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MARK FIORE CARTOONS ON PRESIDENT OBAMA

kingmix — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:13:25 +0000

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mpire Obama and America’s Last Taboo

kingmix — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:56:21 +0000

Empire, Obama and America’s Last Taboo

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Truth-telling Journalist John Pilger Lays Out the Hard Truths Learned Over a Lifetime of Investigative Reporting in this Wide-ranging Speech.

Empire, Obama and America’s Last Taboo

Americanism is an ideology that is unique because its main feature is its denial that it is an ideology. It’s both conservative and it’s liberal. And it’s right and it’s left. And Barack Obama is its embodiment. Since Obama was elected, leading liberals have talked about America returning to its true status as, “a nation of moral ideals.” Those are the words of Paul Krugman, the liberal columnist of The New York Times. In the San Francisco Chronicle, columnist Mark Morford wrote, “Spiritually advanced people regard the new president as a light worker who can help usher in a new way of being on the planet.” Tell that to an Afghan child whose family has been blown away by Obama’s bombs. Or a Pakistani child whose house has been visited by one of Obama’s drones. Or a Palestinian child surveying the carnage in Gaza caused by American “smart” weapons, which, disclosed Seymour Hersh, were re-supplied to Israel for use in the slaughter, “Only after the Obama team let it be known it would not object.” The man who stayed silent on Gaza is the man who now condemns Iran.

In a sense, Obama is the myth that is America’s last taboo. His most consistent theme was never change; it was power. “The United States,” he said, “leads the world in battling immediate evils and promoting the ultimate good. We must lead by building a 21st century military to ensure the security of our people and advance the security of all people.” And there is this remarkable statement, “At moments of great peril in the past century our leaders ensured that America, by deed and by example, led and lifted the world, that we stood and fought for the freedoms sought by billions of people beyond our borders.” Words like these remind me of the colonel in the village in Viet Nam, as he spun much the same nonsense.

Since 1945, by deed and by example, to use Obama’s words, America has overthrown 50 governments, including democracies, and crushed some 30 liberation movements and bombed countless men, women, and children to death. I’m grateful to Bill Blum for his cataloging of that. And yet, here is the 45th [sic] president of the United States having stacked his government with war mongers and corporate fraudsters and polluters from the Bush and Clinton eras, promising, not only more of the same, but a whole new war in Pakistan, justified by the murderous clichés of Hillary Clinton-clichés like, “high value targets.” Within three days of his inauguration, Obama was ordering the death of people in faraway countries: Pakistan and Afghanistan. And yet, the peace movement, it seems, is prepared to look the other way and believe that the cool Obama will restore, as Krugman wrote, “the nation of moral ideals.”

Not long ago, I visited the American Museum of History in the celebrated Smithsonian Institute in Washington. One of the most popular exhibitions was called “The Price of Freedom: Americans at War.” It was holiday time and lines of happy people, including many children, shuffled through a Santa’s grotto of war and conquest. When messages about their nation’s great mission were lit up, these included tributes to the; “…exceptional Americans who saved a million lives…” in Viet Nam, where they were, “…determined to stop Communist expansion.” In Iraq other brave Americans “employed air-strikes of unprecedented precision.” What was shocking was not so much the revisionism of two of the epic crimes of modern times, but the sheer scale of omission.

Like all US presidents, Bush and Obama have very much in common. The wars of both presidents and the wars of Clinton and Reagan, Carter and Ford, Nixon and Kennedy are justified by the enduring myth of exceptional America, a myth the late Harold Pinter described as “a brilliant, witty, highly successful act of hypnosis.”

The clever young man who recently made it to the White House is a very fine hypnotist, partly because it is indeed extraordinary to see an African American at the pinnacle of power in the land of slavery. However, this is the 21st century, and race together with gender, and even class, can be very seductive tools of propaganda. For what is so often overlooked and what matters, I believe above all, is the class one serves. George Bush’s inner circle from the State Department to the Supreme Court was perhaps the most multi-racial in presidential history. It was PC par excellence. Think Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell. It was also the most reactionary. Obama’s very presence in the White House appears to reaffirm the moral nation. He’s a marketing dream. But like Calvin Klein or Benetton, he’s a brand that promises something special, something exciting, almost risqué. As if he might be radical. As if he might enact change. He makes people feel good; he’s a post-modern man with no political baggage. And all that’s fake.

In his book, Dreams From My Father, Obama refers to the job he took after he graduated from Columbia in 1983; he describes his employer as, “…a consulting house to multi-national corporations.” For some reason he doesn’t say who his employer was or what he did there. The employer was Business International Corporation, which has a long history of providing cover for the CIA with covert action and infiltrating unions from the left. I know this because it was especially active in my own country, Australia. Obama doesn’t say what he did at Business International, and they may be absolutely nothing sinister. But it seems worthy of inquiry and debate, as a clue to, perhaps, who the man is.

During his brief period in the Senate, Obama voted to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He voted for the Patriot Act. He refused to support a bill for single-payer health care. He supported the death penalty. As a presidential candidate he received more corporate backing than John McCain. He promised to close Guantanamo as a priority, but instead he has excused torture, reinstated military commissions, kept the Bush gulag intact, and opposed habeas corpus.

Daniel Ellsberg, the great whistleblower, was right, I believe, when he said that under Bush a military coup had taken place in the United States, giving the Pentagon unprecedented powers. These powers have been reinforced by the presence of Robert Gates — a Bush family crony and George W. Bush’s powerful Secretary of Defense, and by all the Bush Pentagon officials and generals who have kept their jobs under Obama.

In the middle of a recession, with millions of Americans losing their jobs and homes, Obama has increased the military budget. In Colombia he is planning to spend 46 million dollars on a new military base that will support a regime backed by death squads and further the tragic history of Washington’s intervention in that region.

