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(What a mouthfull...) Pity for Poor Africans (1788) William Cowper I own I am shock'd at the purchase of slaves, And fear those who buy them and sell them are knaves; What I hear of thcir hardships, their tortures, and groans Is almost enough to draw pity from stones. I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, For how could we do without sugar and rum? Especially sugar, so needful we see? What? give up our desserts, our coffee, and tea! Besides, if we do, the French, Dutch, and Danes, Will heartily thank us, no doubt, for our pains; If we do not buy the poor creatures, they will, And tortures and groans will be multiplied still…
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Independence Day for Native America By Helen Oliff | Published: July 4, 2011 The Fourth of July holiday inspires feelings of patriotism and freedom for many Americans. We tend to celebrate it with barbecues, picnics, and family gatherings over the long weekend. And thousands of people continue to leave their homelands to come to “the land of the free and the home of the brave” to live out the American dream. Do we ever stop to think how Independence Day might be for Native Americans? Indigenous peoples lived here free and independent for thousands of years before the United States of America was founded in 1776. This audio clip by American Public Mediacalled “…
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(**This speech was delivered in 1866 by Georgia Senator. Henry McNeal Turner. What a rare politician. This was in 1866... Who among black politicians in 2012 has the testicular fortitude to deliver such a speech AND mean that thing?**) 1868) Rev. Henry McNeal Turner, “I Claim the Rights of a Man” African Methodist Episcopal minister and later Bishop Henry McNeal Turner emerged immediately after the Civil War as one of the most ardent defenders of African Ameriacn rights. Turner was also among the first group of Reconstruction-era African American elected officials. In July 1868, Turner was among the two state senators and twenty-five black Republican state repre…
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AS THE 4TH OF JULY APPROACHES,I OBSERVE HOW BLACK PEOPLE ARE STILL CONFINED AND DETAINED...BLACK PEOPLE SELF ENSLAVED BY DRUG ADDICTION, SEX AND GANG VIOLENCE..DRUG USERS AND SELLERS HAVE BLACK COMMUNITIES CONFINED AND ENSLAVED.AFTER CAUGHT FOR HAVING DRUGS, BLACK PEOPLE CONFINED TO A CELL....SEX ,, KNOWING OF AIDS-HIV VIRUS, BLACK PEOPLE ARE ADDICTED WITH SEX, IGNORING THE RISK OF GETTING AIDS..BLACK MEN HAVING CHILDREN THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT,BLACK WOMEN WANTING THOSE KND OF MEN....SOME BLACK PEOPLE THINK LEADRS HAVE US ON PLANTATIONS, THEY ARE OVERSEER'S PROFITING OFF THERE OWN PEOPLE...IF BLACK PEOPLE EMBRACE THE KWANZAA PRINCIPLES, EMPHASIS …
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Reflections on Gil Scott-Heron By Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali We do what we do and how we do because of you. And to those that don’t know, tip your hat with a hand over your heart and recognize.” This is how Chuck D of Public Enemy summed up Gil Scott-Heron . Scott-Heron’s musical career spanned five decades; he released twenty albums, and many seminal singles. He was a key figure in the creation of spoken word poetry and many maintain he is the “Godfather of Rap.” However, he never referred to himself in that manner. His socially conscious work has been described as, “savagely satirical, and disarmingly tenderhearted.” His death on Ma…
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The Senecas, members of the Iroquois Confederacy, fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution. Red Jacket, also known as Sagoyewatha, was a chief and orator born in eastern New York; he derived his English name from his habit of wearing many red coats provided to him by his British allies. After the hostilities, as the British ceded their territories to the Americans, the Senecas and many other Indian peoples faced enormous pressure on their homelands. Red Jacket was a critical mediator in relations between the new U.S. government and the Senecas; he led a delegation that met with George Washington in 1792, when he received a peace medal that appeared in …
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Couldn't resist posting this. Of course, Democrats will get my vote by default. I can't stand Republicans.
