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Monday, October 10, 2005

indigenous activists and columbus day

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An interview with Robert Mucaro-Borrero, President of the United Confederation of Taino People on the "discovery" of the New World...
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guantanamo hunger strike

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A hunger strike at the U.S.-run prison camp at Guantanamo Bay has entered its third month. At least 22 detainees have been hospitalized and ...

suffering the wrath of the gods

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Suffering the Wrath of Gods published on Monday, October 10, 2005 by the Guardian/UK is a meditation on the recent natural disasters which ...

columbus day

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Uruguayan writer and journalist, Eduardo Galeno's Thoughts on Columbus Day

dia de la raza / columbus day

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Today is the second Monday in October, better known as Columbus Day. In much of Latin America, October 12 is celebrated as Dia De La Raza (D...

south asia quake

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I'm basically speechless. Tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, mudslides. Like Marvin said, "What's going on?" BBC's pag...
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Sunday, October 09, 2005

ramdan, counterculture and soul

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Islam, Counterculture and Soul by Ibrahim N. Abusharif is just a really good piece on the meaning of Ramadan. Many articles on Ramadan poin...
Saturday, October 08, 2005

gone fishing

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From the riddim method
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big gyptian

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And while we are on the subject of musical cross-fertilization in the Middle East (see salsa diplomacy ), check out Big Gyptian (based on B...

why the devil has more vacation-time than santa: reason number 4,337

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The Porn of War by George Zornick talks about an amateur site which allows US soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan to trade-in grisly...

tell the truth and shame the devil

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Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil is the name of blog I just found by a Puerto Rican Five Percenter. I can't wait to check the blog ou...
Friday, October 07, 2005

hisham aidi

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I've been thinking alot recently about Hisham Aidi's piece, Let Us Be Moors . It ends with some powerful ideas which are central to ...
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god told me to invade iraq

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From Common Dreams: Bush says: God told me to invade Iraq.

more hispanic women are converting to islam

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A recent story appeared in the Miami Herald on how more Hispanic women are converting to Islam . In alot of ways, the story is pretty "...
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salsa diplopmacy

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By way of Sepia Mutiny I found this story in the Christian Science Monitor by Scott Baldauf KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – What if it could be proved...
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iraq and al qaeda, america and the kkk

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This is a Beliefnet article from Michael Wolfe entitled Iraq and Al Qaeda, America and the KKK on how looking at American history might giv...

world praise and condemnation

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I just found out this morning on NPR that a Muslim ( Mohamed El Baradei , chairman of the International Atomic Energy Agency) won the Nobel ...
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Thursday, October 06, 2005

the politics of fear

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From Common Dreams: Beyond the (In)Security State Where Fear Can't Take Us by Ira Chernus a brief exploration of how safety and securit...

waiting for the sun to set

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my ranking recently dipped in the Truth Laid Bear ecosystem, and for a few days I became a "marauding marsupial". But for what its...

zaid shakir

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Approaching Ramadan by Imam Zaid Shakir , is a thoughtful and poetic message of traditional guidanace on the more spiritual part of fasting....