Rising Hegemon: Will Charle Gibson or George Stephanapolis ask

Rising Hegemon: Will Charle Gibson or George Stephanapolis ask: "John McCain about his associations with GOP candidates like Tony Zirkle?

Indiana politician Tony Zirkle is in a heap of trouble after this photos of him celebrating Hilter's birthday surfaced on Monday.

Hilter's birthday is on 4/20, so while the stoners were getting high; the Nazi's were celebrating Adolf's 119th.

Right in the middle of the festivities was Zirkle spoke to about 60 neo-Nazi's/ white surpremacists in Chicago.

Zirkle is a candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Congress in Indiana's 2nd district.

I'm guessing, based on this picture, that Zirkle (that's him speaking) will deny any knowledge of what this group was about."

Ailing Fidel Castro says he's still in the loop

An ailing Fidel Castro took partial credit on Wednesday for firing Cuba's long-serving education minister this week, indicating that he would remain influential behind the scenes as long as he is able.

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Dishonourable Killings! « A Thinking Man

This comes in from our friendly correspondent Stephe: Dishonourable Killings! « A Thinking Man: "An inquest heard this week that Asian student, Shafilea Ahmed, aged 17, from Warrington, Cheshire, UK, was probably murdered in 2003. Pathologist Dr. Alison Armour said: “The most likely cause of death is strangulation or smothering.” Prior to her disappearance she had returned from Pakistan where she had rejected an arranged marriage. To date, no one has actually been charged over the murder. Although the case remains open, one possibility considered by police is that Shafilea was the victim of an ‘honour killing’. If this murder turns out to be such a one, it will add to the growing number in Great Britain. One estimate is that there are 12 ‘honour killings’ in the UK each year.

Sadly, ‘honour killing’ is a worldwide phenomenon, that thanks to global communication, is now receiving more attention."

Labels: abuse, women

The Black Commentator - Sean Bell Verdict Complicates Things for Obama

The Black Commentator - Sean Bell Verdict Complicates Things for Obama: "This Special Edition report was published about 7pm on Friday, April 25, 2008. When a story warrants publication at a time other than our normal Thursday publication day, we send out a special publication email notice. If you don't want to miss a breaking story from BC, please click here to get on our free email list.

The acquittal, Friday, April 25th 2008, of the 3 police officers accused of killing Sean Bell in November of 2006 will complicate Barack Obama’s efforts to win the presidency in November 2008. His candidacy already mired in the racial machinations of his opponents, Hillary Clinton and John McCain, Obama will find himself having to maneuver between the need to speak out on the most egregious, high profile example of institutional racism and police brutality since the Rodney King Incident and the need to deflect Clinton and McCain’s racialized attacks aimed at fomenting white fear of blacks and other non-whites."

Labels: american racism

New Scientist Environment Blog: Food rationing hits America

New Scientist Environment Blog: Food rationing hits America: "'Them belly full but we hungry,' sang Bob Marley, adding, 'A hungry mob is an angry mob.'

The world is about to discover that the slum survivor from Kingston, Jamaica knew what he was talking about. Food prices worldwide have nearly doubled, and wheat prices have trebled in the past few years."

North Pole could be ice free in 2008 - earth - 25 April 2008 - New Scientist Environment

North Pole could be ice free in 2008 - earth - 25 April 2008 - New Scientist Environment: "You know when climate change is biting hard when instead of a vast expanse of snow the North Pole is a vast expanse of water. This year, for the first time, Arctic scientists are preparing for that possibility."

Indianz.Com > News > Opinion: Cherokee Nation's boat of federal funds

Indianz.Com > News > Opinion: Cherokee Nation's boat of federal funds: "When it comes to the Freedmen, Cherokee Nation Chief Chad Smith keeps saying 'Let the courts decide this case,' when they already have. The Cherokee Supreme Court ruled that the Freedmen are Cherokee citizens. But he ignored that decision because it didn't go the way he thought it would."

Crooks and Liars » GOP Candidate Tony Zirkle Wishes Adolf a Happy Birthday

Crooks and Liars » GOP Candidate Tony Zirkle Wishes Adolf a Happy Birthday: "On Sunday, Tony Zirkle, a Republican candidate for Indiana’s 2nd District, took time out from saving the economy by shredding vintage Playboys (of course!) so he could attend a 119th birthday celebration for Adolf Hitler. He claims he was only there to talk about his experience as a state’s attorney in Indiana, his wacky theories about pornography, and to preach the gospel, so of course his being there had absolutely nothing to do with his segregation plan that would allow blacks to “have six states, so instead of having one half-black senator, well they would have 12.”

Now it turns out that the St. Joseph County Republican Party is trying to distance itself from Zirkle. I wonder why?"
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"Most of the male porn stars were Jewish at the beginning," Zirkle explained.
Now the male porn stars are mostly black, he claimed, and the women who appear in pornographic works tend to be "young, white, Christian women."
If people think he is targeting the Jews, he said, they are misinterpreting his position. He is targeting, Zirkle said, the "porn dragon" that inspires Jews to get involved in pornography.

What the HELL is wrong with this guy?

Labels: american racism, neo-nazis, republicans

YouTube's Resident Uncle Tom...

Armstrong Williams, Larry Elder and Alan Keyes must be proud of what they have created.

The Adolf Hitler doll which comes with a change of clothes - and a spare head with a kind face | the Daily Mail

Recommended Viewing from the BBC: The Adolf Hitler doll which comes with a change of clothes - and a spare head with a kind face | the Daily Mail: "An action-man style doll of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler has gone on sale in the Ukraine, with saleswomen comparing the doll to Barbie.

Supermarkets in the capital Kiev are stocking the 40 centimetre high figure of the fuhrer, complete with jackboots, leather trench-coat and swastika armband.

The £100 figure has a spare head 'with a kind expression on it,' glasses and several changes of clothes. The doll will also come with accessories like a miniature Blondi, Hitler's faithful Alsatian who died alongside the Nazi in his bunker in Berlin in 1945.

The doll is dressed in long light-brown cloak, military uniform and jackboots.

According to the saleswoman, should the demand be high, manufacturers will go further and launch a series of themed Third Reich toys, including interiors of Hitler's chancellery, toy concentration camps with barbed wire, barracks and operating models of gas chambers and crematoriums."

Indianz.Com > News > Opinion: Cherokee Nation's boat of federal funds

Indianz.Com > News > Opinion: Cherokee Nation's boat of federal funds: "The following is the opinion of Steve Osburn, a Cherokee/Delaware from Oklahoma.

When it comes to the Freedmen, Cherokee Nation Chief Chad Smith keeps saying 'Let the courts decide this case,' when they already have. The Cherokee Supreme Court ruled that the Freedmen are Cherokee citizens. But he ignored that decision because it didn't go the way he thought it would.

Smith strips other tribes of their federal funding and recognition, like he did to the Delaware Tribe. So what's the big deal -- are Indian leaders only outraged when it happens to the Cherokee Nation? They never stood up and scolded Smith for doing for doing this to the Delawares.

Smith doesn't care if another tribe's federal funds or recognition are taken away but he expects everyone to jump up and down and throw a fit when it's happening to his tribe because he doesn't want the federal government to cut off his flow of money.

He's already ruined the Shawnee Tribe when they separated from the Cherokee Nation, and he's attempting to do even more damage to the Delawares with promises of regaining our federal recognition if he can control all of our federal funding. We said 'NO!' to that idea."

Aboriginal Slavery: Land Reform Agents Try to Free Indians from Servitude in Bolivia

Q&A: Land Reform Agents Try to Free Indians from Servitude in Bolivia: "LA PAZ, Apr 24 (IPS) - Alto Parapetí, a rural area in the eastern Bolivian province of Santa Cruz, is caught up in a dispute between large landowners and the government, which is trying to free more than 2,700 Guaraní Indians from a state of servitude.

Forty inspectors from the National Institute of Agrarian Reform (INRA) are attempting to draw up a land registry in the area and restore the land rights of 19 indigenous communities in the area.

Alto Parapetí, in the province of Cordillera, is located 1,200 km southeast of the administrative capital, La Paz.

The inspectors’ access to the disputed land, where Guaraní families are living in a state of servitude and forced labour on remote estates, according to the ombudsman’s office and human rights groups, has been blocked by local landowners.

The medium and large landholders have the backing of the local government and the pro-business Santa Cruz Civic Committee, who are staunch opponents of the leftwing government of indigenous President Evo Morales.

The presence of government inspectors in the area has fanned the flames of a conflict with the Morales administration, which is attempting to regularise land ownership and redistribute idle or fraudulently obtained land (involving expropriation with economic compensation) in the extensive plains and forests of Bolivia’s Chaco region, which covers the eastern and southeastern portions of the provinces of Santa Cruz, Chuquisaca and Tarija.

But the government’s land reform efforts have run into stiff opposition from the powerful agribusiness interests and landowners in the relatively wealthy eastern part of the country, who have accumulated huge extensions of fertile farmland and property rich in natural gas and water, which has served as the basis of their political power. "

Vancouver cleans up for the Olympics « Native Studies Notes

Vancouver cleans up for the Olympics « Native Studies Notes: "With all eyes on unceded Coast Salish territory (Vancouver-Whistler, B.C.) for the 2010 Olympics, corporate and government elites are hoping to project a positive image to the world. Not only will the 2010 games contribute to the destruction of territory that lawfully belongs to Coast Salish First Nations, Vancouver’s homeless population have good reason to fear being swept up by Olympic fervor – literally, as the city conducts a “clean sweep” of public place dwellers, sex workers, and other marginalized people.

The newsletter of the Carnegie Community Centre, published in the Downtown Eastside, has reported that the three levels of government have “set aside $500,000 to sweep homeless people off the streets.” Carnegie board member Bob Sarti explains, “It’s so foreign visitors won’t have to look at homeless people.”"

Venezuelan Opposition Student Leader to Receive $500,000 Award from U.S. NGO | venezuelanalysis.com

Venezuelan Opposition Student Leader to Receive $500,000 Award from U.S. NGO | venezuelanalysis.com: "Mérida, April 25, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com)-- The libertarian, U.S.-based Cato Institute awarded the $500,000 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty to Venezuelan opposition student leader Yon Goicoechea for his leadership in student protests against the non-renewal of the public broadcast license of Radio Caracas Televisions (RCTV) and against the constitutional reform in 2007.

Goicoechea was chosen because he is “a passionate opponent of the erosion of human and civil rights under the government of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez,” according to the Cato Institute website."

Whenua Fenua Enua Vanua: Cook Islands minister criticises EU trade commissioner

Whenua Fenua Enua Vanua: Cook Islands minister criticises EU trade commissioner: "The Cook Islands foreign minister has defended his comments about one of the European Union's trade commissioners.

