New African Initiative?
From Chris McGreal in The Guardian
Leaders of African states formally launched an ambitious plan to rebuild their continent yesterday through a partnership in which good and accountable government and an end to conflict is rewarded with significantly increased western aid and other help.
A dozen presidents met in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to hail […]
Cornel West: Twin Towers Aid Same as Slavery Reparations
Harvard African-American studies professor Cornel West complained this week that while Americans are anxious to give “reparations” to the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks onthe World Trade Center and Pentagon, they continue to resist calls to compensate for another form of terrorism — slavery.
Speaking to Harvard’s […]
U.S. Policy Toward Political Islam
* U.S. policy toward the Islamic world is skewed by negative stereotypes of Islam that fail to recognize its diversity.
* Radical Islamic movements often arise out of the legitimate needs and grievances of oppressed sectors of the population who see the U.S. as partly responsible for their suffering.
* Washington has encouraged […]
Mosibudi Mangena, Consciousness Defines Who We Are
To be truly free, we need to be strong, cohesive and in solidarity with one another. For that to happen, we need to give ourselves generous doses of Black Consciousness. Then, and only then, shall we be able to build an open, democratic and more equal society in which […]
Playthell Benjamin, “Aftermath of the Disaster“
I have heard one Christian cleric after another call for war against the Muslim terrorists with all the fervor of a medieval monk recruiting knights for the crusades - a term actually employed by President. The teachings of Jesus - whom they all give lip service to - along with […]