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McDonald's 'no-Arabic' policy at its restaurants in Israel; Employee Fired McDonald's Corporation confirmed that it has a policy banning its employees from speaking Arabic in its restaurants in Israel, despite the fact that Palestinian citizens of Israel form 20% of its workforce, and Arabic is one of the two official languages of Israel....
Posted: Sun, Mar 7, 2004 8:28am PST
Aristide Again Says He Was Kidnapped from Haiti MIAMI (Reuters) - Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide says his departure from his country was a "kidnapping" as heavily armed "white men" surrounded the National Palace, according to a statement released on Saturday....
Posted: Sat, Mar 6, 2004 11:00pm PST
Haiti: Amnesty Int list of mass murderers Amnesty International has provided a list of convicted
mass murderers overtly present in the new Haiti military
junta, or released from prison in the last few days, since
they are friends of the military junta....
Posted: Sat, Mar 6, 2004 8:26am PST
Haiti, America, and the rest of the world Haiti, America, and the rest of the world...
Posted: Fri, Mar 5, 2004 10:19am PST
Black Caucus Vows to Find Out if U.S. Engineered Coup Against Aristide We speak with actor, activist and TransAfrica chair Danny Glover about President Aristide's claims that the U.S. forced him out of office as well as Rep. Barbara Lee who says she plans to raise the issue at a meeting of the House International Relations Committee tomorrow....
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 7:28pm PST
Bush, Call Of Your Dogs! US can end the killing in Haiti it started In willful ignorance and with every bad intention, the U.S. corporate media ask the ridiculous question, Should the US intervene in Haiti, or not? The bloody answer screams back from the Haitian mountains and cities: Washington has already intervened militarily in Haiti, through its surrogates’ armed invasion from the Dominican Republic.
The Americans set loose the dogs of war, and can rein them back in – if Washington chooses. Any discussion that fails to acknowledge the U.S. role in nurt...
Posted: Fri, Feb 27, 2004 11:14pm PST
Haiti: Double standards of the "international community" Haiti is a small country. But its climaxing crisis raises big questions. The internal political mess that is both the cause and product of the uprising against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is matched by an external diplomatic mess that exposes the pretensions and double standards of the "international community"....
Posted: Fri, Feb 27, 2004 6:47pm PST
Congressional Black Caucus: Bush Must Stop Haiti Coup After President Bush rejected Haitian President Aristide's appeal for immediate security assistance from the international community, members of the Congressional Black Caucus expressed their concern at what they say is Bush's refusal to preserve the democratically elected government in Haiti. We speak with Black Caucus member Rep. Maxine Waters....
Posted: Thu, Feb 26, 2004 6:15pm PST
Renowned Haitian Journalist Michele Montas Discusses Haiti Award-winning Haitian journalist Michele Montas fled Haiti last year after her bodyguard was killed and continued threats against her forced her close her radio station and leave the country four years after her husband, Jean Dominique, was assassinated....
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 10:14am PST
Anti-immigration bigots trying to take over the Sierra Club "Anti-immigration candidates trying to take over the Sierra Club's governing board have filed a lawsuit against the national environmental organization, alleging that its leaders are breaking state law by using club money and resources to oppose them in upcoming board elections."
-- Los Angeles Times, February 11, 2004...
Posted: Fri, Feb 20, 2004 9:58am PST
TransAfrica Statement On Haiti Now the Bush administration is implying that it is time for President Aristide to leave, while at the same time having Secretary of State Powell state that a coup would not be acceptable. One gets the feeling of a good cop/bad cop scenario. None of this should come as a surprise to us in light of world events as well as the policy and practice of hostility by this administration toward President Aristide since the beginning....
Posted: Thu, Feb 19, 2004 9:15am PST
Peltier's Reaction to Kamook and the Arlo Looking Cloud Trial The Arlo Looking Cloud trial was nothing more than an indirect presentation of another Myrtle Poorbear to discredit AIM and myself, and to extradite John Graham. I am an innocent man....
Posted: Wed, Feb 11, 2004 9:30pm PST
Haiti siege claims more lives Violence is continuing in Haiti with anti-government rebels saying they have killed 14 policemen in fresh fighting for control of the city of Gonaives....
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 5:16pm PST
British TV Actress Speaks Out Against Racism and Fascism (video/x-pn-realvideo 20.6MB) Om 15th January 2004, British TV Actress Julie Hesmondhalgh spoke out against the fascist British National Party on the platform of Manchester Against Racism....
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 8:16am PST
Manchester Community Choir Sings at Anti-Racist Rally (video/x-pn-realvideo 19.6MB) The wonderful Manchester Community Choir singing two songs at the huge Manchester Against Racism rally on 15th January in Manchester, Town Hall, UK....
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2004 9:19am PST
1/21 Fanmi Lavalas supporters demonstrate in support of Aristide Hundreds of thousands of Fanmi Lavalas supporters demonstrate in support of
peace, education and respect for the mandate of President Aristide...
Posted: Sat, Jan 24, 2004 12:48am PST
Funeral for Killed Protestor, as protests continue in Haiti Port-au-Prince, January 22, 2004 -(AHP)-The funeral of Louvoi Petit, the Lavalas activist who died as a result of torture at the hands of demonstrators from the political coalition of the 184 will be held Friday....
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2004 10:39am PST
Racial divide widens since Dr. King’s death 
“There is nothing new about poverty. What is new is that we now have the techniques and the resources to get rid of poverty. The real question is whether we have the will.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
Posted: Wed, Jan 21, 2004 4:56pm PST
Fresh clashes in Haitian capital Police have fired tear gas in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince in fresh clashes with anti-government demonstrations on Monday....
Posted: Mon, Jan 19, 2004 7:27pm PST
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