Month: January 2009

Science and Human Rights

January 20, 2009 / Sonia Shah

I attended the launch of a new Science and Human Rights Coalition at the American Academy for the Advancement of Science in Washington, DC last week, where I witnessed an amazing spectacle: a bunch of top scientists grilling scruffy human rights activists…on possible collaborations. It’s an interesting time for scientists to be throwing their hat into the human rights struggle, after eight years of science being perverted by our political leadership to serve right-wing ideology! Look for my story on the coalition, and what it means for public debate around human rights, in an upcoming issue of The Nation.

Jeff Farias show

January 6, 2009 / Sonia Shah

I just finished a very pleasant half-hour radio interview with Jeff Farias of Phoenix’s Jeff Farias Show. I was a little nervous, having spent the last 6 months writing non-stop, that I’d be a bit foggy but it appears that I can, in fact, still talk in sentences (sort of). Check it out here. There should be a podcast up soon, too.

Crude translations…

January 3, 2009 / Sonia Shah

I was pleased to find a commentary about CRUDE in the Athens daily Kathemerini this morning, in part because I could honestly say, it is all Greek to me….My crude translation (ha!) suggests a fairly positive summary, but if anyone out there can say for sure, please drop a line: sonia@soniashah.com. Check it out here