I just saw the film at a small theatre in Tokyo. It was a biopic about the French politician who lived through holocaust and after the war became a lawyer and the minister of French government and became the first female president of European Union assembly. She helped promote women's rights by legalisation of abortion in France, 1970's. She contributed to improvement of prisoners' condition. Why was she so enthusiastic about human rights issues? The film started with her childhood in Nice with her family living in a happy condition before the second world war. Her...
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19 July 2022
The Rise of "White America" Roe vs. Wade Overturned!
Last month US Supreme Court made a historic decision, overturning Roe vs. Wade ruling 1973. The court's ruling leaves abortion rights to be determined at the state level. Several GOP-led states have already moved to enact statewide bans. Next target may be gay marriage, sodomy law and voting rights for people of colour. American society is moving counter-clockwise recently. Kind of...
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