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Closing the circle of abolition and restitution with reparations:

Posted by Ari Merretazon on April 7, 2009 at 10:42pm in Commentery

Closing the circle of abolition and restitution with reparations:Corrective economic justiceBy Minister Ari S. Merretazon, M.S.CEDBritain abolished the slave trade 200 years ago. Its landmarks are an abiding legacy of cruelty. Before the 18th century, very few White men and women questioned the morality of slavery as it was public policy. The Quakers were among these few. However, it was the Black resistance and rebellions that destroyed chattel slavery. Abolitionists facilitated and resourced t

The D Word

Posted by Junious Ricardo Stanton on April 7, 2009 at 8:38am

From The RampartsJunious Ricardo StantonThe D Word“At the root of the banks’ problems are the large losses they have undoubtedly taken on their securities and loan portfolios. But they don’t want to recognize the full extent of their losses, because that would likely expose them as insolvent. So they talk down the problem, and ask for handouts that aren’t enough to make them healthy (again, they can’t reveal the size of the handouts that would be necessary for that), but are enough to keep them

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BLACK BLOGTALK RADIO AND WACP INTERNET TV - GROWING STRONG IN THE SHADOWS

Posted by Enoch Mubarak on April 6, 2009 at 7:30pm

Everywhere in the world there is some sort of struggle taking place and everyday bring with it a different number but no where is the casualty rate from bad news higher than in the black communities across this great land but amidst the tragedy of home foreclosures, unemployment, destitution, crime and bad news there-in exist a legion of hard-core African Americans that I call blogtalk radio and Internet TV freedom fighters and diehards.These blogtalk radio and Internet TV freedom fighters are n

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No Point

Posted by Ulysses on April 6, 2009 at 2:25am

We started school able to read and write, at least our names and addresses.Because there was someone living that would remind us of the sacrifices made that we'd have a right to maintain.The hope was that we'd find something to our liking outside of the manufacturing plantations, but that they (the plants) would be there for us, during breaks, in the summers and during tough times.some of my summers were spent on one of the two family farms, either with my father's kin, in North Carolina or Loui

Four Letters to a Fellow University Professor on the Death of Literacy (Letter 2)

Posted by Rayfield A. Waller on April 6, 2009 at 12:30am

September 10, 2008Aletia;In fact, I had a huge breakthrough in class today. My students were angry that they had received what they consider to be 'low' grades on papers I gave them back (they all expect and desperately need, to get “A’s” although, ironically, their generation—early to mid twenties—doesn’t really want to WORK very hard for an “A”), but I spent a l-o-o-n-n-n-g time explaining to them that in writing their term papers they were ignoring the ground rules and the very basic procedur

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SEEKING EVIDENCE THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF THE USA IS A FRIEND OF JAMAICA; ANYONE??

Posted by JA on April 6, 2009 at 12:14am

John Anthony, New YorkANY STUDENTS OF .HISTORY HERE?WHY DO THE MAJORITY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND JAMAICANS SEEM TO SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OVER THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF THE USA ESPECIALLY WHEN RECENT RESEARCH SHOWS THAT ONE THIRD OF CAUCASIAN DEMOCRATS HOLD DISPARAGING VIEWS OF NEGROES? Said one: ""We still don't like black people," said John Clouse, 57, reflecting the sentiments of his pals gathered at a coffee shop in Somerset, Ohio. recently at a research survey conducted with Stanforn Un

Prison and Penal Reform in the Turks and Caicos Islands - Britain's colonial prison responsibility

Posted by TheBlackList on April 5, 2009 at 9:00pm

Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands ( Advance copy – n.b. this is a pre-publication announcement and the original shall be released on the 6th April, 2009) Courtenay Barnett has today transmitted his “Prison and Penal Reform in the Turks and Caicos Islands: A Position Paper for Improvements in the Prison System” to His Excellency, the Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands ( TCI) for delivery to the Secretary of State in London, England . This scholarly work is a call to action for the Briti

IN STEP WITH THE DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE: Eyes on the Ground: Film Exhibit April 20th

