Ya Basta - 09

 
© luisa brehm

Liberate death rows !!!
All over the World,
Kill Death Penalty NOW !!!!

USA 2009 -
recent State Killings, commutations & stays

January
14 - Curtis Moore - murdered by the state of Texas
15 - James Callahan - murdered by the state of Alabama
21 - Frank Moore - murdered by the state of Texas
22 - Darwin Brown - murdered by the state of Oklahoma
22 - Reginald Perkins - murdered by the state of Texas
27 - Larry Swearingen - Texas - stayed
28 - Virgil Martinez - murdered by the state of Texas
29 - Ricardo Ortiz - murdered by the state of Texas

February
4 - Steve Henley - murdered by the state of Tennessee
4 - David Martinez - murdered by the state of Texas (volunteer)
10 - Dale Scheanette - murdered by the state of Texas
11 - Wayne Tompkins - murdered by the state of Florida
12 - Johnny Johnson - murdered by the state of Texas
12 - Danny Joe Bradley - murdered by the state of Alabama
19 - Edward Bell - murdered by the state of Virginia
Statement of Governor Kaine on the Scheduled Execution of Edward Nathaniel Bell 
20 - Luke Williams - murdered by the state of South Carolina

March
3 - Jeffrey Hill - Ohio - commuted Feb. 12
Governor's Statement Regarding Clemency Application of Jeffrey D. Hill
3 - Willie Pondexter - murdered by the state of Texas
4 - Kenneth Morris - murdered by the state of Texas
10 - James Martinez - murdered by the state of Texas
10 - Robert Newland - murdered by the state of Georgia
11 - Luis Salazar - murdered by the state of Texas
13 - Cal Brown - Washington - stayed
19 - Phillip Hallford - Alabama - stayed

April
7 - Brett Hartmann - Ohio - stayed
7 - Jose Briseno - Texas - stayed
15 - Michael Rosales - murdered by the state of Texas
16 - Jimmy Lee Dill - murdered by the state of Alabama
29 - William Mark Mize - murdered by the state of Georgia
30 - Derrick Johnson - murdered by the state of Texas

info by Rick Halperin and i .... thanks, my Friend !!!

USA 2008
check my previous posts here

4 months of love ;-)))))))))))))))))

© luisa brehm

to my fans !!!
i was ill from my ears, my doctor came here and i’m superrrrrrrr now !!! mommy is pettinggggggggggggggg me with new delicious biscuits and all ;-))))))))))))))))))))))))))
she is not here cause she is busy working in her poster but told me to send love what i’m doing like a good girl ....
till later, i'm gonna take a beauty nap !!!
lots of licksssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
yours truly,
Flora

shhhhhhh i was surfing too and i’m a teen, greaaaaaat !!!!

All about Cats and Kittens
© About.com

Freedom Always !!!

Freedom Always !!!
Originally uploaded by luisa brehm

today marks the 35th anniversary of our Carnation Revolution !!!

thanksssssssssss from the bottom of my heart the 5.200 views of my photo !!!

Liberdade Sempre, Freedom Always !!!
for a better World without Death Penalty !!!
with all my Love !!!
lu

Ivone card - maquette

Art Postal

In the Instauration of Democracy
The certitude of Peace

Na Instauração da Democracia
A certeza da Paz

Comité José Dias Coelho, Edições Avante! - 1974

more on aunt Voninha blog !!!

Os Vampiros - english version
© Antiwar Songs (AWS)

Voices of Freedom !!!

José Afonso - Os Vampiros


Trova do vento que passa

Tribute to Zeca Afonso and Adriano Correia de Oliveira !!!!

my wing

 
© luisa brehm

my heart wing
is a poppy in the wind ....

» Harsh Tactics Readied Before Their Approval
» Obama Says Bush Officials Behind Interrogation Policy Could Be Prosecuted
» European Nations May Investigate Bush Officials Over Prisoner Treatment

© The Washington Post

Memo: Two al Qaeda leaders waterboarded 266 times
© CNN
Read the Memos
© ACLU

lean on my shoulder

© luisa brehm

Meu Amor, i look at you leaning on Voninha and my heart becomes sooooo small .... these were truly happy times, you always giving strenght to each other !!!
but the bird has died when she is gone and we both know that, Mom !!!
i love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu !!!

Mom and Ivone, inseparable sisters - 1972

The bird may die

I feel sad,
I feel blue.

I go outside and rub my fingers
on the sleek shell of the night.

