The under-reported, the distorted, and the deported
I had one lovely friend from California visiting me (she left today), I enjoyed dinner with 3 other lovely women tonight, and my lovely mom just called to talk. My girlfriends and my mom are the best. Our conversations were about racial justice, community, love, suffering, and the need to tell the truly important stories. The awareness that a better world is possible (and necessary and already "onamove") that I carry away from my conversations with these lovely women compels me to share the following.
I learned from Democracy Now that the head of the beast still talks out both sides of its mouth. The government insists it's NOT planning a war on Iran, but plans for a "massive air strike" have nonetheless been drawn. Here are the Democracy Now reports (you'll notice Cheney has also asked Japan to send more troops):
US Plans for Attack on Iran Revealed
The BBC is reporting the US military has drawn up contingency plans for massive air strikes against Iran. The plans call for attacks on Iran's nuclear sites, air bases, naval bases, missile facilities and command-and-control centers. As part of the plan, long-range B2 stealth bombers would drop so-called "bunker-busting" bombs to penetrate Iran's underground uranium enrichment plant at Natanz.
Second U.S. Aircraft Carries Arrives in Middle East
The BBC's report comes at a time of heightened tension between the United States and Iran. Earlier today the US aircraft carrier USS Stennis arrived in Middle Eastern waters. The US will soon have two aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf for the first time since the start of the Iraq war. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has admitted the Stennis was deployed to the Gulf to send a message to Iran.
The good folks at the San Francisco Bay View newspaper sent me this link to an interview with Kamel Bell, Herman Bell's son, by JR on Flashpoints from Feb. 15th. It begins 38:30 into the program. Kamel talks about the historical background to the San Francisco 8 case, including COINTELPRO and the history of the government's attacks on the Black Liberation Movement and the Black Panther Party.
Latino youth in Chicago are organizing to fight the deportation raids. Their group, El Zocalo Urbano, warrants our support. Check out their MySpace page!
Click on the image to see a larger version of the poster.
Finally, I'm very disturbed by this report about a Pakistani man in Colorado who is facing deportation because he responded to racial slurs by getting into a fist fight.
I learned from Democracy Now that the head of the beast still talks out both sides of its mouth. The government insists it's NOT planning a war on Iran, but plans for a "massive air strike" have nonetheless been drawn. Here are the Democracy Now reports (you'll notice Cheney has also asked Japan to send more troops):
US Plans for Attack on Iran Revealed
The BBC is reporting the US military has drawn up contingency plans for massive air strikes against Iran. The plans call for attacks on Iran's nuclear sites, air bases, naval bases, missile facilities and command-and-control centers. As part of the plan, long-range B2 stealth bombers would drop so-called "bunker-busting" bombs to penetrate Iran's underground uranium enrichment plant at Natanz.
Second U.S. Aircraft Carries Arrives in Middle East
The BBC's report comes at a time of heightened tension between the United States and Iran. Earlier today the US aircraft carrier USS Stennis arrived in Middle Eastern waters. The US will soon have two aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf for the first time since the start of the Iraq war. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has admitted the Stennis was deployed to the Gulf to send a message to Iran.
The good folks at the San Francisco Bay View newspaper sent me this link to an interview with Kamel Bell, Herman Bell's son, by JR on Flashpoints from Feb. 15th. It begins 38:30 into the program. Kamel talks about the historical background to the San Francisco 8 case, including COINTELPRO and the history of the government's attacks on the Black Liberation Movement and the Black Panther Party.
Latino youth in Chicago are organizing to fight the deportation raids. Their group, El Zocalo Urbano, warrants our support. Check out their MySpace page!
Click on the image to see a larger version of the poster.Finally, I'm very disturbed by this report about a Pakistani man in Colorado who is facing deportation because he responded to racial slurs by getting into a fist fight.
Labels: Middle East, racism, SF Bay View, SF8, white supremacy, youth
posted by adrienne at 11:13 PM
2 Comments:
do you know anything about that japanese group "revolutionary army" mentioned in the same democracynow broadcast you linked to? Owen
no! i've been trying to (but not as much as i should)! they claimed responsibility for a bombing when koizumi was speaking at the SDF (army) anniversary event a few years ago too, and i've been keeping track of some reports like this. according to my anarchist friends, they are an "old leftist" faction. not JRA though apparently. one of my weekend goals is to try and learn more. anybody else know anything?
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