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As hurricane season begins, pressure builds on Congress to pass Gulf Coast...
Members of All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C., write letters to Congress urging passage of the Gulf Coast Civic Works Act. Many have also volunteered on rebuilding projects in New Orleans’...
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Shell agrees to pay for Ken Saro-Wiwa’s death but denies complicity
by Lisa Vives Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni freedom fighters were executed in 1995. (GIN) – A landmark civil rights case that charged oil company Royal Dutch Shell with collusion in the capture,...
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First report since US rejoins UN Human Rights Council condemns racist denial...
“This community was probably the hardest hit; 90 percent of the housing stock was totally destroyed. Yet this community decided it wanted to stay in place. There was no help – there was no Red Cross,...
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Enough! wants peace in Sudan but war in Congo
Go figure. Enough! wants Sudan’s Omar Hassan al-Bashir behind bars – but wants U.S. support for Uganda’s Museveni. The fragile peace that was gained for two years in the region as the LRA (Lord’s...
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Patrice Lumumba’s Independence Day speech, June 30, 1960
Men and women of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba, his face shown filling the map of Africa, symbolizes independence. In this speech, with the king of Belgium in the audience, he stated, "The Congo's...
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Jamie and Gladys Scott: Wrongfully convicted
by Lenore J. Daniels, Ph.D. Sisters Jamie and Gladys Scott have served 14 years of double life sentences for a robbery of no more than $11 that they did not commit. Their prosecution was in retaliation...
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Racist, white supremacist military rule in Honduras
by Willie Thompson, professor emeritus, City College of San Francisco The racist slurs directed toward President Obama by interim Honduran Foreign Minister Colindres of the coup government reflect that...
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The implications of the coup in Honduras on Afro-descendants
by TransAfrica Forum The National Black Organization of Honduras marches against the coup. Currently, the country of Honduras in Central America is experiencing its worst political crisis in decades....
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Letter to Hillary: In Congo, rape of women results from rape of resources
On Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Kenya, she is meeting with cultural leaders, such as these Masaai traditional dancers, and with political leaders, who expressed displeasure at being...
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Thousands of California elders losing long-term care
by Paul Kleyman Ortiz and Carol Walton - Photo: Paul Billingsley Renowned bassist Ortiz Walton was once the youngest person and first African American to play in the Boston Symphony. But at 75, not...
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What U.N. Special Envoy Bill Clinton may do to help Haiti
by Marguerite “Ezili Danto” Laurent, Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network President Jean Bertrand Aristide meets with President Bill Clinton in October 1994. Bill Clinton may be useful to Haiti’s people...
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Takeover imminent of Honduras’ Garifuna Community Hospital
by Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) The voice of Dr. Luther Castillo, who is considered Public Enemy No. 1 by the Honduran coup government, is heard across Cuba every night. From...
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Taboo news and corporate media
by Peter Phillips This photo, with today’s segregated students superimposed on those of yesteryear, illustrates a 2005 Salon.com story about Jonathan Kozol’s book on resegregation, “The Shame of the...
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The power of vigilance
Flood SF City Hall Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1 p.m., with the Stop Lennar Action Movement by Rev. Andrew L. Bozeman The Stop Lennar Action Movement expects 1,000 supporters to bring their life and death...
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Black Ramadan: an interview wit’ Muslimah Qadriyyah Abdullah
by Minister of Information JR Qadriyyah Abdullah This month Muslims around the world are observing Ramadan, which is compared in the Black revolutionary tradition to how Black August is celebrated in...
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The challenges of Congo advocacy in the 21st century
by Kambale Musavuli Kambale Musavuli breaks the silence about the Congo at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash. As spokesperson and student coordinator for Friends of the Congo, Kambale...
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Paul Robeson, a great human being
by George and Candy Gonzalez Black Los Angeles-based photographer Howard Lee Morehead created this composite photograph of Paul Robeson bursting through the front page of the California Eagle newspaper...
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Don’t shop where you can’t work and be treated as a human being
by Patricia Pittman Mitchell “I am a woman came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted...
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Congo Week: an interview wit’ Kambale Musavuli, spokesman for Friends of the...
Congo Week Bay Area events schedule follows this story – visit CongoWeek.org for events around the world by Minister of Information JR Kambale Musavuli says in this photo he was “thinking about how to...
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The mind of Gil Scott Heron: an interview wit’ the legendary musician, Part 3
Listen to the entire interview – the audio follows the text by Minister of Information JR Gil Scott Heron gave a classic performance at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on Oct. 2. – Photo:...
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