverage of the opening of...
Kosovo: Albanians, Serbs – And what about the Roma? by Marian, at Marian's Blog 8:45 am / 25 February 2008
After five years living in the Balkans, and longer if I count Italy and France, there are a few things I know about Europe and Kosovo, and even more I remember about that area and the rest of former Yugoslavia....
