NCFM NOTE: A momentous debate regarding circumcision took place on January 28, 2014 at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France. Video of the entire 100-minute debate is available here and is also embedded on the ARC website (www.arclaw.org): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUaiXB5xtas ___________________________ Ronald Goldman of the Jewish Circumcision Resource Center and filmmaker Victor Schonfeld were among the...
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The National Parents Organization (NPO) took the lead in co-organizing with the National Coalition for Men (NCFM) a gathering to view the release of the thought-provoking new documentary film, “Divorce Corp.” This event took place on January 10, 2014, at the Emery Bay Stadium 10 Theater in Emeryville, California in San Francisco’s Bay Area. ...
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We are pleased to announce publication of the 29th issue of the ARC Newsletter, our Fall-Winter 2013 issue. This 44-page issue, produced with the expert collaboration of Newsletter Editor Jonathan Friedman is packed with features including: 1) Eyewitness accounts by ARC Legal Advisor Peter Adler, Aubrey Taylor and I – as well as...
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Gender Inclusive: Essays on violence, men, and feminist international relations. By Adam Jones. New York: Routledge, 2009. 313 pp. www.routledge.com. No price printed on book but website gives price as $140. Available at Amazon for $47. Routledge has published a book-length collection of his essays on gender and genocide by Gendercide Watch Executive Director...
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By J. Steven Svoboda Last month, the National Post published Mark Joseph Stern’s article (“’Intactivists’ against circumcision, Sept. 19) criticizing anti-circumcision activists, whom Mr. Stern dismissed as “fringe,” “paranoid” and “bizarre.” But individuals committed to safeguarding children from unnecessary surgical interference include leading scientists, pediatricians, public health researchers, bioethicists, medical historians, and human rights...
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NCFM NOTE: On September 22, Mr. Svoboda sent a letter to Canada’s leading newspaper, the National Post, and to Slate, in response to Mark Joseph Stern’s horrific article, “‘Intactivists’ Against Circumcision.” Below is the text of the letter. The letter sent to Slate is virtually identical. We need to let children reach the age of majority and let them decide...
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NCFM NOTE: If you are not a believer or don’t know what damage the feminist crusades have caused in creating the Women Industries and Feminist Jurisprudence then one day you may awake in bed with a SWAT Team pointing machine guns at you because you passed gas when leaving a hearing at your local...
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Forgetting Children Born of War: Setting the Human Rights Agenda in Bosnia and Beyond. By R. Charli Carpenter. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. 273 pages. www.cup.columbia.edu. No price listed on book but website gives price as $37. Review by J. Steven Svoboda R. Charli Carpenter, assistant professor of political science at the University...
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Growing Balls: Personal Power for Young Men. By David N. Hafter. Philadelphia: XLibris, 2006. www.growingballs.com. 172 pages. Price varies. California marriage and family therapist has written what is apparently his first book, a life guide for young men between the ages of roughly 15 to 25. It’s a genuine gem. Hafter manages to find...
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