Archive for April, 2010

PostHeaderIcon Hunger striker released from Holloway

Article by Black Women’s Rape Action Project©

Following a third bail hearing on 26 April, Ms K won her long overdue release from Holloway prison.

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PostHeaderIcon BNP offers £50,000 for non-whites to leave Britain

Is Nick Griffin's immigration policy rational and fair?

The British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin said that under his immigration policy non-whites in Britain will be offered £50,000 resettlement grants to leave.

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PostHeaderIcon BME voters should vote for change over much of the same

A vote for real change or much of the same?

With the three mainstream political parties reaching out to black voters promising to tackle racial inequality the question must be asked why BME voters have to vote the same political parties in every election? Is it not time for BME voters to seek real political change by voting for political parties which are not mainstream?

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PostHeaderIcon Faith before race: The disturbing alliance between black religious leaders and the far-right

Former BNP supporter Reverend James Gitau

A black reverend who moved from Kenya to Britain in 1997 was a member of the BNP before he recently defected to the Christian Party indicating a disturbing trend of black religious leaders putting faith before race.

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PostHeaderIcon Brain research reveals racial differences in how we relate to others

The brain reacts to races differently

Research conducted by neuroscientists at the University of Toronto Scarborough has indicated that the brain reacts differently in regards to how humans relate to other races.

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PostHeaderIcon BBC BNP broadcast protests contradicts racially tolerant Britain

Why should they be afraid if Britain is racially tolerant?

On Monday, 26 April, members of Unite Against Fascism, Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union (Bectu), the Muslim Council of Britain and Jewish Council for Racial Equality protested against the BBC’s recording of the British National Party’s (BNP) election broadcast, however if Britain is a racially tolerant country why do groups like this oppose the BNP’s public presence?

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PostHeaderIcon Blair hides as protesters attempt to indict him for war crimes in Malaysia

Where will the war criminal Blair hide next?

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was forced to hide in a room on his visit to Malaysia as protesters waited for him to appear to serve him an indictment for war crimes.

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PostHeaderIcon 40,000 racist incidents a year involving children as young as five says report

40,000 racist incidents involving children as young as five

In a Daily Telegraph article today it was stated that in a report published last year that schools listed 40,000 incidents of racism involving children as young as five indicating that racial inequality will be alive and kicking for decades to come.

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PostHeaderIcon Hindus upset over trivialisation of their gods in “Hammer of the Gods” episode of “Supernatural”

Press release from our Religious Correspondent

Hindus are upset over the depiction of their gods in “Hammer of the Gods” (Season 5, episode 19) in the “Supernatural” TV series reportedly aired on April 22, and say that such trivialisation of their sacred deities was disturbing.

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PostHeaderIcon Five racial murders per year says race institute

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) have revealed in a report that an average of five race murders occur in the UK every year since the race murder of Stephen Lawrence in April 1993 by a gang of racists.

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PostHeaderIcon Zimbabwe’s Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act: A historic moment for the African continent

President Robert Mugabe, a hero or villain?

Zimbabwe’s Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act (IEEA) came into force in March which means that local Zimbabweans are entitled to own 51 percent ownership in all foreign-owned companies; this act has the potential to be a historic moment for the African continent in regards to correcting past wrongs towards Zimbabweans and the issue of land redistribution for African people in general.

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PostHeaderIcon Obama honours civil rights ‘godmother’ with words but not deeds

Dorothy Height

President Barack Obama honoured one of the civil rights movement’s leading females Dorothy Height, who passed away yesterday at the age of 98, but while he may honour her with his words he certainly does not honour her with his deeds as America’s first black president.

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PostHeaderIcon Protest against mistreatment and demand for immediate release at 21 April appeal

Joe Glenton

Article by Payday men’s network©

Joe Glenton, first soldier in Europe to have publicly refused to go to Afghanistan, has been serving a nine-month sentence from 5 March when he was court-martialled. He has been harassed by the prison authorities because he remains defiant. We are protesting against Joe’s mistreatment and demanding his immediate release at the 21 April appeal at the Royal Courts in London.

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PostHeaderIcon Iran rightfully calls for America to be suspended from IAEA

US president Barack Obama, the new face of American imperialism

The leader of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has rightfully called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to suspend America for constantly threatening to use nuclear weapons against  his country and other states;  and his bold stance could be a significant opportunity for the non-European world to stand up to western terrorism.

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PostHeaderIcon The empire strikes back: America plan Africa re-colonisation

The United States of Africa: Is this the future of the continent?

After decades of hard-fought independence struggles in Africa America is now planning to re-colonise the entire continent as part of its new military strategy called AFRICOM, ensuring that vital African resources such as oil, gold, precious stones, natural gas and petroleum is exploited for their interests.

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PostHeaderIcon England’s first black international calls for tougher fines on racism in football

Viv Anderson

Viv Anderson, England’s first ever black international football player has called for tougher fines by the FA on racism after saying that the current fine is “nonsense.”

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PostHeaderIcon Mixed race people more attractive and successful says study

Are mixed-race people seen as attractive because of colour prejudice?

A Cardiff University study which involved rating 1,205 black, white and mixed-race faces has found that mixed-race faces are viewed as more attractive than black and white faces and in general they are perceived as successful.

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PostHeaderIcon Above the law: Leaders not held accountable for crimes

Former leaders Bush and Blair who are yet to stand trial for international crimes

Atheists Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens want Pope Benedict XVI arrested and charged with crimes against humanity for his alleged cover up of child abuse in the Catholic church when he visits Britain in September, however with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former US president George Bush managing to escape war crimes is it possible that powerful leaders will ever be held accountable for their actions?

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PostHeaderIcon Dizzee Rascal would be bonkers to play Bond

Dizzee Rascal would be bonkers to play James Bond

In the Belfast Telegraph today Grime music artist Dizzee Rascal came top in a poll to be the first black James Bond with 67 percent of the vote, however the Bond character is far from heroic and would be considered a terrorist by many people in the non-European world; Rascal would have to be bonkers to play such a role.

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PostHeaderIcon US military lied about war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan

Footage above: Wikileaks classified US military video showing the killings of civilians in Iraq

Reports have surfaced that the US military have lied about the killings of civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan including the killing of two pregnant Afghan women and a girl in February.

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