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Far-right prospects in the European elections 
Elections affecting 500 million people in 27 EU member states will be held from 4-7 June to fill 736 seats in the European Parliament. That is two more countries than at the last election in 2004, because of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania.
Member states employ a variety of voting systems so making predictions of the outcome is difficult, particularly as the electorate has become more volatile in some countries as a result of internal political factors....
Posted: Thu, May 28, 2009 10:40am PDT
Jews of color demonstrate the denial of resources and money to Mizrahi culture in Israel 
On wednesday, May 27, members of "Achoti" (my sister), a feminist organization representing jews of color (Mizrahim-Jews who emigrated from Arab countries) and members of the Democratic Mizrahi Rainbow, came to the Jerusalem Theater to demonstrate a convention about culture in Israel. The activists held signs that looked like bank checks with names of cultural institutions and the amount of money given to each. One check (in the picture below), addressed to "Mizrahi culture" had no money on i...
Posted: Wed, May 27, 2009 11:22am PDT
Obama Nominee Sonia Sotomayor Poised to Become First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice Wednesday, May 27, 2009 :President Obama has nominated federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, putting her in line to become the country's first Hispanic justice. The 54-year old Sotomayor is the daughter of Puerto Rican parents who was raised in a public housing project in the Bronx. We host a roundtable with Marjorie Cohn of the National Lawyers Guild, attorney and SCOTUS blog founder Tom Goldstein, Cesar Perales of General Counsel of Latino Justice, Juan Manuel Ga...
Posted: Wed, May 27, 2009 7:24am PDT
NOW Cheers President Obama's Reported Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court Tuesday, May 26, 2009 :http://www.now.org/press/05-09/05-26.htmlThis morning we will celebrate, and this afternoon NOW will launch our "Confirm Her" campaign to ensure the swift confirmation of the next Supreme Court Justice....
Posted: Tue, May 26, 2009 7:38am PDT
Support Parole for Leonard Peltier - Hearing 7/27 Leonard Peltier's first full parole hearing was held in 1993, at
which time his case was continued for a 15-year reconsideration. On
Wednesday, it was announced (in Portland, OR) that Mr. Peltier has
recently applied for and been granted a parole hearing. The hearing
is scheduled for July 27, 2009. All supporters are encouraged to
step up their efforts in support of parole for Leonard Peltier....
Posted: Sun, May 24, 2009 1:41pm PDT
Call-in: Uhuru Foods denied ability to raise resources at Maker Faire 
Uhuru Foods contract to have a food booth at Maker Faire, was cancelled abruptly on Friday, May 22nd, with no justification given. Uhuru Foods is calling on all freedom loving people around the world to defend the rights of the African community, and the right of Uhuru Foods to raise resources and do outreach in solidarity with African self-determination. Demand that this anti-black decision be rescinded immediately....
Posted: Sat, May 23, 2009 9:07am PDT
Special Live Broadcast of National African Liberation Day Conference on Uhuru Radio! Tune in to www.UhuruRadio.com this Saturday and Sunday from 6am-3pm Pacific (9am-6pm Eastern) each day for a live broadcast of the African Socialist International North America Regional Conference in Washington, DC. The event marks African Liberation Day with the theme, One Africa, One Nation: Separated by Colonial Slavery, Reunited by Revolutionary Resistance....
Posted: Fri, May 22, 2009 7:48pm PDT
May 22-24 African Liberation Day Events
in Washington, DC 
This weekend Africans from across the U.S. and Canada will converge on Washington, DC while Africans across Europe gather in Manchester, England for simultaneous conferences recognizing African Liberation Day with the theme, “One Africa, One Nation: Separated by Colonial Slavery, Reunited by Revolutionary Resistance!”...
Posted: Thu, May 21, 2009 12:27pm PDT
Global Day of Action Held To Demand New Trial For Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis Tuesday, May 19, 2009 :Events are being held across the country today to demand a new trial for the Georgia death row prisoner Troy Anthony Davis. Davis, an African-American, was convicted for the 1989 killing of a white police officer. Since the trial, seven of the nine non-police witnesses have recanted their testimony. There is also no direct physical evidence tying Davis to the crime scene. A 30-day stay of execution expired on Saturday following last month's decision by a federal appeals...
