A Georgia parole board Tuesday denied clemency for Troy Davis, a death row inmate who garnered global support for his claims of innocence. His execution is scheduled for Wednesday night. After hearing exhaustive pleas both from Troy Davis supporters and… Read More ›
Racism
Review of “Are Prisons Obsolete?”
In our “democratic” society, we have been taught that, while everyone is entitled to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” there are those who do not deserve the same “rights” to which we are all supposedly entitled. The exception… Read More ›
Anti-Black Racism Among Libyan Rebels
“the brigade for purging slaves, black skin” – slogan seen painted in rebel country Michael McGehee wrote in Victims of a Civil War, Z Magazine, April 5: Libya, located in northern Africa, has a majority Arab population. It also has… Read More ›
Black Slaves, Freedmen Risked Their Lives to Work As Union Spies During the Civil War
Freed slaves became spies They were made invisible by the color of their skin. They could not be seen because their enemy was blinded by ignorance. Federal troops sent African Americans, former slaves, into the Confederate breach to capture information… Read More ›
EMERGENCY: Act NOW to STOP THE SEPT 21st EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS!
ACT NOW! All anti-death penalty activists in the U.S. and worldwide should prepare NOW to organize coordinated actions before Sept. 21. The IAC will send out a proposed date for these actions in conjunction with Georgia activists. SIGN ONLINE PETITION… Read More ›
NAACP Condemns Scheduled Execution of Troy Davis
On Tuesday, September 6, 2011, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) strongly condemned the scheduled execution of Troy Anthony Davis. The NAACP believes that there is too much doubt surrounding the conviction of Mr. Davis, whose… Read More ›
Libyan rebels round up black Africans, place them in detention camps
By BEN HUBBARD, Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Rebel forces and armed civilians are rounding up thousands of black Libyans and migrants from sub-Sahara Africa, accusing them of fighting for ousted strongman Moammar Gadhafi and holding them in makeshift… Read More ›
Lynch Law and Summary Executions in Rebel-Held Libya
Glen Ford “The world’s most imperial-dependent, ill-disciplined and whining ‘liberation movement’ is still blaming black ‘mercenaries’ and soldiers from Chad for its failures in the field.” Chad, meanwhile, has officially asked the “international coalition” to protect its civilians from the… Read More ›
In Libya, African Migrants Say They Face Hostility
Among the foreigners desperate to flee the troubles in Libya are thousands of African migrants from all over the continent. They say they’ve become targets for Libyans who are enraged that African mercenaries are fighting on behalf of the regime…. Read More ›
Killed Because They Are Black – The Racist Rebels of “Free” Libya
The terrified man is hung upside down as a mob chant abuse at him, many filming his torture on mobile phone cameras. After some time, a man steps forward and begins to hack off the prisoner’s head, the mob cheering… Read More ›
Debunking William S. Lind & “Cultural Marxism”
What is “Cultural Marxism?” Anyone who has spent considerable time participating in political discussions is bound to run across the term “Cultural Marxism” at one time or another. It is a term typically used by the most extreme elements on… Read More ›
‘Funny’ Anti-Gaddafi Cartoons Reveal Rebel Racism, Anti-Semitism
Gaddafi’s eastern Libyan opponents have been flaunting their prejudice in full view of the world’s media with little to no response. In late February, back at the outset of the eastern Libyan rebellion against the rule of Muammar al-Gaddafi, I… Read More ›
U.S. Media Imagine Nonexistent Mass Rape in Libya, But are Blind to Mass Murder of Black Africans
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford U.S. media show no remorse for falsely reporting that Libyan soldiers were using rape as a weapon of war, although Amnesty International has “not found any evidence or a single victim of… Read More ›
Pacifism: How to Do The Enemy’s Job For Them
“As an ex-Indian civil servant, it always makes me shout with laughter to hear, for instance, Gandhi named as an example of the success of non-violence. As long as twenty years ago it was cynically admitted in Anglo-Indian circles that… Read More ›
Pigs Shoot & Kill Unarmed Black Teen for $2 Bus Fare
Sister Halimah Allah writes from Los Angeles on July 18: “As I watch another Black man – shot down in the street like a mad dog by occupation forces paid for by our tax dollars and 456 years of dehumanization… Read More ›