On August 22, Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) issued an open letter to the funders of the Center for New Community (CNC), trying to undermine its stature among donors by accusing CNC of “McCarthyesque attacks of the worst kind.”

Tomorrow kicks off the 30th Anniversary Reproductive Justice Conference, From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom!

PopDev workshops include Progressive Visions for Immigrant Rights, Environmental Justice: Toxic Legacies & Transformative Change, Reproductive Technology & the New Eugenics, The Center of Somewhere: Marginalized Issues in Global Reproductive Health, Indigenous People Organize, Politics of Population Control, and many more.

Want to meet a few of the awesome people presenting?

Standing With Malalai Joya
 

Opposing Reproductive Coercion

When I was studying medicine in Cuba, I didn’t have access to a kitchen, so I was always looking for someone from whom to buy cooked meals. Loli was one of the people I used to buy food from. As a student, I didn’t have that much cash, but I bought cooked meals from Loli and Loli made much needed cash.

It's no secret that the food justice movement is gaining momentum with great gusto. Everyone from celebrities to high profile politicians to plaid-wearing hipster kids is encouraging the world to consume more locally grown, organic, and consciously grown and distributed food. Urban farming and gardening is on the rise, with more and more communities taking food production into their own hands or participating in Community Supported Agriculture programs.

An Attack on Women and their Families

Thanks to outcry from feminist activists and pro-choice politicians last week, the Republican Party has removed its controversial “forcible rape” provision from H.R. 3 (otherwise known as the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act). While it’s a small victory that the inflammatory term - which Rep.

The Politics of Water Privatization

The management of water, a resource long regarded as a public good rather than a market commodity, is fast changing hands as the worldwide freshwater crisis grows. Between total water consumption doubling every 20 years and the rapid pollution of water resources, it may not come as a shock that more regional, municipal, and national governments are looking to outsource worldwide water supplies to private companies.

Last Sunday, I watched “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” the new TLC TV reality show. I couldn’t help it. I wanted to see how Palin, who is reportedly earning $250,000 per episode, and is one of the executive directors, would use the TV show to build her political persona.

On November 3rd, the Population and Development Program at Hampshire College hosted the U.S. premiere of A Woman’s Womb, an investigative documentary about the forced sterilization of more than 300,000 indigenous women in Peru between 1995 and 2000. Mathilde Damoisel, the documentary’s director, was present at the premiere to answer questions and discuss her work.