Tense trade negotiations between Pacific Island trade ministers and a European Union trade commissioner have been revealed after a series of letters was leaked to the media.

In his correspondence, European Union Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson asked the Cook Islands foreign minister, Wilkie Rasmussen to publicly correct what he calls 'unnecessarily offensive' and personal comments about his negotiation style."

CARDIFF RESPECT: March against the Military Academy

CARDIFF RESPECT: March against the Military Academy: "Just a reminder that Stop the War Coalition has called a national demonstration in conjunction with the anti-St Athan military campaign tomorrow at 1.30pm outside Cardiff City Hall.

The St Athan military academy is a monstrosity, a £14 BILLION project that will be in the hands of private contractors and weapons manufacturers like Raytheon, the supplier of cluster bombs that have killed scores of innocent civillians accross the Middle East and around the world."

Los Indios: The Great Sun and the Pyramids of North America

Los Indios: The Great Sun and the Pyramids of North America: "Paz! Tau!

Here are two videos that I wanted to share. The give some information and insight to the truth about our people, the Original people on this part of the planet Earth. Through exploitation and lies we were made to appear as 'savages' and as simply running around in loin cloth, living in tee pees and hunting buffalo when the Europeans arrived. Some tribes maybe. However overall we were building. For the Earth is to be built on. As well, we often just associate 'pyramids' in America with the Mexica (Aztec) and Mayan civilizations. However, pyramids were and are being found all over the wilderness of North and South America (Abya Yala). The first video is about the city of Cahokia and the pyramid city of the Mississippi. the second video is about the pyramids in Georgia. More to be revealed."

Los Indios: Environmental Racism and "US"

Los Indios: Environmental Racism and "US": "Native Americans, Blacks, and Latinos - The Effects of Environmental Racism on People of Color in the US
Nicole Iaquinto | March 25, 2008 - 4:04 pm

Since the end of state sponsored segregation in the 1954
with Brown v. Board of Education decision,
the prevailing myth of American prosperity has convinced the people that there
are no structural racial barriers to keep minorities from reaching the American
dream. Fancy cars, stately houses prestigious educations, high powered jobs,
and a life of material wealth is available to all who work hard enough to
achieve it. According to this mindset, it is thought that all individuals have
the freedom of social mobility. These individuals, despite race or class, are
believed to have the ability to live anywhere they please, working their way up
from low income areas to the suburbs if they so desire. In light of this claim,
I feel it is my responsibility to challenge this potentially dangerous
ideology."

Bolivia Rising: Evo Morales: "I believe in the consciousness of the people"

Bolivia Rising: Evo Morales: "I believe in the consciousness of the people": "President Morales, one of the great challenges that you will confront during your term in government will occur in 13 days, when Santa Cruz holds its autonomy referendum. How far will the government go to avoid the referendum going ahead?

Firstly, the supposed referendum on the autonomy statutes is not only unconstitutional; it is anti-constitutional, because autonomy does not exist in the current referendum"

Bolivia Rising: BOLIVIA: ALBA Closes Ranks Around Evo Morales

Bolivia Rising: BOLIVIA: ALBA Closes Ranks Around Evo Morales: "CARACAS, Apr 23 (IPS) - The danger of Bolivia 'exploding' as a result of the 'separatist plan behind the (May 4) autonomy referendum' in the eastern province of Santa Cruz was warned of Wednesday at a Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) summit.

Bolivian President Evo Morales received the backing of the alternative trade bloc in a statement signed in Caracas with his counterparts Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, as well as Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage."

Free Hawai`i: FOREIGN NATIONS DEMAND U.S. FREE HAWAI`I AS COURT BARS SELLING CEDED LAND

Free Hawai`i: "Russia and Romania demanded on February 23, 2008, at a United Nations commission meeting in Geneva, Switzerland the United States restore self determination to Hawai`i.

Meanwhile the so-called state of Hawai`i cannot sell or transfer the 1.8 million acres of former Hawaiian monarchy lands, known as ceded lands, until the claims of Native Hawaiians to the property have been resolved, the Hawai`i Supreme Court has ruled."

P a l e s t i n e F r e e V o i c e©: COST IN USD OF THE WAR AND OCCUPATION OF IRAQ - $ 513,796,160,992

P a l e s t i n e F r e e V o i c e©: COST IN USD OF THE WAR AND OCCUPATION OF IRAQ - $ 513,796,160,992 $513,796,160,992.00

(That is over half a TRILLION dollars of OUR money)

Taxpayers in Cincinnati, Ohio have paid $490.2 million for the Iraq War thus far. (April 23rd 2008) For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:

173,750 People with Health Care for One Year OR

549,004 Homes with Renewable Electricity for One Year OR

11,100 Public Safety Officers for One year OR

7,506 Music and Arts Teachers for One Year OR

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56,560 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR

45 New Elementary Schools OR

4,572 Affordable Housing Units OR

294,789 Children with Health Care for One Year OR

76,321 Head Start Places for Children for One Year OR

7,812 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR

8,608 Port Container Inspectors for One year

Remember, that's the spending just for the Iraq War so far, and that's just the amount Cincinnatians have spent.

See the cost to your City, Town or State:

http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home

pudgyindian2: Again, U.S. Ramping Up Genocide Against Iran

pudgyindian2: Again, U.S. Ramping Up Genocide Against Iran: "It is obvious by reading the news that the U.S. is again ramping up it's false accusations against Iran to start it's genocidal campaign against said nation. Why?

The U.S. is currently accusing Iran of building a nuclear weapons program and sending terrorists into Iraq to 'kill Americans.' And we all know you can believe what the U.S. government tells us because they were right in telling us of Saddam Hussein's 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' and his involvement with Al Queda. Oh, wait, there were no weapons of mass destruction (which Dick Cheney STILL says there were) and Saddam had NO involvement with Al Queda. So you know the U.S. must be telling the truth when they are saying Iraq is building a nuclear weapons program and sending terrorists into Iraq to kill Americans."

Race and Class « The Blog and the Bullet

Race and Class « The Blog and the Bullet: "Atlasien at APA for Progress, writes:

Rachel from Rachelstavern.com asks, “Why does “Working Class” mean white in our political discourse?” Once I thought about the question some more, I realized that she was right, and “white working class” is a symbolic redundancy. Class is kept neatly separate from race. In national media, when do we ever hear about the black or Latino working class? And the Asian-American working class is perhaps the most invisible of all."

Federal funding of abstinence-only sex education programs debated - Los Angeles Times

Federal funding of abstinence-only sex education programs debated - Los Angeles Times: "WASHINGTON -- Continued federal funding of abstinence-only sex education in public schools was debated before a House committee Wednesday amid questions about whether the government should sponsor a program that many experts say doesn't work."

Mike Malloy says Re-create 68 is a CIA front - Democratic Underground

Mike Malloy says Re-create 68 is a CIA front - Democratic Underground: "Mike Malloy says Re-create 68 is a CIA front

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Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 10:18 PM by seemslikeadream
http://recreate68.org /"

Rush Limbaugh Sings: "I'm Dreaming Of Riots In Denver" - Media on The Huffington Post

Rush Limbaugh Sings: "I'm Dreaming Of Riots In Denver" - Media on The Huffington Post: "DENVER (AP) - Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh downplayed his 'dreaming of riots in Denver' statement, saying that he wasn't calling for riots and was referring to warnings of trouble if super delegates decide the nomination at the Democratic National Convention.

Limbaugh's comments on his syndicated show Wednesday prompted Mayor John Hickenlooper to say: 'Anyone who would call for riots in an American city has clearly lost their bearings.'"

3 Detectives Acquitted in Bell Shooting - New York Times

3 Detectives Acquitted in Bell Shooting - New York Times: "Three detectives were found not guilty Friday on all charges in the shooting death of Sean Bell, who died in a hail of 50 police bullets outside a club in Jamaica, Queens, in November 2006. The verdict prompted calls for calm from the mayor, angry promises of protests by those speaking for the Bell family and expressions of relief by the detectives. Detective Michael Oliver, who fired 31 bullets the night of the shooting and faced manslaughter charges, said Justice Arthur J. Cooperman had made a “fair and just decision.”

Justice Cooperman delivered the verdict in State Supreme Court at 9 a.m. Describing the evidence, he said it was reasonable for the detectives to fear that someone in the crowd that night carried a gun. He added that many of the prosecution’s witnesses, including Mr. Bell’s friends and the two wounded victims, were simply not believable. “At times, the testimony of those witnesses just didn’t make sense,” the judge said."

Blake Fleetwood: Rev. Wright: "Obama Says What He Has to Say as a Politician" - Politics on The Huffington Post

Blake Fleetwood: Rev. Wright: "Obama Says What He Has to Say as a Politician" - Politics on The Huffington Post: "They have used the strength of his message --- that he is above politics, that he is a transformational figure --- against him."

Wall Street Journal on Brink of Becoming Journalistic Disaster | MediaCulture | AlterNet

Wall Street Journal on Brink of Becoming Journalistic Disaster | MediaCulture | AlterNet: "The abrupt resignation of Marcus Brauchli as managing editor of The Wall Street Journal is surprising even to those of us who saw News Corp.'s takeover of the Journal's parent as a journalistic disaster in the making."

Safari company to build tourist lodge near Bushman community - News from Survival International

Safari company to build tourist lodge near Bushman community - News from Survival International: "The Botswana government has awarded the ‘Safari & Adventure Company’ a tender to build a tourist lodge near the Bushman community of Molapo in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve."

Seven Jumma villages burnt down in Chittagong Hill Tracts - News from Survival International

Seven Jumma villages burnt down in Chittagong Hill Tracts - News from Survival International: "Seven villages belonging to the ‘Jumma’ tribal people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts were burned to the ground on Sunday by Bengali settlers, with the support of the Bangladesh army."

The Local Crank: The Latest from Eldorado

The Local Crank: The Latest from Eldorado: "Grits and I have been arguing for some time that the warrant used to justify raiding YFZ Ranch had some problems. Apparently, we were right. In fact, it seems to me that the original warrant strains the 'good faith exception' into 'deliberate and willful ignorance,' i.e., 'we can confirm that Dale Barlow is a convicted sex offender but we were shocked, shocked and appalled to discover he was in Arizona at the time!' However, given the current climate in Texas criminal appellate law ('the only error is harmless error'), I'd say the chances are good this warrant would hold up, assuming we even get to the stage of holding criminal trials. Right now, we don't even have any alleged perpetrators named (other than Barlow, of course), much less any arrests. And, of course, the warrant is meaningless for purposes of removal, since DFPS doesn't need a warrant, valid or otherwise, to remove children."

