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Obama, the Courts, and Black People
A Tale of Two Decisions by Carl Dix April 25, 2008 NY judge acquitted the cops who fired 50 shots at Sean Bell, killing him just hours beforehis scheduled wedding and severely wounding two of his friends. When asked about this verdict, Barack Obama replied:...
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Why the Western media can't show the positive side of Africa
It is quite simple: If they portrayed Africa in a positive light, diasporan africans would be emigrating there by the millions and then the west would lose its entire low paid workforce. Can you imagine the economic catastrophe that a diasporan exodus...
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Africans will continue to kill each other until they destroy the racially segmented economic order
SA's stature battered by migrant killings Dakar, Senegal 23/05/2008 South Africa 's aspirations to lead the continent are being shredded by the xenophobic mobs who have hacked, shot and beaten to death at least 42 African migrants in the land where apartheid...
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Suicide: the flipside of the Japanese economic model
Japan detergent suicide sparks panic By Shino Yuasa Associated Press 30/04/08 Some 350 people evacuated their homes in northern Japan to escape poisonous fumes released Thursday by a neighbor who killed himself by mixing detergent and other chemicals...
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La Férocité blanche
http://www.afrikara.com/index.php?page=contenu&art=1386 De la barbarie coloniale à la politique nazie d’extermination par Rosa Amelia Plummelle-Uribe 10/09/2006 L’auteur de «La Férocité blanche» [Albin Michel, 2001], déploie une argumentation originale...
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Aux USA, les idées impopulaires peuvent être éliminées sans recourir à la force.
http://www.michelcollon.info/articles.php?dateaccess=2008-03-31%2020:19:33&log=invites Le Monde nous appartient Noam Chomsky Transcription de l’intervention de Noam Chomsky à la conférence Z Media Institute talk, Juin 2007. Traduit de l’anglais par Dominique...
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Islamic slavery in Africa
Video: Islamic slavery in Africa http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x459mk_islam-slavery_politics As this video explains, 1000 years down the line and African people still have no idea what has happened to them and that is why they still cling to Islam...
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New movie 'Hancock' still reinforces the stereotype of the African male
In Class With Hancock By Biko Agozino I have just seen the box office hit movie, Hancock, with my two teenage sons and their 12 year old cousin. As usual, after seeing a movie with the kids, we engaged in debates about the representations and subtle messages...
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If African countries had used their collective strength to force Britain to honour its obligations in Zimbabwe, Mugabe would have ceded power aeons ago
TheBlackList.net Zimbabwe: The Struggle Continues Sunday, April 27, 2008 Democracy and Zimbabwe “The history of Zimbabwe has deep personal meaning for me and many activist of my generation. When Zimbabwe was liberated in 1980 and ZANU installed as the...
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U.S. War Crimes in Somalia
http://www.newleftr eview.org/ ?view=1962 U.S. War Crimes in Somalia Pu blished on: Feb 28, 2007 By Alex de Waal From the New Left Review, 30, 1998, 131-144. In his foreword to Mogadishu!: Heroism and Tragedy, Ross Perot wrote: ‘Read this book carefully....
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May 19 is Malcolm X's Birthday (en français)
Biographie de Malcolm X en français http://lpdw.free.fr/freedom/malcolm.htm May 19, 2008--Malcolm X Day March 19, 2008 Press Release The O.A.A.U. (The Organization of Afro-American Unity) invites the Community to celebrate the Annual Malcolm X Day and...
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Namibia remembers bomb blast victims of racist South African apartheid regime
http://www.newera. com.na/page. php?id t=6835 Blast Victims Remembered By Anna Ingwafa Monday, 28th of April 2008 OSHAKATI First National Bank of Namibia (FNB) on Saturday marked the 20th commemoration and unveiled a monument for the 1988 Oshakati bomb...
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Names attest to the bigger African identity problem.The first thing the missionaries did was to criminalize African names as evil.
