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How do we speak about Zimbabwe?
Published on 2 Apr 2007 at 6:27 am.
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Filed under news/politics, diaspora, radical politics, history, collective action.
****Above is a picture from I took at the Human Rights Day March in Johannesburg on March 21, 2007.****
EDIT: on april 3rd, 2007, in johannesburg, south africa there was a zimbabwe solidarity march to the zimbabwean consulate. check my photos here.
Zimbabwe has made headlines recently following the of Zimbabwean police’s killing of Gift Tandere, […]
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Bicentennial of the Abolition of (English) Slave Trade
Published on 26 Mar 2007 at 1:52 pm.
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Filed under news/politics, ignorance, history.
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade. This is a very important historical event, which is being commemorated all around the world. You may have noticed ceremonies going on in your community. There are bicentenary events going on from South Africa and New York to Bristol and India. Yesterday in […]
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Black History, Education and Oprah
Published on 28 Feb 2007 at 6:55 pm.
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Filed under academia, television, history, collective action.
As we say farewell to another Black History Month I wanted to address some of the struggles I’ve been facing as an educator in the community. I help teach a class for children, ages 10-16 at the local library here in Syracuse (training future Blackademcis). In class we talk about racism, black history the struggles […]
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Virginia apologizes 4 Slavery
Published on 25 Feb 2007 at 11:13 pm.
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Filed under news/politics, history.
Yesterday, Virginia’s general assembly voted unanimously to pass a resolution apologizing for enslavement. As the former capital of the Confederacy, it’s fitting that Virginia became the first state to take such action. They also expressed remorse for their exploitation of Native Amercian people.
“For there to be true reconciliation over slavery, there has to be […]
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Ladies and Gents… Its Official: The Obama Bid Is In
Published on 10 Feb 2007 at 3:51 pm.
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Filed under news/politics, history.
The rumor mills have been spinning for months regarding Obama’s run for presidency (even more so since the development of his exploratory committee). Feb. 10 (note the connection to Black history Month), Obama made the announcement himself in front of the same location Ab Lincoln gave his “House Divided” Speech in 1858 stating:
“We can build a more […]
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Feb 7th: International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of the People of Haiti
Published on 7 Feb 2007 at 8:19 am.
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Filed under news/politics, poverty, diaspora, history.
This is more of an action alert for the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of the People of Haiti. A lot of the violence and chaos that has arrested Haiti is not making its way to mainstream newspapers or news stations. Furthermore, what does find its way to the news in […]
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Klansman indicted 43 years after slayings
Published on 26 Jan 2007 at 12:08 pm.
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Filed under racism, history.
Transcripts were recently released from a press conference from the Department of Justice discussing the indictment of James F. Seale. Seale is being held for the 1964 kidnapping and murder of Charles Moore and Henry Dee. Both were 19 years old at the time.
The following excerpt from the Associated Press recounts the grim events […]
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Were the levees detonated?
Published on 20 Jan 2007 at 2:58 pm.
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Filed under news/politics, radical politics, history.
Watching the mainstream media coverage of Hurricane Katrina over the past year, I had developed a pretty solid understanding what happened to the levees. Just look at Wikipedia - clearly it was a flaw in design and a lack of maintenance, which led to the broken levees and the subsequent flooding of the 9th ward. […]
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Black and Brown unite?
Published on 8 Jan 2007 at 1:21 pm.
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Filed under racism, inter-minority relations, history.
Having lived in California all of my life, hearing about the conflicts between Black folks and Latino/a folks is commonplace. I never understood how two wretchedly oppressed groups could direct so much hatred and distrust toward each other when there is so much potential embodied in a collaboration between folks who suffer (of course […]
Revisiting the Tuskegee Airmen
Published on 13 Dec 2006 at 12:57 pm.
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Filed under black culture, history.
A recent story on MSNBC gives detailed information that contradicts the legend of the Tuskegee Airmen, and the group’s distinction of never losing a fighter to enemy fire.
William F. Holton, a historian for Tuskegee Airmen Inc., has found documented evidence that the famed collection of the nation’s first African-American fighter pilots indeed lost several U.S. […]