Posted by SendMeYourNews on April 5, 2009 at 8:14pm

Dear Activists and Friends, As you know the Durban Review Conference will take place in Geneva, Switzerland from April 20th – 24th. This will be an historic week where the world community takes stock of the gains made since the UN World Conference against Racism in 2001. Mindful of those in Geneva making voices of the people heard, The Drammeh Institute, in partnership with Al Santana Productions, would like you to join us at the film exhibit, EYES ON THE GROUND as an informal social gathering

IBW Report Card on Obama, April 24, Washington, DC

Posted by SendMeYourNews on April 5, 2009 at 7:30pm

Also see - https://theblacklistpub.ning.com/events/president-barack-obama-the

Four Letters to a Fellow University Professor on the Death of Literacy (Letter 1)

Posted by Rayfield A. Waller on April 5, 2009 at 5:30pm

September 8, 2008Aletia;Your student is challenging you to justify having given him an "F" because he couldn't read well enough to pass the course? He wants you to explain to him why his having failed doesn't mean something is wrong with you, as a professor? Should you respond to his challenging your legitimacy?You know what? NO. You SHOULDN'T.If the student can't read, then that's part of the problem. He'll find a less demanding class and a less demanding professor. Many of our colleagues are f

Book Review: "You are the tabernacle of God" by John Saba, Reviewed by Rayfield A. Waller

Posted by Rayfield A. Waller on April 5, 2009 at 4:30am

Reprinted from THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN Archived by HighBeam Researchat: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-106719830.htmlBook Review: "You Are The Tabernacle Of God" by Pastor, Dr. John Saba

Leadfoot Press, Detroit; $20.00, 112 Pages Avaliable from Leadfoot: http://www.leadfootpress.com/BooksForSaleSpiritual.htm Article from:Michigan Citizen Article date:February 5, 2005 Author: Rayfield Waller | Copyright informationProvided by ProQuest LLC.Of Christian-Lebanese descent, Minister John Saba of Livonia

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Today: Joys and Questions:

Posted by Ulysses on April 3, 2009 at 9:08am

We allowed, had...paid......We had the cat,My home boy Smokey,put to sleep.And I find it difficult to express a vivid enough string of wordsThe things I've seen and heard of people, I want to say Human Beings, but I can'tbecause too often they are not treated as people,I don't feel like choosing sidesI do want to contribute something of value to life. Of my own free will!Some strange things make me remember where I am. Today it was just the fact that we took the cat to the 24hr Vet and after a 1

DUTCH RECOLONIZATION OF CURAÇAO MUST BE STOPPED. REFERENDUM 2009

Posted by TheBlackList on April 2, 2009 at 1:04am

REQUESTING INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY Greetings Brothers and Sisters, Here we are (again!) involved in a referendum nobody asked for to take place May 15. You know the situation 'cause you've been here. The puppet government wants the people to approve (not asking them if they agree or not) the December 2008 agreements they signed with their Dutch masters- without consulting anybody - that put back in the hands of the Dutch administration the vital areas of national life such as justice, public

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CONservative Roots

Posted by Raynard Jackson on April 2, 2009 at 12:00am

April 2, 2009Raynard JacksonThe root of the word conservative is con. And that’s exactly what the American people have received from conservatives.Modern American conservatism was created out of an alliance between classical liberals and social conservatives at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. Many credit philosopher Edmund Burke as the father of this movement. Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln stated that “conservatism is adherence to the old and tried, against the n

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Angles Continue To Be #1 Source Of Capital

Posted by Jim Neusom on April 1, 2009 at 11:57pm

Greetings Family,(Contact Information At The Bottom Of The Page)It's your friendly neighborhood "Digital Drummer" again...smileAccording to the University of New Hampshire's Center for Venture Research (CVR), Angel investors continue to be the number one source of seed and startup capital for entrepreneurs. A total of 55,480 entrepreneurial ventures received Angel funding in 2008, a modest 2.9% decrease from 2007, and the number of active investors in 2008 was 260,500 individuals, virtually unch

