March 2009 Blog Posts (47)

Chicago-Midwest The Curious Case of Cheikh Anta Diop, and other Afro-Anxieties

Zahi Hawass courtesy, nationalgeographic.com

Cheikh Anta Diop courtesy, L'Evenement

www.evenement-bf.net/pages/culture_86.htm

We get so anxious as Black people, Negroes, Coloreds, Nekkros, African Americans, "African-Descended Peoples", Diasporic Tribes, "Children of the Diaspora" or… Continue

Added by Rayfield A. Waller on March 31, 2009 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

DC Area A Look at the History of Jewish Exploitation of the Civil Rights Movement

Considering how President Obama has appointed many Zionists to influential positions within his administration

its vital for us to understand who they are and what their agenda actually is:

[wvns] How Jews Exploited Civil Rights MovementMonday, March 30, 2009 10:36 PM

From: "World View" To: wvns@yahoogroups.com

Khazari Dominance and Exploitation of the Black Civil Rights Movement

Author and Source Unknown

Many observers argue that the presumed… Continue

Added by hotepk on March 31, 2009 at 5:11pm — No Comments

NYMetro The Banana Peel of Militarism

From The Ramparts

Junious Ricardo Stanton

Obama and the Banana Peel of Militarism

“WASHINGTON — With a bloody suicide bombing near the Khyber Pass adding urgency to his words, President Obama announced on Friday that he plans to further bolster American forces in Afghanistan, increase aid to Pakistan, and set strict standards for measuring progress in fighting Al Qaeda and the Taliban in both chaotic countries.”… Continue

Added by Junious Ricardo Stanton on March 30, 2009 at 10:59am — No Comments

Africa Mauritania-case study in Borderlands relations

BF Bankie:

Location: Northwest Africa, latitude 250 & 150, longitude 170 & 70. Bordered by Senegal to the south, Mali to the east, eastern Algeria to the north, West Sahara to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.

Main geographic features: The country occupies an area of 1,037,000 sq. km, of which 80 per cent is arid and 20 per cent semi-arid. It consists of a plateau, of which the highest point in 915m, and the Adrar Mountains in the north.… Continue

Added by BF Bankie on March 30, 2009 at 10:10am — No Comments

NYMetro The Obama Presidency: Will Progressives Offer a Vision For a More Perfect Union?

Dr. Ron Daniels:

As it became increasingly clear that Barack Obama was poised to make history as the first African American President of the United States, it was also clear that this was potentially a big moment for the progressive movement – a time to articulate a vision for a new America and to organize to advance an agenda for reform and fundamental change. As the Obama presidency unfolds, the question is whether the progressive movement is prepared to seize the… Continue

Added by TheBlackList on March 29, 2009 at 10:23pm — No Comments

Chicago-Midwest Symmetrical Analysis in the Time of Myopia: Seeing the New Colonialism; Seeing Genealogies of the Triangle Slave Trade; Seeing Ghosts

“The truth is, in the country of the blind, The one-eyed man is considered to be crazy as hell.”

--Robin Palmer, Ex Officio, The Weather Underground

"The beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart."

-- Mary Shelley's Victor Frankenstein

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate… Continue

Added by Rayfield A. Waller on March 29, 2009 at 10:00pm — 12 Comments

Africa New Sudanese terrorist alliance threatens a repeat of September 11

Abdullahi Osman El-Tom:

March 16, 2009 — It would be a mistake not to take the recent formation of an alliance of a “jihadist” group with due seriousness. By any measure, this alliance bears the hallmarks of a terrorist organisation with the potential for grave consequences, both nationally and internationally. Given Sudan’s strict control over its printed media, the lack of prompt and categorical dismissal of the news is a firm… Continue

Added by BF Bankie on March 27, 2009 at 10:34pm — No Comments

West $109 Million For Prisoner Recidivism Programs

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President Obama, long an advocate for closing the revolving door of felon release and reincarceration…needs your help

In his new preliminary budget for 2010 President Obama requested $109 million for prisoner reentry programs, including $75 million for Second Chance Act programs. As the media is currently reporting the Democratic… Continue

Added by Jim Neusom on March 27, 2009 at 8:59pm — No Comments

NYMetro N’COBRA: Open Letter to First Lady Michelle Obama

Dear Mrs. Obama:

It is with highest homage and admiration to you that I write this letter. I am the Northeast Regional Representative, and Board Member, for the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America. The Reparations Movement, of which N’COBRA is a member, implores you to start a national dialogue on a reparations accord for Blacks in America. This national dialog must be firmly rooted in the historical context of the “trans-Atlantic slave trade, and the “holocaust”… Continue

Added by TheBlackList on March 26, 2009 at 10:04pm — 3 Comments

DC Area Obama Drama

March 26, 2009

Raynard Jackson

Last year, President Barack Obama ran the closest thing to a perfect campaign ever seen in this country. There was no senior level turnover during the campaign. There was no public feuding from various factions within his campaign (unlike Hillary Clinton’s). Even the transition was extraordinarily smooth.

So, I am dumbfounded by all the drama surrounding the early days of his presidency. Seems like Obama went from a serious drama… Continue

Added by Raynard Jackson on March 26, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

NYMetro Creative leadership the best way to overcome hypocrisy and treachery!

