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Are The Sanctions Against Zimbabwe A Weapon Of War ?

Posted by TheBlackList on February 10, 2009 at 9:00am

James C. McIntosh, M.D.: The great Prussian general, and before I get into trouble and anybody is asked to denounce me, for calling a Germanic leader great, let me cautiously say wickedly great. The wickedly great Prussian general Frederick the Great wrote in his instructions to his generals, that "The greatest secret of war and the masterpiece of a skillful general is to starve his enemy. That's what sanctions do. In Zimbabwe sanctions have created critical shortages of supplies of clean wat

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African Union on wrong course

Posted by BF Bankie on February 9, 2009 at 7:44pm

Steve Paterno:February 5, 2009 — Once again the African Union (AU) has proven to be moving in the wrong direction from the principles it ought to adhere. For over fifty years, the five-decade-old continental organization still showing that it is created solely to protect African ruthless dictators. In the event of its annual summit, in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, the organization first act of shamefulness was to allow itself to be chaired by another dictator, the Libyan Col. Muammar Gadd

Buying Black Isn't Racist; It's Necessary

Posted by TheBlackList on February 9, 2009 at 5:30pm

Buying Black Isn't Racist; It's Necessary Black America Is Still Playing Catch-Up

Pepper Miller John and Maggie Anderson of Oak Park, Ill., made headlines in December when they pledged to help jump-start the economy by exclusively supporting Black-owned businesses for an entire year beginning Jan. 1. As reported in the Chicago Sun-Times: The Andersons, who plan to spend about $10,000 a month ... will move their checking account to and refinance home and car loans with Black organizations. Th

The Malcolm X Museum presents a YOUTH Forum

Posted by SendMeYourNews on February 9, 2009 at 3:45pm

From Malcolm X to Barack Obama: The Legacy of Struggle and Inspiration Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 3:00 PM Langston Hughes Auditorium Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Malcolm X Boulevard & 135th Street Harlem, NY The Malcolm X Museum commemorates the 44th Anniversary of the Assassination of Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik Shabazz) with young adults who will discuss how they have been inspired by Malcolm X and the rise of Barack Obama as the first black President of the United State

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Pagan Amum and the International Criminal Court.

Posted by BF Bankie on February 9, 2009 at 12:02pm

Luke Kuth Dak:FEB. 5/2009, SSN; The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King once said: “An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over it’s injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.”When it comes to the International Criminal Court, also known as [ICC], the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement [SPLM] finds itself in awkward position. The party of late Dr. Joh

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An Afrikan Proverb

Posted by MetroSistah on February 9, 2009 at 3:16am

Every morning in AfricaA gazelle wakes upIt knows that it must run faster than the slowest lion, or it will be killedEvery morning a Lion wakes up.It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle, when the Sun comes up- you had better be running!

Making the American Flag “Our Flag”

Posted by TheBlackList on February 9, 2009 at 12:00am

Vantage Point Articles and Essays by Dr. Ron Daniels Making the American Flag “Our Flag” February 9, 2009 On Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C., there was a veritable sea of Red, White and Blue as some two million proud Americans, including hundreds of thousands of Black people, furiously waved their American Flags on the National Mall. This overt expression of affection for the American Flag was somewhat out of character for Blacks, who have been understandably ambivalent about America’s sa

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Philadelphia, PA > Affordable housing in the inner city? (NONE)

Posted by Baba Bob Shipman on February 8, 2009 at 5:51pm

by Bob Shipman | 02.06.2009The following is a excerpt from article written concerning a trend in my city and may be reflected across the nation. We have started a listserv elist yahoo group to begin to build a structure communication tool for the parents of color to the way the leaders of this group tap into this list.please join in the discussion as needed...This time of the year, shaky tax preparers get rich. Many low income folks use the corner store tax company that pops up in December and b

Tyler Perry: The Art of Speakin' "Christian-ese"

Posted by TheBlackList on February 8, 2009 at 4:00pm

Paul Scott: I once asked my homie, spoken word artist, James Washington how it is that a thugged out brotha like him gets invited to speak at churches all the time and a (relatively speaking) clean cut brother, like me, can't even make it past the front door ? "Simple," he said. "You don't know how to speak Christian-ese." Christinese- a type of dialect that will make black folks give you the shirts off their backs. Master the language and African Americans will follow you to the ends of the

Job Notice - Now Hiring - In chicago

Posted by SendMeYourNews on February 8, 2009 at 12:35am

Jobs available in Chicago!!!

