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Venezuela sending aid to Zimbabwe
Thank you Mr. Chavez for not believing the hype. Hort http://www.talkzimb abwe.com/ news/117/ ARTICLE/4012/ 2009-01-03. html Venezuela sending aid to Zimbabwe Ralph Mutema Sat, 03 Jan 2009 VENEZUELA is sending food, water and medicine to Zimbabwe to help...
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Slavery, American Style, Must Go
This is the dilemma facing Obama. How can he truly introduce measures to end exploitation and poverty when this is the oil that keeps the capitalist machine running? If you end exploitation and poverty you also end capitalism and that is not what the...
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1st world convention of spanish speaking panafricanists in La Paz Bolivia 1st-3rd May 2009
Brothers and sisters as many of you know, we want invite you to participate at this historical conference with our 150 million african sisters and brothers who speak spanish. The conference is calling intellectuals, youth, women, activists , grassroots...
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Blacks in Peru long for role models, self knowledge as they demand opportunity, justice
http://charlene. blogs.finalcall. com/2009/ 01/tragedy- is-that-we- are-invisible. html 'The tragedy is that we are invisible' Saturday, January 3, 2009 Dr. Jorge Ramirez Reyna, a Civil Rights and Social Change activist in Peru, is also the Executive...
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Pan-Africanism and Palestine solidarity: A history of anti-imperialist struggle
http://www.pambazuk a.org/en/ category/ comment/54041 P an-Africanism and Palestine solidarity: A history of anti-imperialist struggle Abayomi Azikiwe 12/2/2009 Following the recent attacks on Gaza, Abayomi Azikiwe examines the sentiment of the African-American...
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Obama must forge a new relationship between the US and Africa and its diaspora
Africa: Obama And Africa Obi Nwakanma 18 January 2009 TWO days from now, on Tuesday January 20, Barack Hussein Obama will be inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States. This will enact a landmark event. The emergence of a black man as the...
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Africa's policymakers need to change their rhetoric on military takeovers in 2009
http://weekly. ahram.org. eg/2009/928/ re11.htm Why the worst of times in Africa can also be the best of times, concludes Gamal Nkrumah Africa's policymakers need to change their rhetoric on military takeovers in 2009. Faith in the idea of long-term democracy...
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Afro-Brazilian Religions must resist intolerant Christianity
Since Europeans came into contact with Africans they have done everything to destroy African civilization and culture. African people the world over must begin to realize that Christianity is nothing more than western intolerance (white supremacy) wrapped...
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The Hidden History of Afro-Puerto Ricans at Tuskegee
htt p://www.us- puertoricans. org/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=429&Itemid= 1 The Hidden History of Afro-Puerto Ricans at Tuskegee by Frank A.Guridy Friday, March 13, 2009 As Puerto Ricans prepare to celebrate theabolition of slavery on...
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If Africans are an "oral people,” why have they unearthed ancient writing in Sudan
http://www.thearynews.com/english/newsdetail.asp?nid=18698 Archaeologists unearth key to ancient script Wednesday December 17, 2008 KHARTOUM: Three ancient ram statues brought to light 180 kilometres north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum could help decipher...
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La guerre preventive ou le retour à l’ere primitive
Charles Renan nous a dit depuis longtemps que les occidentaux sont des peuples guerriers.(des soldats) Par conséquent, ils doivent toujours faire la guerre. Ce n’est surprenant donc que Bush a inventé la guerre préventive. Dans l’avenir les occidentaux...
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Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism
Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918 by Jeffrey B. Perry Hubert Harrison (1883-1927) is one of the truly important figures of early twentieth-century America. A brilliant writer, orator, educator, critic, and political activist,...
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Africa May Face 'Centuries' of Poverty Unless Radical Action Taken
http://ipsnews. net/news. asp?idnews= 45335 DEVELOPMENT: Africa May Face 'Centuries' of Poverty By David Cronin Monday, January 12, 2009 BRUSSELS, Jan 8 (IPS) - Extreme poverty will continue to blight sub-Saharan Africa for another 200 years unless action...
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La Guadeloupe refuse le « hold-up »
La Guadeloupe refuse le « hold-up » Rosa Moussaoui source : l'Humanité Dans l’île paralysée, la population dénonce le coût de la vie exorbitant. Le mouvement, sans précédent, est aussi une prise de parole de toutes les générations pour la dignité. Le...
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Some Georgia farmers look to Africa for their future
http://www.theatlan tavoice.com/ AV_news.htm Back to Our Roots by Nadirah Z. Sabir Georgia Online News Service Friday, March 6, 2009 Dahveed Jawara cuts a huge head of green, leafy lettuce from the dark and fertile soil on his private plot about 40 minutes...
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Africa's archeological sites lost forever as Merowe Dam opens
http://news. xinhuanet. com/english/ 2009-03/03/ content_10937213 .htm Sudanese president inaugurates Merowe Dam on Nile river 03-03 2009 MEROWE, Sudan, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Tuesday inaugurated the Merowe Dam, the longest...
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First black Iraqi runs in elections
Isn’t it strange how people believe that African people in Iraq are recent arrivals when in fact they were the first inhabitants of that area. Now that Obama has come to power perhaps we can begin to educate the world about its true history. This short...
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The Roots of White Agression: the Iceman Inheritance
The Roots of White Agression http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=WRaLfvjwVIc&feature=related (part 1) No one can deny that people of European descent are the most violent people on the planet. Their history for the last 3,000 years is a history littered with...
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La prostitution n'existait pas en Afrique avant l'invasion des étrangers
J’ai acheté ce livre en 2005 et j’étais révolté par ceux que j’ai lu. Les peuples d’origine africaine refusent de comprendre qu’ils sont en contact avec un peuple pervers dont il faut se protéger. (Lire l’histoire gréco-romaine) Quand on sait que ces...
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The more things change the more they stay the same for Afro-Uruaguayans
This article was written to 1993. Today, there are 300,000 Afro-Uruguayans 60 percent of whom are poor. 50 percent of Afro-Uruguayan women still work as domestics. http://query. nytimes.com/ gst/fullpage. html?res= 9F0CE0D61539F934 A35756C0A9659582 60&sec=&spon=...
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Australian PM rebuffs Aborigine call for new national holiday
This is a very easy problem to solve. All the Aborigines have to do is to refuse to participate in the celebrations organised by their white counterparts on this day. Rather they should turn the national holiday into a day of mourning and commemoration...
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Nigerian scientist finds cure for Diabetes
It is nice to see a Nigerian scientist finally receiving recognition for his work because in too many cases the local doctor’s research is simply stolen by some Western scientist who eventually gets the credit. This is one reason so many Nobel Prize winners...
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Update on Congo
Is Laurent Nkunda's arrest a positive development? January 30, 2009 Is Laurent Nkunda's arrest a positive development? We have reasons to doubt that Laurent Nkunda has been arrested. Rwandan Maj. Jill Rutaremara said that Nkunda was in Rwanda but "not...
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Beware of Liquidation Sales
http://www.thestreet.com/print/story/10458692.html 5 Reasons to Avoid Liquidation Sales Jeffrey Strain 01/21/09 There are bound to be a large number of store liquidation sales this year, but you'd be smart to skip them. Circuit City( CC Quote - Cramer...
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AU chief accuses ICC of selective justice
http://www.afriquej et.com/news/ africa-news/ au-chief- accuses-icc- of-selective- justice-20090127 20587.html AU chief accuses ICC of selective justice Addis Ababa 27/01/2009 African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Jean Ping Tuesday launched a blistering...