Dianne Post

Dianne Post graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1969 with a BA in correctional administration, from California State University, San Jose in 1973 with an MS in psychology, and from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1979 with a J.D. She has worked in fields, in factories, in stores, and in a trucking company – the only thing she never did was waitressing, though she was a bartender! As a lawyer, she represented battered women and children for 18 years and then moved to international human rights doing gender-based violence work and representing the Roma to the current day. She was active in the LGBT movement for years until they lost their way. She is currently facilitator for the Central AZ National Lawyers Guild, treasurer for Central Phoenix Inez Casiano NOW, facilitator for Arizona Justice Alliance, legislative liaison for State NOW, and on the ERA Task Force AZ board. In her spare time, she grows organic vegetables and reads.

Violence Against Women:  The old is not new.

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The annual 16 Days of Activism against Violence Against Women is 25 Nov. to 10 December.  https://www.unwomen.org/en/get-involved/16-days-of-activism 25 Nov is the international day for the elimination of violence against women established 25 years ago in memory of the Mirabal sisters, who were brutally assassinated on that day in 1960. They established the 14 June Revolutionary Movement in … Read more

Can Women Ever Be Safe From Men? 

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Women are not safe from men at home, on the street or even in prison.  An article on October 31, 2024 from the AP reported that they found cases in all 50 states of guards luring or forcing women into areas of the prison without cameras to rape them.  It is well known that at … Read more

AXON:  Can technology reduce shootings by police?

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THE VISIT On October 30, 2024, I along with members of other community groups and state agencies, attended a 2.5-hour presentation at Axon regarding Tasers and other technological innovations.  The founder reported that he began the business 32 years ago after two friends were killed in Scottsdale in a road rage incident. What he didn’t mention … Read more

At Work and Under Watch:  Surveillance and Suffering at Amazon and Walmart Warehouses, Oxfam 2024

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I read the full report which is page after page of horrors that would take me more pages just to summarize.  Amazon and Walmart are the two largest companies in the U.S. with unprecedented levels of wealth.  Together they have combined revenues of $1.185 trillion in 2022 which is larger than the GDP of all but the … Read more