Category Asia
Malcolm X’s daughter on Juneteenth: ‘We’re in denial of the African holocaust’ | World news | theguardian.com
“We’re in denial of the African holocaust,” Shabazz said. “Most times, people don’t want to talk about it. One is often restless or termed a racist just for having compassion for the African experience, for speaking truth to the trans-Atlantic and Arab slave trades, for speaking truth to the significant omission of our history. We […]
China Denounces America’s Treatment of African Americans, Minorities | Ipetisut
According to a report of the Working Group of Experts on people of African descent to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations in August 2010, unemployment was a very serious issue for the Afro-descendant community in the United States, with levels of unemployment being, proportionately, four times higher among this population than in […]
Heads up to ‘The Worm’: North Korea releases racist screed against Obama.
The diatribe calls Obama a “dirty fellow” who “still has the figure of a monkey while the human race has evolved through millions of years,” and declares that he should “live with a group of monkeys in the world’s largest African natural zoo and lick the breadcrumbs thrown by spectators.”What exactly is going on here? […]
Transgenerational memories passed down through DNA — Science of the Spirit — Sott.net
According to the Telegraph, Dr Brian Dias, from the department of psychiatry at Emory University, said: “From a translational perspective, our results allow us to appreciate how the experiences of a parent, before even conceiving offspring, markedly influence both structure and function in the nervous system of subsequent generations. “Such a phenomenon may contribute to […]
U.S. Prepares to Gas Russia Into Submission | Black Agenda Report
Even the Americans were not so stupid as to believe that their neo-Nazi friends in Kiev could somehow pry Russia from its naval base in Crimea. Such was never the plan. Rather, Moscow’s response to the overthrow of Ukraine’s elected government was predictable, as was that of the Russian-speaking Crimean majority. Washington’s strategy is to […]
Criminal Tribes Act – Wikipedia
The British government was able to summon a large amount of public support, including the nationalist press, for the excesses committed on such communities. This is because the Criminal Tribes Act was posed widely as a social reform measure which reformed criminals through work. However, when they tried to make a living like everybody else, […]
The World Needs Peace – But Not a Pax Americana | Black Agenda Report
The World Needs Peace – But Not a Pax Americana | Black Agenda Report. by Cynthia McKinney Former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who last week completed a peace mission to Syria along with former U.S. attorney general Ramsey Clark and others, made the following remarks to the IBON IBON Conference on Democracy, Self-Determination and Liberation […]
Pre-blackness, blackness & post-blackness / 195,000 b.c. to Today » onlineJournal | The Liberator Magazine
The first recognizably black humans began appearing in Africa around 200,000 years ago. Some 50,000 years later, they began to engage in the more refined human behaviors including sophisticated tool and jewelry making, painting, sculpture, and the control of fire. About 5,000 years ago, Menes became the the planet’s first king of a nation-state that […]
Skin-Lightening Cream is Making a Comeback-Do We Really Hate Our Dark Skin?
I’m not sure if this is a resurgence from a bygone era or something thats always been around in some shape or form. But it looks like skin-lightening cream is making a comeback. Its obviously big business in India if Vaseline is making a special product for folks in that country. But even here at […]
Arti Patel: Indias Ugly Obsession with Lighter Skin Hits Close to Home, Too | Arti Patel
To make history super, super short, this phenomenon of fair vs. dark isnt only popular in India. Several Asian countries like Thailand and China as well as some Caribbean islands have dealt with these issues since colonialism.But who wouldve thought, a campaign purely focused and based in India, could be just as relevant to South […]
Fourth World Radyo: The Human Crisis in #Uttarakhand | APNS Public Radyo
Summary: TheAngryindian speaks with activist/author Sunny Singh (http://sunnysinghonline.blogspot.com/) about the human crisis that is Uttarakhand. Topics covered include the insistent apathy of both the Western and Eastern corporate-owned media paradigms and the failure of national politicians and military officials to react to the crisis. The role of vulture capitalism and climate warming is addressed as […]
Pearl S. Buck – Wikipedia
Many contemporary reviewers were positive, and praised her “beautiful prose,” even though her “style is apt to degenerate into overrepetition and confusion.”[18] Robert Benchley wrote a parody of “The Good Earth” that focused on just these qualities, to excellent effect. Peter Conn, in his biography of Buck, argues that despite the accolades awarded to her, […]
Death of Yuri Gagarin demystified 40 years on — RT News
“I promised that I wouldn’t name [him],” Leonov said. Conspiracy theories have surrounded the events of that day for years. They included suicide – even a collision with a UFO. But for all intents and purposes, the case is closed, and the newfound truth should provide those affected with closure. Such is the conclusion of […]
Four Rohingya women shot dead and five more severely injured by police in Mrauk-U ~ Rohingya Blogger
Nayla Wun (Sittwe) RB News June 4, 2013 Mrauk-U, Arakan – Four Rohingya women were shot dead and five Rohingyas were severely injured by the police in Pa-Rein hamlet, Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State today at 3:30 pm. According to the local sources, the police and the authorities had an agreement with Daw Thaw Yaybar to […]
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин, tr. Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin; IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr sʲɪˈrɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn] ( listen); 6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837) was a Russian author of the Romantic era[1] who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet[2][3][4][5] and the founder of modern Russian literature.[6][7] Pushkin was born into the Russian nobility in Moscow. A remarkable fact about his ancestry is that one great-grandfather of his – Abram Gannibal – was […]
Modern AfroIndio Times 