Adolph Hitler's lover, Eva Braun, dressed up as a Jewish white man dressed up as a non-Jewish Black man...

photo of A. Hitler and E. Braun is from here

The photograph above is not the one making the news. It appears to be a moment where ol' Adolph is catching a few zzzz's while not attending to his genocidal agenda to wipe Jews from Europe and beyond--if only there had been no Resistance. Who knew Adolph and Eva also had fun with anti-Black racist drag?

Quiz: How many forms of gross exploitation, sexual, ethnic, and racist insensitivity and inhumanity, and genocidal heinousness are wrapped up in this smallish news story?

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Photo of Adolf Hitler's lover Eva Braun dressed as black man emerges

Published: Friday, Mar 11, 2011, 14:23 IST
Place: London | Agency: ANI

A collection of photographs of Adolf Hitler's lover Eva Braun has surfaced, and in one of them she is featured with black make-up and dressed like a man.

The picture had been taken in 1937 when Braun was 25, and she had captioned the image "Me as Al Jolson". Jolson was a Jewish American star, the Sun reported.

The images had been found in 1945 at Hitler's Bavarian mountain retreat, the Berghof, but they lay forgotten in US archives until this week.

Other snaps show Hitler playing with the young daughter of one of Braun's pals, and messing about with her pet dogs.

Feminist Event: When is "War" and "Terrorism" neither? Here's one answer.

25 March 2011 UPDATE (please click on title just below for full update):

Malalai Joya, Afghan war critic, gets U.S. visa

Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer

San Francisco Chronicle March 24, 2011 04:00 AM Copyright San Francisco Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
A prominent Afghan feminist and war critic was granted a visa to enter the United States on Thursday - by the same State Department office that turned her down last week - and belatedly started on a speaking tour that is scheduled to wind up in San Francisco.
 
The case of Malalai Joya is the latest of several in which the Obama administration, after at first refusing entry, has allowed a visit by a foreigner who has criticized policies of the United States or its allies.

I am compelled to ask: how are men's wars against each other not part of men's war against women? The elements are all the same, no? Terrorism, domination, invasion, violence, horror, devastation. What's the difference? Oh, men's war against women is often also set up to appear completely normal and non-violent. Institutional. Interpersonal on the most intimate relational levels. Made to seem as though we have nothing to worry about behind the curtain, or under the sheets. And, yes, it's privatised in a way that men's warfare against other men is publicised--even while erroneously reported about by corporate media. When is terror and invasion seen as neither terrorising or invasive? When it is only men only doing each of those only to women. Then it's just "life". Then it's only "love", not ever war.

What follows this paragraph, is from *here*.

Upcoming Colloquium Will Focus on Impact of War on Women Worldwide

Posted on March 13, 2011

Studies Impact through Eyes of Iraqi, Palestinian, Afghan, and early American Women

ST. MARY’S CITY, Md. (March 13, 2011) — When we think of how women's lives have been affected by wars in the course of human history, we often think of them as those left behind. Today, however, they fight on the frontlines, are used as weapons, and live as refugees. This year’s 12th annual Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Colloquium at St. Mary’s College of Maryland March 22-24 will focus on women as participants in, victims of, and rationales for war.

“Women in War: Object/Subject” will include a photo exhibit of Iraqi refugees, and presentations on Palestinian women living in Israel and women in early American warfare. Malalai Joya, an Afghan politician who was suspended from the Parliament because of her comments, also will be here. Her book, A Woman Among Warlords, comes out in paperback this March; Time magazine named her in its 2010 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. For more information on the colloquium, go to www.smcm.edu/wgsx/annual_colloquium/.

Supported by the Alice McLellan Birney Women Studies Fund, as well as community and college members, the colloquium each spring focuses on a topic critical to the lives of women. It has previously covered subjects as diverse as women in the workforce (2009), marriage in America (2007), and women and technology (2002).

This year’s schedule:

“Collateral Image,” photographic exhibit—March 22 – April 8. Montgomery Hall Upper Commons. Opening reception at 4 p.m. March 22 in Upper Commons and artist lecture at 8:15 p.m. March 23 in Cole Cinema, Gabriela Bulisova, photographer and photojournalist.

“Gendering the Narratives of Three Generations of Palestinian Women in Israel”—4:45 p.m. March 23, Cole Cinema. Isis Nusair, assistant professor of women's studies and international studies at Denison University.

“Neither Battlefield nor Home Front: The Liminality of Women in Early American Warfare, Real and Imagined”—4:15 p.m. March 24, Cole Cinema. Andrea Robertson Cremer, assistant professor of history, Macalester College.

“A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice”—8:15 p.m., March 24, Cole Cinema. Malalai Joya, Afghan politician, teacher, and author. Reception and book signing to follow—Aldom Lounge, Campus Center.