Food 4 Less will be hosting a Job Fair on Tuesday February 10,2009 and Wednesday February 11, 2009 from 9am-3pm at SIMEON ALUMNI VILLAGE 820 W. 89TH ST. CHICAGO, IL 60620 *Please apply online @ www.food4less.com , prior to attending the job fair. Interviews may be conducted that day, so please dress professionally. *Minimum Requirements: 18yrs old Drug Screening

THE SECRET MANUAL OF LANDLESS EMANCIPATION AND NEGRO DOMESTICATION

Posted by Ras Jahaziel on February 7, 2009 at 4:30pm

THE SECRET MANUAL OF LANDLESS EMANCIPATION AND NEGRO DOMESTICATION(A secret manuscript that outlines simple strategies for nullifying Black Emancipation and upgrading the slave system to multiracial slavery)What HIDDEN ECONOMIC FORCES would make a people with a long history of enslavement stand in line for hours in the hope of BEING BOUGHT AND SOLD ON THE AUCTION BLOCK AGAIN?SEE WHOLE ARTICLEhttp://www.rastafarivisions.com/wageslave2.html Ras Jahazielwww.rastafarivisions.com

L'Humanitaire ou le viol de nos imaginaires.

Posted by TheBlackList on February 7, 2009 at 10:43am

Mbegane NDOUR: Ousmane Sembéne dans un de ses films mémorables « Guelewar » nous délivre ce message intemporel : « Si tu veux tuer la dignité et l'honneur chez une personne donne lui sa subsistance tous les jours et au bout d'un moment tu en feras un être assisté dépouillé de toute dignité et de tout honneur. » L'Humanitaire a été depuis toujours un concept inventé par l'occident pour soutenir l'idéologie de la mission civilisatrice des populations dites « éclairées » sur les peuples « inférie

Humanitarianism or the rape of our imagination.

Posted by TheBlackList on February 7, 2009 at 9:30am

Mbegane NDOUR: Ousmane SEMBENE in one of its memorable films " Guelewar " delivers us this timeless message: " if you want to kill the dignity and the honor of a person gives him its subsistence every day and at the end you will make him an attended deprived of any dignity and any honor. " HuHumanitarianism was for a long time a concept invented by the west to support the ideology of the civilizing mission of the said "enlightened" populations on the "lower" peoples. It takes source with the m

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Why Babangida Must Not Run For The Presidency Again

Posted by Akintokunbo Adejumo on February 7, 2009 at 5:59am

Wonders, they say, shall never cease. I am not sure if Nigerians all over the world were surprised or not by this recent news item published in many newspapers and internet sources on Wednesday, 4th February 2009, that Nigeria’s former dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida, has publicly foreclosed a possibility of his return to rule the country. Babangida made the disclosure during an interview on a satellite television programme, Moments With Mo, mainly citing his age as the reason “I am not gett

THE APARTHEID IN BENTON HARBOR, MI

Posted by TheBlackList on February 4, 2009 at 11:30pm

Pinkney Freddie: The apartheid conditions in Benton Harbor still continue as my husband the Rev Edward Pinkney continues to fight for justice for the people. The power brokers of Whirlpool, Cornerstone Alliance, Harbor Shores and the Benton Harbor city commissioners have attempted to silence his voice and shackle his legs with their 24/7 house arrest. My husband is not allowed to speak at any church or even attended a church meeting. My husband expressed his political opinion in a newspaper ar

