Articles by Joseph Huff-Hannon

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Meet the Apache Activists Opening for Neil Young
Joseph Huff-Hannon – Rolling Stone, 27 Jul 2015

On his Rebel Content Tour, Young’s invited Native activists to speak out against a mining industry land grab.

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A Campaign Goes Viral to Stop ‘Corrective Rape,’ Used to ‘Cure’ South African Women of Homosexuality
Joseph Huff-Hannon - AlterNet, 17 Jan 2011

The photograph is not easy to look at, and it’s not clear at first glance if Millicent Gaika, the woman in the photo, is dead or alive. Huge purple bruises surround both of her swollen eyes, and her neck is crisscrossed by a number of open gashes and scars. By now the bruises have subsided, some of the scars have healed, and in court testimony in November Millicent was able to tell a judge about how the man who raped her said, “I know you are a lesbian. You are not a man, you think you are, but I am going to show you, you are a woman.” That man, Andile Ngoza, is now out on the streets, despite being released and re-arrested after the attack on Millicent. His bail this time, for violating the terms of his parole, was set at 60 Rand, or just under $10 USD.

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Changing the Climate for Justice
Joseph Huff-Hannon – ColorLines, 26 Apr 2010

Welcome to the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth—a massive meeting organized by the Bolivian government in response to the resounding failure of the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen last year.

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BLOWBACK IN KYRGYZSTAN
Joseph Huff-Hannon – The Guardian, 12 Apr 2010

The turmoil in a small Central Asian country speaks volumes about US ‘democratisation’ efforts in the region.

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