Listen to Women: Revolt against Nuclear Power: Go Solar and End Patriarchy

Women, especially, have been protesting against the use of nuclear power for decades, including in Japan. Alas, men won't listen to women, internationally. And I'm not talking about a single Chancellor or a Secretary of State, either. I'm speaking about listening to women who do not hold political office. I'm not talking about listening only to women and men with race and class privilege who promote concepts like "sex work" in societies where there is trafficking and sexual slavery and mass rape, all of which are required for "sex work" to happen at all. I'm speaking about the women who know what's happening to the most disenfranchised and assaulted women and girls on Earth because they ARE those disenfranchised and assaulted women. These women's voices may be heard by clicking to some of the blogs in my blog roll and by accessing the important web pages section, linked to on the right side of this page.

Patriarchal men, not because of biology, not because of hormones, not because of genetics, are incapable of producing humane civilisations. How much more evidence do you need, really? How many more wars? How many more systems of gross exploitation of girls and women? How many more men battering women and getting custody of their children if the women leave? How many more Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous women disappearing and being raped and killed but getting no media attention or collective outrage from the media and viewers? How much more racist-misogynist capitalism? How many more women have to be oppressed, subordinated, and enslaved to men before we collectively WAKE THE FUCK UP and stop patriarchal societies from ruling? Connect the dots of blood, the missing people, and the cancer tumors. Trust capitalist-patriarchs, and their apologists and defenders, as far as you can throw one.

Source for above video and text below is *here*.

Nuclear Crisis in Japan Sparks Global Protests

The nuclear crisis in Japan touched off mass anti-nuclear protests across Europe this weekend. In Germany, some 50,000 protesters formed a 27-mile human chain from Germany’s Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant to the city of Stuttgart. German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently announced plans to extend the life of 17 German nuclear plants for an average 12 extra years. A large anti-nuclear protest was also held in France. Eva Joly is French member of the European Parliament.

Eva Joly: "The idea that it’s dangerous and that we can cope with it, that is finished today. And we know how to get out of the nuclear plants we need renewable energies, we need wind mills, we need geothermy and we need solar energy."

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After 9.0 Earthquake in Japan, Electricity is being parsed out and shut down for hours on end. Water from tap is not safe to drink in Tokyo, report says. Details here.

From Japan Today, *here*:

• only article
• article and comments

 

REUTERS

Sunday 13th March, 06:00 AM JST

 

Officials in protective gear check for signs of radiation on children who are from the evacuation area near the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant in Koriyama, on Saturday, following an explosion and radiation leakage at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. 

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The situation in Japan is going from disaster to more dire to worse. Destruction due to the earthquake is followed by many more quakes, called "tremors" or aftershocks. The ground is shaking. People must get down on the floor or ground to keep from falling.

The nuclear meltdowns are a nightmare come true. Volcanic eruption in southern Japan. And now news that the faucet water is not considered safe to drink, while store shelves are empty in Toyko.

Relief workers and able-bodied people from other parts of Japan are heading into radioactive areas to help distribute much needed resources being shipped in.

Pray and do what you can to help out. Prayer won't be enough.

Eat various forms of seaweed if exposed to radioactivity. Eat seven flat sheets of nori (used for sushi rolls) per day per person. Dry or prepared. And other forms of seaweed, with miso. See *this post* for more.

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Source for all that follows is *here*.


http://www.9news.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=825051044001

DENVER - Japan's prime minister says the country is facing its most severe challenge since World War II after a deadly earthquake and tsunami devastated the country last week.
 
JAPAN EARTHQUAKE PHOTOS
INTERACTIVE TSUNAMI PAGE


Colorado native Charles Pribyl is a college professor currently living in Japan. He's been living in Funibashe, a city just east of Tokyo, for 23 years.
 
He says the bad news just keeps pouring in.
 
"It seems like its going to get worse before it becomes better. Everybody is really worried about radiation," Pribyl said.
 
A reactor at a nuclear power plant collapsed Saturday in North Eastern Japan, possibly causing radiation exposure to hundreds.
 
To add to the problems, the failed reactor was responsible for 25 percent of the city's electricity.
 
"The problem now is that they announced the rolling blackout that will be for about one month, and depending on where you live it, could be up to 3 three hours," Pribyl said.
 
He also says they were just told their water is unsafe to drink.
 
"They're trying to find the source of the contamination, but for now, they're saying drink bottled water," he said.
 
Pribyl says that, in itself, could be a problem. He says food, water and gas were already hard to find.
 
"Right now, all of the convenience stores are closed because they ran out food, because people are hoarding food now. And the gas station I usually go to is closed because they are out of gas," he said.
 
He says in most of the country, the shaking created by aftershocks has yet to subside.
 