"I see that lights of contact are blocked,
All lights of contact are blocked."

"Nobody will introduce me to the sun,
Nobody will take me to the gathering of doves."

Keep the flight in mind,
The bird may die.

- Forugh Farrokhzad -
1935 - 1967

Forugh Farrokhzad
Iranian poet and film director

Originally uploaded by HORIZON

this is the solitude of Men !!!
love you, my Friend !!!

An interrogation memo
Excerpts from an Aug. 1, 2002, memo granting the CIA permission to use certain interrogation techniques on suspected Al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah.

© Los Angeles Times

Rights groups criticize CIA immunity on interrogations
© CNN

Federal court rejects Troy Davis' appeal
© The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Welcome to hell. A hell erected and maintained by human-governments, and blessed by black robed judges. A hell that allows you to see your loved ones, but not to touch them.
A hell situated in America's boondocks, hundreds of miles away from most families. A white, rural hell, where most of the captives are black and urban. It is an American way of death.

- Mumia Abu-Jamal -

All Things Censored, 2001

sign Mumia online International Appeal

International Campaign for Constitutional Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Tell the Obama Administration you demand Constitutional Justice Now for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Initiated by the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC)

SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION HERE

China Issues Rights Document
© WSJ.com

Persepolis

i truly love this movie !!!

Persepolis - official site
Persepolis (film) - 2007 animated movie

more 3 in aunt Ivone blog ....
yesssss, still need to make at least one translation !!!
it's in portuguese - english, see ???

for Flora & lulu

Sister Luisa Brehm
Originally uploaded by jimeli1

awe almost forgot, got a surprise from brother James ;-)))))))))))))))) it’s beautiful, thankssssssssss !!!
love you 22222, brother !!!

Mumia - emergency meeting

Emergency meeting in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Mumia Abu-Jamal

Saturday, April 11, 2009, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Solidarity Center, 55 West 17th Street (New York), 5th Floor
(btw. 5th & 6th Avenues in Manhattan)

Sponsored by: Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC)
• freemumia.com • 212-330-8029

© Workers World

i love to scan ;-))))))))))

and my camera loves me oh yeahhhhh !!!
fortunately they put almost everything on CDs these days,
isn’t it ??? ;-))))))))))))))))))))

oi, Friends,
i’m scanning old photos +++ other things and i’m truly busy ....
do you be good ??? deal !!!
lots of looooooooooooove from Flora and me

photo taken by João, when i was shoting him last february 13.

© luisa brehm

Post Supreme Court Interview with Mumia
 
recorded 04-06-09
 
© Mumia Abu-Jamal/Prison Radio

Supreme Court lets Mumia Abu-Jamal's conviction stand
© CNN

rain Ivone

i drew it when my aunt is gone ....
it’s written in portuguese and i say at the end:

my heart cries
the alive memory of you for you
it rains and
from your blood’ seed
a new giant tree rises.

© luisa brehm

Ivone and lulu

© luisa brehm

summer 1954 - at my grandparents’ house, Várzea de Sintra

aunt Voninha was 24 and i 1 year and half ;-))))))))))))))))))

luckyyyyyyyy photo, i didn't cut this one in two, see ???
because i loved to cut everything, well, i still do, some doubts ???

gender survey - request

This is to request you to help out with this gender survey that the 50 Million Missing Campaign has just launched.
Originally uploaded by *abro*

check it out and please fill the form !!!

more Ivone

more 1 post in aunt Ivone blog ....

the link is in my sidebar, of course !!!

Alice

image source

Alice Liddell - the inspiration
photo by Lewis Carroll

Alice in Wonderland

i always loved Alice and i found this site with amazing illustrations
by Lewis Carroll and other Artists and more a few great children stories ...
now i'm reading them to Flora ;-)))))))))))))))))))))))))) 

dreamy april !!!!

Bedtime-Stories

Attiya Dawood

Happy Birthday to you Attiya! 01.04.09
Originally uploaded by *abro*

Attiya Dawood is a Pakistan’s leading feminist - poet and my dear Abro’s wife.
check out her articles on women issues and great poems !!!

Attiya Dawood website


Her Autobiography “AEENE KE SAMNE” has been published by Rajkamal Parkashan in India in Hindi.
Urdu and English versions will be published soon by Oxford University Press Pakistan.

Happy Birthday, Attiya !!!
wishing you both all the Best !!!
big hugsssss and kissesssssss