May 2010
33 posts
SUPPORT FREEDOM FLOTILLA
Rally Tuesday, June 1 , 5pm, 42nd Street & 2nd Avenue Israeli Forces Murder Ten Human Rights Activists and Injure Scores More,New Yorkers plan street action and demand immediate freeze of aid to Israel. On Memorial Day, as Americans mourn the loss of lives in our nation’s wars, people in the US and around the world will be mourning and rallying against the assassination of human rights...
curate: Israel has been able to create over the... →
Israel has been able to create over the past 12 hours a news blackout, just as it did with its attack on Gaza 18 months ago, into which our main media organisations have willingly allowed Israeli spokespeople to step in unchallenged.
How many civilians were killed in Israel’s dawn attack on…
At Saks, More Than Just Window Dressing →
I’m still not sure how to feel about art mixing with commerce. Any thoughts?
By ERICA ORDEN
On Tuesday evening Saks Fifth Avenue unveiled a stretch of windows displaying the merchandise of some of its signature designers including Comme des Garçons, Alexander McQueen and Issey Miyake. The windows incorporate art work created by a handful of artists who are included in the upcoming MoMA...
Much Ado About Straightening: Old Black Salons... →
abbyjean:
Armed with a blow dryer and brush, deft wrist action and shrewd promotional tactics, immigrants from the Dominican Republic are snipping away market share from African-American stylists whose mastery of black women’s hair ensured for generations that their customers wouldn’t, or couldn’t, leave them. Promises of seemingly healthier hair, swifter service and far lower prices are...
“More than any other issue facing our nation, housing will be the concern that...”
– bell hooks, Where We Stand
Arizona governor signs ban on ethnic studies; LA... →
Seriously???? These are serious replies??? I’m so infuriated!!!!
Imagine a White Studies course, promoting white people and so-called white people’s “values.”. Jeez, I can hardly wait to witness these same people who promote ethnic studies now that would be in a near-state of aggitated riot over something so presumtious as “White” anything.
I’m...
AL-AWDA-NY, THE PALESTINE RIGHT TO RETURN COALITION WELCOMES YOU TO: AN AFTERNOON FOR PALESTINE, COMMEMORATE AL NAKBA, BUILD OUR RESISTANCE SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2010 AT 1P.M. MUSLIM AMERICAN SOCIETY YOUTH CENTER 1933 BATH AVE BROOKLYN NY (D/M TO 20th AVENUE STOP) With: SPOKEN WORD ARTIST TAHANI SALAH, PALESTINE JEOPARDY, YOUTH TALENT, POETRY, EDUCATION AND ORGANIZING FOR PALESTINE ON THE...
“of brown girls who/ carry themselves folded in/ and under, hiding their bodies/...”
– Of Brown Girls : A Poetic Response to the Life of Sandra Cantu | VivirLatino
read the whole poem…by the lovely aaminah hernandez!
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Honest to god one of the most beautiful things you will read all year
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omg! what is up with all the beautiful...
How to Help the Gulf →
abbyjean:
• Matter of Trust is collecting hair from barbershops and salons, as well as old pantyhose, to create booms that absorb oil, preventing it from reaching the shore. Find out how to donate here.
• The National Wildlife Federation has sent a team of wildlife experts to assess the devastating impact of this unfolding tragedy on the region’s communities, wildlife, marshes, and...
6 out of 10 migrant women raped in Mexico,... →
abbyjean:
As many as six out of every 10 Central American women and girls are raped as they pass through Mexico hoping to cross illegally into the United States, Amnesty International said Wednesday. The rapists include criminal gang members as well as local authorities in collusion with them, said Rupert Knox, an Amnesty International researcher on Mexico.
The London-based human rights group...
