African Descendants
- Fri Feb 04 2005
Globalization not new; look at slave trade
Many acknowledge that globalization shapes the future, but few acknowledge that it shaped history, or at least the world’s perception of it. Fewer acknowledge that globalization is a two-way street.
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African Descendants
- Mon Jan 17 2005
Social justice and land regularization for afro-descendent communities: January 27
Workshop with the participation of Boaventura de Souza Santos, Miloon Kothari, Alfredo Wagner, Ivo Fonseca, Josilene Brandão, Letícia Osório, Raul do Valle, Andressa Caldas, Nelson Saule Jr. e Aton Fon.
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Human Rights
/African Descendants
- Tue Dec 21 2004
Brazil: land dispute against african-descendent rights
Quilombola land area was recognized by the government in 2000 but it was not until recently that work to gain back the land was restarted.
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Human Rights
/African Descendants
- Fri Dec 17 2004
School defends slavery booklet
Christian school are reading a controversial booklet that critics say whitewashes Southern slavery with its view that slaves lived "a life of plenty, of simple pleasures."
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African Descendants
- Fri Nov 12 2004
Calling racism by its name
Non-governmental organisations representing African descendants are demanding that United Nations documents referring to discrimination make explicit reference to anti-Black racism.
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Human Rights
/Indigenous Peoples
/African Descendants
- Fri Oct 08 2004
Informal meeting of the Commission on Human Rights
Documents that address the following topics: promotion and protection of the rights of children, activities for the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People, elimination of racism and racial discrimination and right of peoples to self-determination.
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Human Rights
/African Descendants
- Mon Aug 09 2004
United States stalls payments to black farmers for racist treatment
The number of farms run by African Americans is falling drastically, because black farmers face discrimination when seeking assistance from the US Department of Agriculture. Black farmers whose livelihoods were ruined by racist US government farm aid practices are asking Congress to intervene after a legal settlement failed to bring desperately needed compensation to the vast majority of those who filed suit.
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African Descendants
- Thu Apr 15 2004
Defeating racism after Durban
A meeting on "National Action Plans: Defeating Racism after the Durban Conference" will take place Thursday 25 March. The event is sponsored by the CONGO NGO Committee Against Racism.
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Human Rights
/African Descendants
- Wed Mar 24 2004
Venezuela: 150 years after abolishment of slavery, racism persists
Racism continues to exist in Venezuela in different guises 150 years after slavery was abolished, according to the Network of Afro-Venezuelan Organisations, which wants the cultural contributions of black people to be recognised by the constitution.
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Human Rights
/Indigenous Peoples
/African Descendants
- Fri Mar 19 2004
21 March 2004: International day for the elimination of racial discrimination
Exactly 44 years ago, the Sharpeville massacre came to symbolize the struggle against racism.
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