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      How can the Racist US Serve as an Impartial Broker?

      Posted by j1o2n3a4s5

      the brutal slave trade, extermination of the Native Americans, subjugation of the Hispanics, mob lynching of Afro-Americans. In the 1920s, brutal racism became widespread amongst ordinary Americans, naturally groups like the Ku-Klux-Klan flourished throughout the US. Its membership inflated into millions [1], having around 15% of the eligible voting populations. Racism is built on blind prejudice and hate; it produces double standards and gratuitous violence. This is demonstrated by the few examples listed below in relation to the recent war in Lebanon.

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    • Cafferty on Romney and ?tar baby?

      Posted by newscloud from Crooks and Liars

      What is wrong with these people? Tony Snow used the same phrase also. Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, apologised for his use of the word "tar baby," which prompted a response from Cafferty. Video -WMP Video -QT Cafferty: It’s comforting to look at guys like Romney and the "ta...

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      Betrayal Of the Empire Or Fealty To Humanity? Confessions and Reflections of a Recovering White Middle Class Hegemon

      Posted by j1o2n3a4s5 from CounterCurrents

      “Here’s my non-alcoholic toast to the awakening of the masses to the moral depravity of the United States without the necessity of a catastrophic event, the arrest and imprisonment of the war criminals in the American and Israeli governments, the rise of a socio-economic system concerned with the welfare of the collective rather than the enrichment of a relatively few elites, the implementation of a political system that is truly by and for the people, the death of imperialism and Neoliberalism, access to health care and basic necessities for Earth’s 6.5 billion human beings, the implosion of the obscenely corrupt American Duopoly, the extinction of environmental abuse, and the end of United States financial and military aid which enables Israeli crimes against humanity.”

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    • ACLU: sheriff's hairstyle comment racist

      Posted by Billbar from Times Picayune

      Follow-up on the Louisiana racist sheriff story. Targeting people based on hairstyles common among blacks is "overtly racist" and a civil rights violation, the Louisiana ACLU said in a two-page open letter dated Wednesday and signed by attorney Katie Schwartzmann. "Sheriff Strain, surely we do not have to tell you that it is lawful to walk the street, and it is further lawful to wear one's hair any way deemed appropriate," Schwartzmann wrote.

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      Israeli War Crimes Ignored

      Posted by j1o2n3a4s5 from Blog Critics

      The Geneva Conventions. A fundamental pillar of international humanitarian law, this body of four conventions was, in its current form, drawn up in 1949, with two additional Protocols added in 1977 and a 3rd Protocol adopted in 2005. Israel ratified the Conventions in 1951, and as such is legally bound by them. Let’s take a look to see how well Israel is meeting its international obligations…

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      Community Organizing, the White Supremacist Way

      Posted by Billbar from Alternet

      In some ways, the migration of radical hate to the Internet and the use of grassroots networks was inevitable. The internet gave birth to a media culture that largely targets niche markets. Although racist electronic bulletin boards have been around since the mid-'80s, the first major website was Stormfront set up in 1995 by a former Ku-Klux Klan member. What is significant about the new sites, though, is that they do not only spread political messages but also effectively organize online communities.

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      The Hatred Behind 'Hadji Girl'

      Posted by j1o2n3a4s5 from gnn.tv

      If you want to understand why the war is going so badly in Iraq, it may help to examine the recent reaction to “Hadji Girl,” the videotaped song about killing Iraqis by U.S. Marine Corporal Joshua Belile. The song became controversial when the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) discovered it on the internet and objected to its lyrics. “Hadji Girl” tells the story of a soldier “out in the sands of Iraq / And we were under attack”:

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