The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
The Rebel Tours: Cricket's Crisis of Conscience by Peter May, Sportsbooks As England tour South Africa and the build-up to the World Cup begins, it's an instructive and revealing exercise to sit down with a teen and explain that, until 15 years ago, the country practised apartheid. The reality of it in political, economic and social terms, right down to the absurdity of segregated schools, railway...
Art Threat (Free subscription) | yesterday
La Sala Rossa in Montreal was packed last week for the eleventh Artists Against Apartheid concert, a cultural event series bringing diverse musicians to the stage in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom. Artists Against Apartheid is occurring within the growing international campaign to enforce boycott, divestment and sanctions on the Israeli government in [...]
War in Context (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Beyond compare By Julie Peteet, Middle East Report, Winter, 2009 While South Africa was explicit about the goal of apartheid policies, Israel engages in discursive subterfuge so that the intent and effects of their policies must be seen on the ground to be fully comprehended. Shulamit Aloni, the former Israeli minister of education, relates an episode at [...]
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
" In 1975, the General Assembly passed Resolution 3379 declaring, “Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.” Other organizations followed suit: The Conference of the International Women’s Year declared that international peace required the end of colonialism, occupation, apartheid and Zionism. The Organization of African Unity stated that South Africa, Rhodesia...
IOL (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Oil magnate Marc Rich made a mint selling his wares to brutal regimes, including South Africa's, writes Fiona Forde. In a tell-all book he shows no remorse.
Fr Mildew (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Thanks. Thank you for all your prayers and advice. I changed to Co codamol as a painkiller yesterday but will go back to Paracetomol I think. The former is constipational. I cant take Nurofen because of my slight Asthma. I find it difficult to sleep properly and I started on this at 6.30am today. I dont expect any real change in pain until tomorrow at least. Dignity of Death. The programme Something...
Working Class Tory (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Mr Elton neither knows nor cares about any of this. He is just a creature of fashion who has made a lot of money by telling modish jokes to people like him, who think their opinions are terrifically advanced, nonconformist and clever. In fact these opinions are as nonconformist as jeans and trainers. They have got them off the television, from their teachers and their rock-star heroes. They have never...
The Essential Read (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Thanksgiving has many associations -- struggling Pilgrims, crowded airports, autumn leaves, heaping plates, drunken uncles, blowout sales, and so on. At its best, though, Thanksgiving is associated with, well, thanks giving. The holiday provides a moment when many otherwise harried individuals leading hectic lives decelerate just long enough to muster some gratitude for their harvest. Giving thanks...
Sultan Knish (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
The same media which can't be bothered to notice that there is a proxy war going on between Iran and Saudi Arabia in Yemen, with Saudi jets bombing civilian targets. Who have paid no attention whatsoever to a week of violence between Algerians and Egyptians that included stonings and death threats, are up in arms over the building of 900 housing units in the Gilo neighborhood in Jerusalem. The Obama...
Truth In Our Time (Free subscription) | yesterday
by Khalid Amayreh A Zionist hasbara (propaganda) body based in North America is trying to recruit “volunteers” whose main job is to distort the input of the internet’s most visited websites in Israel’s favor. Propaganda efforts are reportedly focused on popular sites such as Wikipedia, the huge on-line encyclopedia which can be edited by anyone CAMERA, which calls itself a “committee...
Electronic Village (Free subscription) | yesterday
One of the blogging voices that I enjoy the most is Mac ' The Daddy ' Walton . He comes strong and he comes correct. I am pleased to see that he is now a published author as well. I encourage villagers to take a moment to check out his new book -- The Rebellious Sixties? Yes I Remember . Mac wrote, " Listen up. As an African American, a student of American history and a person who sometimes entertains...
Surind (Free subscription) | yesterday
Excerpt from Citizen Warrior's - The Terrifying Brilliance of Islam 25. The explicit use of double standards. Islam has one standard for Muslims, and a different standard for non-Muslims, which always gives the advantage to Muslims and within a Muslim country, it provides incentives to convert. For example, Islam must be spread by its believers, wherever they are. But when other religions try to spread...
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
Joshua Nkomo of ZAPU and Robert Mugabe of ZANU, leaders of the Zimbabwe liberation struggle. This photo was taken during the revolutionary war to liberate ZImbabwe during the 1970s. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos The Casablanca connection Courtesy of the Zimbabwe Herald IN 1978 Abel Muzorewa and Ndabaningi Sithole signed an agreement with Ian Smith to extirpate on the people...
SexGenderBody (Free subscription) | yesterday
On November 9, 2009, a diverse group of nongovernmental organizations, academic institutions and activists across the Middle East, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia carried out bold events to promote sexual and bodily rights as human rights. As part of the historic international campaign “One Day One Struggle” organized by the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies...
snapped shot (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Elder over at EOZ has the scoopage. Israel has been proven once again to inflict unecessary evil and carnage on to the Palestinian Arab peoples. It wasn't bad enough that Israel built their suicide-bombing-Apartheid wall, or that they put up homicide-bombing-blockades around the city, or that they forcibly removed the residents of Gaza back to Israel proper. But now, now they have gone and done the...
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dongel | 29/10/2009
Okay, tell me what can be the biggest advantage of owing a laptop and computer? It’s to watch free online movies and download movies. Download Skin In today’s ever changing scenario, our everyday schedules are being so hectic and in order to regain energy and enthusiasm, everyone needs to relax his/her mind. What are your means of relaxation? They may be various but I think that watching Hollywood...
jetsz | 15/09/2009
Want to download "The World Unseen" full movie online ? Read on as I share with you more about the movie and where to download "The World Unseen". In 1950's South Africa, apartheid is just beginning. Free-spirited Amina has broken all the rules of her own conventional Indian community in South Africa by running a café, a safe haven of laughter, music and home-cooked food; a "grey area" for those who...
news rage uk | 20/05/2008
Every time I hear about terrible things that happen in Africa I probably naively think to myself that at least South Africa is sorted out now. At least Apartheid is over and the power has shifted back to the blacks where it belongs without too much bloodshed or economical disruption like in Zimbabwe. In fact things in South Africa have started to look very positive lately. I presume they are dealing...
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