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Monthly Archives: February 2009
White recession, Black depression: Let’s make racial inequality a piece of Black history
As the United States delves further into a serious long-term recession, African Americans are facing the challenge of coming from a seven-year silent recession into a depression. What the national economy is going through could decrease the Black middle class by a staggering 33 percent.
Critic of murderous Kagame regime in Rwanda killed in crash of Continental Flight 3407
The evening before Human Rights Watch expert on Rwanda Alison Des Forges' critical quote on the secret deal worked out between Rwanda's murderous U.S.-backed President Paul Kagame and Congolese President Joseph Kabila appeared in the Washington Post, Des Forges died in a the fiery crash of Continental Flight 3407.
National Public Radio, how can you get rid of News & Notes?
National Public Radio (NPR), hit by the global economic crisis, is preparing to lay off in March 2009 more than 60 staff and eliminating two major programs, one being News & Notes.
Will ‘San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Face of Israel’ be the next governor of...
In March 2008, the Jewish Community Federation arranged San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's all-expense paid junket to Israel, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel.
Wanda’s Picks for Feb. 14
Be sure to listen to the archived Wanda's Picks Radio for Feb. 11, when the guests are Cynthia McKinney in the first hour and Guy Patrice Lumumba and Lisa F. Jackson, director of the film, "The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo," in the second. Extraordinary radio! Superb mix of arts and politics!
Guadeloupe and Martinique workers call general strikes to protest economic racism
A general strike against rising living costs much higher than those in France has been in progress on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe since Jan. 20 and on Martinique since Feb. 5.
Foreclosed owners should squat in their own homes
If you're poor and the bank is coming for your home, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur has a plan for you. Just squat, she says.
The Obama-Nation
Will the Obama-Nation become an abomination if it fails to
stop the bombing of nations? From Gaza to Afghanistan, the
American people must take a stand and tell Obama to forge
a better plan to free the land.
Music over the Mall
What moved me most at the presidential inauguration was the quartet - Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma sounding a mournful dirge, shattered by Anthony McGill's light, airy clarinet, which was as triumphant as the coming of spring.
Serve as a Page in the U.S. House of Representatives
Do you know an intelligent young person who would like to serve as a Page in Congress during the Obama administration?
Please share this information...
Iconoclast Productions brings hot urban films by independent Black filmmakers who direct like the...
The San Francisco Black Independent Film Festival will be held in Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Public Library, 101 Larkin St., San Francisco, on Sunday, Feb. 15, 1-6 p.m. Admission is free.
Reject police and anti-gang funding in stimulus package
Tell Congress to reject the $5 billion in the stimulus package that would hire 13,000 more cops and fund the war on drugs and gangs.
Qaddafi elected president of African Union, vows to push for United States of Africa
The African Union summit has elected Libyan Revolution Leader Muammar Al-Qaddafi the new president of the AU. The position will give Al-Qaddafi the power to influence policies across Africa for the next year.
The Obamas and Washington, D.C., statehood
Madison suggested creating a new capital, one that would geographically be part of the South but in close proximity to the North - a capital that would allow Southerners to safely bring their human property.
Gov. Paterson, grant clemency to Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim
I trust you will carefully consider using your gubernatorial powers to grant clemency to Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim in the New York case and parole to warrant in the San Francisco case.
Oscar Grant – and YOU
Imagine this: If the roles were reversed, that is, if bystanders had footage of Grant shooting Mehserle, would the media be suggesting a defense for him? Would Grant have been free to roam, to leave the state a week later? Would he have made bail?
Investigation continues into suspicious death of Black sophomore in San Jose State frat house
"He was making plans to live, not to die." The mother of Gregory Johnson Jr., 20, questions the suicide theory posed by law enforcement officials, remembering her son as a positive, cheerful young man.
Federal judges tentatively order release of 37,000 to 58,000 California prisoners
A federal three-judge panel ruled today, Feb. 9, that overcrowding in California prisons is indeed the root cause of health care inadequacy so severe that it amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment.
The conflict in the Congo is a resource war waged by U.S. and British...
The December 2008 United Nations report is the latest in a series of U.N. reports dating from 2001 that clearly documents the systematic looting and appropriation of Congolese resources by Rwanda and Uganda, two of Washington and London's staunchest allies in Africa.
Making change real
Black America is engaged in the struggle to end AIDS like never before. That commitment, together with support from the Obama administration, could create real, lasting change in the course of this epidemic.