Category Archives: Racism

Danny Glover: Race and the Obama Administration

Posted on 12 April, 2009 by

Actor-activist Danny Glover takes a principled stand on calling for the Obama administration to display genuine leadership on the second Durban racism conference. In 2001 I traveled to Durban, South Africa, to join the tens of thousands of people who … Continue reading →

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Ashkenazim's Pawning of Mizrahim, Sacrificing Gaza

Posted on 20 January, 2009 by

An immensely interesting and revealing piece that discusses the too-rarely broached internal racism of Israeli society by Smadar Lavie (‘Sacrificing Gaza to revive Israel’s Labor party‘). Israel’s racism against its own second class citizens (the Eastern Jews or Mizrahim, the … Continue reading →

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To the Americans Who Defend Liberty, Thank You

Posted on 30 March, 2008 by

Thanks to Dave and Haitham, this deserves wide circulation so I am adding it here as well. You’ll be moved and encouraged, as I am, by the ordinary Americans who speak up for a stranger. Yes, there were some that … Continue reading →

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Geoffrey Robertson on Why Britain Should Say Sorry To Australia’s Aborigines

Posted on 18 February, 2008 by

What really leapt out in this Guardian piece from Geoffrey Robertson is that the English Fabian Socialists, almost always looked up to by many of us in the labour movement and culturally lionised, were eugenicists who advocated the assimilation or … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Genocide, Hegemon-watch, History, Human Rights, Indigenous peoples, Race, Racism, UK | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments