Back on the front burner! The Obama White House has taken the “bull by the horns” in an effort to move the momentum of national health reform forward in the midst of stagnation, charges of political corruption and back room deal making and a shifting tide of public opinion regarding the need for massive overhaul of our nation’s health care system.
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Ahimsa Porter Sumchai M.D.,
antitrust exemption,
Attorney General Jerry Brown,
economist Ben Stein,
increase insurance premium rates by 39 percent,
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner,
Langston Hughes,
national health reform,
Obama administration,
Obama White House,
private health care industry,
uncompensated care for the uninsured,
WellPoint Inc.
If a person really cared about human suffering – torture, mass rape, pillage, torching of homes with people alive inside, targeted rapes to spread HIV/AIDS, burying people alive, chopping off of limbs – then such a person would condemn these acts wherever they may occur and demand that the perpetrators of the crimes be brought to justice.
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Acholis,
Black Star News,
burying people alive,
chopping off of limbs,
Congo,
Congo’s Ituri region,
crimes against humanity,
Enough!,
International Court of Justice (ICJ),
International Criminal Court (ICC),
International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo,
John Prendergast,
Joseph Kony,
lobbying efforts in Congress,
Lord’s Resistance Army,
mass rape,
Obama administration,
pillage,
President Omar Hassan al-Bashir,
targeted rapes to spread HIV/AIDS,
torching of homes with people alive inside,
torture,
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan,
Uganda concentration camps,
Ugandan President Yoweri K. Museveni,
World Health Organization
About one inch of rain fell on the capital of Port au Prince early this morning sparking angry protests that tied up traffic near the airport for nearly four hours. Police held the march back as a short scuffle broke out with angry protesters demanding tents, food, water and the return of former President Aristide.
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angry protesters,
blocking the main road,
corruption,
diarrhea,
Flashpoints,
flu,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
Haitian President René Préval,
Haitian riot police,
homeless camps,
Kevin Pina,
misery,
Obama administration,
Port au Prince,
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
Project Censored Real News Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism,
Protests,
ringworm,
scabies,
street demonstrations,
Toussaint L’Ouverture Airport,
U.S. Marines,
United Nations headquarters
According to the Associated Press, for every dollar spent in the “aid” effort, 33 cents pay for the U.S. military force that has taken control of the country. In contrast, the U.S. government is spending only 9 cents of every dollar on food and another 9 cents to transport the food.
Pierre Labossierre, cofounder of the Haiti Action Committee, alerts us to oppose “relief” funds and protest U.S. military occupation that threaten Haitian independence and sovereignty and to demand the return of President Aristide and the inclusion of Lavalas in Haitian democracy. Following the interview, listen and watch audio and video files featuring Pierre, Cynthia McKinney, Kiilu Nyasha, Nia Imara, Minister of Information JR, Joy Moore and more – all calling on everyone to “stand in solidarity with Haiti.”
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7.0 earthquake,
ANSWER Coalition,
Aristide Foundation,
Block Report,
Block Report Radio show,
Carlito Rivera,
coup d’etat,
coup d’etat of Feb. 29 2004,
Cynthia McKinney,
democratic grassroots movement of Haiti,
destruction of agricultural economy,
destruction of our economy,
dictatorships,
Duvalier dictatorships,
earthquake in Haiti,
economic sabotage,
Fanmi Lavalas,
first Black republic in modern history,
former presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush,
free democratic elections,
Haiti Action Committee,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
Haiti Emergency Relief Fund,
Haiti relief work,
humanitarian relief,
Hurricane Amerikkka,
International Monetary Fund,
Jean Bertrand Aristide,
Joy Moore,
Kamau Amen-Ra,
Kiilu Nyasha,
KPFA’s Sunday Sedition,
liberation,
military occupation,
military response,
Minister of Information JR,
neo-liberal policies,
New Orleans’ Katrina,
Nia Imara,
Obama administration,
Pierre Labossiere,
Port au Prince,
President Aristide,
President Bill Clinton,
President George W. Bush,
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
preventable deaths,
privatization,
privatization of government owned enterprises,
ransom,
Red Cross,
reparations to the former slave owners,
Robert Roth,
SF Bay View newspaper,
Siraj Fowler,
sovereignty,
stop impeding relief,
the Fugees,
U.S. military,
World Bank,
Wyclef Jean,
Yele Ayiti
Many young males in Black and Brown neighborhoods all across the country feed their families with the proceeds made from illegal growing and distribution. What will it mean if more marijuana users buy their “weed” from clubs instead of the streets?
