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Libya: Views on Humanitarian Intervention (update)
Image: People wave Libyan flags from a car during celebrations for the one-year anniversary of the “February 17 Revolution” (source) The Guardian, One year on: chaotic Libya reveals the perils of humanitarian intervention. The mission to remove Gaddafi was a noble one. But … Continue reading
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Who is Walter Rodney?
Who is Walter Rodney? Via Nate H.
Posted in Africa, Books and scholarship, colonialism, Education, Historical, Listening..., music, video
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Kids on kids
I saw two really powerful messages today. Each one is by kids and about kids. 1. As seen on colorlines, Lakota students from Rosebud, South Dakota posted a powerful rebuttal to the ABC 20/20 special Children of the Plains. The students’ video challanges … Continue reading
Discourse on colonialism
“… ‘Europe’ is morally, spiritually indefensible. And today the indictment is brought against it, not by the European masses alone, but on a world scale, by tens and tens of thousands of millions of men who, from the depths of … Continue reading
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Ghana’s Independence
Posted in Africa, cold war, colonialism, Europe, gender & sexuality, global economy, Historical, UK, video
Tagged Beauty Pageant, Ghana, Independence, Nkruma
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“Kill the Indian, Save the Man”
NPR reports: Years ago, thousands of Native American children were forcibly removed from their homes and sent to boarding schools, where the motto of the schools’ founder was “Kill the Indian, Save the Man.” Children lost touch with their culture, … Continue reading
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Tagged foster care, Indian Child Welfare Act, lakota, midwest, native american, npr, south dakota
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Mini Powwow at the Mall of America
Speaking of global politics, everyday life…. (Thanks, Sheryl)
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Gaza: first and last
Gaza’s first 5-star hotel (Photograph: Arcmed for the Guardian) The Keffiyeh – A Last Manufacturer from mickeyboston.com (top: The Herbawi Factory waeves out Keffiyehs on a part-time basis. The rhythms of the machines play on a melody of possible extinction … Continue reading
Charlie Hill on the Richard Pryor Show, 1977
My very good friend Will sent me this. Thanks, Will!
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Eddie Izzard- Do you have a Flag?
How did those teeny, tiny European countries conquer the rest of the world?
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