Category Americas
An armed #FarRight militia sets up in #Quebec (09/11/17)
Une milice armée d’extrême droite s’implante au Québec | ICI.Radio-Canada.ca – La milice armée d’extrême droite du III % (milice du trois pour cent) s’implante actuellement dans plusieurs régions du Québec. Pour devenir membres du mouvement des « threepers », les aspirants doivent notamment détenir un permis de possession d’arme à feu. Un reportage […]
4th World Radyo: Overstanding a Manufactured Hysteria: Or, Why Witnessing Afro-Revisionists Sip Nazi Kool-Aid is Ideologically Painful
Summary: This spoken word dispatch features FWR host @TheAngryindian addressing the prevalence of nonsensical conspiracy theories circulating within the American Afro-Urban community due to the dissemination of false information spread by misinformed, Afrocentrist extremists who routinely (and ignorantly) pluck their ‘research notes’ from the very same pro-European propaganda machine they habitually criticise. Unwittingly, many Black […]
The Steve King Style of American Politics – The New Yorker
The Steve King Style of American Politics – The New Yorker – For this and reasons like it, Congressman Steve King’s comments last weekend about the demographic future of the United States can’t be dismissed as the random Twitter ravings of a paranoiac—though admittedly we’ve gotten into the business of taking these types of statements […]
Before police shot him, mentally ill Portsmouth man looked “mean” and “hostile,” ex-officer testifies | Courts & Crime | pilotonline.com
Before police shot him, mentally ill Portsmouth man looked “mean” and “hostile,” ex-officer testifies | Courts & Crime | pilotonline.com – Franklin stopped and sat back down at the table as more officers arrived. To Williams, Franklin’s decision to approach him in an “aggressive” manner with an item in his hand amounted to a threat. […]
Senator Lynn Beyak stands by residential school remarks
Senator Lynn Beyak stands by residential school remarks, cites ‘fake news’ – Politics – CBC News – She also said they support her calls for an audit of all money “flowing in and out of reservations, and talks with grassroots indigenous people,” she said. “Which Indigenous people are your friends?” Independent Senator Patrick Brazeau said […]
Woman ‘discovers’ her color at age 36: Viviane Duarte only questioned her own racial identity when asked her personal thoughts on difficulties black women face
Note from BW of Brazil: This story is so very typically Brazilian. It’s stories as this one that demonstrate why there are so many stories on this blog detailing the journey of Brazil’s African descendants in coming to assume a black identity. When it is reported that Brazil’s population could be anywhere from 16 million […]
#WhiteLivesMatter Domestic Terrorist Planned to Kill Jews ‘In the Spirit of Dylann Roof’
FBI: White Supremacist Says He Planned to Kill Jews ‘In the Spirit of Dylann Roof’ – The Daily Beast – McDowell had already been convicted on multiple felony charges of animal abuse, violent burglary, larceny, drugs, and assault. During his time in prison for those offenses, police said he developed connections to white supremacists. According […]
RIP: Prince Buster / Cecil Bustamente Campbell OD (24 May 1938 – 8 September 2016)
PRINCE BUSTER – DISCOGRAPHY: (Ska/Rocksteady Singer) | Subcultz — Cecil Bustamente Campbell OD (born 24 May 1938, Kingston, Jamaica), better known by the stage name Prince Buster, is a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer. Prince Buster, one of the founders and leaders of the ska music scene that originated from jamaica. Reggaediscography presents the most complete […]
Philadelphia man acquitted of ’91 murder in less than an hour after retrial Innocence Project
Philadelphia man acquitted of ’91 murder in less than an hour after retrial Innocence Project – “We are extremely relieved that this very long nightmare is finally over for Mr. Wright and his family. DNA testing proved not only that Mr. Wright is absolutely innocent but also that law enforcement fabricated evidence against him,” said […]
Haiti: Passage of Darkness
Are there really zombies in Haiti? Wade Davis devotes two long sections to this question. He first looks at the popular views and then explores cases where there have been some attempts to carefully and more scientifically determine the status of suspected cases. His key candidate for zombiehood is Clairvius Narcisse. In spring, 1962 Narcisse […]
Controversial flier causes outrage in Southfield – Story | WJBK
Denson says she wants to know what the real intent of the flier is. Trayvon Martin is featured in the flier as well. “This to me says he needed to be killed and that’s someone’s child and it’s being used in this message.”Attached to the message are pictures of white candidates running for office. We […]
To White Folks That Have Never Seen Super Light Skinned Negros Before
So, this is me. No makeup, no sorcery. This picture is a few years old. Nothing has changed. I suppose what they really mean when they think/say that I’m not black is that I don’t inspire their racist fears about black people. Or they could mean that black people don’t have certain looks. Not REAL […]
In a Final Speech, Civil Rights Icon Julian Bond Declares: “We Must Practice Dissent” | Democracy Now!
