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Muslim pilot reveals shock at being ordered off flight A British Muslim airline pilot yesterday described the "humiliating" moment when he was hauled off a transatlantic flight just before take-off....
Posted: Tue, Aug 22, 2006 9:46am PDT
KATRINA COMMEMORATION EVENTS, UPCOMING! > GREAT FLOOD COMMEMORATION EVENTS: ONE YEAR LATER
> Take time to honor and remember our dead. Fight for the right to
> return for all those still displaced. Stop the Ethnic Cleansing of New
> Orleans....
Posted: Mon, Aug 21, 2006 3:03pm PDT
Iraqi Peace Activist Forced to Change T-Shirt Bearing Arabic Script Before Boarding Plane On a trip back from the Middle East, Iraqi blogger and activist Raed Jarrar was not allowed to board a flight at JFK airport because he was wearing a T-Shirt that said "We will not be silent" in English and Arabic. Representatives of Jet Blue Airways forced him to change his T-Shirt saying wearing it was like "going to a bank with a T-Shirt reading 'I am a robber.'"...
Posted: Mon, Aug 21, 2006 7:06am PDT
Raed Jarrar: back from the mideast, told to change shirt at US airport I just came back from a short trip to Jordan and Syria. The trip to Syria was so fast, but I managed to visit some Lebanese refugee camps. I am so impressed by the Syrian people's generosity in receiving Lebanese refugees. The Syrian government didn't even have to send food or supplies to the refugees because of the overwhelming grassroots support. When I was in the school/refugee camp, many neighbors were walking in with food and clothes. Neighbors donated mattresses, TVs, satellites, money,...
Posted: Sun, Aug 20, 2006 9:11pm PDT
We Felt Second-class: American Lebanese WASHINGTON — Long days after their evacuation from war-battered Lebanon, many American Lebanese still remember with bitterness not just a horrifying experience but how they were left to fall pray to the Israeli destruction machine....
Posted: Sun, Aug 20, 2006 9:55am PDT
The Fight for Immigrant Rights and Black Liberation YWCA, 1515 Webster St. (at 15th St.), Oakland
(2 blocks from the 12th Street/City Center BART station)...
Event Date: Sat, Sep 23, 2006 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 18, 2006 7:08pm PDT
The Aloha Festival - the Presidio of San Francisco The Aloha Festival started 12 years ago at the Presidio of San Francisco. Since its start it has drawn thousands of people from all over to attend this 2 day festival every single year. The festival is held the first week of August - the week end Saturday and Sunday....
Posted: Fri, Aug 18, 2006 2:46pm PDT
Voices from The African-American Community: Is Anyone Listening? Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
1735 Enterprise Dr. #3
Fairfield, CA, 94533
707-557-8622
http://mountcalvarychurch.org...
Event Date: Fri, Sep 8, 2006 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 18, 2006 2:26pm PDT
African-American Groups Call on Black America to Renew Efforts to Fight HIV and Homophobia The NAACP, National Urban League and other civil rights groups have launched a major new effort to fight AIDS and homophobia within the African-American community. We speak with the executive director of the Black AIDS Institute that is spearheading the initiative....
Posted: Thu, Aug 17, 2006 8:15am PDT
Victoria Gray Adams 1926-2006: Civil Rights Pioneer Dies At 73 Civil rights pioneer Victoria Gray Adams has died at the age of 73. She was the co-founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party along with Fannie Lou Hamer and Annie Devine. We play an excerpt of the documentary "Standing On My Sisters Shoulders" that chronicles the vital role played by women from Mississippi in the civil rights movement....
Posted: Wed, Aug 16, 2006 7:48am PDT
Sen. Biden Lands in Hot Water with Remarks About Indians and 7-11 NEW YORK: Weeks after Senator Joseph Biden (D-Delaware) made seemingly stereotypical remarks linking Indian Americans to 7-11 and Dunkin' Donuts stores the debate over his "gaffe" is yet to die down in the community....
Posted: Tue, Aug 15, 2006 12:18pm PDT
Interview with Jurgen Moltmann (80) Hope is a power in this life to begin life again, to be reborn in an affirmation of life from deep depression.. Hope continues like a star over our life.. We developed political theology to break through this prison `religion is a private matter'....
Posted: Tue, Aug 15, 2006 5:01am PDT
Man Holds Sign Mocking Islam Outside Muslim Candidate's Home BALTIMORE -- A Muslim candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates was targeted by a protester who held a sign reading "Islam sucks" and wore a T-shirt with the slogan, "This mind is an Allah-free zone."...
Posted: Sun, Aug 13, 2006 9:52pm PDT
Racism and the Collective Unconscious Grand Lake Neighborhood Center
530 Lake Park Avenue, Oakland...
Event Date: Tue, Aug 15, 2006 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Aug 13, 2006 4:06am PDT
WHAT 39% OF ALL AMERICANS WANT FOR MUSLIMS Americans admit to favoring IDs and other restrictions for Muslims...
Posted: Sat, Aug 12, 2006 11:23pm PDT
SF Voice For Israel Sounds Like Old Fashioned Racism And Bigotry 
At the August 12th protest against the destruction of Lebanon, hundreds of pro-Israel protesters showed up to try to chant down the anti-war speakers. While some signs called for peace, many were extremely racist or called for more killing....
Posted: Sat, Aug 12, 2006 5:55pm PDT
Two more dead in the Bayview Hunters Point area in broad daylight Two more dead in broad daylight in the Bayview right on 3rd Street. In the morning you see foot patrol for a few hours but then they take a hike. Two young men dead because of turf war and this brings the total to 58. The SF Police Department and the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) under Allen Nance must reveal the name of the dead so far on the MOCJ website. The MOCJ has been talking the talk but cannot walk the walk....
Posted: Sat, Aug 12, 2006 9:22am PDT
Sikh Grandfather Stabbed in Hate Crime A Santa Clara Sikh man was the victim of a July 30 stabbing that authorities allege was a hate crime. The incident comes on the heels of a recent spike in hate crimes in the surrounding areas of this San Francisco Bay Area county. On average, five hate crimes are reported each month in Santa Clara County, but 13 such crimes were reported in June, according to the local Network for a Hate-Free Community....
Posted: Sat, Aug 12, 2006 8:57am PDT
California State Fair ~ A friendly reminder 
Business as usual showcasing California Agribusiness, a friendly reminder. 2007 Farm Bill should reflect a shared responsibility to embrace a "solutions based" notion of racial justice....
Posted: Fri, Aug 11, 2006 9:17pm PDT
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