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Ethnic targeting in Chad by Janjawid from Sudan 
Once again, AI has heard from dozens of villagers of the horrors of attacks by the Janjawid. These ruthless, mobile fighters that in recent years have terrorized Darfur, in western Sudan, are now wrecking and depopulating villages across whole regions of eastern Chad....
Posted: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 9:15am PDT
'Wassup Rockers' A Revealing Look at Latino Punk Skateboarders A new film by the director of "Kids" looks at the lives of young Latino punk-rock skaters in Los Angeles, using the teens themselves as actors. Daffodil Altan is a writer and editor for New America Media....
Posted: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 8:26am PDT
US Pastor Slammed for Anti-Islam Rant CAIRO — A prominent US pastor and a former advisor to President George W. Bush has drawn fire from leaders in the Muslim minority, rights activists and politicians for calling Islam a "dangerous" religion....
Posted: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 8:21am PDT
Black security officers march for freedom from poverty Los Angeles (PRNewswire) – Hundreds of mostly Black security officers, joined by the NAACP, SCLC, elected leaders and community groups from South L.A. marched downtown on Friday to the Building Owners and Managers Association headquarters, protesting poverty conditions in the private security industry....
Posted: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 6:49am PDT
American Indian mascots harm students A University of North Dakota survey using the strict guidelines of the Institutional Review Board shows that the university’s Fighting Sioux team name and logo has real effects on students....
Posted: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 6:22am PDT
The age of the Oreo: The scary state of Black politics “Just as the slavemaster of that day used Tom, the house Negro, to keep the field Negroes in check, the same old slavemaster today has Negroes who are nothing but modern Uncle Toms, 20th Century Uncle Toms, to keep you and me in check, keep us under control, keep us passive and peaceful. The slavemaster took Tom and dressed him well, and fed him well and even gave him a little education – a little education; gave him a long coat and a top hat and made all the other slaves look up to him. Then...
Posted: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 6:17am PDT
But What About Their More Sharply Dressed Allies? Shouting Down Nazis in Olympia On July third, eleven Nazis from the National Socialist Movement held a rally here in Olympia on the steps of the Washington State Capitol. Twelve uniformed Nazis stood by a podium, secure behind a six foot hurricane fence protected by two-hundred officers from the Washington State Patrol and over one-hundred feet of secured space between them and an audience apparently only comprised of protestors and the press....
Posted: Thu, Jul 6, 2006 6:36am PDT
South Central Farm Invaded Again! Bulldozers and LAPD have re-entered the farm. Solidarity and support needed....
Posted: Wed, Jul 5, 2006 12:04pm PDT
Black Press News Digest: Jail Time Corrodes Health of Black Males America's Jails "Devastate" Black Males...
Posted: Tue, Jul 4, 2006 9:59am PDT
The True Color of Money Between 1995 and 2001, according to the Federal Reserve bank, the average family of color saw their net worth fall 7 percent to $17,000 while the average white family's net worth rose 37 percent to $120,000. Meizhu Lui is one of the co-authors of “The Color of Wealth,” and the executive director of United For a Fair Economy. Sandip Roy interviewed Lui for “UpFront,” a NAM weekly radio program on 91.7FM, San Francisco. Roy is an editor for New America Media....
Posted: Tue, Jul 4, 2006 9:55am PDT
"Touch One! Touch All!": Diamonds Are for Africa Forever! The Parkway Theater, 1834 Park Blvd., Oakland....
Event Date: Sun, Jul 23, 2006 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Jul 2, 2006 11:25pm PDT
Oakland: African People's Solidarity Day Campaign Meeting 1601 2nd Ave at 16th St., Oakland...
Event Date: Mon, Jul 10, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Jul 2, 2006 7:06am PDT
Bureau of Reclamation Limits Access to Winnemem Wintu Ceremonial Site (Revised Release) Here's a corrected media advisory. (The other release had the wrong dates listed at the top of the release).
The Coming of Age (Balas Chonas Winyupnus) Ceremony, set from July 8 through 11, 2006 on the McCloud River at Lake Shasta, will highlight the failure of the Bureau of Reclamation to protect the religious freedoms of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe....
Posted: Fri, Jun 30, 2006 2:58pm PDT
Racism and Cross-Cultural Organizing 1433 Webster Street, Oakland...
Event Date: Thu, Jun 29, 2006 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Jun 27, 2006 11:34am PDT
Report back from SOS Counter-Demonstration! Xenophobia and white nationalists - oh my!...
Posted: Mon, Jun 26, 2006 9:18pm PDT
SF: 4th Annual International Right-of-Return Conference Jack Adams Hall
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue,
San Francisco, CA 94132, USA...
Event Date: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jun 26, 2006 1:35pm PDT
Navajo Resist John McCain's SB 1003 (audio/x-wav 22.2MB) Arizona Senator John McCain's senate bill SB1003 would end the relocation process of the remaining Navajo from land on the Black Mesa Hopi/Navajo Reservation. Opponents say that the Navajo are being moved off their land so coal companies can mine it. John McCain's Senate Bill 1003 would require their imminent removal by 2008. But the remaining Navajo REFUSE TO BE MOVED....
Posted: Mon, Jun 26, 2006 1:20pm PDT
No NUKES! No WARS! Support INDIGENOUS RIGHTS! ACTION ALERT - - M a s s - M o b i l i z i n g - M e e t i n g - -
WHEN: Tuesday, June 27 at 7 PM
WHERE: New College of California: 777 Valencia St. Rm.6 (at 18th St.),
San Francisco (a few blocks from 16th St. BART station)...
Posted: Mon, Jun 26, 2006 7:35am PDT
The World Cup: War, Peace and Racism in the Biggest Sporting Event on the Planet Four weeks. Thirty-two countries. Sixty-four matches. One billion viewers. The FIFA World Cup underway in Germany right now is the most-watched sporting event on the planet. We take a look at the global significance of the World Cup with sports writer Dave Zirin....
Posted: Mon, Jun 26, 2006 7:12am PDT
Referendum against Redevelopment and the Bayview Project Area going strong The Referendum against SF Redevelopment and the Bayview Hunters Point Project area is going strong. By the end of this month we hope to collect over 30,000 signatures. So far we have over 10,000 and the movement is going strong. We see the absence of the Main Media and crooked developers staying out - testing the WILL of the people. San Francisco and San Franciscans have always stood for Justive and Fair Play and this time around the SF Redevelopment Agency and its cronies will be defeated....
Posted: Sun, Jun 25, 2006 4:30am PDT
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