In one of his final speeches, the late civil rights leader Julian Bond spoke at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on May 2, 2015, as part of the “Vietnam: Power of Protest” conference. He was introduced by the actor and activist Danny Glover. Julian Bond died on August 15 at the age of 75. […]
Whites see blacks as superhuman: Strength, speed, pain tolerance, and the magical negro.
Adam Waytz of Northwestern University and Kelly Marie Hoffman and Sophie Trawalter of the University of Virginia report the results of several studies on this subject in an upcoming issue of Social Psychological and Personality Science. In one experiment, white Internet users were shown a white face and a black face and asked to decide: […]
PressTV-For 35 yrs in prison without conviction
PressTV-For 35 yrs in prison without conviction – A mentally ill African American man has spent more than three decades in the US state of Texas without conviction, a defense attorney says. Jerry Hartfield, 59, has been jailed for over 35 years despite his original murder conviction being thrown out from being found guilty, defense […]
The Inuit Discovery of Scotland in 1682 | Jardine’s Book of Martyrs
These Finnmen seem to be some of these people that dwell about the Fretum Davis [i.e., the Davis Strait], a full account of whom may be seen in the natural & moral History of the Antilles [by Rochefort], Chap. 18. One of their Boats sent from Orkney to Edinburgh is to be seen in the […]
Ex-Black Panther Leader Elaine Brown Slams Stanley Nelson’s ‘Condemnable’ Documentary – The Daily Beast
As an aside, to answer any charge that my condemnation of this film arises from the fact that Nelson tossed most of his interview with me onto the cutting room floor, I note that my autobiography, A Taste of Power, my own Black Panther story, has never gone out of print and was just picked […]
Carson’s claim that Planned Parenthood targets blacks to ‘control that population’ – The Washington Post
Starting in 1916, Sanger’s clinics at first were aimed mainly at poor immigrant women. The first clinic was in a neighborhood “populated largely by Italians and Eastern European Jews,” according to the 2010 book “Birth Control on Main Street,” by Cathy Moran Hajo. Sanger did not open a Harlem clinic until the 1930s, even though […]
Bobby Short – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Waltrip “Bobby” Short (September 15, 1924 – March 21, 2005) was an American cabaret singer and pianist, best known for his interpretations of songs by popular composers of the first half of the 20th century such as Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Noël Coward and George and Ira […]
European Racism : Nigger, are you crazy? Hoe vernietig je de zwarte identiteit? – NRC Handelsblad
Nigger, are you crazy? Hoe vernietig je de zwarte identiteit? – NRC Handelsblad van vrijdag 31 juli 2015 — Amerika, vooral blank Amerika, leefde een paar jaar in een droom. Een nieuwe tijd was aangebroken, waarin de oude problematische rassenverhoudingen er niet meer toe deden. Het aantreden van Barack Obama, de eerste zwarte president, onderstreepte […]
Slaughter Of Young Black Trans Women Intensifies, With 5 Murders Reported In 1 Week – Towleroad
The other day we told you how Shade Schuler, whose badly decomposed body was found in a vacant field in Dallas, was the 13th transgender person known to have been murdered this year, eclipsing the total from all of 2014.Since then, three additional murders of transgender women have been reported, bringing the 2015 total to […]
Jindal Wants To Block Removal Of Confederate Monuments In New Orleans