Tough Times Ahead

Posted by Junious Ricardo Stanton on February 3, 2009 at 3:16pm

From The RampartsJunious Ricardo StantonTough Times AheadBy all accounts the global financial situation is bleak. The corporatist mind control apparatus is keeping the masses dis-informed, duped and distracted while the financial elites rearrange the deck chairs and reshuffle the cards to confuse and obfuscate the situation. Their goal is to pull off another major heist of the our money under the guise of saving the US economy. The media talking heads are hinting we are facing the most severe ec

FEBRUARY UPDATE ON DR. YOSEF BEN-JOCHANNAN

Posted by TheBlackList on February 3, 2009 at 1:29pm

Runoko Rashidi Okello: Greetings Family, How are you? Things are okay on this end. I just spent five full days in and around New York City. I gave lectures in Harlem, Newark, Brooklyn, and White Plains. All of them went well. I also visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Natural History Museum, the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Schomburg Library. I took some excellent photos that I hope to share with you over the months to come. And, on Sunday afternoon, I went to the borough of the Bron

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Justice against Omar al-Bashier is long overdue!

Posted by BF Bankie on February 2, 2009 at 8:58am

Luke Kuth Dak:JAN. 27/2009, SSN; Most Sudanese people do not share Dr. Nafia Ali Nafia’s arrogant view that the embattled President of Sudan, Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Basher, is the most qualified man to rule the Sudan, a country with over 40 million folks.A quick look at his file tells us that nothing could be further from the truth that the claim by the his extremist followers has no chance to hold up it’s ground. After all, the man has no college education, and only a modest military training. Th

Who is to apologize to Carrell Johnson, III

Posted by TheBlackList on February 1, 2009 at 11:21pm

Magnificent news: The robbery charges are being dropped! Is The Criminal Justice System Working For Black Folks Or Is the System Criminal? By: Duborah Oya Bakr, Afrikan Definitions Sunday, February 1, 2009, On this the first day of Black History Month 2009, we find our YoungBlood, Carrell Johnson, III, 18 year-old Harlem youth was shot in the chest on Saturday, January 24th around 12:30 – 1AM on 140th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. & 8th Ave., for his "Marmot" coat, was found to be i

Around the Globe, Technology Widens Rich-Poor Gap

Posted by TheBlackList on February 1, 2009 at 7:38pm

Philip Emeagwali: Oil has made us billions and fuelled our economic stability, but oil has also become the bane of our existence. For some, it is a curse that has caused poverty and corruption, but for others it is an essential source of untold wealth and power. But as the gap between rich and poor countries continues to expand, it is clear that intellectual capital and technology rule the world, and that natural resources such as oil, gold, and diamonds are no longer the primary determinants o

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Are The Sanctions Against Zimbabwe A Weapon Of War ?

African Union on wrong course

Buying Black Isn't Racist; It's Necessary

The Malcolm X Museum presents a YOUTH Forum

Pagan Amum and the International Criminal Court.

An Afrikan Proverb

Making the American Flag “Our Flag”

Philadelphia, PA > Affordable housing in the inner city? (NONE)

Tyler Perry: The Art of Speakin' "Christian-ese"

Job Notice - Now Hiring - In chicago

THE SECRET MANUAL OF LANDLESS EMANCIPATION AND NEGRO DOMESTICATION

L'Humanitaire ou le viol de nos imaginaires.

Humanitarianism or the rape of our imagination.

Why Babangida Must Not Run For The Presidency Again

THE APARTHEID IN BENTON HARBOR, MI

Tough Times Ahead

FEBRUARY UPDATE ON DR. YOSEF BEN-JOCHANNAN

Justice against Omar al-Bashier is long overdue!

Who is to apologize to Carrell Johnson, III

Around the Globe, Technology Widens Rich-Poor Gap

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