Articles by Rose Aguilar
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Blackfish: Highlighting the Plight of Captive Orcas
Rose Aguilar – Al Jazeera,
4 Nov 2013
Blackfish, a riveting documentary about the deadly consequences of kidnapping orcas from the ocean and keeping them in captivity, is Sea World’s biggest nightmare. If you want to stop this brutality, refuse to go to water parks. Don’t buy a ticket. See the film and spread the word. We now know too much to allow this to continue.
→ read full articleThe Great Garbage Patch of the Pacific
Rose Aguilar – Al Jazeera,
11 Mar 2013
When you can scoop up in our oceans more plastic than biomass, it’s time to recognise that we may have a problem. If you listen closely, you can hear the oceans, underwater life, and birds crying. Sometimes they’re yelling for help. Plastic is quickly and painfully killing their environment and overall way of life.
→ read full articleThe Birth Control Bishops
Rose Aguilar – Al Jazeera,
27 Feb 2012
Rather than spend energy fighting contraception legislation, the Catholic Bishops should clean up their own backyard – Forget child abuse. The Catholic Bishops would rather spend their time, money, and resources on birth control and women’s sex lives. The main debate over the past few weeks in the United States has been about birth control. And guess who’s dominating it? The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the country’s official organisation of the Catholic hierarchy.
→ read full articleThe Military’s Role in US Foreign Policy and Torture: Why Is School of the Americas Absent From the National Dialogue?
Rose Aguilar - Truthout,
10 Oct 2011
“Why continue the public efforts to close it?” asks Professor Nelson-Pallmeyer. “When you don’t have accountability, you have impunity and what we’ve seen is a dramatic spread of many of the tactics that were perfected and used at the School of the Americas. They have been revealed to be central to US foreign policy elsewhere.”
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