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Walter Lippmann, gives his opinion on Sexo Sentido
A Long-time North American Collaborator, Walter Lippmann, Gives His Opinion on the Sexo Sentido column
By Mileyda Menéndez Dávila
February 18, 2020
Translated and edited by Walter Lippmann for CubaNews.
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Walter Lippmann, a journalist and activist from Los Angeles, California, has been working with the Cuban press for many years. About our page, he writes: “In my opinion, Cuba is trying to build a society with ass and for the good of all. The island does not live in a bubble. The weight of tradition and the way we are so connected through the Internet, reaches us all. Sexo Sentido tries to address the problems, concerns and issues of young people and all people. That’s why I look forward to each week’s edition.
“It seems to me that this section’s positive and inclusive attitude towards sex, and its open approach to the many forms of love, is something that we in the English-speaking world could learn from. My Spanish, along with modern technology, has allowed me to voluntarily translate your column into English. It’s something that gives me a lot of pleasure and a way to help the rest of the world know about your reality.
Take Back the Workplace 11/12/2017
#MeToo Survivors March – Take Back the Workplace
March and Rally, Hollywood, California
November 12, 2017
Text and dozens of photos by Walter Lippmann.
Hundreds of women and men came out on short notice today to protest sexual abuse and rape. Called by local organizations and a group of female farmworkers, an estimated 500 people assembled in the heart of the Hollywood tourist district. They marched to the headquarters of CNN where a militant rally was held, then marched back to the starting point.
The crowd was lively, well-organized and very spirited. Local feminist and activist groups, as well as a leadership group of female farmworkers who drove 100 miles from Ventura county, made forceful statements, including speaking from personal experience. Speakers included figures in the Hollywood entertainment industry as well as local activists. The farmworkers carried signs in Spanish, and their leader spoke, in Spanish, to the assembled protesters. The event was very diverse ethnically.
One particularly striking aspect was that most of the signs were hand-made.
Police were present and well-mannered. Lots of media people were the and reports went out in the LA TIMES, LA OPINION (Los Angeles’ main Spanish-language daily) very quickly. I’ve been going to demonstrations since 1961, and except for that first march, this was the first time I have EVER been to a protest where I did not know one single individual.
Here are a series of photos I took at the demonstration.
Letter to Walter Lippmann
LETTER FROM JACK SHEPHERD TO WALTER LIPPMANN
July 12, 1997
Dear Walter:
American medicine is dominated by the drug companies in alliance with the FDA and the majority of the doctors. It results in high costs and inferior medical treatment.
Drug companies cannot patent substances that occur naturally in the human body such as hormones. They cannot patent herbal remedies that have been used since ancient times. The cost of getting FBAA approval on a drug is enormous. Because of this and the inability to patent, no one is going to spend this money on hormones and herbal medicine.
The drug company – doctor – FDA combines push all kinds of risky and even life – threatening medicines. They will give you Valium for insomnia. It doesn’t work very well and is addictive if used for any length of time.
If they could patent melatonin parenthesis (a natural hormone) to combine would be pushing it as the great medical breakthrough on sleeping disorders that it really is. They must know that there are numerous papers from prestigious universities that have studied human use of melatonin and found it to be devoid of bad side effects.
Sincerely, Jack
P.S. I would like the paper on the ice diet returned
Jack Shepherd
Jack Shepherd (1919-1998)
Jack Shepherd, a steelworker who headed a committee of a coalition of 25 locals in Southern California that tried to get workers involved in antiwar demonstrations last April and November, said that the attitude of the average worker was that “Nixon will bring the war to an end.”
http://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/06/archives/antiwar-groups-to-protest-here-activists-reject-new-tactic-at.html
Photos by Walter Lippmann, c. 1995.
BORN: May 5, 1918
DIED: 1998
Walter Lippmann, Interviewed on Law & Disorder Radio March 23, 2016
This interview was conducted on March 23, 2016, on the meaning of President Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba.
Hosted by: Michael Ratner, Michael Smith, Heidi Boghosian
Law & Disorder, a groundbreaking radio program that among many things, encourages listeners to get involved with and understand the legal issues eroding all of our civil liberties — set in the new reality of homeland security. Law & Disorder examines the police-state measures of U.S. foreign policy as a permanent global feature and the subsequent rollback of democratic rights. Four program hosts will analyze and discuss the laws that corrode our freedom of speech, equal protection and due process of the law.
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