Related News ItemsPolitics and activism take center stage at CannesFri, 18 May 2012 08:29:00 -0700
One doesn’t usually associate the Cannes Film Festival with politics and activism, but both were in the rainy air on Friday, when news hit the trade publications that Harvey Weinstein had acquired the documentary “The Oath of Tobruk,” French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy’s film about the fall of Muammar Qadaffi, as well as “Code Name Geronimo,” action filmmaker John Stockwell’s dramatic feature ...
Read More... ‘Lizz Free or Die’ is Winstead’s latest chapter of social activism and commentaryMon, 21 May 2012 07:06:55 -0700
In 1991, Lizz Winstead produced and starred in her one-woman show “Don’t Get Me Started.” Turns out she just was getting started: Since her days on the stand-up comic scene in Minneapolis, Winstead has played stages all over the world, co-founded “The Daily Show” and Air America and wrote, produced and starred in the off-Broadway variety show “Wake-Up World.” Her first book of essays, “Lizz ...
Read More... Undocumented Latino youth turn to activism to combat obstaclesFri, 11 May 2012 09:54:04 -0700
Undocumented Latino youth in the US face futures clouded by fewer rights than their documented peers and the constant fear of deportation. Such status constraints usually aren't fully understood until young adulthood, said UC Irvine anthropologist Leo Chavez, and the awareness often serves as a catalyst for - <<description><![CDATA[By: Amanda Enbysk Social media has given rise to a new phenomenon in society: slacktivism . ...<br /><a href="" style="text-decoration: none;">Read More...</a></p></div><div style="margin: 5px 15px 5px 15px;"><h3>World Experts on Death with Dignity will Gather in Chicago on May 31 - June 2 to Present the Latest Research on End of ...</h3><p>Mon, 21 May 2012 07:00:00 -0700<br />CHICAGO, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Society of Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care will hold its third annual conference at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Centre, Rosemont, ...<br /><a href="" style="text-decoration: none;">Read More...</a></p></div><div style="margin: 5px 15px 5px 15px;"><h3>Judicial activism continues to flourish in Canada</h3><p>Fri, 18 May 2012 02:14:52 -0700<br />Letter writer Steven Austin is rightly concerned about an activist high court's growing propensity to "legislate from the bench."<br /><a href="" style="text-decoration: none;">Read More...</a></p></div><div style="margin: 5px 15px 5px 15px;"><h3>Uncommon Interview: Charles Vidal</h3><p>Thu, 17 May 2012 20:42:51 -0700<br />From on-campus activism to campaign strategizing, fourth-year Charles Vidal has earned his place as one of the most active young conservatives in the state.<br /><a href="" style="text-decoration: none;">Read More...</a></p></div><div style="margin: 5px 15px 5px 15px;"><h3>Innovation Agents: Oscar Morales And One Million Voices Against FARC</h3><p>Mon, 21 May 2012 12:44:37 -0700<br />Long before the Arab Spring, Oscar Morales was among the first people to use Facebook to mount a successful large-scale political activism effort. When Oscar Morales graduated college at 21 he became a civil engineer working mostly in construction in his native Colombia. Around that time he became one of the early adopters of the Internet in Colombia. “I’m talking about 1996,” Morales says a ...<br /><a href="" style="text-decoration: none;">Read More...</a></p></div><script type="text/javascript">/* <![CDATA[ */var root = '';
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