Museveni and reconstruction of homophobic colonial legacy in Africa
From Pambazuka News, “Museveni and reconstruction of homophobic colonial legacy in Africa: Which way progressives?” Horace Campbell on the passing of ‘legizlations of hate” in Uganda and Nigeria exposes the historical roots of right wing American Christian fundamentalists which goes…
US Expansionism by stealth: Militarism from Africa to the Pacific Islands
From Guernica – The Pivot to Africa. The US [AFRICOM] claims it has a limited military presence in Africa with just one military base in Djibouti however when each small ‘footprints’ is counted, we see the whole is alarmingly expansive….
US Militarism from the Pacific Islands to Africa
One can imagine the kind of deal the US government has made with Niger, hardly a powerhouse as far as African governments go and not surprisingly there has been no protest, not even a meaningless statement from the AU. Niger provides a perfect base for AFRICOM. It’s on the edge of the Sahara giving the US a central position from which it survey the whole continent. In order to fully understand the new militarist imperial expansion by the US and the potential impact of the Niger base and other already established bases in Africa, its worth examining US militarism in the Asia Pacific region and specifically the “Pacific Pivot” which was launched in November 2011. Hawian activist Koohan Paik explains….
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Haiti: From AIDS to Aid, an [Un]Humanitarian Story
The third anniversary on January 12, 2013 of the earthquake in Haiti was marked yet again by a flood of new reports, opinions, facts and figures: a repetition of the past two years in terms of the lack of progress…
Why African LGBTI communities should say NO! to US imperialism.
The US Embassy in Nairobi recently announced that it would be holding “the first ever annual celebration of LGBT Pride at their embassy on June 26” . Gay pride or LGBT pride is the positive stance against discrimination and violence toward LGBT people to promote their self-affirmation,…
Haiti January 12, 2010 revisited – where disaster is profitable for some.
I have had two visits to Haiti in the past 12 months, for a month in November/December 2010 and a week in October/November 2011. Nearly a year apart in time but with very little improvement. Ah yes, a three mile…
The Hypocrisy of the UN and US on human rights & social justice
Ugandan LGBTI activist, Kasha Jacqueline speaks at the “UN Summit on Discrimination and Persecution”. – Through her own personal experience as an activist in Uganda, Kasha speaks about the war against the LGBTI community in her country and the hypocrisy…
Troy Davis: 14 Days in May – The execution of Edward Earl Johnson
This was the third time I watched this documentary on the last 14 days in the life of Edward Earl Johnson who was executed in Mississippi’s gas chamber on May 20, 1987. This is a horrific act of cruel and…
How to create safer communities & stop making spectacles of LGBTIQ people
Yesterday I posted about the brutal rape and murder of Noxola Nogwaza in South Africa. A week ago a transgender woman, Chrissy Lee Polis was viciously beaten outside a Baltimore MacDonalds by two teenage girls after Ms Polis tried to…
Manning Marable: 1950-2011 R.I.P.
I really dont have much to say but I would like to acknowledge the life of scholar and activist, Dr Manning Marable particularly his work on the Malcolm X project, “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention” which will be published…
“The last word has not been spoken” – Beah Richards
I’ve watched Beah Richards in many films and I remember reading somewhere about her poetry. But I never knew she was a feminist, wrote powerful political poetry speaking truth to power; was a playwright, a strong fiercely political, inspirationally powerful…
Taking Freedom Home – 2 years in the life of the Welfare Warriors
Taking Freedom Home is a truly powerful film which documents the many challenges faced by low income LGBTGNC (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender nonconforming) residents of New York City and their daily survival strategies.. The stories are full of…
Homophobic rantings on the Atlanta metro
So familiar – two friends / lovers leaning on each other, one reading, one sleeping – how ordinary is that? Very – but from the online reactions the ease and ordinariness of their friendship is their greatest offense – Rod…
James Baldwin 11 : Who is the Nigger? or Reclaiming the Dream 2010
A short clip from “Take This Hammer” in which Baldwin throws the “nigger” back at whiteness who invented him in the first place. Very pertinent in these moments of escalating right wing anti-Muslim hatred – a hatred invented to fill…
Reclaiming the bones: The African Cemetery on Higgs Beach, Key West
Last week I went to Key West – the southern most tip of the US and part of the Florida Keys. The Keys are a series of small islands joined together by bridges and causeways. I had heard…
Free movement of Jah people
Sometimes I cross post on Flip Flopping Joy written by BFP. I’ve known BFP in Blogland for years now and we met in person during the 2007 US Social Forum in Atlanta. BFP’s work is phenomenal and though she has…
Henrietta Lacks: Stolen cells
I never heard of Henrietta Lacks until a few days ago. But I have heard of the Tuskeegee Experiment in which 399 Black men were used as clinical samples for studying the late stages of syphilis. The men who were…
Nigerian bloggers on the fallout from Abdulmutallab
I have been on a semi hiatus over the past few weeks which is one of the reasons I haven’t commented on the Nigerian “knicker bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. The actions of Farouk have dramatic and serious implications for Nigerians…
“Eater of Death”
Powerful performance by Kenyan poet and activist Shailja Patel calling for an end to the US war against the people of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Israel: Spirit of inhumanity
Rice N Peas publishes a video of the hours just before the Free Gaza movement’s “Spirit of Humanity” was boarded by Israeli naval gunships on the 30th June. In the night, Israel had threatened to open fire on the unarmed…
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