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- Some Of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Most Radical Statements
source TeleSur While most public remembrances of Martin Luther King Jr. highlight his 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech. Few, other than historians and modern day civil rights activists, remember phenomenal leader’s critical statements condemning war,...
- ‘the Perpetrator Has Been Arrested, But The Killer Is Still At Large’
by Amy Goodmansource truthdig The massacre of nine African-American worshippers at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., has sent shock waves through the nation and could well blow the roof off the Confederacy. Dylann Storm...
- The Incubus Of Racism - Charleston And The American Soul
by Mumia Abu-Jamal source Counterpunch A young white man, barely at the age of his majority, walks into Charleston’s most storied Black church and, before he leaves, a new history is written. Attending the Wednesday night Bible study, he sits...
- Declaration Of The Network In Defense Of Humanity Regarding The Death Of The Extraordinary South African Writer, Nadine Gordimer,
When the network “In Defense of Humanity” began there was Nadine to add her voice andenormous prestige to the new movement. Declaration of the Network IN DEFENSE OF HUMANITY regarding the death of the extraordinary South African writer, NADINE GORDIMER,...
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What Kind Of Rationale Is This? Why doesn’t the United States want Cuba baseball players to participate in the upcoming World Baseball Championships?Is it because of Cuba’s Communist economic and political policies or could it be because of color...
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The National Network on Cuba statement on Charleston terror attack
The National Network on Cuba extends our solidarity to the survivors and condolences to the families of the victims of the racist terror attack on Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. TheMother Emanuel AME Church is a symbol and example of African-American communities who have fought racism and oppression from before the first slave ships left the coast of Africa to the Black Lives Matter movement today. A founder of this church, Denmark Vesey, was hanged for planning a rebellion to end slavery.
The corporate media’s uniform script is predictable. Once again the portrayal is of an individual reprehensible act. There is a different public discourse presented for people of African descent and other people of color. A white shooter is portrayed as a disturbed individual: in Columbine, in Tucson, in Oklahoma City, in Raleigh, N.C. in Milwaukee, but if someone has an Arab name, they are immediately labeled an international terrorist conspirator and they and all people who look like them are assumed guilty.
Where is the outcry, the signs, full front page declarations, “WE ARE ALL PASTOR PINCKNEY!” “ WE ARE ALL MOTHER EMANUEL AME CHURCH” “WE SAY NO TO RACISM” like the ones that followed the Charlie Hebdo killings inFrance?
The emblems of the racist apartheid regime in South Africa and white settlerRhodesia now Zimbabwe displayed on the shooter’s Facebook page could not show his allegiance to white supremacy and oppression more clearly. This racist massacre could never happen in Cuba because the very foundation of that country is based on respect for humanity and collective care for each other. In Cuba these words are not just phrases but something they practice daily. These basic principles of solidarity between people also extends to the world where time and time again Cuba has been the shining example of sending brigades to help fight against diseases and they are first responders when a disaster happens. Cubanever asks for anything in return like when they sent military assistance to Angolain the 1980s to help defeat the racist South African Army.
The National Network on Cuba stands with the people of Charleston and says no to racism and white supremacy.
Nalda Vigezzi
Banbose Shango
Franklin Curbello
Cheryl LaBash
Alicia Jrapko
- Some Of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Most Radical Statements
source TeleSur While most public remembrances of Martin Luther King Jr. highlight his 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech. Few, other than historians and modern day civil rights activists, remember phenomenal leader’s critical statements condemning war,...
- ‘the Perpetrator Has Been Arrested, But The Killer Is Still At Large’
by Amy Goodmansource truthdig The massacre of nine African-American worshippers at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., has sent shock waves through the nation and could well blow the roof off the Confederacy. Dylann Storm...
- The Incubus Of Racism - Charleston And The American Soul
by Mumia Abu-Jamal source Counterpunch A young white man, barely at the age of his majority, walks into Charleston’s most storied Black church and, before he leaves, a new history is written. Attending the Wednesday night Bible study, he sits...
- Declaration Of The Network In Defense Of Humanity Regarding The Death Of The Extraordinary South African Writer, Nadine Gordimer,
When the network “In Defense of Humanity” began there was Nadine to add her voice andenormous prestige to the new movement. Declaration of the Network IN DEFENSE OF HUMANITY regarding the death of the extraordinary South African writer, NADINE GORDIMER,...
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What Kind Of Rationale Is This? Why doesn’t the United States want Cuba baseball players to participate in the upcoming World Baseball Championships?Is it because of Cuba’s Communist economic and political policies or could it be because of color...