Anger over rich listers' plans - 20 Apr 2008 - Maori news - NZ Herald

Anger over rich listers' plans - 20 Apr 2008 - Maori news - NZ Herald: "One of New Zealand's richest families wants to build a luxury retreat on a 'pristine' Maori burial ground on Waiheke Island.

The Spencers, who blocked public access to the island's World War II defence complex at Stony Batter for almost 20 years, want to build a four-bedroom home and guest accommodation at picturesque Owhiti Bay."

LATIN AMERICA: Can Rising Food Prices Help Small Family Farms?

LATIN AMERICA: Can Rising Food Prices Help Small Family Farms?: "SANTIAGO, Apr 24 (IPS) - Rising global food prices could represent an opportunity for the development of small-scale family farming if national governments provide effective support as part of long-term policies, say experts from various agencies."

Bil'in: scores injured by the Israeli army tier gas - International Middle East Media Center - IMEMC

Bil'in: scores injured by the Israeli army tier gas - International Middle East Media Center - IMEMC: "On Friday, he villagers of Bil'in located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah conducted their weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli wall built on the village land."

Al Quds, Al Qassam brigades claim joint responsibility for Friday’s attack - International Middle East Media Center - IMEMC

Al Quds, Al Qassam brigades claim joint responsibility for Friday’s attack - International Middle East Media Center - IMEMC: "The Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, and the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, claimed joint responsibility for Friday’s attacks against Nitzanei Oz Industrial Zone in which two Israeli guards were killed."

Please Take a Moment « no snow here

Please Take a Moment « no snow here: "We are respectfully writing to ask your support for an exciting youth media coalition that has formed in the Durham area. SpiritHouse Inc. and Youth Noise Network are collaborating with The Princeville Outreach Project to bring 15 North Carolina teens to The Allied Media Conference (AMC) in Detroit Michigan."

Fourth World Eye » Blog Archive » A New Way of Living

Fourth World Eye » Blog Archive » A New Way of Living: "While indigenous leaders like Bolivia’s president Evo Morales call on the UN member states to disinvest in war in order to invest in reversing environmental catastrophe, American citizens are once again asked by corporate media to choose between warmongers to lead their country into further economic and social disaster. As Morales notes, it is time for a new way of living."

Narco News: Caciques, Triquis and Impunity – More of the Same

Narco News: Caciques, Triquis and Impunity – More of the Same: "We drove out of Oaxaca for three hours. We passed the inexplicable police units stopping people on their journeys, traveled beyond the expensive toll road, and drove upward into the twisting roads of the Mixteca Baja. We arrived at a house. My friend and I were invited inside."

Senate panel votes for Lumbee recognition

Senate panel votes for Lumbee recognition: "A U.S. Senate committee voted yesterday to give North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe full recognition by the federal government, a designation that the group has tried to get for 50 years."

Ridwan Laher: ANTaR: "Racism Makes Me Sick"

Fatima & Ahmed's son Ridwan Laher: ANTaR: "Racism Makes Me Sick": "The interest group, Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR), has launched a public awareness campaign to highlight the connection between Aboriginal health ailments and racism.

ANTaR has named their campain 'Racism Makes Me Sick' to alert Australians, and others, that 'many health problems in the Aboriginal community' is due to racism."

BillingsGazette.com :: Blogger urges fellow conservatives to back Clinton

BillingsGazette.com :: Blogger urges fellow conservatives to back Clinton: "HELENA - A Missoula blogger said Wednesday that he is leading an effort to urge Montana Republicans to grab Democratic Party ballots in the June 3 primary and vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton for president.

'I am officially opening up the Montana Division of Operation Chaos,' Andy B. Hammond wrote on his blog Wednesday. 'It is the creation of Rush Limbaugh to create chaos in the Democratic primaries.'"

No Such Thing As Responsible Soy : Intercontinental Cry

No Such Thing As Responsible Soy : Intercontinental Cry: "Over 200 organizations released a joint statement late last month, condemning the Roundtable on Responsible Soy (RTRS).

Made up of representatives from ADM, Bunge, Cargill, Shell, ABN Amro and the WWF, among others, the RTRS is currently gathered in Buenos Aries to develop policies that encourage “responsible soy,” a prospect they consider while ignoring “the very nature by which soy monoculture is produced, taking up vast swaths of land throughout South America, using massive amounts of water resources, depending upon chemical and synthetic fertilizers and pesticide inputs, and leaving a trail of contaminated and/or displaced communities in its wake,” notes Andrea on the RAN blog. “This precludes it from ever being classified as responsible.”"

Settlers attack Jumma in the Chittagong Hill Tracts : Intercontinental Cry

Settlers attack Jumma in the Chittagong Hill Tracts : Intercontinental Cry: "On April 20th, hundreds of illegal settlers attacked seven Jumma communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) of Bangladesh. Over 500 houses are reported to have been burned, and an unknown number of Jumma were assaulted, raped, and looted during the attack."

SABAH Newspaper English Edition - World - Turkey mediates for peace

SABAH Newspaper English Edition - World - Turkey mediates for peace: "Ankara's mediation has brought on results. Syria has announced that Israel will retreat from the Golan Heights, after having occupied the region for 41 years.

Syria received the good news from Erdoğan, who called State Leader Esad. Erdoğan gave Esad the news that Israel, who first occupied Golan Heights during the 1967 Six-Day-War, is now ready to relinquish control. Erdoğan is headed for Damascus tomorrow."

We already have peace with Syria - Israel Opinion, Ynetnews

We already have peace with Syria - Israel Opinion, Ynetnews: "There is not much difference between the peace we have with Syria today and the peace with have with Egypt, with the exception of the written agreement whose exact details nobody remembers."

CEM: Jack Straw Pictures - Memorial For The 15th Anniversary Of The Murder Of Stephen Lawrence - Zimbio

This comes in from our brilliant UK corespondent CEM:Jack Straw Pictures - Memorial For The 15th Anniversary Of The Murder Of Stephen Lawrence - Zimbio: "Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw kisses Doreen Lawrence as she greets him at St Martin's In The Field church today for a memorial service to mark the 15th anniversary of the murder of her son Lawrence. 22 April, 2008, London, England. Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence was murdered at a bus stop in south London in 1993 and police are still seeking his killers which was believed to be racially motivated.
(Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Europe)"

BillingsGazette.com :: Blogger urges fellow conservatives to back Clinton

BillingsGazette.com :: Blogger urges fellow conservatives to back Clinton: "HELENA - A Missoula blogger said Wednesday that he is leading an effort to urge Montana Republicans to grab Democratic Party ballots in the June 3 primary and vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton for president.

'I am officially opening up the Montana Division of Operation Chaos,' Andy B. Hammond wrote on his blog Wednesday. 'It is the creation of Rush Limbaugh to create chaos in the Democratic primaries.'"

Could Peltier Be Freed in December? | Reznet News

Could Peltier Be Freed in December? | Reznet News: "To John Trudell, the explanation for Peltier's imprisonment is simple.

'The government could never allow the truth to come out,' the former American Indian Movement chairman said recently in an interview. 'Peltier's imprisonment ... is about the government using the conviction of Peltier as a cover-up.'

Trudell believes the FBI inserted an operative into AIM's ranks and that the operative was responsible for starting the June 26, 1975, shootout on the Jumping Bull ranch near Oglala, S.D., that led to the deaths of two FBI agents, Jack Coler and Ron Williams, and AIM member Joe Stuntz.

The FBI deliberately attacked the AIM camp at the ranch, expecting reinforcements from a nearbly BIA swat team, Trudell said."

BillingsGazette.com :: Blackfeet close White Buffalo Home

BillingsGazette.com :: Blackfeet close White Buffalo Home: "BROWNING - The Blackfeet Tribal Council has closed the White Buffalo Home, saying they cannot afford the $1 million annual budget for the juvenile detention center.

The U.S. Department of Corrections provides matching funds for the $250,000 the tribe contributes to run the facility."

CENSORED NEWS: The Genocide of Gold, Meet the Resistance

CENSORED NEWS: The Genocide of Gold, Meet the Resistance: "NEW YORK -- Over 3,000 people are attending the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) over the next two weeks in New York, including Indigenous Nations, UN bodies, Governments and NGO's. Three Indigenous communities present at the forum are voicing their concern against the worlds largest gold mining company, Canadian owned Barrick Gold."

CENSORED NEWS: Yankton police officer quits job, arrested, at hog farm protest

CENSORED NEWS: Yankton police officer quits job, arrested, at hog farm protest: "Incoming messages from Yankton protest:

I am Oitancan Zephier, a former police officer of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, combat veteran of Afghanistan and a father. Last week I quit my job when the protests started over the building of a hog farm by a corporation on private land surrounded by tribal lands. I quit because the Bureau of Indian Affairs will not help us. They stand and watch us get tossed in jail. The filth of the pigs will effect every part of our Indian people here.
There is a headstart school 2 miles away from the hog farm. There is a kindergarten through 12th grade school 4 miles away. There is a day care a couple miles away from the site. It is a prejudice act granted by the state of South Dakota to these pig farm owners. We need your help. If this is completed they will assume jurisdiction of all that surrounds them. The already began taking our tribal road, which we have intensely fought for 2 weeks now.
I have been thrown in jail while on our Indian land by a state officer. That is wrong!
I am begging you for your help. If you can, please publish the cry for help below in any way you can.
Contact me if you can help; or please forward this on to anyone who can help us."

FayObserver.com - Indians’ radio deal criticized

FayObserver.com - Current Article Page: "RALEIGH — Despite dissension within its ranks, the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs decided Thursday to go forward with drafting a partnership with Clear Channel Communications.

Last week, the two groups agreed to work more closely together after a controversy involving the April 1 broadcast of the “Bob and the Showgram” program on Clear Channel radio station WDCG, “G105,” in Raleigh. During that program, host Bob Dumas and crew members called American Indians lazy, and Lumbees were said to be “inbred.” It started when the morning team teased an intern for marrying a Lumbee Indian."

Community knowledge of child protection plan 'zero' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Community knowledge of child protection plan 'zero' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "The head of the New South Wales Child Protection Inquiry has questioned why a new strategy to protect children in an Aboriginal community in the north-west of New South Wales appears to be a mystery to local people.

The Department of Community Services says it has taken some time to develop a new approach to protecting Aboriginal children against sexual assault in the Toomelah and Boggabilla communities, north of Moree."

Inquiry struggles with contrary reports of Indigenous issues - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Inquiry struggles with contrary reports of Indigenous issues - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "New South Wales Nationals MP Kevin Humphries says it is difficult to get an accurate picture of problems being reported at two Aboriginal communities in the north-west of the state.

The State Government's commission of inquiry into child protection has been told members of the communities at Toomelah and Boggabilla are not aware of a strategy to combat child abuse there."

