How did we get from the powerful Black Power of the Sixties and Seventies to the prey of y2k09? What forces derailed the move toward self-sufficiency and education?
A Texas preacher asks an interesting question. When did black people stop trying to gain economic and political power and allow themselves to become prey?
Rev. James Dixon, II, says a ’“Flash without Cash” mentality undermines every possibility of building stable families, strong communities, viable organizations and enduring (…)
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How did we get from Black Power to Prey?
8 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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Australian racism 1. 2,000 Indians protest racist anti-Indian violence in Melbourne, Australia
2 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
Racist White Australia has a long history of egregious violent racism towards Indigenous Australians (as in the ongoing Aboriginal Genocide in which 9.000 Indigenous Australians are passively murdered by White Australia each year), Africans (against white Afrikaaners in the Boer War and black Africans in the Sudan War), Semites (Jews, Arabs and Arab-culture Muslims), Asians (mainly Indochinese, Koreans, Indians, Afghans, Iraqis and Arab-culture Muslims through discrimination and (…)
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More of the Same Game
1 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
More of the Same Game By David Glenn Cox
The Republicans rant and froth at the mouth over Obama’s choice of Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court Justice, taking quotes out of context and using her membership in Hispanic organizations as they try to paint her into a corner as a racist. The left is giddy with diversity as a Latina and woman was Obama’s choice, and of course women and minorities should be better represented on the Supreme Court.
Jackie Robinson was chosen to be the first (…) -
82 Year Old Black Terrorism Victim Accused of Making Threats
3 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/24/18591062.php
Harry Young, an 82 year old black farmer from Owensboro, Kentucky was arrested and released on $50,000 bond in connection with allegations of threatening US Department of Agriculture employees. terroristic threatening. It all stems from a contested foreclosure and sale of his family farm in 2005.
Young was arrested over the weekend on allegations that he threatened a federal employee of a farm agency last week via phone. Supporters (…) -
DRANCY 1944 AND DRANCY 2009
25 April 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
(note: Drancy is a town in Paris suburb. During the Second World War, Jews were deported from the rail station of this town to death camps)
The one who does not know where he comes from, does not know where he goes
However, knowing where you are coming from, remembering the history, is it enough for improving the present and future?
Four days on 22 April 2009, some 200 Rroms from Romania have been expelled manu militari from the place they were staying, in the immediate vicinity of (…) -
Women Warriors Song - Coast Salish Territory-Occupied Canada
23 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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Indigenous Activist Splitting-the-Sky Arrested at Bush Demo (+ video)
18 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsIndigenous activist Splitting-the-Sky was arrested in Calgary yesterday. He was protesting the presence of George Bush. Although both Canadian and domestic law compels Canada to bar or arrest Bush as a "credible" war criminal suspect - the government has thus far shielded Bush from any move to do either. Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper is a staunch neocon and supporter of Bush policies.
Splitting the Sky was in the process of instructing Calgary Police as to their obligations when (…) -
Toronto Universities Must Reject False Claims that IAW is "Hate"
12 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
Mostly Water : I.A.W:
Israeli Apartheid Week 2009 is a series of lectures and film screenings on various campuses and communities (now 40 cities) across the world whose interest is to educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system. In its fifth year, Toronto’s Israeli Apartheid Week was a major success, all lectures took place as scheduled with full rooms each night.
This year, IAW has seen an alarming increase in harassment, intimidation, and physical violence against (…) -
Knickers Twister Hits Oklahoma House of Representatives
15 February 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
Moderator’s note: I’m an absolutist when it comes to the First Amendment prohibition of religion mixing with civil law. However, if the Oklahoma Legislature is going to have a chaplin, he or she can’t be censored. It’s either all or none. (OKLAHOMA CITY) Wednesday, February 11, 2009 was an important day in the life of Rev. Scott Jones, minister at Cathedral of Hope, a United Church of Christ (UCC) congregation in Oklahoma City ( http://www.cohokc.com/ ). As an openly gay man, he had (…)
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Palestinians and American Indians: Russell Means Breaks the Silence on Obama.
20 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
American Indian activist Russell Means said President-elect Obama was selected by the colonial powers as president to improve the US image globally in the aftermath of George Bush. Further, Means said Obama’s appointments show that he is a Zionist controlled by Israel. Speaking on Red Town Radio today, Means said what is happening now to Palestinians is what happened to American Indians.
“Every policy the Palestinians are now enduring was practiced on the American Indian,” Means said on (…)