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In Mexico and Peru Professor Gates explores the almost unknown history of the significant numbers of black people—the two countries together received far more slaves than did the United States —brought to these countries as early as the 16th and 17th centuries, and the worlds of culture that their descendants have created in Vera Cruz on the Gulf of Mexico, the Costa Chica region on the Pacific, and in and around Lima, Peru. Watch full episode. Another Louis Gates documentary: Also, Dr. Ivan van Sertima, author of "They Came Before Columbus" (about African Presence in Ancient America) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nceKy72vV0
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PLEASE turn the volume down on your computers the first time you view this. What do you see? Then view it again. Do you see anything different now?
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"Cuba was always represented as a black child." I'm not a big fan of Louis Gates Jr., but this documentary actually tells much more about Cuba from the days of slavery to the days of the Cuban revolution than what is usually told.It even shows how the United States tried to import American style apartheid to Cuba. It goes into how Europeans were imported to Cuba to "whiten" Cuba. It talks about how the battleship was sent to Cuba to protect American interests long before Castro. It goes into the many years of American intervention, how America's colonialism replaced Spain's colonialism in America. The United States of America tried to impose a Jim Crow state in Cub…
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How American Antiwar and Solidarity Movements in 60s Impeded an Effective Invasion of Cuba Fair Play for Cuba and the Cuban Revolution by BILL SIMPICH July 26, Cuba’s most important holiday, is the commemorative date in 1953 when Castro and his forces unsuccessfully stormed the government stockade at Moncada and ignited the Cuban revolution. On a day like today, it should be noted that Americans made a successful Cuban invasion impossible with a campaign of determined resistance. Antiwar and solidarity activists came together to protect the Cuban revolution during the era of 1960-1963 – the era of the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban missile crisis, and the JFK as…
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“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Frederick Douglass on 5 July 1852 Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens: He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more shrinkingly, nor with greater distrust of my ability, than I do this day. A feeling has crept over me, quite unfavorable to the exercise of my limited powers of speech. The task before me is one which requires much previous thought and study for its proper performance. I know that apologies of this sort are generally considered flat and unmeaning. I trust, however, tha…
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The irony in the prayer, speeches, remarks given (and even the selection of the people giving these) during this event is endless. I wonder if anyone else will notice. Anyway, these African American men fought their hearts out in World War II for a nation that would not even allow them to fight without being in segregated units (and often only in roles of servitude). Ut;s 2012 and these men are just being honored. Why is that? Not so much why are they being honored and not even why are they just now being honored, but I mean...why now? Anyway, check the full program out here: http://www.c-span.org/Events/Nations-First-African-American-Marines-Receive-Con…
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"Belly full but dem starvin, have a lot but still wantin" -Garnett Silk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEMQKs_v6II
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"Obama-care"... Is it just me or not including the "solid right") are relatively few people talking about the court's decision (re: the constitutionality of the aforementioned/provisions/stipulations)?
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NEWS SAYS, 17 DEMOCRATS SUPPORTING REPUBLICANS ATTACKING U. S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER. I ASSUME THE DEMOCRATS ARE WHITE.. THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS , MEXICAN GUNS.I HEARD ON THE NEWS THIS WAS A REALITY WHEN BUSH WAS THE PRESIDENT.. THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE PRESIDENT OBAMA A ANGRY BLACK MAN TO THE EYES OF THE WHITE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA.........THEY ARE OBSESSED WITH GETTING HIM OUT THE WHITE HOUSE....
