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What 9-11 Wrought

Posted by Junious Ricardo Stanton on September 11, 2008 at 11:28am
From The RampartsJunious Ricardo StantonWhat 9-11 Wrought“On 9/11 the world's only military superpower was apparently oblivious to the location of rogue airliners in it's airspace for over an hour, and military commanders were left perplexed on how to deal with the situation of hijackers using these planes as flying bombs. This confusion resulted in fighter jets flying around aimlessly whilst the hierarchy fully assessed what was going on, and this total lack of cohesion ultimately led to the lo
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Food For thought

Posted by Junious Ricardo Stanton on September 10, 2008 at 1:18pm
From The RampartsJunious Ricardo StantonFood For Thought“For the last twenty years after the collapse of the USSR, the fall of the Iron Curtain and the economic reforms in China and other emerging market economies the world economy has moved away from state ownership of the economy and towards privatization of previously stated owned enterprises. This trends was aggressively supported the United States that preached right and left the benefits of free markets and free private enterprise. Today i
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Virtual Fundraiser Volunteers

Posted by Maureen Guest on September 8, 2008 at 2:17am

Fund raising needed for the start up of Mbodyment's Action Against Obesity Foundation, Co.. All proceeds will be applied to the start up, related charities and future event planning. Volunteer(s) will participate in various fund raising and marketing by means of public relations and web promotion. Each volunteer will receive a one page website for purposes of raising donations for the start up and the execution of our cause.
Volunteer must have a strong passion for the MAAOF's cause along with s
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Lovinsky Still Missing! More Than One Year. Where is Lovinsky?

Posted by KWASI Akyeampong on September 7, 2008 at 12:30pm

August 12, 2008 was the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of Lovinsky Pierre Antoine, one of Haiti's most respected human rights advocates. The Haitian Blogger remembers him fondly: “It's a…sad commentary that Lovinsky has not returned to his family. Lovinsky embodied Haiti. Haiti's spirit of independence, struggle, wisdom and knowledge of self.” GLOBAL VOICES: http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/12/haiti-lovinsky-still-missing/
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Entertainment Industry, Diversity Programs And Fellowships,

Posted by Jim Neusom on September 4, 2008 at 12:32pm
Greetings Family,(Contact Information At The Bottom Of The Page)It's your friendly neighborhood "Digital Drummer" again...smileAs the Executive Producer of Fresh Faces2u, one of my primary missions is to expose new talent to the entertainment industry. This is why a majority of my readers, subscribers, and friends are involved in the entertainment industry.I'm a strong advocate of traditional education, such as a degree from a top rated college, but I realize that college is not for everyone. Th
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You are invited to The 'State and Future of Black Philly" Forums 2008

Posted by Baba Bob Shipman on September 3, 2008 at 9:28pm
You are invited to The 'State and Future of Black Philly" Forums 2008

https://theblacklistpub.ning.com/events/event/show?id=2055350:Event:10480&xgi=8hIiHL5 Time: September 22, to September 28, 2008Location: various locations throughout PhiladelphiaOrganized By: The Million Woman Progressive Political PartyEvent Description:Call for Papers/Presenters forThe "State and Future of Black Philly "Embracing and Respecting the Past, Examining and Addressing the Present, and Responsibly & Realistically Pre
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Republican Hypocrisy

Posted by Junious Ricardo Stanton on September 3, 2008 at 11:05am
From The RampartsJunious Ricardo StantonRepublican HypocrisyI told myself I would not watch the Republican National Convention coverage, but I found myself walking by the room where my wife was watching i,t peeking my head in to see what was going on every now and then. I knew something was amiss when I saw the stunned expression on my wife’s face as she watched the convention. She was astounded at the hypocrisy of the all white GOP conventioneers.I told her two days ago the Republicans were des
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This call for a General Strike is a non-violent, peaceful, and powerful

Posted by Baba Bob Shipman on September 2, 2008 at 12:25pm
The ONLY way to stop those who would bleed our nation dry, dismantle our constitution, and dissolve our national sovereignty is to sayI will not work for you, buy from you, fight for you, or die for you, until thecriminals are gone from the halls of our government.EXIT STRATEGY:General Strike

www.votestrike.com/We the people...The Constitution of The United States of America spells out in the first line where the power of our great democracy lies. Unfortunately we the people have allowed the pow
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AfrikaTalk: Realizing the Potential

Posted by ARighteousSista on September 2, 2008 at 6:00am
Ory Okolloh tells the story of her life and her family -- and how she came to do her heroic work reporting on the doings of Kenya's parliament. About Ory Okolloh<

About this talk; http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ory_okolloh_on_becoming_an_activist.html
Ory Okolloh maintains the blog Mzalendo, providing an unprecedented look at the doingsof Kenya's parliament -- information once unavailable to Kenyan citizens.
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THIS IS FOR MY PEOPLE

Posted by HABWWE on September 2, 2008 at 5:06am
This is For My People

There was a Black man, a White man, a Native American man and aLatino man. All four of them were on top of a cliff discussing the difficulties that their people had gone through.The Native American said, "My people have suffered the most, and inhonor of what they have endured, I will fling myself off this cliff inhopes that my blood will change things." So he yelled "THIS IS FOR MYPEOPLE", and jumped off the cliff.The Latino, not wanting to be outdone, quickly looked at the
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Mbodyment's Call to Action: The Fight Against Obesity

Posted by Maureen Guest on September 2, 2008 at 1:00am

Mbodyment is calling to action the fight against obesity by launching the Mbodyment’s Action Against Obesity Foundation (MAAOF). As many know, America is one of the fattest countries on Earth and has plagued our society. Obesity is the leading cause of diseases such as Type II Diabetes, Cancer, Heart Disease, Liver Disease, Sleep Apnea, Osteoarthritis, Depression and many more. These disease are life threatening and will shorten a life span by ten to twenty years.

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Labor Day 2008

Posted by Junious Ricardo Stanton on September 1, 2008 at 1:43pm
From The RampartsJunious Ricardo StantonLabor Day 2008“Very few Americans experience the power of a union anymore. U.S. unions today represent just 7.8 percent of all private sector workers. Organized labor can't stop wages from falling; hours from increasing; jobs from being offshored; or health and pension benefits from disappearing. Conditions in unionized garment and meat-packing factories here have regressed to the point where they actually mirror those described in muckraking exposes of a
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DUDLEY THOMPSON - The Charges

Posted by BF Bankie on August 31, 2008 at 3:25pm
Thank you for your mail and for agreeing to step-down as Chairperson of the Honorary Board and agreeing, as Kola says, ‘to remain on Board’, by being a member of the Honorary Board of the Sudan Sensitization Peace Project (SSPP)That said and to reverse the order of proceedings, I come to the ‘Charges’ as you call them. Please do not take these questions personally. We are all in a learning curve, with some more advanced in their knowledge of Afro-Arab relations than others. The fact that these i
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