Short Reflection on the Color of the Venezuelan Election: Black, Indigenous, & Gray
Originally posted on Hue in the World a blog by HUE, LLC “Nada es tan peligroso como dejar permanecer largo tiempo a un mismo ciudadano en el poder ” — Simon Bolivar, 1819 Those in favor and opposed to Chavez’s regime seem to be split along racial and socio-economic lines. Venezuelans that are Black and/or Indigenous have largely benefited [...]
Broken and collapsed buildings remain in every neighborhood. Men pull oxcarts by hand through the street. Women carry 5 gallon plastic jugs of water on their heads, dipped from manhole covers in the street. Hundreds of thousands remain in grey sheet and tarp covered shelters in big public parks, in between houses and in [...]
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This week the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is meeting in Paris and is again considering the implementation of a highly controversial international prize that would lend credibility to one of the world’s most ruthless leaders. The controversy began in 2008, when UNESCO quietly accepted $3 million from [...]
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Originally posted by our friends at Indian Country Today, TORONTO – When they walked out of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on June 21, Gladys Radek and Bernie Williams prepared themselves for raw memories and painful moments on their fourth Walk4Justice across Canada. Survivors themselves, Radek and Williams share the grief experienced by too many First [...]
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A version of this paper was first published in Pambazuka News and forms the basis of the introductory chapter to a forthcoming book from Pambazuka Press African Awakening: the emerging revolutions edited by Sokari Ekine and Firoze Manji We are living today in what is probably one of the most inspiring times in our recent history, reminiscent of [...]
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Uri Avnery is an Israeli peace activist, journalist and writer. He is famous for crossing the lines during the Battle of Beirut to meet Yassir Arafat on July, 3, 1982. This was the first time the Palestinian leader ever met with an Israeli. Avnery is also the founder of the Gush Shalom (Peace Bloc) [...]
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US activists and progressives have been inspired by the revolts and revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East. The recent movements in Wisconsin and elsewhere in the Midwest were echoes of our own neglected legacies of grassroots struggle. But if our movements remain limited to the Democratic Party leadership and the logic of [...]
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Originally published by our friends at Indian Country Today, In honor of Women’s History Month and the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day on March 8th, ICTMN debuts Navajo writer Valerie Taliman’s new series on the growing human rights crisis in Canada where more than 600 Native women are missing or have been murdered. [...]
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Originally published by our friends at Indian Country Today, In honor of Women’s History Month and the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day on March 8th, ICTMN debuts Navajo writer Valerie Taliman’s new series on the growing human rights crisis in Canada where more than 600 Native women are missing or have been murdered. [...]
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Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali fled Tunis rather swiftly. Hosni Mubarak tried in vain all his tricks including inciting violence with the help of some of his supporters and surrendered. The beleaguered Muammar Qaddafi is trying to halt the democracy train with the active support of his clan and groups of a few tribes, the [...]
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