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IN 1909 I THINK, BLACK AMERICAN MATTHEW A. HENSON ACCOMPANIED EXPLORER ROBERT PEARY ON A U.S. EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH POLE.IN APRIL 1909..IN 2000,NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY IN POSTHUMOUSLY , GAVE A THEIR HIGHEST HONOR A HUBBARD AWARD MEDAL TO HENSON..HIS GREAT NIECE ACCEPTED THE AWARD FOR HIM..MATTHEW HENSON EARTH CONSERVATORY CENTER IN WASHINGTON D.C.///.MORE BLACK HISTORY LESS RICH AND FAMOUS .......THOSE WHO SLITHER THEMSELVES ON STAGE TO GET AWARDS BUT DO NOT MARCH AND PROTEST,IF NOT FOR THAT YEARS AGO THEY WOULD NOT BE WHERE THEY ARE HAVE THE MILIONS THEY HAVE....WE SHOULD PROTEST THE AWARD SHOWS......NAACP,ESSENCE AND TRUMPET.../
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I SEE ON TV PREVIEWS OPRAH WILL HAVE NBA CHAMPS MIAMI HEAT ON HER OWN NETWORK CHANNEL.SO WHAT.OPRAH WINFREY SHOULD HAVE ON TRAYVON MARTIN FAMILY.ROBERT XCHAMPION FAMILY.ROBERT CHAMPION WHO WAS BEATEN TO DEATH BY HAZING ON THE FAMU BAND BUS...SHOULD DISCUSS CORRUPTION IN BLACK CHURCHES,PREACHERS BEAT UP AND KILL THEIR WIVES..EDUCATION IN BLACK COMMUNITIES POOR SCHOOLS..AND WHY AIDS HAS INCREASED IN BLACK COMMUNITIES SPECIFICALLY BLACK WOMEN..////POSITIVE BLACK PEOPLE IN PORR AND AVERAGE BLACK COMMUNITIES,INSTEAD OF THE RICH BLACK PEOPLE WHO DO NOT DO ANYTHING..../TRAYVON MARTIN'S THE KILLER TRASH GEORGE ZIMMERMAN GETS A NEW BOND HEARING...NEO KLA…
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Arizona Governor says Police can Begin Enforcing Immigration law By Paloma Esquivel and John M. Glionna / Los Angeles Times | Tuesday, June 26, 2012 | http://www.bostonherald.com | West PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer called it "a victory for the rule of law." But for police chiefs, Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the so-called "show me your papers" provision of SB 1070, the state’s immigration law, looks like a big headache. Arizona may now require officers to ask for proof of legal status of people they stop for other reasons and suspect to be in the country illegally. State law enforcement officials said the decision immediately made …
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License plate readers: A useful tool for police comes with privacy concerns By Allison Klein and Josh White, Published: November 19, 2011 An armed robber burst into a Northeast Washington market, scuffled with the cashier, and then shot him and the clerk’s father, who also owned the store. The killer sped off in a silver Pontiac, but a witness was able to write down the license plate number. Police figured out the name of the suspect very quickly. But locating and arresting him took a little-known investigative tool: a vast system that tracks the comings and goings of anyone driving around the District. Scores of cameras across the city capture 1,800 images…
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Source NPR: Gov. Jan Brewer (R-Ariz.) signed into law a ban on classes that are designed primarily for students of a particular ethnicity. The law targets any ethnic studies classes in the state's public school system that "advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals (May 24, 2010) Source: Huffington Post: "Shooting the Messenger" On January 18th, NPR aired an interview with John Hupenthal the Superintendent of Arizona Public Instruction and the author of a state law banning ethnic studies programs. According to Hupenthal, the law was conceived, in part, because of the "failure of the Tucson Unified School District to prov…
