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The Case of the Toronto 17: Has Racism Invaded Canada? This has been a good week to be in Canada--or an awful week, depending on your point of view--to understand just how irretrievably biased and potentially racist the Canadian press has become. For, after the arrest of 17 Canadian Muslims on "terrorism" charges, the Toronto Globe and Mail and, to a slightly lesser extent, the National Post, have indulged in an orgy of finger-pointing that must reduce the chances of any fair trial and, at the same time, sow fear in the hearts of the country's mo...
Posted: Mon, Jun 12, 2006 10:42pm PDT
Chronic ill-health in Australia’s Aboriginal prison population During the past weeks, since Alice Springs Crown Prosecutor, Nannette Rogers, made allegations on national television about widespread child sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities, Australian politicians and the media have stepped up demands for repressive measures against Aboriginal people....
Posted: Mon, Jun 12, 2006 7:04am PDT
African People's Solidarity Day Campaign Meeting Upaya Center, 478 Santa Clara Ave (at Grand Ave) Oakland...
Event Date: Mon, Jun 12, 2006 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Jun 11, 2006 11:30pm PDT
Black Churches Fail The Youth When It Comes To Black Youth And Violence In The Bayview Our Black youth are being killed in the Bayview Hunters Point and the Black Church have NOT steped up to the plate to do the right thing. Often times in the Bayview you will hear Black Pators scream and shout but nothing more and nothing less. At one time the Black Pastors were a force to be reckoned with - no more. Today, most of them are on the take and play second fiddle to those issues that really affect the community - the Black on Black killing in one of them....
Posted: Sun, Jun 11, 2006 4:14pm PDT
Putting N-Word on Trial Again Is Empty Activism More important issues should fire up activism in the black community than the unnerving endurance of one vile expletive, says the writer. Earl Ofari Hutchinson is 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 http://www.earlofarihutchinson.blogspot.com....
Posted: Sun, Jun 11, 2006 3:26pm PDT
California Juneteenth ~ Historic Folsom 
Historic Folsom is the site for authentic California History 1845-1865. What was the role of people of African Ancestry in early California? Will our Governor follow the legal requirement to recognize our contributions to the foward flow of humanity?
Should the story of early Black Pioneers in California be officially recognized by the State of California?...
Posted: Thu, Jun 8, 2006 6:39pm PDT
AIDS Fades from White to Black NEW YORK --When a strange disease, later known as AIDS, was first detected at UCLA 25 years ago, it was difficult to get African-Americans interested in what was largely dismissed as ''White gay disease.''...
Posted: Thu, Jun 8, 2006 6:17am PDT
Surprising Denton (video/quicktime 32.7MB) Students and workers fighting for diversity at UC Santa Cruz silently gather outside a meeting with Chancellor Denton inside and surprise her...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 4:13pm PDT
Australia: Riot squad called to shut down Aboriginal community The increasingly vicious resort by both federal and state governments in Australia to police repression to deal with deep-rooted social deprivation in Aboriginal communities was on display in a chilling riot squad operation last month....
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 6:43am PDT
UCSC Charged With Disadvantaging Students, Faculty and Workers of Color 
On June 6th, UC Santa Cruz students and workers held multiple rallies and confronted Chancellor Denice Denton to demand affirmative diversity on campus. Workers and students are charging UCSC with active institutional racism and sexism by sustaining hidden systematic policies and practices that have the effect of disadvantaging students, faculty and workers of color. Affirmative diversity means actively working against the status quo of institutional racism and sexism at UCSC. The Diversity C...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 1:43am PDT
Anglo students attack migrant youth in Vacaville Ms. Luz Cardona, a Migrant Education youth counselor
at Vaca High in Vacaville, reported this week that
sometime on Friday (June 2) afternoon a 16 year-old
migrant youth was beaten while in the bathroom
severely enough to be attended by a physician, by some
six anglo youths....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 10:18pm PDT
Recruiting Lives. Student documentary About Military Recruitment. (video/mpeg 27.6MB) This is a short documentary about military recruitment and counter-recruitment in colleges and high schools. About 6.5 minutes long in MP4 (QuickTime)....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 8:13pm PDT
Affirmative Diversity Talking Points STUDENTS AND WORKERS RALLY TO DEMAND AFFIRMATIVE DIVERSITY!...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 8:05pm PDT
Students and Workers Rally to Demand Affirmative Diversity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 5, 2006...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 6:17pm PDT
TRUDELL, the documantary TRUDELL, the documentary was released on DVD this week. The film, which premiered at Sundance, is about Native American poet and activist John Trudell who was the leader of the American Indian Movement during the 1970's....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 10:05am PDT
Blame Affirmative Action's Demise for Black Student Drop-Off The gutting of affirmative action programs at many U.S. universities has resulted in a sharp decline in black enrollment. Earl Ofari Hutchinson is 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 http://www.earlofarihutchinson.blogspot.com....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 8:59am PDT
India’s Supreme Court intervenes in caste-reservation controversy India’s Supreme Court has intervened in the controversy over the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government’s plans to expand caste-based reservations (mandatory affirmative action programs) at the country’s premier universities and professional institutes, saying the issue “requires judicial review.”...
Posted: Sat, Jun 3, 2006 11:29am PDT
Stop Racism In Media! Stop illegal Activities by Mother Jones Ad Reps! 
Please help Stop those with no ethics! Stop Racism In Media! Sign the Petition! 62,000 strong and growing! Please Help Stop illegal Activities by Mother Jones Ad Reps! Boycott Mother Jones!...
Posted: Fri, Jun 2, 2006 2:21pm PDT
What's behind the Hate Barry Brigade? May 19 - As Barry Bonds attempts to break baseball's all-time home run records, he has been subject to an unprecedented amount of vitriol both in the press and from fans....
Posted: Fri, Jun 2, 2006 6:29am PDT
Shrill Rhetoric on Illegal Immigration Won't Help Unemployed Blacks Studies show that industries with many black workers are often the same trades that hire many undocumented immigrants. But when some blacks conclude that those immigrants take away their jobs, they go too far, writes Earl Ofari Hutchinson, a political analyst and social issues commentator and the author of "The Crisis in Black and Black" (Middle Passage Press)....
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2006 9:30am PDT
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