Indianz.Com > News > Daughter of Seminole council member found dead

Indianz.Com > News > Daughter of Seminole council member found dead: "Devin Mindy Cypress, a member of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, was found dead in a canal.

Cypress apparently lost control of her SUV and drove into the canal. Her body was found on Tuesday.

Cypress was the daughter of David Cypress, a council member."

Shifting snow and a gas leak led to Sask. explosion: officials

Shifting snow and a gas leak led to Sask. explosion: officials: "Investigators have discovered the cause of the fiery explosion on the Little Pine First Nation that injured five people on Thursday.

According to the provincial fire commissioner's office, shifting snow that was on the roof of the community centre pushed a natural gas line, causing an elbow joint to break in the furnace room."

Print Is Dead: News Jobs Being Outsourced to India

Print Is Dead: News Jobs Being Outsourced to India: "You know all those media pundits who say it's no biggie that every time you call a helpline to complain about pretty much any product or service your call gets zapped to India where you get to talk in circles with a person who couldn't care less about your stupid American problems and thinks that calling you by your first name at the end of every sentence will cover up their condescending attitude? Well, they'll be changing their tune in a jiffy. 'Local newspaper publisher Newsquest has told prepress staff at some of its titles that their jobs will be outsourced to India.'"

The Try-Works » Blog Archive » A Gentle Tip For The Truthers

The Try-Works » Blog Archive » A Gentle Tip For The Truthers: "As you’ve probably heard, at least if you live in the Denver area, Rush Limbaugh went on a tear yesterday, dreaming of riots at the DNC.

Rush Limbaugh says he is not calling for a riot in Denver during the Democratic National Convention — he only “dreams” of it, to the tune of “White Christmas.”

The conservative talker discussed the possibility of Mile High unrest in August on his national radio show for a second day in a row Thursday.

“Now, I am not inspiring or inciting riots. I’m dreaming, I’m dreaming of riots in Denver,” he said mimicking the holiday tune."

Wesley Snipes: 3 years in jail for not filing tax return

Actor Wesley Snipes faces up to three years in prison and a fine of $5 million when he is sentenced Thursday on federal tax evasion charges. Federal prosecutors last week urged U.S. District Judge William Hodges in Ocala, Florida, to sentence Snipes to the maximum penalty to scare everyone to pay...because there is NO LAW requiring citizens to file

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Bolivia Government Freezes Separatist Santa Cruz Province Accounts

Bolivia Government Freezes Separatist Santa Cruz Province Accounts: "LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP)--A crisis that threatens to split Bolivia has worsened, with the government freezing the accounts of the eastern province of Santa Cruz just days before the territory holds a referendum on whether to declare autonomy."

Ship hired by U.S. military fires warning shots in Gulf | U.S. | Reuters

Ship hired by U.S. military fires warning shots in Gulf | U.S. | Reuters: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A cargo ship hired by the U.S. military fired warning shots at approaching boats in the Gulf, the U.S. Navy said on Friday, underscoring tension in the region as the Pentagon sharpened its warnings to Iran."

Top union leader shot dead in Honduras | Reuters

Top union leader shot dead in Honduras | Reuters: "TEGUCIGALPA, April 24 (Reuters) - Masked gunmen killed the leader of Honduras' largest union group in an attack authorities said was a robbery attempt, but fellow unionists said she was targeted because of her job."

French President Nicolas Sarkozy 'shocked' by Tibet unrest-Europe-World-The Times of India

French President Nicolas Sarkozy 'shocked' by Tibet unrest-Europe-World-The Times of India: "PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday he was 'shocked' by the deadly unrest in Tibet and called on China to give greater autonomy to the mountainous province.

'I cannot accept what happened in Tibet. I was shocked by what happened in Tibet and I said so to the Chinese president,' Sarkozy said in a primetime television interview."

IAEA chief hits out at US, Israel over Syrian reactor claims-Europe-World-The Times of India

IAEA chief hits out at US, Israel over Syrian reactor claims-Europe-World-The Times of India: "VIENNA: The UN atomic watchdog hit out on Friday at the United States for withholding intelligence that Syria had been building a secret nuclear reactor with North Korea's help."

BBC NEWS | Africa | Zimbabwe police in election raids

BBC NEWS | Africa | Zimbabwe police in election raids: "Riot police in Zimbabwe have carried out raids on headquarters of independent poll monitors and the opposition MDC in the capital, Harare."

Israel rejects Hamas offer of a ceasefire - Times Online

Israel rejects Hamas offer of a ceasefire - Times Online: "Israel today dismissed a Hamas proposal for a six-month ceasefire during which time the embargo on the Gaza Strip would be lifted, accusing the Palestinian Islamist group of trying to buy time to 'rearm and regroup'."

Israel's UN ambassador calls Jimmy Carter 'a bigot' - Yahoo! News

Israel's UN ambassador calls Jimmy Carter 'a bigot' - Yahoo! News: "NEW YORK - Israel's ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday called former President Jimmy Carter 'a bigot' for meeting with the leader of the militant Hamas movement in Syria."

Finland to host Iraq conference this week | Reuters

Finland to host Iraq conference this week | Reuters: "HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland will host a conference this week with members of Iraqi factions, former President Martti Ahtisaari's organization said on Thursday."

Miami Man Pleads Guilty In Venezuela Spy Case - washingtonpost.com

Miami Man Pleads Guilty In Venezuela Spy Case - washingtonpost.com: "MIAMI -- A Miami man with links to a Venezuelan spy agency pleaded guilty on Wednesday to being an illegal agent in an alleged coverup of Venezuela's $800,000 campaign donation to an Argentine presidential candidate."

Caribbean Net News: Suriname not against South American Defence Council

Caribbean Net News: Suriname not against South American Defence Council: "PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Emerging from a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Nelson Jobim, Suriname Defense Minister Ivan Fernald disclosed Tuesday that the government is not opposing suggestions from Brazil to establish a South American Defence Council."

FOXNews.com - Man Posts YouTube Videos Claiming to Have Infected Thousands With AIDS - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News

Editor's Comment: This stupid bastard is just one recent example of how women are and can be viewed by a male dominated society that uses capitalism as a motive to demean not just our sisters but an entire demographic of a people. Any American African male, or female for that matter, that finds this sick nebbish funny and his brand of humour part and parcel of the Black experience in America needs to go to the mountain and get focused. There is something incredibly wrong with your mind. Colonialism perhaps?

As a man of colour living in the belly of the colonialist beast in North America, I am extremely concerned with this story. It is apparent to me that even the women willing to work in the sex industry are not immune from shock-advertising aimed at driving viewers to visit adult websites expressly to witness women being intentionally infected with the largest health crisis in modern times. And the sadder fact is that I know in my heart of hearts that members of the corporate Hip-Hop infused American African population is laughing about this and will defend their apathetic chuckling by stating emphatically that it was all just a joke.

Is it?

How many of our African, Latino and Asian sisters have been infected by men who either were ignorant or deliberately silent about their health status before before engaging in sexual activity with unsuspecting females? I am not leaving Euro-American women out of the loop, but the issue is paramount to being Black in America. Report after report after report has been released showing rising statistics of STD infection across the national spectrum, but ethnic minorities are experiencing genocidal rates not seen in the European or Euro-American populations. Aside from a brief spate of Syphilis infection in Europe recently, HIV/AIDS infection rates hetero and homosexual have remained fairly low in relation to what is happening around people of colour.

Let's face it, ignorance of what STD's and HIV?AIDS really are is purposefully lacking in communities of colour and poor Euro-American areas of the U.S. If pre-natal care, a human right in most industrialized colonial nations is not an issue the American system deems important, it seems reasonable that to these same commissars and their theological attack dogs that teaching non-minority young and old about the perils of unprotected sex or the evidence that not only is HIV/AIDS a serious issue but that there is a strong documented possibility that the disease was created to immaculately eliminate targeted sectors of the world community is equally not important.

They would rather focus on chat show condemnation's of the adult entertainment industry rather than the divide between erotica and the deliberate social reinforcement of institutionalised gender disparities and the shocking anti-African racism promoted in such commerce. What this fool did in effect was make the co-existing issues of STD transmission, internalised racism and female humiliation a joke on one of the largest Internet cesspools in cyberspace history, YouTube. He presented for public consumption a nightmarish vision of American African male misogyny that will be further manifested as violence against our women and females in general. As a proud Original Man conscious of the debt I forever owe to the woman that gave birth to me, I in no uncertain terms condemn this individual and all those who find this brand of humour as legitimate social commentary.

With everything else going on on this planet, how dare this self-colonialising dolt this is the last thing women of colour need to have to cope with. Isn't the pain of watching their men sink to the level of the plantation overseer on international media enough? I'm asking, no demanding that mt brothers across the 4th World and the ghettos of the American landscape to stop it.

Enough is enough. Man up and stop the nonsense.

- The Angryindian
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UPDATE: Trashman's AIDS claims just trash-talk:

An American named "Trashman", who sparked global fury by appearing in YouTube clips boasting of deliberately infecting thousands of women with AIDS, has been revealed as a faker.

The masked African-American man claimed to have infected over 1500 women with the deadly HIV virus, but the move was all a desperate effort to garner publicity for his porn sites. FOXNews.com - Man Posts YouTube Videos Claiming to Have Infected Thousands With AIDS - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News: "A man has posted videos on YouTube in which he claims to have deliberately 'infected' thousands of women with AIDS.

The masked-man - who calls himself “Trashman” and speaks with an American accent in a series of clips posted on the video-sharing website - claims to have 'infected' between 1200 and 1500 with the disease.

In the videos, Trashman reads the names and ages of some of the women he claims to have had unprotected sex with.

The videos - one of which has been viewed 195,000 times - also feature a web address to a “gangsta” portal filled with pornography and where Trashman has a profile.

In the first video, Trashman reads from a list of women he claims to have infected.

“Today I’m doing a show about something that’s more important than killing rappers,” he says.

“This here (piece of paper) that I hold in my hand is a list of women who I actually infected with AIDS on purpose.

“So if I call your name and if you just happen to be on my ‘I got the AIDS from that n***er’ list', then God bless you.”"

Labels: african american women, hiv/aids

CENSORED NEWS: Dooda Desert Rock members join Longest Walk to DC

CENSORED NEWS: Dooda Desert Rock members join Longest Walk to DC: "By Elouise Brown

Arriving at Amarillo, Texas, members of Dooda Desert Rock continue their walk with the Longest Walk II, along the southern route across the United States to Washington D.C. The Longest Walk II began their trans-continental journey in San Francisco on February 11th. The walk marks the 30th anniversary of the original Longest Walk for environmental protection and Native American rights."

