African Descendants
- Thu Feb 26 2004
Conference on the struggle against slavery in the Circum-Caribbean
The conference is being planned to examine the process of revolution, independence and emancipation, with a focus on the region of the circum-Caribbean. They call for papers. 27-29 August, 2004, Limón, Costa Rica.
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African Descendants
- Wed Nov 12 2003
Report on Durban: call to NGOs
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling NGOs to submit contributions to its Anti-Discrimination Unit.
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African Descendants
- Mon Nov 03 2003
More poor households than during apartheid
It is almost 10 years since apartheid ended in South Africa and government has published its draft review of its first decade in power to hold up a mirror to its own performance.
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African Descendants
- Fri Mar 07 2003
Landlessness and racism
The continued landlessness of the majority of black South African women and men - both rural and urban - is rooted in our country's history of colonialism and apartheid, but has been reinforced by the policy prescriptions of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and other organs of international finance capital which have defined a narrow neo-liberal macroeconomic strategy for post-apartheid South Africa.
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Human Rights
/Indigenous Peoples
/African Descendants
- Thu Dec 12 2002
Racism: United Nations press release on the General Assembly Third Committee
United Nations press release on the General Assembly Third Committee approval of a draft resolution on the "Fight against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and the Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action"
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African Descendants
- Thu Nov 21 2002
Palestinian apartheid
On October 13, anti-apartheid activist Na'eem Jeenah presented a lecture at McGill University in Montreal entitled `The African Apartheid and the Palestinian Plight´. This report includes the text of this lecture and other related links.
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African Descendants
- Thu Nov 21 2002
Palestinian apartheid
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African Descendants
- Fri Oct 11 2002
Calling apartheid's profiteers to account
Twenty million South Africans still live in abject poverty. These statistics are shocking enough alone, but become even more so when you consider that in comparison, the beneficiaries of South Africa's apartheid era still have their houses, cars, pensions and jobs and that apartheid's international profiteers continue to make ever-greater profits.
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African Descendants
- Fri Sep 13 2002
'Racism' Tag Harms Cape
Perceptions of widespread racism, and lingering concerns about safety and
security, are among the key challenges the Western Cape must tackle to make
more of its tourist appeal.
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Health
/African Descendants
- Wed Aug 28 2002
HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination
The World AIDS Campaign for the years 2002–2003 focuses on stigma, discrimination and human rights. This document provides a background and framework for that campaign. (pdf)
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