MY TAKE: Muammar Gadhafi and the United States of Africa By: Jok Gai Anai, The New Sudan Vision (NSV) www.newsudanvision.com 03/29/2008 During the recent African Union Summit, the Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi threatened to turn his back on Africa...
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Somalia: a victim of Bush’s recklessness
http://www.thefirst post.co.uk/ 32457,opinion, somalia-a- victim-of- bushs-recklessne ss Somalia: a victim of Bush’s recklessness Matthew Carr recounts how the West ended Somalia’s brief flirtation with stability Monday, May 5, 2008 One of the forgotten...
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America has been headed on the Wrong Track from its very inception
81% in Poll Say Nation Is Headed on Wrong Track By David Leonhardt and Marjorie Connelly April 4, 2008 Americans are more dissatisfied with the country’s direction than at any time since the New York Times/CBS News poll began asking about the subject...
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Obama is right. "The poor do cling to guns and religion."(lire en français)
Lire en francais h ttp://horte.over-blog.fr/article-19468639.html Obama, immigration and media bias Chris Silvera Secretary-Treasurer, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 808 April 25, 2008 Dear America, Sen. Obama's words regarding a portion...
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3719 sites Internet bloqués par les USA
http://www.michelcollon.info/articles.php?dateaccess=2008-03-19%2015:04:17&log=invites Qui est eNom, qui a bloqué 3.719 sites Internet déplaisant aux Etats-Unis ? par Rosa Miriam Elizalde Cubadebate, 06/03/2008 Traduit par Jose Gregorio pour Investig'Action...
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Black business rejects ruling that considers Chinese 'black South Africans'
http://www.dnaindia.com/dnaprint.asp?newsid =117220 South African Chinese now considered 'black' 19/06/08 PRETORIA: South Africans of Chinese origin are now officially recognised as part of the previously disadvantaged "black group", which by definition...
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The Africans of Chile
GlobalAfricanPresence@yahoogroups.com Black race in Chile Edited by Runoko Rashidi From the Oro Negro Web Site contact: oronegrochile@ hotmail.com What is “Oro Negro” "Oro Negro” is the first Afrodescendants Foundation in Chile. Its first public performance...
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RACE IN AMERICA: The Grand Denial
www.marvinxwrites.blogspot.com RACE IN AMERICA: The Grand Denial Denial is quite simply the evasion of reality. Denial can be personal or communal, for sometimes an entire nation can be in denial about its abominations, for they are too painful to make...
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Laura Bush's Selective Amnesia, Katrina vs Myanmar, went unchallenged by the press
Selective Amnesia Katrina vs Myanmar WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush made a rare appeal to Myanmar's military rulers on Tuesday to accept U.S. relief officials and added $3 million in aid to help victims of a cyclone that devastated...
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COINTELPRO: the history the government hopes you don’t learn
Cointelpro: The FBI's War on Black America http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7574288480731470534&q=documentary+war+duration:long&pl=true The Sabotage Of Legitimate Dissent http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/COINTELPRO/cointelpro.html...
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Après l’Asie du sud-est, le tourisme sexuel s’étend à l’Afrique
Le tourisme sexuel en Afrique part 1. Après l’Asie du sud-est, le fléau s’étend à l’Afrique. lundi 21 avril 2008 | par Soulstar Bien qu’ officiellement il n’existe pas, le tourisme sexuel est devenu un véritable fléau sur le continent. L’Asie du Sud-Est...
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Africa: The time for Food Sovereignty has come
www.pambazuka.org The time for Food Sovereignty has come! Henry Saragih 2008-05-01 In this open letter to the Secretary General of the Food and Agriculture organization (FAO), Henry Saragih argues that the food price crisis exposes the instability of...
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International organisations such as the IMF and the WTO are responsible for famine and food riots around the globe
How Far is the US From Food Shortages and Food Riots? by Monica Davis Saturday Apr 12th, 2008 Even the United States is not immune from the potential for food shortages, food riots and food insecurity. We’re just blind to the possibility. As Americans...