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By Allowing White Racists in the Military, We’re Training Domestic Terrorists White supremacists believe that the white race is superior to all others and have used their beliefs to discriminate against those that didn’t share their same ethnic or religious backgrounds. The U.S. government, realizing that such ideologies threaten the health of our country, has spoken out against such groups. In fact, 10 years ago, the Department of Defense made it clear that anyone subscribing to extreme separatist beliefs was not welcome in the U.S. military....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 6:32pm PDT
Chicano Consortium Action Alert 7/15/06 Here's the latest action alert from Efren Gutierrez of the Chicano Consortium listing upcoming events....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 4:38pm PDT
Oak Park in Sac: Black Family Reunion McClatchy Park in Oak Park
3500 5th Ave.
Sacramento, CA. 95822...
Event Date: Sun, Jul 16, 2006 10:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 10:49am PDT
SFPD Killing Spree on Black & Brown, June 2006 The man hunt is on, on San Francisco Plantation....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 7:55am PDT
Race, Class and the Battle for South Central Farm When the Los Angeles City Council sold the 14 acre plot called the South Central Farm to developer Ralph Horowitz, they sold land they didn't own....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 6:47am PDT
Australia: Aboriginal town camp residents organise first-ever rally Late last month more than 400 Aboriginal residents of town camps situated on the outskirts of Alice Springs, in the heart of central Australia, participated in a powerful rally in the city centre. The event was organised by the Aboriginal community to protest its treatment at the hands of the Howard government and the media....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 6:35am PDT
No Social Justice, No Spiritual Peace -- Black Preachers Take a Stand DALLAS (NNPA) Gadflies: large flies, like the horsefly, that bites livestock they carry a reputation of tremendously annoying people and rousing them from complacency....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 6:30am PDT
California Black Farmers and Agriculture Association weigh in on U.S. Ag Policy 
California Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association supports proposed Congressional Legislation with the Pigford Claims Remedy Act and seeks official California Congressional Delegation support....
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 11:56am PDT
Rabid rabbi-KSFO's latest right-wing shock jock is an unlikely apologist This is no shock jock being irreverent — he's a real rabbi. But make no mistake, this is no jolly rebbe kvetching about marrying a nice Jewish boy, nor a lefty Jew talking about justice, diversity, and the Holocaust. He's Daniel Lapin, dubbed "the show rabbi of the Christian right" by the New York Times. And now he's a San Francisco talker, Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. on right-wing radio station KSFO....
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 11:45am PDT
Confronting Racism, Head On: Why I Wear My Zidane Jersey Imagine Michael Jordan in his last game, with the score tied in overtime, knocking out his defender with a punch to the throat. Imagine Derek Jeter in game seven of the World Series, at bat with the bases loaded, thrashing the opposing team's catcher over the head with his bat. Our collective shock would only be exceeded by disappointment. No one, fan or foe, would want to a see a great player end their career in an act that speaks to the worst impulses of sports: when hard competition spills...
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 6:22am PDT
"BIG O" LEFITI: GENTLE GIANT Oliver "Big O" Lefiti's Death By Cop, another young man of color dies at SFPD hands...
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 3:12am PDT
Voting Rights Peril No Longer a Hoax A mystery e-mail that made the rounds a few years ago claimed African-Americans would be kicked out of the voting booth. Sadly, that's looking less looney by the minute, writes Earl Ofari Hutchinson, a political analyst and social issues commentator and the author of "The Crisis in Black and Black" (Middle Passage Press). The Hutchinson Report can also be read at www.earlofarihutchinson.blogspot.com....
Posted: Tue, Jul 11, 2006 9:16pm PDT
Were Black ‘Terrorists’ Entrapped? PHILADELPHIA – In the language of George Orwell’s double speak, war is peace, truth is lies....
Posted: Mon, Jul 10, 2006 10:36pm PDT
The Making of an O.G.: Transcending Gang Mentality Essay on the history and use of the term "O.G.," by San Quentin Death Row prisoners Steve Champion and Anthony Ross. Please copy and distribute in your community....
Posted: Mon, Jul 10, 2006 7:06am PDT
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
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