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DESCRIPTION:Imperialism in Africa\nand the case of Darfur\nThe new U.S. administration, 
 following the Bush administration's re-orientation, is increasingly 
 focusing on Africa and its vast markets and resources. The activation of 
 the U.S. military's Africa Command in late 2008 and Obama's recent visit 
 and speech in Ghana highlight the renewed interest of U.S. imperialism in 
 Africa.\nAt the same time coverage of the violence in Darfur, Sudan by the 
 U.S. corporate media has stripped away its historical and political 
 context. Knowledge and information have been substituted with a 
 multimillion-dollar advertising campaign led by celebrities of showbiz and 
 sports, spreading disinformation.\nWhy is Obama "reaching out" to Africa? 
 What are the U.S. objectives in Sudan? What should the position of 
 progressive people in the U.S. be towards media campaigns and war 
 propaganda?\n\nThe U.S. prison-industrial complex\nprisoncrowding\n\nThe 
 United States has the highest prison population rate in the world. Over 7 
 million people are incarcerated, on probation or on parole. Oppressed 
 communities of color bear the brunt of the racist system. African Americans 
 and Latinos make up nearly 60% of all inmates. One in 25 Native American 
 adults is in the prison system. Political prisoners like Mumia Abu-Jamal, 
 Leonard Peltier and the Cuban Five, to name just a few, have been sentenced 
 to execution or life imprisonment. Torture has become commonplace, not only 
 in Iraq and Guantánamo, but in the prisons inside the United States as 
 well. A therapist who works in the West County Detention Facility 
 (Richmond, CA) and in San Quentin State Prison (San Rafael, CA) will talk 
 about the U.S. prison-industrial complex and her experiences in prisons of 
 the Bay Area.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/21/18611925.php
SUMMARY:Forum: Imperialism, Africa and Darfus/The U.S. Prison Industrial Complex
LOCATION:2489 Mission St. Rm. 28, San Francisco\n$3 - $5 donation requested, no one 
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 Near 24th St. BART. MUNI #14, 49, 26. Parking garage located one block west 
 on 21st. St. btwn. Mission & Valencia, parking cost $2/hr.)\n\nFor more 
 info, or to reserve free childcare (please call at least one day in advance 
 if you would like childcare) contact PSL at 415-821-6171.requested, no one 
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URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/21/18611925.php
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