Posted By:  MarianD Posted On:  Sep 25, 2008	One reason I won't vote Democrat in 2008 (voting Green instead)
Politics may make "strange bedfellows," as the saying goes, but there have to be limits, and every now and then I reach one of mine. In this case, for me, it's around the 2008 U.S. presidential election. As Peter Finch's...... [view]

Posted By:  MarianD Posted On:  Aug 26, 2008	Greens' Rosa Clemente on WAMU.org Radio, 26 Aug
Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney's running mate Rosa Clemente did a very informative interview earlier today with Kojo Nnamdi of WAMU-fm (part of American University). Great interview, Rosa. You can hear it online here. It seemed a bit strange...... [view]

Posted By:  MarianD Posted On:  Apr 24, 2008	Hastings holds State of Black Europe hearing in Congress
In London in September or October 2004 this writer spoke on the panel, "Alliances We Need to Fight Racism" at the 2004 European Social Forum. I participated as a member of the network Alliance of People of African Descent in...... [view]

Posted By:  MarianD Posted On:  Apr 5, 2008	Africa "Outside" History? President Sarkozy's infamous speech in Dakar, July 2007
Since his accession to the French presidency, I seem to have lost track of the times when to hear Nicolas Sarkozy speak is to re-affirm that truth indeed is stranger than fiction. It's likely that for most of his listeners...... [view]

Posted By:  MarianD Posted On:  Mar 23, 2008	Washington's Slavery Emancipation, April 1862
Spring in Washington means a lot more than cherry blossoms. Throughout April Washington, DC -- or at least some of us -- will recognise the 146th anniversary of the abolition of Black enslavement in the District of Columbia which took...... [view]