Guest post: Film “Petra Kelly – Act Now!” about Green icon
Petra Kelly, born in Germany, grew up in the USA in the 1960s. As a student, she worked in Robert F. Kennedy’s election campaign team. Her role model was Martin Luther King Jr. with his philosophy of civil disobedience. In the early 1980s, she mobilized hundreds of thousands of people in Germany against the deployment of US nuclear missiles. More here.
The Taliban have been ruling Afghanistan again for three years now.
After the end of the NATO mission and the head-over-heels withdrawal of the USA, the Taliban declared themselves the new government of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021. Since then, women have lost all their rights. One woman is even to be stoned to death for extramarital sex. More here.
August 9: 30th International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples
As part of the exhibition “Matriarchs of Wounded Knee – the strong Indigenous women” in Munich, a Zoom call with activist Marcella Gilbert and film director Elizabeth Castle (“Warrior Women”) will take place at 1pm EST via Link.
On the 100th birthday of Bess Myerson
Even before the state of Israel was founded, the first Jewish beauty queen was crowned in Tel Aviv. A few Jewish beauty queens also made headlines outside the country. The first was Bess Myerson. She was born on July 16, 1924, 100 years ago, in the Bronx, New York. More here.
An extraordinary music festival once again in Montana.
It’s that time of year again: from July 25 to 28, a cattle pasture in the Montana outback is transformed into the venue for the Red Ants Pants Music Festival. The venue, created by women’s pants manufacturer Sarah Calhoun, is THE event for music lovers – and fundraisers for women’s projects and community projects every year. More here.
Guest post Action Group for Indigenous and Human Rights
To mark this year’s Women’s Day, the first guest article by the Indians and Human Rights Action Group appeared here on my blog. Women once again play a leading role in this newsletter. For example, in the exhibition “Warrior Women of Wounded Knee” in Munich. More here.
The indigenous community in the USA has another victim to mourn.
In 2019, Esther Wolfe, a member of the Lakota Oglala tribe, was kidnapped by her former partner, held captive for nine days and brutally abused. She survived. Now she has become the victim of a “public execution” in Rapid City in the US state of South Dakota. More here.
Guest post by German Action Group on International Women’s Day
In the USA, March is known as “Women’s History Month”. On the one hand, the situation of indigenous women in Canada and the USA is particularly precarious. On the other hand, indigenous women are increasingly manifesting their participation in society as activists and politicians. More here.
The old case of a woman’s murderer takes on new relevance.
Since 1992, indigenous people in the city of Vancouver have been organizing a memorial march on Valentine’s Day for the murdered and missing indigenous women in Canada. Among them, victims of serial killer Robert Pickton. Now the police want to dispose of evidence in unsolved cases. So there will be many marching in Vancouver today. More here.
Berlin filmmaker Renate Sami has died.
Renate Sami
May 1935 – December 24, 2023
Renate Sami lived through ’68 as well as the leaden Germany of the 1970s. And not only witnessed it: she was involved in left-wing political circles. She was not only a filmmaker, but also an actress and screenwriter and knew her way around a camera. More here.