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The [prophetic] James Baldwin was a guest of honor at The National Press Club in 1986. This clip includes an introduction, speech and question and answer session - which turned out to be the most dynamic part of the evening. Produced by C-SPAN. (As an aside, if he thought that there was trouble here in 1986, I can only imagine what he would think in the year 2012.) James Baldwin on C-SPAN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYka_Tq_mTI&feature=related
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So long, too long! Beloved Brother Majek Fashek http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFQIwqxP_Xk&feature=related
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Woooooiiiii!! Sista bad, bad, bad! One of my favorite artists, Rachelle Ferrel performing "I Can Explain" live: (oh my GAWD, our sista is BAD)
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Oh I love, love, love Brother Gil. (Love and light upon his soul.) I love this song., this poetry put to music and melody. Winter in America by Gil Scott-Heron... Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcHOq8i5Pyk&feature=related From the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims And to the buffalo who once ruled the plains Like the vultures circling beneath the dark clouds Looking for the rain Looking for the rain Just like the cities staggered on the coastline Living in a nation that just can't stand much more Like the forest buried beneath the highway Never had a chance to grow Never had a chance to grow And now it's winter Wi…
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“The Only One”, was a little self-produced book originally written 15 years ago, and in the process of updating and abridging it for the purpose of serialization, the result turned out to be quite different from the original version. Once I reunited with the characters via of them materializing in my imagination, they sat down with me and helped me re-tell their story. And what a surreal experience that was! I’m someone who sometimes thinks of herself as a young chick trapped in the body of an old hen, and it was exhilarating to stretch out and embrace the freedom of expression that the anonymity of cyberspace allowed me. As my alter-ego took over, I had a good tim…
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IN 1916, TEENAGER JESSE WASHINGTON WAS LYNCHED.HE WAS DRAGGED BY HUMAN MORBID HYENAS.THEY LYNCHED HIM.THEN CUT OFF HIS PENIS.BURN HIS BODY.THEN THEY DRAGGED HIS TORSO THROUGH THE TOWN...THEY SOLD HIS BODY PARTS AS SOUVENIRS....THEY CLAIMED HE RAPED AND KILLED A WHITE WOMAN....THESE MORBID HUMAN HYENAS...THEY -THE PRESENT MORBID HYENAS ARE OBSESSED WITH GETTING PRESIDENT OBAMA AND U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER BOTH OUT......WAR ON ISLAM, MOSQUE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE BEING THREATENED.......TO BE, BOMBED...REPUBLICANS WANT TO BOMB IRAN AND SYRIA........
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Firsthand account of the events surrounding Hurricane Katrina through the eyes of journalis tMSNBC's Brian Williams... Hurricane Katrina-The Untold Story Much respect to Brian Williams for his journalistic integrity and for this very telling program, but most of all for the human factor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grfW5Ud81_Y&feature=related
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KILLER OF TRAYVON MARTIN,GEORGE ZIMMERMAN NOW SAYS TRAYVON CAME FROM THE BUSHES AND ATTACKED HIM..TRAYVON WAS REACHING FOR HIS GUN..ZIMMERMAN AND HIS WIFE ARE LYING TRASH..RODNEY KING BEATING WAS VIDEO TAPED TRASH POLICE GOT AWAY,BECAUSE OF A WHITE JURY.THINKING ZIMMERMAN JURY MIGHT BE ALL WHITE OR WHITE AND HISPANIC....AFRICAN AMERICAN U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER, NEO REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO MAKE HIM RESIGN WITH THE FAST AND FURIOUS MEXICANS AND GUNS CRAP.....BLACK SLAVE REPUBLICAN MICHAEL STEELE IS HELPING THEM...DAMN IDIOT...BLACK CONSERVATIVES BLACK TEA PARTY ARE TRASH....