"We are still having earthquakes about every 20-30 minutes now, and they're ranging in magnitude between 3 and 6," Pribyl said.
 
The devastation is really starting to set it according to Pribyl.
 
"Most people are still in shock. They never thought it would really happen," he said.
 
If you want to help, donations can be made to several different Japanese tsunami and earthquake relief funds. More information can be found here: How people can help the Japanese earthquake recovery.
 
Also if you are looking for a loved one in Japan, visit http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/ to register. Or contact the State Department, Office of Overseas Citizens Services, at 1-888-407-4747 or 202-647-5225.

(KUSA-TV © 2011 Multimedia Holdings Corporation)

This just in from Mike J. McCreadie: he believes I am "a f*cking c*nt" (without the asterisks)--sent from his iPhone

portrait of Edith Sitwell is from here

 "I am patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it."
— Edith Sitwell

Mike J. McReadie, someone I do not know at all,  felt it to be very important, in times of trauma and suffering around the world, to send me this urgent message. One wonders what else he does with his time. I post it as evidence of the kind of person he is, and for the record given past death threats against me. Does this make him both a misogynist AND a "misandrist"?? (Assuming he thinks I'm a man, that is.) I have modified the four letter word below by putting in a hyphen where the "u" would normally be.

fromMike   mjmccreadie777777@gmail.com

sender-time Current time there: 10:36 AM. ✆ to "aradicalprofeminist@gmail.com" date Sun, Mar 13, 2011 subject Ur a fucking c-nt mailed-by gmail.com signed-by gmail.com

Sent from [Mike's] iPhone

Beware the White Het Men Who Come to Japan To Help: Watch out for procuring and predation, Girls and Women

image is from here

This is submitted as a guest post from vluk, a friend and commenter to this blog.

It has been quite a heartbreaking time having to watch so much suffering caused by two earthquakes this year, first in New Zealand and now in Japan.

 

I was glad when watching the news, Britain has agreed to send rescue workers and doctors like they did with New Zealand.

 

On Sky News we saw these rescue workers been interviewed and boarding the plan.  The fact that everyone of them were white males did not at that time cause me to even bat an eyelid.  When people are dying and suffering you certainly don't discuss things like that.

 

Then I came upon this article which really concerns me.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-earthquake/4750630/Christchurch-relief-work-keeps-prostitutes-busy

 

It points out how prostitution has sky rocked in Christchurch.  With all these rescue workers, fireMEN, ploliceMEN etc coming from countries like Australia, UK and the USA they are all making use of prostitutes after a days work.

 

As the media is dominated and controlled by white males the article gives the impression that this whole affair is actually quite funny.

 

There are many non-white girls (and I use the term girls because many of them are underage) who have been forced in to prostitution against their will.  These girls are been raped by these white male rescue workers, firemen, policemen etc.

 

I found this horrifying.  After an earthquake people are at their most vulnerable, these white males come in as heroes to save the day but end up raping the local girls.

 

Now when I think back to that Sky News report about all those white males going to help Japan, how many of them will use the opportunity to rape local women and girls.  And when they get back to the UK they will be seen as heroes.

 

These white males have so many privileges and yet see nothing wrong with going into another country and causing their citizens even more grief when they are at their most vulnerable.

Natural Treatment for Radiation Exposure in Japan: Seaweed. Also: Homeopathy for Trauma and Shock

See also *this post* on iodine treatments for thyroid protection.

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Source for what follows immediately: http://www.healingcancernaturally.com/chelating-ionizing-radiation.html
 

According to Michio and Aveline Kushi, macrobiotics is very effective in curing radiation sickness. In his book Macrobiotic Diet, Michio Kushi states: ‘At the time of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945, Tatsuichiro Akizuki, M.D., was director of the Department of Internal Medicine at St. Francis Hospital in Nagasaki. Most patients in the hospital, located one mile from the center of the blast, survived the initial effects of the bomb, but soon after came down with symptoms of radiation sickness from the radioactivity that had been released. Dr. Akizuki fed his staff and patients a strict macrobiotic diet of brown rice, miso* and tamari soy sauce soup, wakame and other sea vegetables , Hokkaido pumpkin, and sea salt and prohibited the consumption of sugar and sweets. As a result, he saved everyone in his hospital, while many other survivors in the city perished from radiation sickness.’”

* miso: paste made from fermented soya beans and barley or rice malt, used in Japanese/macrobiotic cookery
  

Compare On Macrobiotics, Seaweed for important hints re purchasing quality seaweed and Modifilan.

Sites on homeopathic treatment for shock and trauma from earthquake:

http://www.thehomeopathiccoach.com/blog/shock-grief-trauma-and-homeopathy.html

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Chch-earthquake-support/Other/auction-357542731.htm

http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/homeopathy/a/Trauma.htm