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Archives: women
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![Sen. Elizabeth Warren silenced on Floor for Reading King Letter re: Sessions](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/sen-elizabeth-warren-silenced-on-187x137.jpg)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren silenced on Floor for Reading King Letter re: Sessions
CNN International | (Video News Report with text Appendix) In an extremely rare rebuke, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren was cut off while speaking on the Senate floor. She had been reading a…![Feature, not Bug: Trump’s Chaos Theory of Government](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/feature-not-bug-trumps-chaos-the-187x137.jpg)
Feature, not Bug: Trump’s Chaos Theory of Government
Jacek Rostowski | (Project Syndicate) | - - WARSAW – In the weeks since Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States, it has become clear that he intends to roll…![Speaker of British House of Commons: Trump not Welcome Here](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/speaker-of-british-house-of-comm-187x137.jpg)
Speaker of British House of Commons: Trump not Welcome Here
TeleSur | - - "An address by a foreign leader to both houses of parliament is not an automatic right; it is an earned honor," Bercow concluded. The speaker of the United…![All the terrible things Trump plans to do to Women (besides that one)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/all-the-terrible-things-trump-pl-187x137.jpg)
All the terrible things Trump plans to do to Women (besides that one)
By Juan Cole | - - About 1 million women and their supporters demonstrated in Washington, D. C. on Saturday, but many millions more rallied in cities like New York, Chicago, Los…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/debating-1-187x137.png)
6 Reasons Feminist Carrie Fisher Was Ahead of Her Time
TeleSur | - - While all Star Wars (male) fans only remember Carrie Fisher in her sex-slave golden bikini, the late actress had a feminist conception of her role way ahead of…![Can Israeli institutions include both more Women and more Gender-Segregating Orthodox?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/can-israeli-institutions-include-187x137.jpg)
Can Israeli institutions include both more Women and more Gender-Segregating Orthodox?
Shulamit Almog | (The Conversation) | - - In one sense, women are making great strides in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). In October, the army declared it was examining the possibility…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-11-at-12.54.43-AM-1-187x137.png)
In Iran, Women’s militia Leader Demands Persecution Of Gender-Rights Activism
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) | - - Minou Aslani, head of the Women's Basij organization in Iran, has condemned efforts to increase the number of women in parliament and opposed…![Trump’s Steve Bannon: Abusive, White Nationalist Media Baron](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/trumps-steve-bannon-abusive-whit-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Steve Bannon: Abusive, White Nationalist Media Baron
TeleSur | - - "You have an individual ... who's basically creating the ideological aspects of where we're going," said former imperial wizard, David Duke of the Ku Klux Klan. "And ideology…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/ttrmp-1-187x137.jpg)
As Der Donald-inspired Hate Crimes grow, US Universities at Risk
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A tsunami of reports about hate crimes directed at minorities are coming in from all over the country in the wake of Der…![Afghan Women Take Up Arms Against The Taliban](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/afghan-women-take-up-arms-agains-187x137.jpg)
Afghan Women Take Up Arms Against The Taliban
By RFE/RL's Afghan Service The leader of a fledgling women's militia in northern Afghanistan says dozens of volunteers have joined the fight since a handful of women recently took up arms to…![How can Progressives get through the Next 4 Years? Organize!](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/how-can-progressives-get-through-187x137.jpg)
How can Progressives get through the Next 4 Years? Organize!
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Anti-Trump demonstrations have broken out all over the country in the wake of his surprise victory on Tuesday. Latinos are afraid he will…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/147841543577687-1-187x137.jpg)
The Hatred that Trump’s Lies will Leave Behind
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Whether Trump wins or loses (and in my view there isn't much chance he can win), he will leave behind a toxic legacy…![Megyn Kelly-Newt Gingrich Blow-up on Fox: Are White Women deserting Trump?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/megyn-kelly-newt-gingrich-blow-u-187x137.jpg)
Megyn Kelly-Newt Gingrich Blow-up on Fox: Are White Women deserting Trump?
Farron Cousins | (Ring of Fire Video Report) | - - "Newt Gingrich tried to tell Megyn Kelly of Fox News that she was obsessed with sex. Ironic coming from a man…![Girl Soldiers: Forgotten Casualties of War](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/girl-soldiers-forgotten-casualti-187x137.jpg)
Girl Soldiers: Forgotten Casualties of War
By Pat Hynes | ( Truthdig ) | - - As secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was visibly shaken by sexual crimes against women and girls when she visited the Democratic Republic…![Michelle Obama: Trump a Cruel, Lifetime Sexual Predator – “It Hurts.”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/michelle-obama-trump-a-cruel-lif-187x137.jpg)
Michelle Obama: Trump a Cruel, Lifetime Sexual Predator – “It Hurts.”
Michelle Obama | New Hampshire Speech on Trump | - - Transcript via NPR: - - . . . And now, here I am, out on the campaign trail in an election…![GOP finally shocked as Trump admits to being serial Groper of white women on Hot Mic](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/gop-finally-shocked-as-trump-adm-187x137.jpg)
GOP finally shocked as Trump admits to being serial Groper of white women on Hot Mic
By TeleSur | - - Trump was caught using vulgar terms to refer to women he tried to seduce. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump bragged about groping, aggressively kissing and making sexual…![The Challenge for the Arab World of tackling Gender-based Violence](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/the-challenge-for-the-arab-world-1-187x137.jpg)
The Challenge for the Arab World of tackling Gender-based Violence
By Lina Abirafeh | (The Conversation) | - - It should now be beyond dispute that gender-based violence is a critical human rights issue – possibly the most important human rights challenge…![Whose Fault is Trump? Top 7 Culprits](http://web.archive.org./web/20170219194959im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/whose-fault-is-trump-top-7-culpr-187x137.jpg)