Freeman F Chari:

Before the current Government of National Unity, proponents of the theory of exclusive governance were of the belief that an MDC government in Zimbabwe would signal the end of Zimbabwe’s economic quagmire. This was premised on the assumption that once MDC gets into power, western governments particularly USA would pour economic aid into the government’s coffers. Today, we are wallowing in the realisation of the painful truth about the basic rules of engagement… Continue

Added by KWASI Akyeampong on March 25, 2009 at 10:36am — No Comments

Chicago-Midwest Gom Jabbar, twenty divided by seven, Left Oblique

It was the moment I realized Ron number one, (Ron number one because there are so many of them, like Michaels and guys that chose the name Maliq that they must be numbered or described, because I don't like them well enough to remember them by last name or I dislike them enough to not credit them with full names) Ron number one, like me, like many writers was or is a lamprey of ideas. Latching onto to sharks of language until almost all recognizable elements of self disappears. I was sitting in… Continue

Added by Ulysses on March 25, 2009 at 7:20am — 2 Comments

NYMetro International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – A Call to the Obama Administration for Action

March 21, 2009

Vernellia R. Randall

Professor of Law

On 21 March 1960 at least 180 black Africans were injured (there are claims of as many as 300) and 69 killed when South African police opened fire on approximately 300 demonstrators, who were protesting against the pass laws, at the township of Sharpeville. The Sharpeville Massacre, as the event has become known, signaled the start of armed resistance in South Africa, and prompted worldwide condemnation of… Continue

Added by TheBlackList on March 24, 2009 at 11:09am — No Comments

Chicago-Midwest The Implications of Gender Critique In the film, The Matrix (transcript of a lecture delivered at Florida International University in March, 2001)

1. What is Feminism?

Good afternoon. We will begin by defining feminism.

Feminism is humanism. That is, feminism as a political and a social movement is a humanist movement. It is one of the more crucial strands within a collective history of liberation struggle here in America. Along with Unionism, the Amerindian and First Nation struggles, the Black liberation struggle, the anti-war… Continue

Added by Rayfield A. Waller on March 23, 2009 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

NYMetro That the fire this time was in your hands

Dr. Rodney Coates:

When was the last time that you cried for the abused?

Was it then, that you saw that their plight was your concern?

Or did their plight become your problem to discern

Manipulate, transform, or perform some statistical,

Analytical, non-practical deliberations upon -

When was the last time that you decried the crimes?

Insanity, then masking as repetitious diatribes against

The sanity… Continue

Added by TheBlackList on March 23, 2009 at 10:10am — No Comments

NYMetro UNDERSTANDING THE SUDAN - Understanding Museveni, An Unusual African

Dear Kwasi

Greetings

Trusting this finds you in good spirits.

Few Africans, outside of east Africa have much understanding of the Sudan

issues. I met last week the Special Advisor to the Namibia Foreign

Minister/President, to discuss Sudan. I noted that his was the standard

OAU/AU view, which is determined by the geo-political considerations

of east Africa. He knew little, nor cared much in my view, about the situation

of Darfurians,… Continue

Added by KWASI Akyeampong on March 23, 2009 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

NYMetro The Truth About AIG

From The Ramparts

Junious Ricardo Stanton

The Truth About AIG

“Credit default swaps are non-standardized private contracts between the buyer and the seller. They are not traded on any exchange, and have remained unregulated by any government body. The International Swaps and Derivatives Association estimates the total amount of outstanding credit default swaps to be around $ 62.2 trillion, making these contracts the most widely traded credit derivative… Continue

Added by Junious Ricardo Stanton on March 22, 2009 at 6:34pm — No Comments

West Conservatives Defend AIG Bonuses

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Once again the Republican party has demonstrated that it is the party of the rich

Last week Representative Charlie Rangel, (Dem of New York) sponsored House Bill H.R. 1586. The Bill, essentially will impose a 90 percent tax on bonuses given to employees with family incomes above $250,000 at AIG and other companies that have… Continue

Added by Jim Neusom on March 22, 2009 at 4:29pm — No Comments

NYMetro The Cricketers

Friends of The BlacklistPub,

Coming Soon " The Cricketers" movie.

Please support this movie which is made and directed in different areas of The Bronx and Brooklyn.

The Cricketers”

The West Indies cricket team suffers a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Australian World Cup champions. Four friends must dig deep down inside of themselves to realize their lifelong dreams of winning. They must overcome health, commitment and family issues,… Continue

Added by Agatha Kennedy on March 21, 2009 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

CUNY PLANNING MEETING: The Guillermo Morales/Assata Shakur Community and Student Center

To All Friends of CUNY and Black and Puerto Rican Studies:

The Guillermo Morales/Assata Shakur Community and Student Center has called a planning meeting at the Community Center for Monday, March 23rd PM 6:15 PM to organize a day of activities at Harlem University a/k/a City College to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the historic strike led by Black and Puerto Rican students at City College in 1969 and to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 1989 CUNY student strike… Continue

Added by SendMeYourNews on March 21, 2009 at 9:27am — No Comments