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Interactiveby Michelle Chen on February 26 2009, 2:04PM
Human rights defenders in Colombia are on the front lines of civil war and government oppression, as well as United States policies that facilitate violence. Human Rights First reports that baseless prosecutions of activists are emboldening a corrupt legal…
Topics: Global Affairs
by Michelle Chen on February 25 2009, 5:11PM
Tucked snugly into a massive House budget bill is a quiet tweak that could reconfigure US-Cuba relations. The provision, which passed along with the House bill today, was shepherded by Rep. José E. Serrano of the Bronx, chair of the…
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Hampshire College first U.S. university to divest from Israeli occupation
by Guest Columnist on February 13 2009, 9:58AM
by Joyce Choi Won Li A professor told me once that power never likes to admit that it’s been forced to change. The grassroots efforts of organizing and activist groups have always had to take a proactive, defensive role in…
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by Michelle Chen on January 30 2009, 1:42PM
Rocked by disaster and social upheaval, Haiti stands at the center of several political storms. Currently, thousands of Haitian immigrants are hoping the government will grant temporary protection from deportation so they can avoid returning to the ravages of the…
Topics: Global Affairs, Immigration
by Michelle Chen on January 22 2009, 3:20PM
Behind the inaugural celebration was a backdrop of global turmoil that will push the project of“remaking America” far beyond US borders. The question of America’s role in the world casts another light on the civil rights struggles stretching from King’s…
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Blacks Condemn Israeli Attacks in Gaza
by Terry Keleher on January 13 2009, 7:26AM
Thousands of demonstrators marched to the South African Parliament to protest against Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip. Photo: Jonathan Carter Cross-racial solidarity efforts are afoot, both locally and internationally, to condemn Israel’s continuing military attacks on the people…
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by Adrienne Maree Brown on January 2 2009, 9:18AM
On December 30, I attended a rally/memorial for Gaza in Dearborn, Michigan. Dearborn is home to the largest community of Arab and Arab-American people within US borders. I went with two young women who have focused on Palestinian human rights,…
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Connecting People and Policies—from Mumbai to Arizona
by Guest Columnist on December 4 2008, 7:21AM
Weekly Immigration Wire: Connecting People and Policies—from Mumbai to Arizona By Nezua, The Media Consortium MediaWire Blogger It was immediately obvious this week that the Mumbai attacks would be the source of much loss and pain in India. As the…
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Israel boycotts UN racism conference
by Terry Keleher on November 20 2008, 12:31PM
Here we go again. Israel’s Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni announced yesterday that Israel will boycott the United Nation’s conference on racism scheduled to take place in Geneva, Switzerland next April. She charged that the conference would be biased against Israel…
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Hurricane Devastation in Haiti and Cuba
by Dom Apollon on September 19 2008, 11:36AM
If you can still recite your ABCs and you are aware that the names of Atlantic Ocean tropical storms and hurricanes come from alphabetized lists created by the National Hurricane Center, you don’t have to read any articles, hear…
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September 11: A Day for Compassion and Hope
by Tammy Johnson on September 11 2008, 1:09PM
My heart was filled with hope when I went to bed the evening of September 10. I had just returned from the UN Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa. Despite the infighting between Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell about…
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Alvin Ailey Performer Forced to Dance to Prove Identity
by Jonathan Adams on September 9 2008, 11:53AM
h/t The Daily Voice A performer with the Alvin Ailey dance company was forced to perform dance steps for Israeli police to prove his identity, according to published reports in the international media. Abdur-Rahim Jackson is traveling with the…
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by Guest Columnist on August 20 2008, 4:02PM
by Joyce Li I’m a bit young to remember any of Gary Glitter’s actual hits, but I do remember that a funny-looking British ex-pop star was imprisoned in Vietnam three years ago, for allegedly molesting two underage girls. This morning,…
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Germans Are Convinced Blackface Sells
by Jonathan Adams on August 4 2008, 11:43AM
H/T Black Women in Europe Blog Do you remember the UNICEF ads that ran in Germany? For some reason, a German ad agency thought it would be clever to cover white children’s faces with mud to bring attention to a…
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Through the Looking Glass: Beijing Olympics edition
by Guest Columnist on August 1 2008, 7:00AM
by Joyce Li Let it suffice to say that this year’s Olympic Games in Beijing have been met with (rightful) heated protest, concerning China’s role in Darfur, and Tibetan sovereignty. For months, we have watched Beijing become a fortress, with…
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One World, One Dream - Not in Beijing
by Donna Hernandez on July 29 2008, 10:24AM
Beijing officials have built a 10-foot wall around entire neighborhoods south of Tiananmen Square in hopes of speeding up a last minute beautification process for the 2008 Olympics. Say what!? Residents, mostly merchants, who hoped to increase their business…
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Bhopal Still Suffers from Toxic Waste
by Jonathan Adams on July 7 2008, 9:21AM
Almost 25 years after the deadly pesticide poison from a Union Carbide factory killed thousands, Bhopal residents are still hurting. With hundreds of tons of waste still not removed from the site, residents have seen the effects of the toxic…
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Binational Indigenous Front Meets in Oaxaca
by Jonathan Adams on June 24 2008, 9:58AM
The assembly of the Indigenous Front of Binational Organizations (FIOB in its Spanish initials) met in the Mixteca region of Oaxaca, one of the poorest areas in Mexico, on May 31. A large percentage of the indigenous population of Oaxaca…
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by Tammy Johnson on June 9 2008, 12:35PM
“The positive fact is that I have noticed, confirmed… the fact that the U.S. society is confronting racism.” It’s a statement that raised my brow. But that is what Doudou Diene, the United Nations special rapporteur on contemporary forms of…
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The Politics of Natural Disaster (The Lessons We Never Learn)
by Guest Columnist on May 23 2008, 10:12AM
by Thanu Yakupitiyage Photo credit: AFP I remember the horror in December 2004 when the Asian Tsunami affected several countries across Asia leading to an outpour of sympathy and international aid from all over the world. As is routine after…
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