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One Two one Two, Rapt: Porch with Pookie and Ray Ray installment #2

Posted by Ulysses on April 1, 2009 at 11:45pm

Momma is somewhat schizoid, but that's what makes her normal.She walks cracked curbs on side street shores like a tight rope dividing two of her three natures. The third is so insugnifigant we won't bother to address it here. It's this fine line between being a domineering fag hag and a neo Victorian BDSM submissive.I can say that! I made her up.She's a composite, kind of like an alloy only more plasticI mean she unconsciously expresses the desire to have beautiful meaningless cuddly chat sessio

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Finished With Edits!

Posted by Author Stephanie Morris on April 1, 2009 at 10:10pm

I am excited to announce that I have finished the line edits Better Late Than Never the first book in the Smith Sister's Trilogy for its release! It was nice to hear the editor compliment my plot and fortunately the revisions were simple. The release date is set for the middle of April 10, 2009.In first story, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER, Kristen Smith loves to work with children and her life-long dream of opening her own childcare center has finally come true. Everything couldn’t be more perfect unt

anything but revolution!

Posted by Mickel Hendrix aka Nat Turner on April 1, 2009 at 7:56pm

hetep,sometimes i wonder how much more can the black collective take off the fascist system of the united snakes of amerikkka, asking myself time and time again: when is enough enough before we are driven to clash with the state in a revolutionary manner? of course, there is no such thing as a bloodless revolution, as i echo what was said by malcolm x over forty years ago. only if there was, the black collective would have life so much better. but, as an old saying goes: if if was a fifth, we'd

Obama: The same tired old policies in Palestine?

Posted by Rayfield A. Waller on April 1, 2009 at 12:30pm

reprinted from The Arab American News, March 21, 2009 Dearborn, Michigan:http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/index.php?mod=article&cat=OtherOpinions&article=2049

President Obama has ridden in on the winds of change, promising diplomacy rather than belligerence as U.S. foreign policy; but he has yet to speak clearly against the policy of underdevelopment and "removal" Israel deploys against Palestinians living under occupation.Unfortunately, Obama's voice overseas, Secretary of State Hillary Clin

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One Two one Two, Rapt: Porch with Pookie and Ray Ray

Posted by Ulysses on April 1, 2009 at 6:00am

The evening air is filled with the beautiful song of greasy gray and black British Starlings, Prince Crickets and whispering whiffs of flesh and bone over open fires, occasionally disrupted by ragged broken barter code, disintegrating paper heralding a bleak, but thankfully incoherent state of the ghetto address and rattling metallic thump-buzz-hum of cheap loud over powered sub woofers in the trunk of some multi hued tribute to urban ingenuity.So much with so little for so longThe only way we k

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Closing the circle of abolition and restitution with reparations:

The D Word

BLACK BLOGTALK RADIO AND WACP INTERNET TV - GROWING STRONG IN THE SHADOWS

No Point

Four Letters to a Fellow University Professor on the Death of Literacy (Letter 2)

SEEKING EVIDENCE THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF THE USA IS A FRIEND OF JAMAICA; ANYONE??

Prison and Penal Reform in the Turks and Caicos Islands - Britain's colonial prison responsibility

IN STEP WITH THE DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE: Eyes on the Ground: Film Exhibit April 20th

IBW Report Card on Obama, April 24, Washington, DC

Four Letters to a Fellow University Professor on the Death of Literacy (Letter 1)

Book Review: "You are the tabernacle of God" by John Saba, Reviewed by Rayfield A. Waller

Today: Joys and Questions:

DUTCH RECOLONIZATION OF CURAÇAO MUST BE STOPPED. REFERENDUM 2009

CONservative Roots

Angles Continue To Be #1 Source Of Capital

One Two one Two, Rapt: Porch with Pookie and Ray Ray installment #2

Finished With Edits!

anything but revolution!

Obama: The same tired old policies in Palestine?

One Two one Two, Rapt: Porch with Pookie and Ray Ray

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