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(Not a new article but informative the same way.) The Fugitive: Why has the FBI placed a million-dollar bounty on Assata Shakur? By Kathleen Cleaver Twenty-eight years ago, in a highly disputed trial, an all-White jury convicted former Black Panther Assata Shakur of the murder of a New Jersey state trooper. In 1979, while serving a life sentence, she escaped from prison and eventually resurfaced in Cuba, where she was granted asylum and has lived ever since. But the U.S. government has continued to pursue Shakur, regularly increasing the bounty on her head and classifying her as a “domestic terrorist.” Last May the Justice Department issued an unpreced…
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The Only One Chapter 22 When Troy Briggs had shown up at Carole Everly’s apartment casually attired in a yellow polo shirt, tan dockers, and white Nikes, everything about this sensual, buffed, charismatic man reminded her of why she found him so irresistible, why she was so taken by someone she’d never even had, except in her dreams. Idling there in the middle of her front room, grabbing her hand when she returned from the kitchen where she’d deposited the pizza he’d brought, it was if her reaction to him was a primitive one, - that of a female seeking a mate, instinctively drawn to an Alpha male. “Do we have to go through a lot of drama about - this situ…
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Adidas JS Roundhouse Mids LOS ANGELES - Only a few days after revealing a bizarre sneaker online, Adidas has decided to squelch the design that some people have labeled as racist and insensitive to slavery. Adidas posted a Facebook photo of the JS Roundhouse Mids, a shoe that comes with a plastic shackle attached to it. The company tried to market the shoe as a trendy design that it’s wearer would not want to remove. “Got a sneaker game so hot you lock your kicks to your ankles?” Adidas asked on its Facebook post. But the only game some online viewers saw was an unnecessary toying with slavery, which led Adidas to cancel the shoe’s August release. The sneaker…
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Barack Hussein Obama might be considered a "synthetic" black American by some, but his wife, Michelle, is the real deal. Below are excerpts from an article about this subject written by Dawn Turner Trice, a black columnist for The Chicago Tribune. Many Americans are fascinated by the family history of Michelle Obama, a descendant of slaves who is the nation's first African-American first lady. Now, add to that a new book due out Tuesday, "American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama." Dawn Turner Trice: I recently talked to author Rachel L. Swarns, 44, a Washington, D.C.-based reporter for the New York T…
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Argentina slaps Britain very carefully, yet hopefully 19.06.2012 Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner at the June 14 meeting of the Special Committee on decolonization of the UN has asked Britain to start a dialogue on joint management of the Falklands. For the government of David Cameron her appeals are not significant because of pro-British position of the islanders and her privileged position in the UN Security Council. What is Kirchner hoping for? If for Argentina June 14 is the day of defeat in the battle for the Falklands (or Malvinas) Islands, and for the British it is the day of victory, for the islanders it is the Falklands Li…
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Recently, a man who had no home found a bag with gold coins with a value of $70,000. Good for him. Source: New York Daily News Homeless man in Texas wins right to keep bag containing $70,000 in cash, gold ERIK ORTIZ Thursday, June 14, 2012 Down on his luck, Timothy Yost is finally getting his pay day. Earlier this year, the 46-year-old homeless man said he found a bag containing cash and gold coins on the banks of the Colorado River in Bastrop, Texas, and now the City Council there is allowing him to claim ownership of the contents — worth at least $70,000. “It is a great day for Bastrop; it is a great day for Mr. Yost,” the man’s attorney…
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( Waterstar's note: I wonder about the number of African Americans who celebrate the 4th of July and how it compares to the number of African Americans who celebrate Juneteenth.) © JUNETEENTH.com Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation - which had become offic…
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BLACK INVENTOR RICHARD SPIKES INVENTED THE HORIZONTAL SWINGING BARBER CHAIR.YOU BROTHERS REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOU GO TO THE BARBER SHOP...INVENTOR RICHARD SPIKES ALSO INVENTED THE MULTIPLE BARRELL MACHINE GUN/WHAT/ALSO THE AUTOMATIC CAR WASHER AND THE BEER KEG TAP.BEER KEG TAP WAS PURCHASED BY MILWAUKEE BREWING BEER COMPANY..FOR 1OO;OOO'00.100'000.00 DOLLARS FOR A BLACK MAN ENORMOUS IN THE 1930'S..LOOK IT UP IN BLACK INVENTIONS....... . THINGS WE SEE EVERYDAY AND USE INVENTED BY BLACK AMERICANS.//////
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Besides death and taxes and Republicans harassing Obama, there are other certainties in life. COSMIC LAWS Truer words were never spoken. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee. 2. Law of Gravity - Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible place in the universe. 3. Law of Probability - The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act. 4. Law of Random…
