Originally posted on Frank Natter:
Basically the South African white community is a homogeneous community. It is a community of people who sit to enjoy a privileged position that they do not deserve, are aware of this, and therefore spend their time trying to justify why they are doing so. Where differences in political opinion…
Ahmed Seif al-Islam: In dark times
Originally posted on a paper bird:
Ahmed Seif el-Islam, photographed by Platon for Human Rights Watch, 2011 Ahmed Seif al-Islam died one year ago today. I had meant to write something then, but I didn’t have the heart. No one had much heart in those weeks. I went to his wake at the Omar Makram Mosque three…
Caribbean Countries Told to Prepare for Climate Change or Risk Water Scarcity
“..Experts are sounding a new alarm about the effects of climate change for parts of the Caribbean: the depletion of already strained supplies of drinking water throughout much of the region. Rising sea levels could contaminate supplies of fresh water and changing climate patterns could result in less rain to supply reservoirs in the coming… Continue reading Caribbean Countries Told to Prepare for Climate Change or Risk Water Scarcity
Jamaica needs urgent action to save LGBT people’s lives
there is a unique level of homophobia present in jamaica but it is important to recognize that this is not solely specific to jamaica…we all, as humans, have a vested interest in preserving the lives of our community members!
Lunchbox Theory mixtapes
because everrryyyyoonnnneee needs some good music flowing in their blood!
“The International Women’s Alliance (IWA) highly condemns the brutal premeditated murder of three Kurdish women activists yesterday in Paris. Sakine Cansiz, co-founder of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK); Fidan Dogan, Kurdistan National Congress representative; and young Kurdish activist Leyla Soylemez, were all shot in the head the early morning of January 10 at the Kurdish… Continue reading
Originally posted on Groundation Grenada:
:: by Kimalee Phillip :: On January 10th, 2013, it was announced to the Grenadian public that Prime Minister Tillman Thomas had advised the Governor General of the need to dissolve Parliament ultimately calling for an election date to be set within the following 90 days. Grenadians knew that an…
Originally posted on The Crunk Feminist Collective:
**trigger warning** A few weeks ago, a young Indian woman went to the movies. On her way home she took a bus on which she was raped and brutally assaulted by six men. We don’t know the name of this 23-year-old student. We do know that she was…
Originally posted on The Crunk Feminist Collective:
I am sure that by now many of you know the name Jovan Belcher. If you didn’t know his name (as I didn’t) before this weekend, you know it now. He is the Kansas City Chiefs player who shot and killed his girlfriend before taking his own life…
Originally posted on Groundation Grenada:
:: by Richie Maitland :: On Monday December 10th 2012, a Candle Light Vigil organized by The Grenada National Organization of Women in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Development, was held on the Carenage to raise awareness and support around issues of gender based violence in Grenada. The initiative…
Maroon :: liberated not freed 