what Russian women accomplished 92 yrs. ago.

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4489.shtml


Corporate media, the IFJ and women


On March 8, we came together to celebrate International Women’s Day, 92 years to the day after Russian women had marched to strike for “bread and peace” in a Russia that had seen 2 million of its soldiers dead (World War One) and with an ongoing famine enveloping parts of the nation. Four days later, the Czar had abdicated, and the provisional government that took over granted women the right to vote. All in all, this is probably one of the greatest, if not the greatest, feat for women throughout the world. A milestone moment that inspired, as well as instigated, more than nine decades of women’s struggle for equality, justice, peace and personal development in just about all corners of the planet.


(I didn't know this. did you? wish I had known this earlier. seems like all we hear and have heard about Russia is war stuff, and screaming that they are commies. Russian people have a rich history in arts, sciences, etc. that we seldom hear about. that should change.)

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No, it was not a moment of divine revelation I underwent five years ago; nor was it brought about by a specific event in the Cowboy’s perverted, anti-democratic type of governing from the White House that brought me to see a light of hope. That light came on as I reached the conclusion that, if the world were to be saved, it would have to occur by having women in charge; or, at least holders of some form of veto power to keep men’s perennial attitudes -- or is it attributes? -- of hostility and dominance in check. Not just here in the United States but elsewhere in the world; not just in nations holding major military and economic power but in nations yet developing, aspiring to be served at the same table as the rest.

Fat chance for that to occur! Men may tolerate gradual change in the empowerment of women; but for now, or the near future, they are totally unwilling to abdicate ultimate power. Even in what we surmise to be women-friendly fields, such as journalism, gender inequality is rampant. And it is precisely this journalistic platform from where women could exert enormous influence; influence which could transform the political and social makeup of nations. But the corporate media keeps suffocating any possible reporting by top women journalists that may challenge the existing status quo. Many of us wonder, for example, the de facto silencing of Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s chief international correspondent, on many issues where she could have offered both clarity and credibility; issues too incandescent, however, for brainwashed American audiences.

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Perhaps the most critical statistic is being provided by the Canadian Daily Newspaper Association which offers a possible answer to the problem of entrenchment in the existing political status quo: only 8 percent of the chief editors, and 12 percent of all editors in Canada, are women. These are alarming figures for supposedly one of the more enlightened nations in gender-equality; a nation not far behind Russia and Sweden in the proportion of women working in the communication media. It is definitely a major challenge to have women occupying the top journalistic ranks. Save rare exceptions, such as the ding-a-ling Wall Street cheerleaders for CNBC, we -- men and women alike -- tend to place greater trust in women journalists than we do in men.

Would we in America have allowed the cover-up of the Fallujah, Haditha and other horrific crimes perpetrated by the US military in Iraq had there been women in charge of reporting such news? Or, for that matter, the actions of American soldiers two years ago when destroying the Baghdad offices of the Iraq Syndicate of Journalists . . . just because they would not endorse US policy and actions? I would like to think not.
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there are more women on earth then men. why is the male foot on our necks?

nt

Where to start....