TheBlackList's Blog – April 2009 Archive (6)

American Exceptionalism vs. Obama’s Idealism

Ezrah Aharone:

During his European debut, a reporter in Strasbourg, France asked President Obama if he subscribes to the school of “American Exceptionalism” as did his predecessors. Being the first Black president and known as a uniter, the question weighs heavy in irony since America’s self-grandiosity is tied to military aggression and presidential legacies that are littered with unapologetic ethnic and cultural indifference. Although not a common term, African… Continue

Added by TheBlackList on April 24, 2009 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

ALL-AFRICAN PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY PARTY: Open Email to Heads of State & Government in the Americas.

An Open Email to All of The Heads of State and Government in the Americas!

Your Excellencies:

We hope this open email finds you, your families, and your people in

the very best of health and spirits. Permit us a few minutes of your

time to make this request.

The All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (GC) is the inheritor and

continuator of the mass, revolutionary, Pan-African work of Kwame

Nkrumah, Ahmed Sekou Toure and Kwame Ture, whom… Continue

Added by TheBlackList on April 15, 2009 at 9:09am — 1 Comment

The furor over Puff Daddy's recent Casting Call for "White, Latina and Light-Skinned African-American Models"

KOLA BOOF:

I am asking every BLACK MAN I know to please

answer this question.

Printed in RED is Troy Johnson's response to the furor over Puff Daddy's recent Casting CALL requesting "White, Latina and Light-Skinned African-American Models" only fo his new ads.

TROY said:

Yeah, I can't bring myself to get riled up about this issue. Who really other than the models who were excluded from the jobs gives a… Continue

Added by TheBlackList on April 12, 2009 at 7:57pm — 20 Comments

Motion for Emergency Injunction against 2016 Olympic Games in Chicago!

On Monday, April 6, 2009, Bob Brown, co-director of Pan-African Roots, filed pro se, in the Circuit Court of Cook County , an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction against Chicago ’s bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games.

The Chicago 2016 committee; Patrick G. Ryan, its Chairman and CEO; the City of Chicago ; Mayor Richard M. Daley; the City Council of Chicago and Alderman Edward M. Burke are named as Defendants.

Copies of the Emergency… Continue

Added by TheBlackList on April 8, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Prison and Penal Reform in the Turks and Caicos Islands - Britain's colonial prison responsibility

Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands ( Advance copy – n.b. this is a pre-publication announcement and the original shall be released on the 6th April, 2009)

Courtenay Barnett has today transmitted his “Prison and Penal Reform in the Turks and Caicos Islands: A Position Paper for Improvements in the Prison System” to His Excellency, the Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands ( TCI) for delivery to the Secretary of State in… Continue

Added by TheBlackList on April 5, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

DUTCH RECOLONIZATION OF CURAÇAO MUST BE STOPPED. REFERENDUM 2009

REQUESTING INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY

Greetings Brothers and Sisters,

Here we are (again!) involved in a referendum nobody asked for to take place May 15. You know the situation 'cause you've been here. The puppet government wants the people to approve (not asking them if they agree or not) the December 2008 agreements they signed with their Dutch masters- without consulting anybody - that put back in the hands of the Dutch administration the vital areas of… Continue

Added by TheBlackList on April 2, 2009 at 1:04am — 1 Comment