Saswat Pattanayak

Alexandra Kollontai on “International Women’s Day”

(Source: Radical Notes)

Mezhdunarodnyi den’ rabotnitz, Moscow 1920 — Women’s Day or Working Women’s Day is a day of international solidarity, and a day for reviewing the strength and organisation of proletarian women.
But this is not a special day for women alone. The 8th of March is a historic and memorable day for the workers and [...]

Lucy Parsons :: Revolutionary Feminist

By Saswat Pattanayak

No legal case in American history has been more cited than The Scottsboro Trial. Nine young African American men, aged 13 and up, were jailed in Scottsboro, Alabama to await trial over an accusation that they had raped two white women on a train in the Spring of 1931.
The nature of [...]

Remembering Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010)

By Saswat Pattanayak
“To be neutral is to collaborate with whatever is going on, and I as a teacher do not want to be a collaborator with whatever is happening in the world today.” (Howard Zinn)
In the grossly unequal world that we inhabit, it is always tempting to remain apolitical, especially if one is an academician [...]

First Year Costs of Obama’s Illusions

By Saswat Pattanayak
Despite his constant denial of race dynamics necessary to dissect American political roadmap, Barack Obama is going to be the first American President to be judged, also by his color. During his first year, several cartoons, news articles, political mentions – both innocent and deliberate – have brought up the issue of race, [...]

Have We Been Silencing Dr King?

By Saswat Pattanayak
Whenever a progressive leader of the masses, a politically fundamental agent of change, a spirited revolutionary demands replacement of existing social order, the oppressive ruling class never dares confront the person; instead it iconizes him/her after stripping off the necessary radical components. Through an utopian mythification of the leader, the courage to challenge [...]

The Year That Was :: 2009 Human Rights

Compiled and Edited by Saswat Pattanayak for Womensrightsny.com

January 1-20: War Capitalism Intensifies: After a week of intense airstrikes, Israel declares more conventional warfare against Palestinians. In clearly what can constitute mammoth war crimes, Israel attacks end the lives of several children. It conducts 50 air strikes per night and kills 1200 Palestinians [...]

David Letterman: Privileges produce Consensus

By Saswat Pattanayak
Contrary to mainstream media depictions, David Letterman did not have any affairs with his staff members. And contrary to liberal media apprehensions, the world does not need to be bothered about whether the incidents took place before or after his marriage. Letterman’s apologies to his wife on air are ridiculously unnecessary, [...]

Roman Polanski and Euro-American Privileges

By Saswat Pattanayak
It’s a deceitful media circulation which suggests that the American judiciary is going after Roman Polanski. The truth is it never has. Polanski is a filthy criminal who had raped a child and yet was allowed to let go by the American justice system for over three decades. And this time, he is [...]

Legal Minds Confront Discrimination Against Women in the Workplace

by Pat Lynch, Editor-in-Chief and Host of “Speak Up!”
Speak Up! invites women, and also men, who “speak” to women in terms of their values, their goals and their strong sense of community, to address issues, opportunities and successes that need to be heard by a larger audience of women leaders.
Jack Tuckner joins Speak Up! to [...]

Tuckner Sipser Wins One Million Dollars for Client in Sex Discrimination Lawsuit in Federal Court

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Manager alleged she was fired for not being ‘one of the boys’

Verdict: $1,000,000
Case: Theresa Garafolo v. Healthcare Services Group, Inc.,
No. 07-cv-11165
Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: Paul Crotty
Date: 4/23/2009
Plaintiff Attorney(s):
William Sipser, Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, LLP, New York, NY
Jack Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, LLP, New York, NY
Defense Attorney(s):
[...]