Labels: indigenism

Aboriginal kids in care stats 'inaccurate' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Aboriginal kids in care stats 'inaccurate' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "An inquiry into New South Wales' Child Protection Services has heard concerns that statistics on the number of Aboriginal children in care are not accurate.

Amanda Bridge from the Aboriginal Child Family and Community Care Centre says non-government agencies are worried the figures provided by the Department of Community Services (DOCS) are being understated.

Ms Bridge also said Aboriginal families are fearful of cooperating with DOCS because of an underlying mistrust of government departments."

The Bilerico Project | Presidential Candidates weigh in on Iranian Gays

The Bilerico Project | Presidential Candidates weigh in on Iranian Gays: "Deportation of gay Iranian refugees is essentially a death sentence, according to Malcolm Lazin, executive director of the Equality Forum. The issue recently came into the spotlight with 19 year old Mehdi Kazemi, who was first denied asylum in the UK and then the Netherlands after his lover was executed in Iran. Kazemi's deportation is still in limbo."

Crazies: Ben Stein, Bad Advertisement For Intelligent Design

Crazies: Ben Stein, Bad Advertisement For Intelligent Design: "Viewers of Expelled, the creationist propaganda documentary in the first week of its cinematic release, should not be surprised by the journalistic methods of its producer and narrator, Ben Stein. Expelled's fervently religious maker—better known as a TV host, monotone actor and columnist—goes for shock value with the contention (by a Jew, no less!) that the genocide of the Holocaust had its origins in Darwinism's elevation of the survival of the fittest; but Stein's made outrageous charges before, labeling actress Joan Rivers a lesbian and accusing financier Michael Milken of running an "alternative government". Richard Dawkins, the primary defender of Darwin, said that Stein took quotes out of context or pretended that the interview was for a fair-and-balanced exposition entitled, less threateningly, Crossroads. Well, duh. "

Kill The Poor: Hollywood's Favorite Anti-Poverty Crusade Actually Making People Poorer

Kill The Poor: Hollywood's Favorite Anti-Poverty Crusade Actually Making People Poorer: "'Smart' celebrities who 'care' about things love microcredit, the most buzzed-about poverty-ending economic fad since eating the poor. Mohammed Yunus, the guy who invented it, won a Nobel Peace Prize! And Harvard-educated Natalie Portman works tirelessly to promote the idea that small loans to impoverished people will lead to an entrepreneurial spirit that will lift everyone out of poverty. The only problem with 'microcredit' is that it's actually loan-sharking, and it's destroying the lives of the people it's meant to help."

Small Church's Obama Sign Causes Big Controversy - Greenville News Story - WYFF Greenville

Small Church's Obama Sign Causes Big Controversy - Greenville News Story - WYFF Greenville: "The sign in front of a small church in a small town is causing a big controversy in Jonesville, S.C.

Pastor Roger Byrd said that he just wanted to get people thinking. So last Thursday, he put a new message on the sign at the Jonesville Church of God."

"Obama, Osma... are they brothers?"

Pastor places church sign that suggests Senator Obama is a Muslim (and/or a Terrorist). He didn't think people would be offended...

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McClatchy Washington Bureau | 04/23/2008 | What does it mean that Obama lost the white vote again?

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 04/23/2008 | What does it mean that Obama lost the white vote again?: "WASHINGTON — If the Democratic primaries are a guide, Barack Obama has a problem with white voters.

The Illinois senator won only 38 percent of the white vote in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, a big part of the reason he lost the state. And it's not just the Keystone State.

Of the 30 states so far where voters were interviewed as they left polling places, Obama won the white vote in just seven, including his home state of Illinois.

Even in Iowa, where his kickoff victory had supporters reveling in his ability to win an overwhelmingly white state, he took only 33 percent of the white vote in a multi-candidate field."

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 04/23/2008 | U.S. angry as Pakistan seeks peace deal with Islamists

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 04/23/2008 | U.S. angry as Pakistan seeks peace deal with Islamists: "ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's new government is negotiating a peace deal with militants in the Taliban-controlled Waziristan region, the rugged mountainous area that's thought to be Osama bin Laden's refuge.

The move reflects the changing approach of America's longtime ally in the war on terror, and news of the talks set off alarm bells in Washington Wednesday.

'We are concerned about it, and what we encourage them to do is to continue to fight against the terrorists and to not disrupt any security or military operations that are ongoing in order to help prevent a safe haven for terrorists there,' said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino. 'We have been concerned about these types of approaches because we don't think that they work.'"

Libya says Gaza is 'worse' than Nazi concentration camps - Yahoo! News

Libya says Gaza is 'worse' than Nazi concentration camps - Yahoo! News: "UNITED NATIONS - Libya's deputy ambassador to the United Nations confirmed Thursday that he compared the situation in Gaza to Nazi concentration camps, but toughened his language and said matters are actually 'worse' in Gaza."

FBI wants widespread monitoring of 'illegal' Internet activity | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

FBI wants widespread monitoring of 'illegal' Internet activity | Tech news blog - CNET News.com: "WASHINGTON--The FBI on Wednesday called for new legislation that would allow federal police to monitor the Internet for 'illegal activity.'

The suggestion from FBI Director Robert Mueller, which came during a House of Representatives Judiciary Committee hearing, appears to go beyond a current plan to monitor traffic on federal-government networks. Mueller seemed to suggest that the bureau should have a broad 'omnibus' authority to conduct monitoring and surveillance of private-sector networks as well."

FBI warned Justice, Pentagon about interrogation tactics used against terror suspects

FBI warned Justice, Pentagon about interrogation tactics used against terror suspects: "WASHINGTON - FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday recalled warning the Justice Department and the Pentagon that some U.S. interrogation methods used against terrorists might be inappropriate, if not illegal.

Mueller's comments came under pointed questioning by House Democrats demanding to know if the FBI tried to stop interrogations in 2002 that critics define as torture."

Suicides Cover-up Causes Stir in Congress

Suicides Cover-up Causes Stir in Congress: "US senator wants veterans' care mental health official to quit over alleged suicides cover-up

WASHINGTON: A Democratic senator demanded on Tuesday that the chief mental health official of the Department of Veterans Affairs resign for allegedly trying to cover up the rising number of veterans' suicides.

US Sen. Patty Murray said Dr. Ira Katz, the VA's mental health director, deliberately withheld crucial information on the true suicide risk among veterans."

Fire Witch Rising: Fight Back Against Rep. Douglas Bruce's Hate Speech

Fire Witch Rising: Fight Back Against Rep. Douglas Bruce's Hate Speech: "Representative Douglas Bruce is a classist, racist pig who deserves to have the House gavel pounded against his immigrant-bashing head until the rest of his commentary is silence. But here are some other actions you might also take in defense of migrant dignity and respect:

You are probably aware of the appalling comments made Monday by state Rep. Douglas Bruce that “We don’t need 5,000 more illiterate peasants in the state of Colorado.” Rep. Kathleen Curry & Rep. Terrance Carroll both denounced the hateful and derogatory comments made regarding immigrants and both are receiving hateful and derogatory treatment from anti immigrant activists!"

The Associated Press: China says arms shipment meant for Zimbabwe to return

The Associated Press: China says arms shipment meant for Zimbabwe to return: "BEIJING (AP) — A shipment of weapons meant for Zimbabwe but which neighboring countries refused entry to will return to China because there was no way to deliver it to the landlocked country in political turmoil, China's Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

The shipment — including mortar grenades and bullets — was to arrive amid a standoff in Zimbabwe over elections held more than three weeks ago.

States neighboring Zimbabwe refused to allow the weapons to be offloaded and shipped through their territories."

BBC NEWS | Middle East | CIA reveals 'Syria reactor' files

BBC NEWS | Middle East | CIA reveals 'Syria reactor' files: "US intelligence officials have been presenting evidence to Congress they say shows that North Korea has been providing nuclear assistance to Syria.

The CIA says it has pictures proving that North Koreans were working inside a secret Syrian reactor, according to reports in the US media.

The reactor was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike last year, the reports say.

Syria has repeated denials that it has any nuclear weapons programme, or any such agreement with North Korea.

The claims follows an unexplained air strike by Israel last September on a target inside Syria."

An Evening in Philly with Obama | The News is NowPublic.com

An Evening in Philly with Obama | The News is NowPublic.com: "As I stood on the Mall on April 18, 2008, I considered the contradictory circumstances that seemed to merge at that place as I listened to Senator Barack Obama as he addressed the enthusiastic crowd that had waited for more than three hours for his arrival. By the way, unlike conditions at previously reported on Obama events, security that night was tight.Washington Square, now named for the United States of America's first president, was formerly known as Congo Square, an area spanning east and west, between 6th and 7th Streets and Walnut and Locust Streets, north and south, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Congo Square is said to be one of William Penn's original five city squares. Penn is credited with claiming land that established the founding of the state of Pennsylvania, translated to mean ' Penn's woods', in 1681. Congo Square is located approximately five blocks from the rally site where the senator spoke, on Friday evening, to the largest crowd assembled to date during his campaign to seek the Democratic Party's nomination for president of the United States. The crowd was estimated at over 35,000, on Independence Mall, at 5th and Market Streets. During Colonial times, Congo Square was the place men, women and children of African descent were auctioned and sold to the highest bidder, later to be transported to new destinations after sales were complete. Independence Mall, the location of the rally, is where Independence Hall stands, the hall where landholders and property owning male descendants of Britain met, almost two hundred thirty two years ago, to hammer out their differences, signing a document, declaring their right to ".... life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness....", giving birth to a nation, a nation, surprisingly acknowledged by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, with a " birth defect", referring to slavery. That night, Senator Obama stated: The union they created has endured for two centuries not because we’re perfect, but because we’ve always been perfectible – because each generation of Americans has been willing to stand up and sacrifice and do what’s necessary to inch us closer to the ideals at the core of our founding promise – equality, and liberty, and opportunity for all who seek it. During colonial times, Congo Square was also known as a place where freedmen of African descent and the enslaved congregated to drum and make music, sharing food and stories of a life left behind virtually in another world. The significance of the site of the rally and its proximity to Congo Square seemed a noteworthy juxtaposition and fitting place for a gathering of all types of Americans where the rally's featured speaker represents a culmination of hopes and aspirations to so many Americans of all persuasions, with him being a son of Africa and America.An update:As of April 23, 2008, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a city and a county, with 98% of the vote counted, results are as follows: Senator Barack Obama 65%, Senator Hillary Clinton 35% "

Labels: american racism, elections, karen hatter, obama

Wednesday, 4-23-08, on American Indian Airwaves

"Canadian Religious Agents of Genocide: the Holocaust and Survivors of First Nation Peoples"

Part 1:______________________________________________
News, plus a summary of Bolivian President Evo Morales' open 10-point proposal for addressing global warming. President Morales spoke this past Monday at the Seventh Session on the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples, an advisory body to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, which is being held from April 21st, 2008 to May 2nd, 2008 in New York. This years special this is

Climate Change, Bio-cultural Diversity and Livelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges.
Part 2:______________________________________________
Kevin Annett, defrocked priest, author, and activist ( http://www.hiddenfromhistory.org) joins us for this segment of the show to discuss the April 10th, 2008 press release by the Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared (FRD) , held outside the colonial "Indian Affairs" building in Vancouver, Canada. The press release entailed a list of twenty eight graves across Canadian which is holding the remains of untold numbers of aboriginal children who died in Indian Residential Schools ran by the Catholic, Anglican, and United Church of Canada. The 4/10/08 action declared the establishment by indigenous elders of a newly-formed International Human Rights Tribunal into Genocide in Canada (IHRTGC) which shall commence its investigations on April 15th, 2008 in conjunction with the Fourth Annual Aboriginal Holocaust Memorial Day.