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Something to take your mind off the economy and the race to see who will be the next cripple in the white house. And to think that Gays are fighting for the right to enter the blissful state of matrimony. Why MARRY? You have two choices in life: You can stay single and be miserable, or get married and wish you were dead. __________ At a cocktail party, one woman said to another, ”Aren't you wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger?” ”Yes, I am. I married the wrong man.” __________ A lady inserted an ad in the classifieds: ”Husband Wanted”. Next day she received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: …
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"Colonialism is Doomed" Speech by Ernesto "Che" Guevara Colonialism is Doomed Speech delivered before the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 11, 1964 Havana, Ministry of External Relations, Information Department. Audio Exerpt (Intro) | Audio Exerpt (Part 2) The Cuban delegation to this assembly has pleasure, first of all, in fulfilling the pleasant duty of welcoming three new nations to the large number of nations whose representatives are discussing the problems of the world. We therefore greet through their Presidents and Prime Ministers the people of Zambia, Malawi, and Malta, and express the hope that from the outset these co…
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This video gives much information that has never been given by media/books here. Fidel Castro is demonized by the US, but let it not be forgotten (or let it be learned) that Cuba played a critical role in the ending of South Afriican apartheid. Cuba fought against apartheid while the US supported apartheid. Cuba's troops were, on more than one occasion, sent to the continent of Africa to help those who were fighting against imperialist forces. Imagine Cuba's support of and America's opposition to the right to self-determination. (I know that's hard to imagine for many...) Supporting the right to self-determination is the epitome of humanitarianism. The support of the righ…
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Source: BBC News 18 June 2012 Last updated at 20:21 ET G20 Summit: Leaders alarmed over eurozone crisis World leaders meeting at a G20 summit in Mexico have urged Europe to take all necessary measures to overcome the eurozone debt crisis. They voiced unease over what one top official described as "the single biggest risk for the world economy". But European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said "the challenges are not only European, they are global". Sunday's victory of a pro-bailout party in the Greek election did not give stock markets the expected boost. Antonis Samaras, the leader of the New Democracy party that narrowly won the p…
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"They don't just want my life; they want my silence." -Mumia Abu-Jamal Mumia Abu-Jamal is an African-American writer and journalist, author of six books and hundreds of columns and articles, who has spent the last 29 years on Pennsylvania’s death row. His demand for a new trial and freedom is supported by heads of state from France to South Africa, by Nobel Laureates Nelson Mandela, Toni Morrison, Desmund Tutu, by the European Parliament, by distinguished human rights organizations like Amnesty International, city governments from Detroit to San Francisco to Paris, scholars, religious leaders, artists, scientists, the Congressional Black Caucus and other members of U…
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Narrated by Danny Glover, this is a documentary about Mumia Abu-Jamal's case. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0yU4DP8ffE
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Who's (or should I say "what's") that peeking in my window? (Drones/unmanned ariel vehicles) Check this out: Christian Science Monitor Drones over America. Are they spying on you? Share on printShare on email By Brad Knickerbocker | 08:25 am. Most Americans have gotten used to regular news reports about military and CIA drones attacking terrorist suspects — including US citizens — in Pakistan, Yemen, and elsewhere abroad. But picture thousands of drone aircraft buzzing around the United States — peering from the sky at breaches in border security, wildfires about to become major conflagrations, patches of marij…
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I SAW ON INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY CHANNEL ANOTHER FALSE STUPID BLACK PREACHER WHO KILLED HIS WIFE..IN ALABAMA FALSE PREACHER,PREACHER HOPKINS IN MOBILE KILLED HIS WIFE AND PUT HER IN A FREEZER FOR OVER 3 YEARS..PREACHER HOPKINS LOYAL MORON CHURCH FLOCK IGNORED THE PREACHER'S WIFE NOT SEEN IN OVER 3 YEARS. 3 YEARS PREACHER HAD HIS WIFE IN A FREEZER...PREACHER WAS HAVING SEX WITH DAUGHTER,GOT HER PREGNANT..HIS TRIAL WAS I 2010,PREACHER FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER, RAPE AND INCEST..WHAT IS RELIGION TO BLACK PEOPLE//.WHY DO THEY LOVE AND SUPPORT FAKE PREACHERS...PREACHER SAID HE WAS DOING GOD'S WORH ,KILLING HIS WIFE,HAVING SEX WITH TEENAGE DAUGHTER…
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