When you sacrifice women’s rights, when you negotiate women’s rights away, the entire society suffers.
Category: Latest News
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.
A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
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Andrew Anthony on Hitchens v Galloway
Galloway reached a pitch of finger-waving declamation both comical and frightening.
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Women Candidates Threatened in Afghanistan
While male Guardian reporter concentrates on ‘sex appeal’ of one candidate.
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Highlights from Hitchens-Galloway [audio]
Radio 4 boils it down.
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Bush Suspends Wage Protection Law
Help the poor recover from Katrina by cutting their wages.
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Bush’s Suspension of Wage Law May be Illegal
He was in such a hurry he forgot to declare a national emergency.
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Norm Geras on Just Association
Fundamental interests, human rights, how to protect them, the global community.
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UN Adopts Landmark Outcome Document
Calls for action when national authorities fail to protect against genocide, war crimes.
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UN Summit Has One Achievement
New principle of humanitarian intervention despite fears that it would infringe sovereignty.
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Distortions and Red Herrings in Sharia Debate
Advocates dismissed the Muslim women who led the no-sharia fight as a Westernized elite.
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Hitchens and Galloway Together at Last
A debate.
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Trade Union Friends of Israel Meeting
Jon Pike’s remarks on defeat of AUT boycott were like a sudden breath of fresh air.
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If You Want to Be a Millionaire, Get Yourself Raped
Says Musharraf to the Washington Post. Women in Pakistan disagree.
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Jonathan Rée on Nietzsche and Rée
Robin Small writes on a philosophical friendship.
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Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche as Business Advice
‘All around me businesses are going bust and this has made me very philosophical.’
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Hitchens v Galloway
The Independent goes along.
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When Feminists Defend an Antifeminist Custom
Critics of the hijab were repeatedly challenged with a false dichotomy.
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Collagen Using Skin of Executed Prisoners
‘I was very shocked that western countries can make such a big fuss about this.’
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Opinion Poll on Iraqi Constitution
84% of sample support women’s rights.
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FEMA List Ignores Secular Agencies
Has Pat Robertson’s ‘Operation Blessing’ in top three.