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CAIR Condemns House Adoption of Misleading Antisemitism Awareness Act
May 1, 2024 - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, tonight condemned members of the U.S. House of Representatives who voted hours ago to approve a one-sided, and dishonest proposal about campus antisemitism that ignored anti-Palestinian racism and conflates criticism of the Israeli government with antisemitism....
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 11:06am PDT
ACLU Condemns House Passage of Dangerous Bill That Would Chill Free Speech
This Bill Would Falsely Equate Criticism of Israel with Antisemitic Discrimination...
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 10:55am PDT
Commemorate the Frontier Wars with us this Anzac Day
Ghillar, Michael Anderson, Convenor of the Sovereign Union, last surviving member of the founding four of the Aboriginal Embassy and Head of State of the Euahlayi Peoples Republic explains the profound importance of commemorating the Frontier Wars and the need to bury and memorialise the dead before we can go forward....
Posted: Sat, Apr 20, 2024 4:13am PDT
Kansas At last Allows Removal of Racist Property Covenants
At long last, on April 5, the Kansas state legislature passed HB 2562 by a vote of 123 to 0. The bill includes a provision concerning racial covenants attached to property documents allowing property owners for a fee to “… release such covenants from their property by recording a certificate of release of prohibited covenants with the Register of Deeds.” Governor Laura Kelly approved and signed the bill into law on April 19....
Posted: Fri, Apr 19, 2024 5:37pm PDT
Indigenous Youths and Women Leading U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Indigenous Youths and Women led the opening day of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, as it began its two week session at the U.N. in New York. The defense of Mother Earth was the focus of testimony. Mining companies continue their violence while seizing Indigenous Peoples land and water globally in the name of "transitional energy" projects....
Posted: Tue, Apr 16, 2024 1:06pm PDT
Ecuador: CONAIE convoca a construir movimiento internacional contra el extractivismo
Ecuador: CONAIE convoca a construir movimiento internacional contra el extractivismo...
Posted: Sat, Apr 13, 2024 3:46am PDT
Australian Lithium Company and Navajo Enterprise Plan to Mine Hualapai Ceremonial Site
Australia's Arizona Lithium plans to mine lithium in Hualapai's ceremonial place, and a Navajo Nation enterprise signed an agreement in March to operate the lithium mine for the Australian company. This includes securing the permits, drilling, and poisoning the water, in violation of federal laws, at Hualapai's sacred spring, where Hualapai have offered their prayers since time immemorial....
Posted: Fri, Apr 12, 2024 9:06am PDT
2024 California Juneteenth an ongoing "Journey From Slavery to Freedom"
On July 2002, Governor Gray Davis signed Assembly Bill 1749 (AB1749) into state law, observing every third Saturday in June as Juneteenth National Freedom Day for the State of California. This bill was amended in 2003, and is now recorded in legislation under Senate Bill 812 (SB812). AB1749 was authored by Juneteenth America, Inc. and sponsored by Assemblymember John Longville (Rialto-D), the journey continues......
Posted: Sat, Apr 6, 2024 11:23am PDT
California Private Employers Can Choose Whether to Observe/Pay for Juneteenth Holiday
Juneteenth is a fixed Federal Holiday, yet in California confusion reigns supreme as California Juneteenth laws remain cloaked in mystery as California Reparations bills take center stage....
Posted: Fri, Mar 22, 2024 4:11pm PDT
Blanket of Surveillance Over Standing Rock Water Protectors Revealed in Federal Court Case
Censored News takes an in-depth look at the depositions of FBI agents, BIA law enforcement, and U.S. Marshals in the current federal lawsuit, North Dakota v. U.S. The depositions reveal that the FBI had cameras on site, the BIA had a mobile command center at Standing Rock's Prairie Knights casino, and narcotics officers were hanging out at the casino to gather intelligence about the camps....
Posted: Thu, Mar 21, 2024 10:02am PDT
Prominent Jewish Americans Condemn AIPAC Effort to 'Dominate' US Primaries
"AIPAC is an essential link in the chain that holds in place the unbearable tragedy of Israel/Palestine."
More than 100 prominent Jewish Americans signed a statement released Wednesday condemning the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's increasingly aggressive interventions in U.S. elections, particularly Democratic Party primaries in which the powerful lobbying group is spending big to unseat progressives....
Posted: Wed, Mar 20, 2024 4:24pm PDT
2024 African New Year Day - 175th Anniversary of our California Gold Mining District
The Dendera Solar Calendar is the oldest Zodiac in the world. It was originally in the ceiling of a small chapel atop a temple outside the town of Dendera in Kemet. (Classical Ancient Egypt) It has been dated to 30 BCE and is now housed in the Louvre in Paris, France. The ancient Kemetic (Egyptian) Dendera Solar Calendar included a year of 365 days. California Pioneers of Pan African Ancestry showcased the possibilities (1840-1875) as the dawn of a new Golden Age has begun....
Posted: Mon, Mar 18, 2024 6:21pm PDT
Chicago Muslim, Palestinian Groups Refuse White House Meeting Due to Gaza Genocide
CONTACT: Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of CAIR Chicago, 202-870-0166, arehab@cair.com; Tarek Khalil (708) 369-7753; Dr. Deena Kishawi (773) 501-7094; Dr. Joehar Hamdan (708) 307-2451; Deanna Othman (773) 510-8011...
Posted: Fri, Mar 15, 2024 5:43am PDT
Palestina y los bienes comunes: la Musha’a
Palestina y los bienes comunes: la Musha’a...
Posted: Sun, Mar 10, 2024 1:05pm PDT
Fruit Festivals - CA Black Agriculture Women's Fundraising - Political Activism
Early California Black Churches played a central role not only in the Colored Convention Movement but in Black women’s fundraising and organizing efforts in general. By holding events like the “Fruit Festival,” as well as picnics and fairs, Black women raised funds to build, buy, and sustain churches. Once such churches were established, they also served as channels through which Black women organized and participated in philanthropy and political activism involving fundraising....
Posted: Sun, Mar 10, 2024 12:40pm PDT
Nuclear Holocaust in Indian Country: Natives Testify Before Inter-American Commission
Navajo, White Mesa Ute, Havasuapai, Northern Arapaho and Oglala Lakota testified before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, revealing the nuclear holocaust in Indian country, of uranium mining, scattered radioactive waste, and deadly uranium mills poisoning the aquifers and land of Native people. They countered the claims by the EPA, BIA and Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials that claimed they were abiding by U.S. federal laws requiring consultation, upholding Treaties and sa...
Posted: Wed, Mar 6, 2024 9:26am PST
Uber CEO's Racist Rhetoric
Please Help Petition Austin's Mayor and the Organizers of South by Southwest to Cancel Uber CEO Dara's Talk...
Posted: Sat, Mar 2, 2024 8:41pm PST
Colombia_CRIC 53 años: Toda una vida de lucha y resistencia
Colombia_CRIC 53 años: Toda una vida de lucha y resistencia...
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2024 5:37am PST
Ecogenocidio: la extinción por goteo
Ecogenocidio: la extinción por goteo...
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2024 4:51am PST
México: La guerra contra los pueblos indígenas
México: La guerra contra los pueblos indígenas...
Posted: Fri, Feb 16, 2024 5:59am PST