TAG: religious discourses
Nazi Hippies: When the New Age and Far Right Overlap
Last week’s rallies in London, Berlin, and Los Angeles against lockdown measures attracted both New Agers and far-right groups. We’ve seen before this overlap between the spiritual movement and the fast-spreading conspiracy theory, QAnon, which insists that an evil cabal of Hollywood celebs and liberal politicians (led by Tom Hanks and Hillary Clinton) are child-eating Satanists who […]
Read morePope Francis and civil union “support”: compilation
Vatican says Pope’s comments on same-sex civil unions were taken out of context – CNN Vatican clarifies pope’s comments on homosexual unions – DW Vatican breaks silence, explains Pope Francis’ civil union comments – NBC News The intrigue behind Pope Francis’ “bombshell” comments on same-sex civil unions – CBS Pope Francis Supports Same-Sex Civil Unions, […]
Read moreUS Supreme Court Succession: what’s at stake and comes next after RBG?
Majority says winner of presidential election should nominate next Supreme Court justice, Post-ABC poll finds – Washington Post Trump’s Selection of Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court Is Part of a Larger Antidemocratic Project – The New Yorker There Should Be No Doubt Why Trump Nominated Amy Coney Barrett – New Yorker Barrett Clerked […]
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The Non-Essential Transphobia of Pandemic Disaster Politics
by Dr. Jacob Breslow You might think that in this particular moment, when there are so many lives to grieve, and when hundreds of millions of people globally are desperate for vital medical and financial support, that it is not an appropriate time to “politicize” allegedly “non-essential” issues like transgender rights and transfeminism. This sentiment, […]
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Sexual politics in times of pandemic
March and early April 2020 It has been very challenging to prepare the SPW announcement for March/April 2020 due to the abnormality, risks, and losses caused by the dizzying spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In this troubled context, we thought that it was not sufficient to compile and organize, in our usual categories, the substantial […]
Read moreCOVID-19 in Gaza/Palestine: news and analisys (April and May update)
Gaza/Palestine Domestic Violence in COVID-19 Lockdown: Palestinian Women Are Dying at an Alarming Rate – Egyptian Streets COVID-19 in Palestine: Living between hope and fear – Global Voices Politics in the Time of Corona: Gaza (Hosted by Jadaliyya Co-Editors Noura Erakat and Bassam Haddad) – Jadaliyya Politics in the Time of Corona: Punishment in Palestine (Hosted […]
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Bukele: A ‘caudilho’ Dies and A Messiah is Born in El Salvador
SPW begins a series of brief analyses of the Covid-19 crisis in contexts that are generally under-reported by the mainstream press and which are characterized as regressive in relation to gender and abortion policy. The second article in this series is about El Salvador. We thank educator Amaral Arévalo for his collaboration! by Amaral Arévalo* […]
Read moreCoronavirus in North Africa and Middle East: news and analysis (April and May update)
Mena countries COVID-19: Impact on MENA Countries – Arab Reform Initiative COVID-19 in the Middle East: Is this pandemic a health crisis or a war? – Global Voices Fighting COVID-19 goes hand-in-hand with shuttering newspapers across the Middle East – Global Voices Across the Middle East, many women face a double threat: Abuser inside, virus […]
Read moreCOVID-19: Conservative religious actors
MAY / JUNE Contesting science and misinformation Ofcom: Christian TV network aired Covid-19 conspiracies – The Guardian Nigerian pastor spread covid-19 conspiracies and disinformation – Global Voices Two-thirds of US believers see Covid-19 as message from God, poll finds – The Guardian Tensions over closing cults Donald Trump orders governors to allow places of worship […]
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Sexual politics in January and February 2020
Anti- gender politics in Latin America – SPW is pleased to announce the collection Anti-gender Politics in Latin America, which encompasses nine case studies from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay and Uruguay, a regional study on the effects of anti-gender frays on debates of the Organization of American States, and an […]
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Sexual politics round up in 2019
The year of 2019 has finished and, as traditionally, SPW offers our readers and followers a compilation of the main facts, trends, setbacks and victories in gender and sexuality politics that marked the year and point to the challenges ahead in 2020. TRENDS & FACTS January and February Highlights #GlobalPolicyArenas The UN Committee on Human […]
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Chile Uprising: A Call for Dignity
Jaime Barrientos, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile. Manuel Cárdenas, Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Valparaíso, Chile. In Chile, at the beginning of October 2019, we were led to believe that we lived in a paradise. In fact, President Sebastián Piñera recently described the country as an oasis in the middle of the Latin American […]
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