TheBlackList's Blog – May 2008 Archive (5)

Africa: Continent Now Facing Black Apartheid

Africa: Continent Now Facing Black Apartheid

http://allafrica.com/stories/200805280330.html

The Monitor (Kampala)

http://www.monitor.co.ug/

OPINION

28 May 2008

Posted to the web 28 May 2008

by Tajudeen Abdul Raheem

Kampala

May 25 was Africa Liberation Day. This year's celebration marked the 50th anniversary of this day set… Continue

Added by TheBlackList on May 28, 2008 at 8:48am — No Comments

Hip Hop profiling Alert!!!

BEWARE OF RACIAL PROFILING DURING HIP HOP WEEKEND--MEMORIAL DAY, MIAMI

Each year, up to 200,000 mostly black and Latino hip hop fans from across the country come to Miami Beach for Memorial Day Weekend.

And each year, there are complaints of racial profiling, and false arrests.

Last year tactial drug and gang units were seen searching and roughing up people without cause or arrest.

In 2006 there were 1100 arrests. 40% of them were thrown out… Continue

Added by TheBlackList on May 25, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Opportunity for Impact A Course of Action for the June U.S. Presidency of the UN Security Council

May 19, 2008

On the first day of June 2008, the U.S. will begin its month-long presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council - a window of opportunity for effective international leadership. The top U.S. priority for this period should be achieving the full deployment of the UNAMID peacekeeping force for Darfur, Sudan, that the Security Council authorized last July.

Over the past five months, Ambassador Richard… Continue

Added by TheBlackList on May 22, 2008 at 4:08pm — No Comments

Michelle Obama ‘really proud of America’ expression unappreciated

To: Tennessee Republican Party

From: Dr. Sapphire who is not yet ‘really’ proud of the USA

RE: Michelle Obama ‘really proud of America’ expression unappreciated

http://theblacklistpub.ning.com/profile/SapphireMannAhmed

Mrs. Michelle Obama appears to be a real patriot of the USA. She expressed that she is feeling ‘really’ proud these days of… Continue

Added by TheBlackList on May 21, 2008 at 10:49am — No Comments

Uhuru Radio Launches Fund Drive to Establish Southern Africa Bureau

This week, Uhuru Radio is launching a fund drive to raise $5000 (US) for the establishment of a broadcast facility in Soweto, Occupied Azania (also known by its colonial name of South Africa). This is the latest in a series of developments that are making Uhuru Radio truly the "Online Voice of the International African Revolution".

* In February, "listen via phone" service was made available to listeners in Cape Town and… Continue

Added by TheBlackList on May 10, 2008 at 8:05am — 2 Comments