Darfur Activist Loses China Visa

Well isn’t this messed up. Joey Cheek, co-founder of Team Darfur, who participated in the conference call set up by the Afrosphere Action Coalition, has had his visa revoked by China
Former Olympic speedskater Joey Cheek had his visa revoked by Chinese authorities Wednesday, hours before he was set to travel to Beijing to promote his [...]

Olympic Athletes and Bloggers on Darfur

Last month, Yobachi, of Blackperspective.net and the Afrosphere Action Coalition held a conference call with Team Darfur co-founder and Olympic gold medalist Joey Cheek, who is working hard to raise awareness about the genocide in Darfur. I was supposed to be one of the participants, but due to work and technical difficulties, I didn’t get [...]

In Memory of Aimé Césaire

On Thursday, 17 April, the Martinique poet, activist, politician, and post-colonial theorist Aimé Fernand David Césaire died.
Césaire was a central figure in what can be considered the French version of the Harlem Renaissance. While in school at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand , he helped found L’Étudiant Noir (The Black Student), a literary journal dedicated to [...]

In Solidarity: Global Day for Darfur

Today is the blogging Global Day for Darfur, as organized by Danielle at Modern Musings. There are 25 bloggers participating today, so head over to Modern Musings for a list of participants and please read what they have to say.
The mission of this blogging day is to Educate, Motivate, and Activate.
See also [...]

April 13 in Solidarity: Global Day for Darfur

Danielle Vyas, of ModernMusings.com leads the charge:
The Mission is to build upon Amnesty International’s global efforts within the blogsphere.
The Strategy is to Educate, Motivate and Activate toward ending the genocide in Darfur.
Educate through analysis of reports and news materials, compilations of facts through viral multimedia like podcasts and videos posted on Youtube and linking to [...]

Link Love: Asian American Feminism

I’m deeply stunned and saddened at the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, one of my Asian feminist heroes, and am rendered speechless. Except to say it’s George Bush and his various puppet governments’ fault.
Filipina poet Barbara Jane Reyes muses on a theme I’ve written about lately. That APIA women are their own worst enemy.
Reappropriate: Helen Zia: [...]

Benazir Bhutto, R.I.P.

Heartbreaking news.
Many people have been writing about her death today, and so I’m not sure what I can add, other than that my heart goes out to her and her people, and to point you to Sylvia, who has collected a bunch of the amazing testimonials to a truly wonderful and brave woman.

I [...]

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