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Black and Brown neighborhoods,
buying weed from dispensaries,
cannabis,
decrimininalize,
illegal growing and distribution,
illegal market,
legalize,
medical marijuana,
Minister of Information JR,
Obama administration,
Prop. 215,
weed
Since President Barack Obama signed his stimulus package into law in February, the U.S. Department of Transportation has handed out more than $150 million in contracts to companies for street, highway and bridge construction. New statistics released by the Transportation Equity Network (TEN) show that from that pot of money not a single dollar had been allocated to any African-American owned business.
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Aaron Glantz,
Black business,
construction apprentices,
disadvantaged communities,
DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program,
minority contracting,
National Association of Minority Contractors,
Obama administration,
President Barack Obama,
recession,
Richard Copeland,
Stephen Boykewich,
stimulus contracts,
Thor Construction,
Transportation Equity Network (TEN),
Transportation Secretary Roy LaHood,
unemployment rate
Loans handed out to struggling small businesses as part of President Barack Obama’s stimulus package have largely shut out minority businesses – especially those owned by Blacks and Latinos. Overall, white-owned businesses received over $130 million in loans through the program, while Hispanic-owned businesses got $4 million and Black-owned businesses less than $2 million.
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Aaron Glantz,
American Bankers Association,
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA),
America’s Recovery Capital (ARC),
Anthony Robinson,
ARC loan program,
James Ballentine,
Javier Palomarez,
Jonathan Swain,
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area,
Minority Business Legal Defense and Education Fund (MBELDEF),
minority businesses,
New America Media (NAM),
Obama administration,
Oren Sellstrom,
President Barack Obama,
Small Business Administration (SBA),
United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Communities from up and down the West Coast that had planned to converge in San Francisco to demonstrate our immense energy and BE THE CHANGE this administration needs to do what is right have been denied a previously approved permit to gather – why? on the grounds that the rally will be too large. Is this a re-run of the rise and fall of the Poor People’s Campaign’s Resurrection City on the Washington Mall in 1968?
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affordable housing,
anti-homeless laws,
Civil Rights,
deep poverty,
food insecurity,
free speech,
homelessness,
Homelessness Ends With a Home,
Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing funds,
human rights,
Martin Luther King Jr.,
Obama administration,
Organize or die!,
Paul Boden,
Poor News Network,
Poor People’s Campaign,
Resurrection City,
social justice,
Washington Mall,
Western Regional Advocacy Project
Dec. 9 will mark the 28th year that former Black Panther and present day political prisoner and prolific journalist Mumia Abu Jamal has been locked up for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer, although the evidence points to his innocence. After nearly three decades, many of Mumia’s supporters around the planet believe that he is closer than ever to being assassinated by lethal injection on Pennsylvania’s death row. We are asking everyone who reads this piece to get involved in freeing this man.
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Aaron Patterson,
Amadou Diallo,
Barack Obama,
change of venue,
Henry Louis Gates,
Hugo Pinell,
Imam Jamil Al-Amin,
Johannes Mehserle,
Jose Pagan,
Minister of Information JR,
Mumia Abu Jamal,
negro-phobic,
Obama administration,
Oscar Grant,
Pennsylvania’s death row,
racist,
Rodney King,
Ruchell Magee,
Simi Valley,
Skip Gates,
Spisak case,
suicides,
Van Jones,
William Tilley
African-American joblessness – nearly twice the national rate – is quickly becoming the first showdown between Black leaders and the nation’s first Black president as national Black and civil right leaders raise their voices telling the Obama administration it’s time to end the jobs crisis in the Black community.
