(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . This Week in the War on Women [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-07-06 I have not been able to find a link to embed this picture, but please go and look at it. It’s an American flag after Dobbs, from a French magazine. images.app.goo.gl/… In a review of the book The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America, the Religious News Service quotes this: “The lesson from the story of the fall of Roe is that the right thinks in generational, long-term arcs,” Dias said. “They see losses, in many ways, as temporary. They’re used to fighting in 30-year increments, not just election cycles.” ... Dias and Lerer combed through archives and court records and interviewed more than 300 people across the country to show how the panic that followed the 2012 election led to the creation of a “tightly networked ecosystem of lawyers, politicians, and activists who powered one of the most significant political resurgences the United States has ever seen.” religionnews.com/... I began to think of how that netwerk got to the right places to make Dobbs happen. The 30 year arc falls into place there when we consider the seven mountains of dominionist Christian theology, the belief that Christian theology should influence seven basic aspects of life — family, religion, education, media, arts & entertainment, business, and government. In reality, the arc was more than 30 years — it began in the 1970’s, with the start of the Federalist Society and Heritage Foundation, and the deliberate activation of the white evangelical movement into politics in response to school desegregation, using abortion to mobilize them. The Federalist Society began organizing conservative lawyers in the early 1980’s, beginning in law school and grooming them for judgeships including the Supreme Court. Here is an interview with Lisa Lerer and Elizabeth Dias, authors of The Fall of Roe. International News Afghanistan The United Nations (UN) is facing criticism for holding talks with Taliban officials in Doha that expressly excluded Afghan civil society, ensuring that no Afghan women were present. Envoys from approximately twenty-five countries and regional organizations attended the meetings while insisting that the process was not a step toward formal recognition of the Taliban as the legitimate leaders of Afghanistan. The meetings focused on topics including narcotics and the private sector. At the Taliban’s insistence, human rights—including women’s rights—were off the table as they allege that these are issues that must be handled internally by Taliban officials in accordance with Islamic law. The UN did hold separate meetings for Afghan civil society representatives, but they were boycotted by many activists. www.cfr.org/… United Kingdom [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/6/2251736/-This-Week-in-the-War-on-Women?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/