Posted: Tue, May 19, 2009 7:26am PDT
"Open The Gates That The Righteous Nation May Enter": Rumsfeld Used Biblical Quotes In Top-Secret Iraq War Briefing Tuesday, May 19, 2009 :GQ Magazine has revealed former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld repeatedly gave President Bush top-secret briefings adorned with Biblical quotes during the early days of the invasion of Iraq. One briefing paper showed an image of a US soldier in Baghdad below the Biblical quote: "Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed."...
Posted: Tue, May 19, 2009 7:24am PDT
A note on Solidarity Brothers and sisters,
I am an ஈழம் தமிழர் -- For those of you who don't know, that means that I am Tamil by ethnicity; and that my roots are unshakably and unmistakably planted in the Northern land of the country called Sri Lanka. I have to say this -- over and over -- because like in Palestine, there are droves of people who claim that I do not exist, that my people are not indigenous to the land that we have lived on for centuries, that they have a legitimate claim -- moreover, a religious...
Posted: Tue, May 12, 2009 10:09pm PDT
Obama and the denial of genocide Writer-activist David Boyajian’s investigative articles and commentaries have appeared in Armenian media outlets in the U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Armenia and the Newton Tab and USA Armenian Life newspapers named him among their "Top 10 Newsmakers of 2007." So, when Barack Obama paid a visit to Turkey last month, it seemed like a good time to ask Boyajian for his take on the new president's approach to the issue of the Armenian genocide....
Posted: Tue, May 12, 2009 6:44pm PDT
T4CW 4.13.09: AIM-West Member on Indian Mascots and Carpenteria Racism (audio/mpeg 27.4MB) Teachers for Class war spoke with Mark from the American Indian Movement (AIM West) about the struggle in Carpenteria over a racist mascot at the local hospital....
Posted: Mon, May 11, 2009 6:10pm PDT
Beat the Fascists wherever you meet them! 
Communiqué from the 7th of May about the big nazi rallies in Germany from the 1st of May 2008 to the 1st of May 2009...
Posted: Sat, May 9, 2009 4:05pm PDT
Barrick Gold's Pascua Lama project denounced as illegal 
Legal experts and community leaders point to illegal approval process and lack of social license....
Posted: Thu, May 7, 2009 5:45pm PDT
Interview with Barbara Ramsby on Ella Baker (audio/mpeg 7.6MB) Julietta Kusnir and Lisa Dettmer speak with scholar and activist Barbara Ramsby about the legacy of Ella Baker, gender and the civil rights movement. Audio clip: 20 minutes....
Posted: Mon, May 4, 2009 11:25pm PDT
Open Letter to the Labor Research Association: Don’t Honor Israeli Apartheid 
As head of the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC), Stuart Appelbaum leads the witch-hunt against labor bodies in South Africa and around the world that support Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid....
Posted: Mon, May 4, 2009 3:31pm PDT
The Angola Three: Torture in Our Own Backyard 
Together, Robert King, Albert Woodfox, and Herman Wallace have spent more than 100 years in solitary confinement. They are known as the "Angola Three," a trio of political prisoners whose supporters include Amnesty International, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Congressman John Conyers, and the ACLU. Kgalema Mothlante, the President of South Africa says their case "has the potential of laying bare, exposing the shortcomings, in the entire U.S. system." (SPANISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATION INCLUDED)...
Posted: Sat, May 2, 2009 11:14am PDT
The Unseen Hand of Power Brokers—still a danger to black farmers—and others, too The unseen hand of power brokers continues to taint the Farm Service Agency, as bigotry toward minority and women employees and farners continues, despite countless congressional hearings and lawsuits....
Posted: Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:55pm PDT
Obama Follows the ADL Line on the Armenian Genocide The two faces of Obama....
Posted: Fri, Apr 24, 2009 6:31pm PDT
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