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affordable mortgages,
African-American joblessness,
Ben Jealous,
Black leaders,
Black president,
BlackPressUSA.com,
Congressional Black Caucus Chair Barbara Lee,
Economic Policy Institute,
Green Empowerment Zones,
Hazel Trice Edney,
Lawrence Summers,
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights,
NAACP,
National Urban League President Marc Morial,
NNPA News Service,
Obama administration,
Obama’s National Economic Council,
poverty,
President Obama,
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid,
Small Business Administration’s Community Express Loan Program,
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi,
unemployment,
Wade Henderson,
Youth Summer Jobs Program
As global awareness grows around the Congo and the silence is finally being broken on the current and historic exploitation of Black people in the heart of Africa, a myriad of Western based “prescriptions” are being proffered. Most of these prescriptions are devoid of social, political, economic and historical context and are marked by remarkable omissions. The conflict mineral approach or efforts emanating from the United States and Europe are no exception to this symptomatic approach which serves more to perpetuate the root causes of Congo’s challenges than to resolve them.
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Africom,
AngloGold Ashanti,
Anvil Mining,
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Herman Cohen,
Banro,
Blattner Elwyn Group,
Bodia Macharia,
Canadian Bill C-300,
Carter Center,
cassiterite,
CNDP,
coltan,
conflict minerals,
Congo,
counterinsurgency,
Eagle Wings/Trinitech,
FDLR,
First Quantum,
FreePort McMoRan,
Group of Experts,
International Court of Justice,
Joseph Mobutu,
Kagame regime,
Kambale Musavuli,
Kemet,
Kivu provinces,
Laurent Nkunda,
Lundin,
Museveni,
Obama administration,
OM Group,
Patrice Lumumba,
Paul Kagame,
Rwanda,
Southern Africa Resource Watch,
Traxys,
tungsten,
Uganda
Charles Manson cheerleader Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme walked free last week through the front doors of Fort Worth Federal Prison. Fromme attempted in 1974 to assassinate then President Gerald R. Ford. Native American spiritual leader Leonard Peltier has also served almost 35 years behind bars for a crime that has never been proven. So it would seem to be a no brainer: If you’re going to release Fromme, still a self-proclaimed Manson supporter, it’s time to free this internationally revered indigenous leader who was clearly framed by the government and then ground through the racist prison system.
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Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi,
American Indian Movement (AIM),
beaten viciously,
Charlie Manson,
Dennis Bernstein,
Flashpoints,
Flashpoints in Espanol,
Folsom Prison,
John Virga,
John Waters,
KPFA,
La Onda,
Leonard Peltier,
Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme,
Miguel Gavilan Molina,
Native American spiritual leader Leonard Peltier,
Native Americans,
Nelson Mandela,
Obama administration,
PanAm 103,
President Barack Obama,
President Gerald R. Ford
The U.N. and the Obama administration continue to endorse and finance a second round of controversial Senate elections in Haiti. The first round was marked by a voter turnout of only 3-4 percent following a successful boycott campaign waged by Fanmi Lavalas.
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"associating with criminals",
action publique,
Boycott,
Brazilian U.N. soldiers,
CEP President Gerard Frantz Verret,
Conseil Electoral Provisoire (CEP),
Fanmi Lavalas,
Father Gerard Jean-Juste,
Haiti and Latin America,
Kevin Pina,
Lavalas Mobilization Commission,
Napoleonic Code in Haitian law,
Obama administration,
Operation Closed Door,
Operation Closed Door 2,
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
President Rene Préval,
Preval administration,
Senate elections,
U.N. military mission
“Due to the media blockout, Americans may not realize that a rise in the price of gas at the pump is related to bloodshed in the Niger Delta,” said Daphne Wysham, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. “As one of the largest consumers of Nigerian crude, the United States government cannot stand idly by and watch innocent civilians being killed, starved and maimed.”