American Indian Airwaves regularly broadcast every Wednesday from 3pm to 4pm (PCT) on KPFK FM 90.7 in Los Angles, FM 98.7 in Santa Barbara, and by Internet with Real Media Player, Winamp, & Itunes at http://www.kpfk.org, and and American Indian Airwaves now broadcast every Saturday from 3pm to 4pm (ECT) on WCRS 98.3/102.1 in Columbus, OH.

SPECIAL NOTICE: weekly shows can now be heard on the KPFK web site under "audio archives" located on the left. Scroll down and click on American Indian Airwaves. http://www.myspace.com/aiairwaves

Labels: indigenism, indigenist american indians

American Chronicle | History of the Cherokee Freedmen

American Chronicle | History of the Cherokee Freedmen: "The Cherokee Freedmen Story as an article was submitted by email to American Chronicle as a response to an article on the issue, but it was never published so today I resubmit it via the process.

The Cherokee Freedmen are the descendants of African slaves who played an integral role in the Cherokee Culture during the 1700's and1800's. Many of the Cherokee Freedmen Descendants of today are Cherokee by blood, many with actually more than the Thin bloods White Cherokee that are trying to eliminate them from the Membership of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma (CNO).

However, the Freedmen were listed on the Dawes Commission Rolls during the enumeration of the Cherokee Nation by the Dawes Commission by an Act of Congress in 1893 and ending and the final Roll Closed by the U.S. Congress in 1906, in a Section called the Freedmen Roll that did not classify them as Cherokee by Blood, BUT, simply because their features displayed characheristics of African traits, i.e. black skin and nappy hair...it must be noted they were NOT classed any less Cherokee than any of the other entinicities or classes of Cherokee on the other sections of the Rolls, which has led to modern controversies, or it should be said the outright lie and fabrication of misinformation by Chad Smith and cohorts, as to whether or not the Freedmen can claim they are Cherokee.

However, near the end of the civil war in 1863 the National council of the Cherokee knew what loosing the war on the side of the southern States would mean, and many of the slaves were actually Cherokee family members, and to protect them as family, the Cherokee Nation freed their slaves by an emancipation act and under the reconstruction Treaty of 1866 and by amendment to the 1839 Constitution in the same year of 1866 See "Article III, Section 5", made them Citizen of the Nation by these two acts of law, irregardless of blood. And the Cherokee Freedmen were classified by the United States as Indians, and lived along side their bretheren as Cherokee through the good an bad times into the the early years of Oklahoma Statehood...In 1880 the Cherokee decided there needed to be an enumeration of the people to show who was a Citizen, and how they were classified, a fact that Chad Smith attempts to negate with lies an mis-information, the black Cherokee at the time of this census that were blood family members were simply listed as Cherokee, and the Black freed slaves that the 1866 Treaty had made citizens were classed as ADOPTED NEGRO or COLORED, absolutely none the less Cherokee, than the other adopted Tribal members and White People."

Please, read on...

Labels: american racism, cherokee, indian racism

The Latin Americanist: Evo Morales honored by NYC politicos

The Latin Americanist: Evo Morales honored by NYC politicos: "Bolivian president Evo Morales received a proclamation from several New York City Council members yesterday. The honor was given to Morales by legislators of the council's Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus in recognition of his efforts on behalf of indigenous peoples.

Morales was in the “Big Apple” in order to attend a U.N. forum on the global impact of climate change on indigenous peoples. Much like his Peruvian counterpart Alan Garcia, Morales expressed worry over the priority given by some countries to the use of biofuels:"

Labels: americas, bolivia

The Black Commentator - Senator Hillary Clinton Must Explain The Praising of a Group of KKK Supporters

The Black Commentator - Senator Hillary Clinton Must Explain The Praising of a Group of KKK Supporters: "Note: In a year of political absurdities, where one candidate--Senator Obama--is being held accountable for his friends and acquaintances and everything that they have said and done during their life times, we have stumbled across a problem. Had Senator Clinton not been as self-righteous in her attacks on Senator Obama concerning his associates, including Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Chicago activist Bill Ayers, the following would probably be a footnote and blemish--albeit significant--on the Presidency of one William Jefferson Clinton. Yet, insofar as Senator Clinton has decided to hold her opponent responsible for the words and actions of others, we pose this question: should Senator Clinton be careful where she throws bricks?"

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Now Senator Hillary Clinton (D, NY) has some explaining to do.

BlackCommentator.com has learned that Bill Clinton, while president, repeatedly praised the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). This is an organization that many, including some whites and a former U.S. senator from Illinois, have called racist.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, the UDC is a neo-Confederate organization which is affiliated with such white supremacist groups as the Council of Conservative Citizens and the League of the South. Formed in 1894, the UDC limits its membership to women who are related to Confederate veterans of the “War Between the States.”

In 2000, the Southern Poverty Law Center wrote that "[a]lthough the UDC promotes an image of genteel Southern ladies…its publications” tell a different story, adding that recently the “UDC’s president, Mrs. William Wells, shared the podium with…white supremacist lawyer Kirk Lyons.”

Labels: american racism, clinton, elections

Crooks and Liars » Colorado State Rep. barred from speaking after calling immigrants “illiterate peasants”

Crooks and Liars » Colorado State Rep. barred from speaking after calling immigrants “illiterate peasants”: "It’s amazing how tough it is for some of these racist, bigoted Republicans to restrain themselves from revealing their true colors in what are supposed to be civilized settings. Colorado State Rep. Douglas Bruce was immediately scolded and barred from speaking Monday after he called migrant workers “illiterate peasants” on the floor of the statehouse. Kudos to the fellow lawmakers who were quick and swift with their denunciations."

Labels: american racism

Life Expectancy Drops for Some U.S. Women

For the first time since the Spanish influenza of 1918, life expectancy is falling for a significant number of American women.
taset S1. Change in Probability of Dying in Specific Age Ranges, with Counties Grouped on the Basis of Level of Change in Life Expectancy, Divided by Disease

In nearly 1,000 counties that together are home to about 12 percent of the nation's women, life expectancy is now shorter than it was in the early 1980s, according to a study published today.

The downward trend is evident in places in the Deep South, Appalachia, the lower Midwest and in one county in Maine. It is not limited to one race or ethnicity but it is more common in rural and low-income areas. The most dramatic change occurred in two areas in southwestern Virginia (Radford City and Pulaski County), where women's life expectancy has decreased by more than five years since 1983.

The trend appears to be driven by increases in death from diabetes, lung cancer, emphysema and kidney failure. It reflects the long-term consequences of smoking, a habit that women took up in large numbers decades after men did, and the slowing of the historic decline in heart disease deaths.

Labels: economics

Crooks and Liars » ‘Nearly Twice as Much as a Year Ago’

Crooks and Liars » ‘Nearly Twice as Much as a Year Ago’: "Rapidly rising gasoline prices are at an all-time high again. The average price for a gallon of gas shot up 12 cents in a week to a record $3.51 a gallon. That’s because oil costs more than it ever has before. Crude oil set a record for the sixth straight day, closing above $117 a barrel, nearly twice as much as a year ago."

TheStar.com | columnists | Apology to native people must end 'denial of truth'

TheStar.com | columnists | Apology to native people must end 'denial of truth': "Phil Fontaine

In the Oct. 16, 2007, Throne Speech, your government promised to apologize for residential schooling for First Nations, Métis and Inuit children which led to profound harms. Every expression and word of the apology will be of great importance to our peoples and will be carefully studied, as will its timing and place. After 150 years of waiting, nothing less than a complete, unencumbered and honest apology for this dark period in our shared history will do.

An apology acceptable to survivors must be offered in the House of Commons where the Prime Minister will address Parliament, the nation and the world. It must be an event as significant and meaningful as the apology to our brothers and sisters of the Stolen Generations of Australia, and our fellow Japanese Canadians. It must incorporate the ceremony and dignity that such a symbolic and historic occasion requires. The galleries must be filled with survivors, their families, as well as church and government representatives who will bear witness.

The content of the apology must end denial of truth and history. It must raise the awareness about the residential school policy and its disastrous consequences, admit that it was wrong, accept responsibility and provide us with solemn assurances that it will never happen again.

At minimum, the apology will acknowledge that a succession of governments systematically attempted to "kill the Indian in the child" by enforcing policies which separated children from families, prohibited the use of our languages and cultures, and indoctrinated us to believe that who we were and where we came from was not good enough for Canadian citizenship. It must acknowledge that the policies caused profound harm, loss and grief to individuals, families, communities and subsequent generations and recognize the need for reconciliation and healing.

It should specify that several generations of children were deprived of day-to-day parental love and support; that mothers, fathers, grandparents, extended family members and communities were equally deprived of their children; that health care, nutrition and emotional needs of the children were neglected; that many lost the ability to speak our languages, practise our cultures; that thousands were scarred for life from deliberate physical, sexual and psychological abuse; and that some never returned home leaving their families to mourn their passing not even knowing where they were buried."

The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب

The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: "'The United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population. But it has almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners. Indeed, the United States leads the world in producing prisoners, a reflection of a relatively recent and now entirely distinctive American approach to crime and punishment. Americans are locked up for crimes — from writing bad checks to using drugs — that would rarely produce prison sentences in other countries. And in particular they are kept incarcerated far longer than prisoners in other nations. Criminologists and legal scholars in other industrialized nations say they are mystified and appalled by the number and length of American prison sentences. The United States has, for instance, 2.3 million criminals behind bars, more than any other nation, according to data maintained by the International Center for Prison Studies at King’s College London. China, which is four times more populous than the United States, is a distant second, with 1.6 million people in prison. (That number excludes hundreds of thousands of people held in administrative detention, most of them in China’s extrajudicial system of re-education through labor, which often singles out political activists who have not committed crimes.)''"

