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Six Nations Warriors Arrested in Grassy Narrows OPP officers raided Grassy Narrows blockade site yesteday arresting Six Nations people who had come to participate in a gathering as guests of the Grassy Narrows community. 5 six nations people were detained, 4 were charged. The OPP are targeting 6 nations people and people of colour.
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>> Police cruisers also entered the Grassy Narrows reserve without permission, violating the community's sovereignty and legal jursidiction over their reserve lands. Grassy Narrows Band councilors seized an...
Posted: Sat, Jul 15, 2006 10:26pm PDT
Viewpoint: Arab-Baiting is Back WASHINGTON, DC -- It is worrisome to note that "Arab-baiting," once favored as a weapon by some politicians in the 1980's and a regular feature in election campaigns, appears to be making a comeback, albeit in a slightly different form....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 9:38pm PDT
By Allowing White Racists in the Military, We’re Training Domestic Terrorists White supremacists believe that the white race is superior to all others and have used their beliefs to discriminate against those that didn’t share their same ethnic or religious backgrounds. The U.S. government, realizing that such ideologies threaten the health of our country, has spoken out against such groups. In fact, 10 years ago, the Department of Defense made it clear that anyone subscribing to extreme separatist beliefs was not welcome in the U.S. military....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 6:32pm PDT
Chicano Consortium Action Alert 7/15/06 Here's the latest action alert from Efren Gutierrez of the Chicano Consortium listing upcoming events....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 4:38pm PDT
Race, Class and the Battle for South Central Farm When the Los Angeles City Council sold the 14 acre plot called the South Central Farm to developer Ralph Horowitz, they sold land they didn't own....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 6:47am PDT
Australia: Aboriginal town camp residents organise first-ever rally Late last month more than 400 Aboriginal residents of town camps situated on the outskirts of Alice Springs, in the heart of central Australia, participated in a powerful rally in the city centre. The event was organised by the Aboriginal community to protest its treatment at the hands of the Howard government and the media....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 6:35am PDT
No Social Justice, No Spiritual Peace -- Black Preachers Take a Stand DALLAS (NNPA) Gadflies: large flies, like the horsefly, that bites livestock they carry a reputation of tremendously annoying people and rousing them from complacency....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 6:30am PDT
California Black Farmers and Agriculture Association weigh in on U.S. Ag Policy 
California Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association supports proposed Congressional Legislation with the Pigford Claims Remedy Act and seeks official California Congressional Delegation support....
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 11:56am PDT
Confronting Racism, Head On: Why I Wear My Zidane Jersey Imagine Michael Jordan in his last game, with the score tied in overtime, knocking out his defender with a punch to the throat. Imagine Derek Jeter in game seven of the World Series, at bat with the bases loaded, thrashing the opposing team's catcher over the head with his bat. Our collective shock would only be exceeded by disappointment. No one, fan or foe, would want to a see a great player end their career in an act that speaks to the worst impulses of sports: when hard competition spills...
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 6:22am PDT
Voting Rights Peril No Longer a Hoax A mystery e-mail that made the rounds a few years ago claimed African-Americans would be kicked out of the voting booth. Sadly, that's looking less looney by the minute, writes Earl Ofari Hutchinson, a political analyst and social issues commentator and the author of "The Crisis in Black and Black" (Middle Passage Press). The Hutchinson Report can also be read at www.earlofarihutchinson.blogspot.com....
Posted: Tue, Jul 11, 2006 9:16pm PDT
Were Black ‘Terrorists’ Entrapped? PHILADELPHIA – In the language of George Orwell’s double speak, war is peace, truth is lies....
Posted: Mon, Jul 10, 2006 10:36pm PDT
Ethnic targeting in Chad by Janjawid from Sudan 
Once again, AI has heard from dozens of villagers of the horrors of attacks by the Janjawid. These ruthless, mobile fighters that in recent years have terrorized Darfur, in western Sudan, are now wrecking and depopulating villages across whole regions of eastern Chad....
Posted: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 9:15am PDT
'Wassup Rockers' A Revealing Look at Latino Punk Skateboarders A new film by the director of "Kids" looks at the lives of young Latino punk-rock skaters in Los Angeles, using the teens themselves as actors. Daffodil Altan is a writer and editor for New America Media....
Posted: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 8:26am PDT
Black security officers march for freedom from poverty Los Angeles (PRNewswire) – Hundreds of mostly Black security officers, joined by the NAACP, SCLC, elected leaders and community groups from South L.A. marched downtown on Friday to the Building Owners and Managers Association headquarters, protesting poverty conditions in the private security industry....
Posted: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 6:49am PDT
American Indian mascots harm students A University of North Dakota survey using the strict guidelines of the Institutional Review Board shows that the university’s Fighting Sioux team name and logo has real effects on students....
Posted: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 6:22am PDT
The age of the Oreo: The scary state of Black politics “Just as the slavemaster of that day used Tom, the house Negro, to keep the field Negroes in check, the same old slavemaster today has Negroes who are nothing but modern Uncle Toms, 20th Century Uncle Toms, to keep you and me in check, keep us under control, keep us passive and peaceful. The slavemaster took Tom and dressed him well, and fed him well and even gave him a little education – a little education; gave him a long coat and a top hat and made all the other slaves look up to him. Then...
Posted: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 6:17am PDT
But What About Their More Sharply Dressed Allies? Shouting Down Nazis in Olympia On July third, eleven Nazis from the National Socialist Movement held a rally here in Olympia on the steps of the Washington State Capitol. Twelve uniformed Nazis stood by a podium, secure behind a six foot hurricane fence protected by two-hundred officers from the Washington State Patrol and over one-hundred feet of secured space between them and an audience apparently only comprised of protestors and the press....
Posted: Thu, Jul 6, 2006 6:36am PDT
South Central Farm Invaded Again! Bulldozers and LAPD have re-entered the farm. Solidarity and support needed....
Posted: Wed, Jul 5, 2006 12:04pm PDT
Black Press News Digest: Jail Time Corrodes Health of Black Males America's Jails "Devastate" Black Males...
Posted: Tue, Jul 4, 2006 9:59am PDT
The True Color of Money Between 1995 and 2001, according to the Federal Reserve bank, the average family of color saw their net worth fall 7 percent to $17,000 while the average white family's net worth rose 37 percent to $120,000. Meizhu Lui is one of the co-authors of “The Color of Wealth,” and the executive director of United For a Fair Economy. Sandip Roy interviewed Lui for “UpFront,” a NAM weekly radio program on 91.7FM, San Francisco. Roy is an editor for New America Media....
Posted: Tue, Jul 4, 2006 9:55am PDT
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