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Abiteyeye,
Chevron,
Daphne Wysham,
gas companies,
Gbaramatu region of Delta State,
Global Information Network,
humanitarian supplies,
impoverished,
Institute for Policy Studies,
Justice in Nigeria Now,
Ken Saro-Wiwa,
Kurutie,
Laura Livoti,
Lisa Vives,
military blockade,
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta,
navy gunboats,
Niger Delta,
Nigerian government,
Nigerian National Petroleum Corp.,
Obama administration,
Ogoni,
oil,
Okerenkoro,
Oporoza,
poisoning,
rebels,
Royal Dutch Shell,
San Ramon,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
soil,
The Hague,
the United States government,
The villages of Opuye,
the Wall Street Journal,
Tunde Okorodudu,
war,
water
Haitian Americans demand that the Obama administration stop the threatened deportation of some 30,000 Haitians back to their strife and storm battered country and that Haitian migrants be granted Temporary Protected Status.
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deportations,
detention centers,
FANM,
Farah Juste,
Father Gerard Jean-Juste,
Francesca Guerrier,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti Liberte,
Haitian President René Préval,
Haitian-Americans,
Kreyol,
Lavarice Gaudin,
Marleine Bastiene,
Melky Jean,
Obama administration,
Temporary Protected Status (TPS),
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),
undocumented workers,
Veye Yo
Haiti’s Lavalas movement effectively destroyed the credibility of the April 19 Senate election through a successful boycott campaign called Operation Closed Door. Participation may have been as low as 3 percent nationwide.
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Cite Soleil,
Conseil Electoral Provisoire (CEP),
Dr. Maryse Narcisse,
election boycott,
electoral fraud,
Fanmi Lavalas Party,
Haiti Senate election,
Haitian National Police,
Kevin Pina,
L'Union,
Lavalas movement,
Obama administration,
Operation Closed Door,
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
Prime Minister Yvon Neptune,
Rene Civil,
Rene Preval's Lespwa party,
Ronald Fareau,
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton,
U.S. Ambassador Janet Sanderson
After the execution of three Somalis and the wounding and capturing of another in the Indian Ocean on April 12, a leader of the so-called pirates vowed to avenge the deaths of these youth who held the U.S. captain of a cargo vessel known as the Maersk Alabama for five days.
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Abayomi Azikiwe,
Abdulahi Lami,
Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse,
Adar Abdirahman Hassan,
African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM),
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah,
Alisha Ryu,
Capt. Richard Phillips,
chemical wastes,
diplomatic approach,
European corporations,
fierce resistance,
flag of truce,
Foreign Minister Mohamad Abdullahi Omaar,
Garowe Radio,
George W. Bush,
hazardous waste dumping ground,
hospital wastes,
industrial waste,
invasion and occupation,
Jamac Habeb,
Jamey Cummings,
Januna Ali Jama,
life imprisonment,
lifeboat,
Maersk Alabama,
Mohammad Siad Barre,
Mohammed Adow,
Mohammed Gure,
Nick Nuttall,
Obama administration,
oral and abdominal bleeding,
President Barack Obama,
President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed,
Puntland,
retaliation,
Ron Kuby,
skin infections,
snipers,
Somali "pirates",
Somali brigands,
Somalia,
Somalia Concerned Group,
Somalis,
tsunami,
U.S. imperialism,
U.S. Navy Seals,
Ukrainian ship,
United Nations Environment Program,
United Nations envoy,
uranium radioactive waste,
USS Bainbridge,
waste disposal costs
Former National Security Agency analyst Russell Tice told MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann on Wednesday, Jan. 21, that the programs that spied on Americans were not only much broader than previously acknowledged but specifically targeted journalists.
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Bill O'Reilly,
data-mining,
David Edwards,
George Bush,
journalists,
Keith Olbermann,
MSNBC,
Muriel Kane,
National Security Agency,
Obama administration,
Rush Limbaugh,
Russell Tice,
Stephen C. Webster
The letter asserts, “The United States government must respect the right of the Salvadoran electorate to choose its government free from threats of U.S. hostility or reprisals.”
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American Enterprise Institute (AEI),
ARENA (Nationalist Republican Alliance) party,
Article 256,
assassinations,
Charles Glazer,
El Salvador,
El Salvador Human Rights Commission,
FARC,
FMLN (Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front) party,
Foundation for the Study of the Application of the Law,
J. Michael McConnell,
Marisol Argueta,
Obama administration,
Organization of American States,
Roger Noriega,
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez,
William Robinson
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