african diaspora

SELF-DETERMINATION AND NATIONALISM By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill In order for the African Community in the United States of America to continue our fight for self-determination and dignity, it is important that we remind ourselves of the nature of the American...

http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/feature/ Afro descendants in Latin America gearing up for reparations battle after centuries of oppression under white supremacy Deborah Gabriel Brazil's African population almost equal to that of Nigeria A macro study by...

Anyone remember Haiti? by Bill Fletcher Jr. Baltimore Times Originally published 8/3/2007 One of the most striking features of the mainstream US media is its ability to 'disappear' certain issues and stories irrespective of their importance. Case in point:...

Chavez Deepens Petrocaribe Oil Pledges Sunday August 12, 2007 By JORGE RUEDA Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pledged on Saturday to meet Caribbean nations' oil needs for years to come, and urged the region to...

Government of Barbados Commission for Pan-African Affairs Monday, 13th August 2007 12:00 noon “Barbados Prime Minister invites peoples across the African Diaspora to engage in its first Global Dialogue” BARBABOS HOSTS FIRST GLOBAL DIALOGUE IN CONJUNCTION...

RACISM AGAINST BLACK DOMINICANS HAS BECOME EPIDEMIC ON THE ISLAND By JULIO TAVAREZ August 8, 2007 -- When I read last week about the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic censuring Loft, a nightclub in the Naco neighborhood of Santo Domingo, because...

http://www.montereyherald.com/johnyewell/ci_6466968?nclick_check=1 Real reason for Haiti raid JOHN YEWELL 07/26/2007 There were new suggestions this week that a raid 10 days ago by Haitian police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration may have been...

http://www.dalitnetwork.org/go?/dfn/news/us_house_of_representatives_passes_historic_resolution_on_untouchability US House of Representatives Passes Historic Resolution on Untouchability by Ben Marsh, Social Justice Coordinator, Dalit Freedom network...

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38515 HAITI-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: A Fragile Coexistence By Elizabeth Eames Roebling PEDERNALES, Dominican Republic, Jul 12 (IPS) – The border between Anse a Pitres in Haiti and Pedernales, in the Dominican Republic, both...

Fiancee of NY shooting victim sues New York police Tue Jul 24, 4:46 PM ET The fiancee of Sean Bell, an unarmed black man killed by police in a 50-shot barrage hours before his wedding, sued the New York City Police Department and several of its officers...