Labels: democracy, prisons

Indianz.Com > News > Newseum largely ignores Indian media

Indianz.Com > News > Newseum largely ignores Indian media

Visitors of the Newseum in Washington, D.C., won't find much about the Indian press, Indian Country Today reports.

During a media preview of the $4.5 million facility, ICT found less than five examples of historical Indian newspapers, no mention of contemporary Indian media and references to only nine prominent Indian journalists.

'It sounds like we once again got shortchanged,'' Denny McAuliffe, the founder of Reznet and a member of the Osage Nation of Oklahoma, told ICT.

Mark Trahant, a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Idaho and a prominent journalist, advised the Newseum about the Indian media. He acknowledged more needs to be done to represent the historical and contemporary Indian press.

Wilma Mankiller, the former chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, sits on the Newseum's board.

Native leaders seek independent review into RCMP shooting

Native leaders seek independent review into RCMP shooting: "Aboriginal leaders are calling for an independent investigation after a man was shot by police — and then hit with a stun gun — on a remote northern reserve earlier this month.

Terence Yellowback, 27, was drinking with friends April 5 at his home on the Manto Sipi Cree Nation (formerly God's River First Nation), about 850 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.

'Everybody got drunk, I guess,' he said. 'A few things happened that shouldn't that shouldn't be happening … just, what happens at parties.'

An argument broke out, and Yellowback left the house to cool off. He was carrying a table leg, he told CBC News on Tuesday.

RCMP were in the area responding to a complaint about an assault."

THE GUAMOTE VOICE: Towards Latin American unit

THE GUAMOTE VOICE: Towards Latin American unit: "The next president of Paraguay, the ex- catholic bishop Fernando Lugo, said that he will govern with a consensus cabinet, that will design a 'differentiated foreign policy' and will look for 'Latin American integration'.

In press conference with journalists of average foreigners, the ex- clergyman reaffirmed that its cabinet will leave the diversity of the electoral alliance that took to the power and 'it will be the result of the calm dialogue and decisions that can benefit to all the country'."

Labels: americas

Conmen Guilty of Selling Indian Tribe Memberships to Illegals - FOX6 San Diego

Conmen Guilty of Selling Indian Tribe Memberships to Illegals - FOX6 San Diego: "Two North County residents who sold bogus Indian tribe 'memberships' to illegal immigrants, supposedly allowing them free access across the U.S.-Mexico border, pleaded guilty Tuesday to grand theft.

Victor Granados of San Marcos and Kim Thomas Johnson of Oceanside won't face additional jail time if $9,000 in restitution is paid by Aug. 11, said prosecuting attorney Gina Darvas."

BOLIVIA INDIGENA: SOLIDARIDAD CON INDÍGENAS GUARANÍES CAUTIVOS

BOLIVIA INDIGENA: SOLIDARIDAD CON INDÍGENAS GUARANÍES CAUTIVOS: "Transmito noticia recibida:

From:'kimelü kellun'
Date:Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:09:26 +0200
Subject:[chaskinayrampi] Urgente! campaña de solidaridad contra la esclavitud del latifundio autonomista de Santa Cruz de Bolivia
Acción urgente para la liberación de indígenas cautivos y la restitución de sus territorios ancestrales

La Coordinadora Interinstitucional de Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de Santa Cruz – Bolivia, integrada por ALAS, Casa de la Mujer, CEJIS, CIPCA, Colectivo Rebeldía, DESAFIO, FORMASOL y Fundación Tierra, y el Capítulo Boliviano de Derechos Humanos Democracia y Desarrollo iniciaron una campaña nacional e internacional de solidaridad con el pueblo indígena guaraní, la comisión gubernamental y con las organizaciones civiles que impulsan la liberación de familias indígenas en estado de esclavitud a través del saneamiento y titulación de sus territorios ancestrales en el Chaco de Santa Cruz."

The N Word « The Blog and the Bullet

The N Word « The Blog and the Bullet: "Bambu, an emcee and activist from LA blogs about Nas’ new album “Nigger:”

…not mad ’cause eminem said nigga, ’cause he my nigga…

nah, homie. what nas just did right there is allow every little white boy who worships eminem (and nas for that matter) to get a “nigga” pass. believe that! i understand the use of the word within our communities, amongst people of color — and specifically african people in america, but i don’t see how it’s cool to just let the king of white boys get away with the use of such a word! i never thought i’d hear nas go that route. a white boy come say that shit around me, i’m checking him!

would nas let eminem get away with it if he hadn’t blown up and become one of the largest hip hop artists of our time? if eminem was marshal with a demo tape, and he called a black woman a bitch or a “nigga” (which he did) would nas still be cool with it? money makes a muthuhfuckuh switch so quick…"

Embedded with the “Tupamaros” | venezuelanalysis.com

Embedded with the “Tupamaros” | venezuelanalysis.com: "It is a Friday night in Caracas, Venezuela. We are standing in the back of a pickup truck surrounded by dozens of motorcycles, tearing through the streets of Catia, the massive slum area that makes up nearly half the population of the city. On the motorcycles, revolutionaries young and old, women and men, some masked and waving flags, weave back and forth, sometimes ahead of the truck, sometimes behind. Two large speakers are blaring songs by revolutionary folk musician Alí Primera while a voice calls on the community to halt the repression of its most radical elements."

Prisoner Rights Restored Following Venezuelan Supreme Court Decision | venezuelanalysis.com

The President of the Venezuelan Supreme Tribunal of Justice, Luisa Estela Morales (VTV)
Prisoner Rights Restored Following Venezuelan Supreme Court Decision | venezuelanalysis.com: "Mérida, April 23, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com)— Hunger striking prisoners in Venezuela obtained a legal tool to facilitate their reinsertion in society on Monday, after the president of Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ), Luisa Estela Morales, approved an injunction that could lead to a ruling that key articles of the penal code are unconstitutional."

Labels: Venezuela

CIA to describe North Korea-Syria nuclear ties - Los Angeles Times

CIA to describe North Korea-Syria nuclear ties - Los Angeles Times: "Officials will tell Congress members this week that North Korea was helping Syria build a reactor last year when it was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, a U.S. official says.
By Paul Richter and Greg Miller, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
April 23, 2008
WASHINGTON -- CIA officials will tell Congress on Thursday that North Korea had been helping Syria build a plutonium-based nuclear reactor, a U.S. official said, a disclosure that could touch off new resistance to the administration's plan to ease sanctions on Pyongyang."

China says arms bound for Zimbabwe may be recalled | World | Reuters

China says arms bound for Zimbabwe may be recalled | World | Reuters: "BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday a shipment of weapons bound for Zimbabwe may return home after South African port workers refused to unload it and two other southern African nations denied it access to their ports.

Zambia, which chairs the Southern African Development Community grouping, urged regional states to bar the An Yue Jiang from entering their waters, saying the weapons could deepen Zimbabwe's election crisis."

BBC NEWS | South Asia | India rejects US advice on Iran

BBC NEWS | South Asia | India rejects US advice on Iran: "India has rebuffed a call by the United States for it to ask Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment programme.

The foreign ministry said neither India nor Iran needed external guidance on how to conduct bilateral relations.

It said relations between the two spanned centuries, and they were capable of handling them with due care.

Earlier, a senior US official said Washington would welcome India telling Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to curtail Tehran's nuclear programme."

Labels: iran, war

Israel downplays US spy affair - Yahoo! News

Israel downplays US spy affair - Yahoo! News: "JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel on Wednesday played down the impact of the arrest in New York of an 84-year-old US army veteran on charges of spying for the Jewish state nearly 30 years ago.

US officials on Tuesday said they had arrested Ben-Ami Kadish on charges that he disclosed secret defence information, including on nuclear weapons, to Israel in a case linked to the 1980s Jonathan Pollard spy scandal."

Whenua Fenua Enua Vanua: Gubba Trade minister backs Pacific trade talks

Whenua Fenua Enua Vanua: Gubba Trade minister backs Pacific trade talks: "'So in many senses, PACER can be a mini-Dohor. It can be a trade and aid development approach'.

Same neo liberal shit as howard, let us plunder your resources or no 'aid'. Strategic & economic 'interests' in the Pacific have not changed a bit since invasion. PACER, PICTA, APEC, G20, NAFTA, we know what this free trade really means to us in the Pacific, destroying and defiling our lands, our oceans our culture in an insatiable greed for resources. Neo colonisation and control of Pacific through aid and the training of government officials, the military and the police."

Whenua Fenua Enua Vanua: Bases of Empire-The Global Spread of US Military & Spy Bases

Whenua Fenua Enua Vanua: Bases of Empire-The Global Spread of US Military & Spy Bases: "Cora Fabros, from the Philippines, has been a high profile activist, domestically and internationally, for more than 30 years with the anti-bases, anti-nuclear and peace movement. She has been to New Zealand before, as a guest of the Anti-Bases Campaign. Cora will be touring New Zealand as the Asia/Pacific Coordinator of the International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases."

Bolivia Rising: The Conspiracy to Divide Bolivia Must Be Denounced

Bolivia Rising: The Conspiracy to Divide Bolivia Must Be Denounced: "The process of changes in favor of the Bolivian majority is at risk of being brutally restrained. The rise to power of an Indigenous president with unprecedented support in that country and his programs of popular benefits and recovery of the natural resources have had to face the conspiracies of the oligarchy and United States interference from the very beginning.

In recent days the increase in conspiracy has reached its climax. The subversive and unconstitutional actions of the oligarchic groups to try to divide the Bolivian nation reflect the racist and elitist minds of these sectors and constitute a very dangerous precedent not only for the country’s integrity, but for other countries in our region."

Bolivia Rising: Europe is already talking about the “failure of dialogue” in the Bolivian crisis

Bolivia Rising: Europe is already talking about the “failure of dialogue” in the Bolivian crisis: "With 15 days to go until the autonomy referendum, de facto organised by the province of Santa Cruz, no way out has been found to the political crisis that Bolivia is living, and uncertainty grows as D Day approaches. Observing discussions from chats in cafes to political reunions, the European Union is already talking about the failure of a negotiated way out. “We are worried by the lack of dialogue… but unfortunately this dialogue fails for various reasons and we can see that there is an increase in actions and yet we do not see a real confidence from the government and the political opposition” stated the ambassador of France and EU representative in Bolivia, Alain Bouquet."

Free Hawai`i: Watch & Find Out!

Free Hawai`i: "A Superferry Audit Reveals Insider Cheating, While The Akaka Bill & OHA Want To Cheat You Out Of Plenty.

What's The Answer?"

