On tax day, 2013, the North Carolina AFL-CIO and NC Justice Center staged a symbolic wrestling match between the Champion of the People and the Champion of the Powerful. The event injected a little levity into an otherwise somber climate created by the current regime in North Carolina.
The Durham Luchadoras, a masked female group wrestling in the Mexican Lucha Libre tradition, carried the day in front of the NC General Assembly in Raleigh.
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Not In Her Shoes
In 2013, the struggle for women's rights continued in North Carolina. A new regime in the NC General Assembly threatens intrusive procedures and other limitations on women seeking to determine their reproductive destinies.
On March 20 organizations including NARAL, Planned Parenthood, NOW and the ACLU rallied in Raleigh to protest legislators' efforts to turn the clock back to coat-hanger days.
Photos from the event are here.
On March 20 organizations including NARAL, Planned Parenthood, NOW and the ACLU rallied in Raleigh to protest legislators' efforts to turn the clock back to coat-hanger days.
Photos from the event are here.
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