“Gov. Jindal opposes the tearing down of these historical statues and has instructed his staff to look into the Heritage Act to determine the legal authority he has as governor to stop it,” Jindal spokesman Doug Cain said in an email to the New Orleans Advocate.The statues in question include Confederate Commander Robert E. Lee […]
San Francisco Bay View » Bobby Seale: Community control of police was on the Berkeley ballot in 1969
The concept of greater control by the people and community of their police department is a constitutional democratic necessity. It is the opposite of the racist, fascist corporate control by city politicians using the police department to control and exploit the people. Too many unarmed people of color are being murdered. The community control response […]
In Nevada, Jeb Bush rally interrupted by Black Lives Matter demonstrators – LA Times
Behind him, a few dozen protesters raised their fists and began chanting, “Black Lives Matter!” A few Bush supporters turned toward them and chanted, “All Lives Matter!” and “White Lives Matter!” Two women — a protester and a Bush supporter — stood a few feet from the candidate with their middle fingers extended in each […]
Texas Officer From Viral “All Lives Matter” Photo Compares Movement to KKK and Skinheads
Targeted or not, the facts are indisputable. According to one study, young black men are 21 times more likely to be shot dead by law enforcement than young white men. In a New York Civil Liberties Union analysis of stop-and-frisk data from 2014, 55% of all people stopped by the New York Police Department were […]
Archived Press Release: Why We are Occupying Bernie Sanders’ Burlington Office: (April 26, 1999)
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 09:21:29 -0400 From: Will Miller [http://www.uvm.org/iaag/why-occupy.htm] Subject: Occupying Bernie Sander’s Burlington Office with follow-up Instant Antiwar Action Group Contact: Will Miller Press Release – April 26th, 1999: Why We are Occupying Bernie Sander’s Burlington Office: [Burlington, VT] I am writing on behalf of the anarcho-socialist-feminist and anti-racist left in Vermont, […]
William Monroe Trotter – Journalist, Civil Rights Activist – Biography.com
In the summer of 1903, Washington visited the AME Zion Church in Boston to give a speech. During the meeting Trotter questioned Washington, which led to a shouting match and ensuing ruckus dubbed “The Boston Riot” by the press. Trotter was arrested, fined and sentenced to a month’s imprisonment, during which time he read W.E.B. […]
Public Enemy – No Sympathy From The Devil [OFFICIAL] 4K
Public Enemy – No Sympathy From The Devil [OFFICIAL] 4K – YouTube – Public Enemy – No Sympathy from the Devil from Man Plans God Laughs http://www.publicenemy.com/mpgl via ▶ Public Enemy – No Sympathy From The Devil [OFFICIAL] 4K – YouTube.
Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols To Fly With NASA On Airborne Observatory Mission : T-Lounge : Tech Times
Sofia (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) is described as the world’s largest airborne observatory, carrying a huge, gyro-stabilized telescope, cameras, spectrometers, photometers and more. It reads infrared energy to observe things like the births of stars, solar systems and nebulae, celestial bodies in our own solar system, complex molecules in space, black holes and more.Nichols […]
Reclaiming his indigenous name: Khelsilem’s story – Home | New Fire with Lisa Charleyboy | CBC Radio
‘Rebranding’ himself as Khelsilem was based on where that particular name comes from.”Khelsilem comes from a family that did a lot of work that was very public – canoe building and carving,” he said.”These are things that are done in a private sense but then shared with the world afterwards.”As he was getting ready to […]
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