P a l e s t i n e F r e e V o i c e©: Clinton says U.S. could "totally obliterate" Iran: "By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton warned Tehran on Tuesday that if she were president, the United States could 'totally obliterate' Iran in retaliation for a nuclear strike against Israel.

On the day of a crucial vote in her nomination battle against fellow Democrat Barack Obama, the New York senator said she wanted to make clear to Tehran what she was prepared to do as president in hopes that this warning would deter any Iranian nuclear attack against the Jewish state.

'I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran (if it attacks Israel),' Clinton said in an interview on ABC's 'Good Morning America.'"

Wampum: Wipeout! (by the Surfaris)

Wampum: Wipeout! (by the Surfaris): "A view of the field of honor, as imagined by Ross Swimmer (center), Jack Abramoff (upper right), and Chad Smith (lower right).

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has threatened to block housing legislation for Native Americans if the final bill does not include a funding ban against the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma .

Frank shares a concern first raised by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), whose members have proposed several measures to punish the tribe for changing its constitution last year to exclude the Freedmen -- a group of largely black Americans who are descendants of freed slaves once owned by tribe members -- from its ranks."

Age of Empire « The Blog and the Bullet

Age of Empire « The Blog and the Bullet: "Bhupinder writes about Zinn’s new book and video on YouTube:

Unlike European powers, US imperialism has sought to create and maintain its hegemony via puppet regimes or via local elites (see the post below with an extract from David Harvey’s interview), leading to an impression that it is not a colonial power like, say, England or France that ruled their colonies directly and more visibly."

Judge issues statement in uncontacted tribes court case - News from Survival International

Judge issues statement in uncontacted tribes court case - News from Survival International: "A judge in Peru has issued a statement dismissing the arguments of three companies and the Peruvian government in a court case involving some of the world’s last uncontacted tribes and oil exploration.

The case was filed by Peru’s Amazon Indian organisation, AIDESEP, in order to ban oil companies from working in regions of the Peruvian Amazon inhabited by uncontacted tribes."

Sanfacon: Indian mascots perpetuate national disgrace - Waltham, MA - The Daily News Tribune

Sanfacon: Indian mascots perpetuate national disgrace - Waltham, MA - The Daily News Tribune: "What are today's children learning about American Indian history and the diverse cultures of more than 500 sovereign Indian nations before and after the coming of Columbus?

Today's adults recall school days when we learned about Columbus 'discovering' America; how 'friendly' Indians helped the Pilgrims get through their first winter and later celebrated the 'First Thanksgiving'; we learned of America's 'Manifest Destiny,' which led to westward expansion and we learned of the courage and bravery of the pioneers on the frontier."

LA Times: “CIA to submit a report to the congress confirming Israel shelled a Syrian Reactor” - International Middle East Media Center - IMEMC

LA Times: “CIA to submit a report to the congress confirming Israel shelled a Syrian Reactor” - International Middle East Media Center - IMEMC: "The Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday that officials of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) will inform the Congress that Syria and North Korea have secret relations, and that the construction which Israel shelled in Syria was slated to be used as a nuclear reactor."

Turkish PM tells Syria Israel agreed to a full pullout from the Golan Heights - International Middle East Media Center - IMEMC

Turkish PM tells Syria Israel agreed to a full pullout from the Golan Heights - International Middle East Media Center - IMEMC: "The Sham Press Syrian News Agency reported on Thursday that the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, informed Damascus that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, agreed to withdraw from the occupied Golan Heights in return for peace with Syria. The decision caused uproar among several members of the Israeli Knesset."

Fourth World Eye » Blog Archive » Food Riots, Climate Change, Its the Economy Stupid

Fourth World Eye » Blog Archive » Food Riots, Climate Change, Its the Economy Stupid: "Speaking at the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the United Nations (23 April 2008) Bolivian President Evo Morales called on indigenous peoples’ delegates to recognize the importance of ancient traditions and knowledge held by Fourth World nations as the essential ingredient for reversing the adverse effects of Climate Change.

Morales, according to Climatewire, said “Climate change offers proof that the world must undergo a fundamental realignment of its economic system.” The alternative to persistent consumption, according to President Morales is the balance between human need and natural reproduction provided by Fourth World cultures–the knowledge and practices rooted in intergenerational experience."

Conference on Arab American Women « no snow here

Conference on Arab American Women « no snow here: "From: Al-Najjar on the AMWAJ google group:

Conference on Arab American Women Announces Call for
Papers

News: The Conference on Arab-American Women will take
place on March 12-15, 2009 at Kansas State University,
Manhattan, KS.

Inviting papers dealing with different issues of
Arab-American Women’s lives, including immigration,
history (especially the early history of Arab-American
women), settlement, organizations, professions, gender
issues, marriage and family, health, religion,
involvement in society and politics, status within the
Arab-American community and the larger American
society, successes and failures, general
accomplishments, etc. Papers which analyze
Arab-American literature, music and the arts are also
invited."

newsobserver.com | Protesters keep heat on radio show

Beth Jacobs, a UNC-Chapel Hill law school graduate and a member of the Lumbee tribe, organized a demonstration in Raleigh. About 30 people protested against G-105 and 'Bob and the Showgram' for comments about American Indians.
Staff Photo by Juli Leonard
newsobserver.com | Protesters keep heat on radio show: "RALEIGH -- About 30 people showed up at the State Capitol on Monday to say they're not letting up the pressure on G-105 and 'Bob and The Showgram' for offensive comments about American Indians.

Speakers called for the firing of the popular morning-radio- show crew and a boycott of the show's advertisers. Attendees held signs saying 'Stop Hate Media' and 'I am not a stereotype.'

The protest drew mostly younger Indians, who disagree with the leadership of the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs and the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Those organizations publicly accepted apologies from Showgram host Bob Dumas and WDCG's general manager, Dick Harlow, last week, and backed off calls to fire the on-air crew."

Labels: american racism, native rights. aboriginals

Two Inmates Slain In Prison Riot Instigated By White Supremacists

As many as 150 to 200 inmates — armed with homemade weapons including rocks, wood, plastic and sharpened metal — took part in a massive brawl at a Florence prison Sunday, federal prison officials said this afternoon.

Two prisoners killed in the fight were identified as Brian Scott Kubik, serving a 15-year sentence for possession of a firearm as an ex-felon, and Phillip Lee Hooker, serving a 25-year sentence for armed robbery.

Hooker was 43 and black, but it's not clear where he was from. Kubik was 41 and white. He picked up his latest felony-in-possession charge in Oregon. […]

U.S. Attorney for Colorado Troy Eid said Sunday that authorities think white supremacist inmates, who targeted minorities, instigated the fight. "They were acting provocatively on (Adolph) Hitler's birthday," Eid said. […]

SPLCenter.org: Aryan Brotherhood Member Shot By Police Officer

SPLCenter.org: Aryan Brotherhood Member Shot By Police Officer: "Moss Point Police Chief Frederick Gaston says he's holding off on plans to identify the police officer who shot and injured a self-professed member of the Aryan Brotherhood....

Gaston said he made the decision after receiving a report about associates of Lee Green, 39, coming to the area to inquire about the identity of the officer. […]

Green, the police chief said, admitted to being a member of the Aryan Brotherhood after authorities questioned him about some swastika tattoos he had."

SPLCenter.org: National Vanguard Founder Sentenced To 23 Months For Possessing Child Porn

SPLCenter.org: National Vanguard Founder Sentenced To 23 Months For Possessing Child Porn: "The white separatist who pleaded guilty to one count of child pornography possession January 17 was sentenced to 23 months in prison this morning in U.S. District Court. Kevin Alfred Strom, 51, has been jailed since early January 2007, and Judge Norman Moon rejected Strom's request that he be sentenced to time served– and that he 'unwillingly' possessed the kiddie porn found on his computer.

Throughout Strom's trial last year for enticement of a minor and witness intimidation… the prolific writer, radio broadcaster, and founder of the white-rights National Alliance offshoot, the National Vanguard, has been silent in court, speaking only in January to denounce his portrayal in the media as a neo-Nazi and white supremacist. […]"

Labels: american racism, neo-nazis

The Unapologetic Mexican: Ruben Salazar Remembered

The Unapologetic Mexican: Ruben Salazar Remembered: "RUBEN SALAZAR, a respected Mexican American journalist whose face and voice became important to El Movimiento in the 70s will be posthumously recognized on a stamp.

Salazar was shot and killed while covering the National Chicano Moratorium March, which was organized by the Mexican American community mostly to protest the unfairly high number of Latinos being fed to the Vietnam maw. Salazar lost his life while sitting and enjoying his beer by a cop who fired a tear gas cannister into his head from about ten feet away. Very much like a recent demonstration in the Mexican American community, a peaceful, non-violent and constitutionally-protected (cough) demonstration was churned into a violent happening by the police, who decided that so many Chican@s in one park (Laguna Park, now named 'Salazar [Memorial County] Park') was a cause worth fighting against."

TheHill.com - Frank sides with CBC, holds fast on Cherokee funding

TheHill.com - Frank sides with CBC, holds fast on Cherokee funding: "Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has threatened to block housing legislation for Native Americans if the final bill does not include a funding ban against the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma .

Frank shares a concern first raised by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), whose members have proposed several measures to punish the tribe for changing its constitution last year to exclude the Freedmen — a group of largely black Americans who are descendants of freed slaves once owned by tribe members — from its ranks."

'Racism to blame' for Aboriginal health problems - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

'Racism to blame' for Aboriginal health problems - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "The Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTAR) group says racism is directly to blame for many health problems in the Aboriginal community.

The group has launched a national campaign called 'Racism makes me sick' to highlight the issue.

ANTAR's national director Gary Highland says heart disease, mental illness, premature births and other illnesses in the Indigenous population can be directly attributed to the negative impact of racism on a person's health."

NSW Govt failing Indigenous people: Oppn - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

NSW Govt failing Indigenous people: Oppn - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "The New South Wales Opposition says a new report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social indicators in the state shows the Iemma Government is failing.

The report, called Two Ways Together, will be released today.

It shows the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people is widening.

Indigenous life-expectancy is still 16 years behind the general community and there is greater drug and alcohol abuse and higher remand rates among Indigenous people."

Indianz.Com > News > Washington tribes launch Native Vote effort

Indianz.Com > News > Washington tribes launch Native Vote effort: "Washington tribes are hoping to get more Native Americans to the polls and to get more Native Americans in public office..

Native Vote Washington officially launched this month. The non-profit, non-partisan organization seeks to educate, activate and empower Native Americans, who make up about 1.6 percent of the state population.

As part the effort, Native Vote Washington will stage a bus tour and a series of rallies and music concerts to encourage Native voters to participate in state and presidential elections in November. In the past, tribes played a role in elections for governor and the U.S. Senate."

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