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One People's Project | 11.26.2008
So this thing is almost over and all that is left is the sentencing for three of the four Keystone State "Skinheads" associates that assaulted one of their own Memorial Day Weekend 2007. So this thing is almost over and all that is left is the sentencing for three of the four KSS associates that assaulted one of their own Memorial Day Weekend 2007. The only one that is getting off scott free is Keith Carney, which has caused more than a few people to wonder if the other three simply took a fall for him, and why in all hell would he even be worth it? We hope that isn't the case, because to be lapdog to Keith Carney cannot possibly say much for your self-esteem...Andy. The sentencing was delayed because of an investigation into the four that the prosecution refered to.
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Mumia Abu-Jamal | 11.24.2008
For her songs which attacked and criticized the racist apartheid regime in South Africa, her music was banned and she was denied the right to return to her homeland. She lived away from her birthplace for nearly 3 decades, and the regime wouldn't even allow her to return to the country to attend her mother's funeral. In 1960 the government revoked her citizenship. Lee Atwater died a second time, on November 4, 2008, with the election of Barack Obama. And the Southern Strategy died with him. As the party known for little else than “starting wars and jacking votes,” as comedian David Alan Grier recently noted, the G.O.P. could no longer depend on racism for their bread and butter. Try as the McCain-Palin ticket did to stoke the flames of racial anger and resentment by conjuring up the image of Obama as the uppity communist Muslim terrorist with a radical Black pastor, the Southern Strategy made its last stand in national politics.
...But hold it, wait a minute: let’s not lull ourselves into thinking that all is well, and that we have somehow waved a magic wand to bring us into a post-racial America... Robert “Seth” Hayes is a U.S. political prisoner and former member of the Black Panther Party who has been imprisoned in New York state for more than three decades. When Seth was convicted in 1974, his sentence was 25 years to life. The implicit understanding at the time of his sentencing was that Seth would serve 25 years as a minimum, after which time he would be eligible for release based on his record and conduct in prison. In December of 2008, Seth will be going before the parole board for the sixth time. A letter from the Robert Seth Hayes Support Committee: :::::::: Just outside of New Orleans, a newly discovered chapter of the Ku Klux Klan murdered one of their newest recruits in the past few days. The woman who was murdered was a novice who took a bus down from Oklahoma after the election for the specific purpose of joining the Klan. She was shot and her body was burned after a disagreement with the Klan leader. Coincidence? See also: Why the Monkey Man Matters John McCain spent months fanning the fear-filled fires of folks scared of terrorists, socialists, and anti-Americanism in his campaign for President. On election night he made a fine concession speech and walked away — but the fires are still burning. John McCain apparently thought it was OK to turn fears on high for as long as possible to help his quest for the presidency. But he cannot now just expect the flames to turn off. He owes America an apology for running a terribly fear-mongering, knowingly false and divisive campaign. TO VIEW THE VIDEO TESTIMONY VISIT: http://www.everyonegroup.com/EveryOne/Anton_Caldarar.html Racism in Italy. On the day of Barack Obama’s triumph... The case of Anton Caldarar. TO VIEW THE VIDEO TESTIMONY VISIT: http://www.everyonegroup.com/EveryOne/Anton_Caldarar.html CESENA, November 4, 2008 – Anton Caldarar is a young Roma father. He has lived in Italy for the last eight years and is familiar with all the aspects of discrimination, racial hatred, violence and racist authorities. In the video- Divided into clans, Africa remains ripe for the plucking by the new colonialists, who see it as a vast stealing ground, from which resources can be looted with relative ease. Fanon foresaw this 1/2 a century ago. Nkrumah tried to organize against it. But, regrettably, we are where we are. Here's an ugly little secret about American democracy: We don't count all the votes. In 2004, based on the data from the US Elections Assistance Commission, 3,006,080 votes were not counted: "spoiled," unreadable and blank ballots; "provisional" ballots rejected; mail-in ballots disqualified. This Tuesday, it will be worse. Much worse. It's November 5 and the nation is in shock. Media blame it on the "Bradley effect": Americans supposedly turned into Klansmen inside the voting booth, and Barack Obama turned up with 6 million votes less than calculated from the exit polls. Florida came in for McCain and so did Indiana. Colorado, despite the Democrats' Rocky Mountain high after the Denver convention, stayed surprisingly Red. New Mexico, a state where Anglos are a minority, went McCain by 300 votes, as did Virginia. That's the nightmare. Here's the cold reality. Why should we care about one racist man with a stuffed monkey?
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