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	<title>Black Looks &#187; Apartheid</title>
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		<title>Outrageous Sara Baartman ornaments on sale</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2010/01/outrageous_sara_baartman_ornaments_on_sale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blacklooks.org/2010/01/outrageous_sara_baartman_ornaments_on_sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apartheid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sara Baartman]]></category>
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Nearly 200 years has passed and 16 years after the end of Apartheid South Africa and still the exploitation of Sara  Baartman continues.  And where is this taking place?  In a shop in Johannesburg were china ornaments of Sara Baartman&#8217;s body are on sale amongst household wares and &#8220;colonial throw-back domestic workers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A poet&#8217;s call to action</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2010/01/a_poets_call_to_action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dennis Brutus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sClimate Change]]></category>
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Image by matthewbradley via Flickr



We are in serious difficulty all over the planet. We are going to say to the world: There’s too much of profit, too much of greed, too much of suffering by the poor&#8230; The people of the planet must be in action.”  &#8230;Dennis Brutus

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		<title>RIP Dennis Vincent Brutus, 1924-2009</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/12/rip_dennis_vincent_brutus_1924-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
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One of Africa’s most celebrated poets and political activists, Dennis Brutus, died early this morning in Cape Town.   Throughout his life Dennis spoke  against injustice in South Africa and beyond.  
Below Dennis speaks on reparations from corporations that benefited from Apartheid.  In very typical Brutus fashion, he makes the links [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They feared you</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/12/they_feared_you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rethabile</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apartheid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Govan Mbeki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robben Island]]></category>
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Dear Stephen
You said, “We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our birth. These are concepts which the Black Consciousness approach wishes to eradicate from the black man’s mind before our society is driven to chaos by irresponsible people from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victory for Abahlali against the Slums Act</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/10/victory_for_abahlali_against_the_slums_act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
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Congratulations to Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement (AbM) for their perseverance and belief in their rights and non-violence.   After being subjected to &#8220;political violence and shameless slander&#8221; over the last two weeks, there  is reason to celebrate.  The Constitutional Court (CC) of South Africa have today declared the provincial KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abahlali: War against the poor continues in Durban</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/09/abahlali_war_against_the_poor_continues_in_durban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
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On Saturday the Kennedy Road settlement was attacked by a group of 40 heavily armed men.  They destroyed 15 homes belonging to members of the Kennedy Road  Development Committee [KRDC]   including that of S&#8217;bu Zikode.  Some people were killed including two of the attackers.   The police were called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zuma&#8217;s alliance with religious right threatens constitutional rights</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/09/zumas_alliance_with_religious_right_threatens_constitutional_rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/09/zumas_alliance_with_religious_right_threatens_constitutional_rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
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Christina Engela discusses the new direction of Jacob Zuma&#8217;s South Africa and the ANC&#8217;s relationship with right wing church leaders..and a plan to &#8220;&#8221;assist government&#8221; in &#8220;cleaning up society&#8221;.

Separate but equal&#8221;, they are calling this insult in the USA &#8211; and if a civil union is truly so great and so equal in their view, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming the alien: D9</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/09/becoming_the_alien_d9/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/09/becoming_the_alien_d9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apartheid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[District 9]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Racism]]></category>

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Warning this has spoilers. 

I have yet to watch District 9 and have read probably too many reviews to view it objectively.  This is one of the better ones I have read.
You have to admit: As a premise for a movie it is pretty unpromising. An alien spaceship comes to rest over Johannesburg.&#160; Instead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering June 16th: thoughts on education today</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/07/remembering_june_16th_thoughts_on_education_today_/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/07/remembering_june_16th_thoughts_on_education_today_/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vuyo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apartheid]]></category>
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“A pile of bricks, no matter how well crafted, is not a wall. And a group of walls, no matter how sturdy or beautiful, is not a cathedral. If you want to end up with a cathedral, you have to start with that global vision in mind, and “design down” from there.” –Dr. William Spady [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing Faces- a view on female sexual offenders</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/06/changing_faces-_a_view_on_female_sexual_offenders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/06/changing_faces-_a_view_on_female_sexual_offenders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vuyo</dc:creator>
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South Africa is portrayed as a liberated country, as a result of it&#8217;s history, there are humanitarian organisations dedicated to eliminating/reducing all forms of violence against women, children, gays and lesbians, etc. we are always given a sense of protection from things that might harm us. We even take a few extra measures to protect [...]]]></description>
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