In a pseudo-event in Prague, Obama promised a world without nuclear weapons to a global audience, mostly unaware that America is building new tactical nuclear weapons designed to blur the distinction between nuclear and conventional war. Like George Bush, he used the absurdity of Europe threatened by Iran to justify building a missile system aimed at Russia and China. In another pseudo-event at the Annapolis Naval Academy, decked with flags and uniforms, Obama lied that America had gone to Iraq to bring freedom to that country. He announced that the troops were coming home. This was another deception. The head of the army, General George Casey, says, with some authority, that America will be in Iraq for up to a decade. Other generals say fifteen years.

Chris Hedges, the very fine author of Empire of Illusion, puts it very well; “President Obama,” he wrote, “does one thing and brand Obama gets you to believe another. This is the essence of successful advertising. You buy or do what the advertisers want because of how they make you feel.” And so you are kept in a perpetual state of childishness. He calls this “junk politics.”

But I think the real tragedy is that Obama, the brand, appears to have crippled or absorbed much of the anti-war movement, the peace movement. Out of 256 Democrats in Congress; 30, just 30, are willing to stand up against Obama’s and Nancy Pelosi’s war party. On June the 16th, they voted for 106 billion dollars for more war.

The “Out of Iraq” caucus is out of action. Its members can’t even come up with a form of words of why they are silent. On March the 21st, a demonstration at the Pentagon by the once mighty United for Peace and Justice drew only a few thousand. The outgoing president of UFPJ, Lesley Kagen, says her people aren’t turning up because, “It’s enough for many of them that Obama has a plan to end the war and that things are moving in the right direction.” And where is the mighty Move On, these days? Where is its campaign against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? And what, exactly, was said when Move On’s executive director, Jason Ruben, met Barack Obama at the White House in February?

Yes, a lot of good people mobilized for Obama. But what did they demand of him? Working to elect the Democratic presidential candidate may seem like activism, but it isn’t. Activism doesn’t give up. Activism doesn’t fall silent. Activism doesn’t rely on the opiate of hope. Woody Allen once said, “I felt a lot better when I gave up hope.” Real activism has little time for identity politics which, like exceptionalism, can be fake. These are distractions that confuse and sucker good people. And not only in the United States, I can assure you.

This is an excerpt of a speech given by John Pilger at the Socialism 2009 event in San Francisco on July 4, 2009
This article first appeared in the Rock Creek Free Press, September, 2009

The tale of the little girl on Barak Obama

kingmix — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:46:01 +0000

A stranger was seated next to a little black girl on the airplane when the stranger turned to her and said, “Let’s talk. I’ve heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”

The little girl, who had just opened her coloring book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, “What would you like to talk about?”

“Oh, I don’t know,” said the stranger. “Since you are a Negro, do you think that So-called President Barak Obama is qualified for the job?” and he smiles.

“OK”, she said. ‘That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff – grass -. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?”

The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl’s intelligence, thinks about it and says, “Hmmm, I have no idea.”

To which the little girl replies, “Do you really feel qualified to discuss President Barak Obama… when you don’t know shit?”

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WHO IS BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA II REALLY: KING Mix Special

kingmix — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:27:54 +0000

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The Obama Deception HQ Full length version Get the DVD @ http://infowars-shop.stores.yahoo.net/obdedvd.html The Obama Deception is a hard-hitting film that completely destroys the myth that Barack Obama is working for the best interests of the American people. The Obama phenomenon is a hoax carefully crafted by the captains of the New World Order. He is being pushed as savior in an attempt to con the American people into accepting global slavery. We have reached a critical juncture in the New World Order’s plans. It’s not about Left or Right: it’s about a One World Government. The international banks plan to loot the people of the United States and turn them into slaves on a Global Plantation. Covered in this film: who Obama works for, what lies he has told, and his real agenda. If you want to know the facts and cut through all the hype, this is the film for you. Watch the Obama Deception and learn how: – Obama is continuing the process of transforming America into something that resembles Nazi Germany, with forced National Service, domestic civilian spies, warrantless wiretaps, the destruction of the Second Amendment, FEMA camps and Martial Law. – Obama’s handlers are openly announcing the creation of a new Bank of the World that will dominate every nation on earth through carbon taxes and military force. – International bankers purposefully engineered the worldwide financial meltdown to bankrupt the nations of the planet and bring in World Government. – Obama plans to loot the middle class, destroy pensions and federalize the states so that the population is completely dependent on the Central Government. – The Elite are using Obama to pacify the public so they can usher in the North American Union by stealth, launch a new Cold War and continue the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. http://www.infowars.com http://www.prisonplanet.tv (more)(less)

“What lies behind us and what lies before us

are small matters compared to what lies

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Homeland Security Wants to Manage the Flu

Obama Whitehouse Pics

kingmix — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:36:46 +0000

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A briefer holds a briefing book prior to the Presidential Daily Briefing (PDB) in the Outer… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 2 comments	President Barack Obama examines the Resolute Desk on March 3, 2009, while visiting with Caroline… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 10 comments	President Barack Obama examines the Resolute Desk on March 3, 2009, while visiting with Caroline… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 14 comments
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk to Marine One on the South Lawn before… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 5 comments	President Barack Obama shoots hoops on the White House South Lawn basketball court 3/6/09. Official… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 4 comments	President Barack Obama walks towards the White House with friend Eric Whitaker, right and Personal… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 1 comment
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President Barack Obama arrives at Port Columbus International Airport. Columbus, Ohio with Senator… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 13 comments	President Barack Obama walks down the Colonnade with his arms around daughters Malia and Sasha,… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 14 comments	President Barack Obama salutes at Andrews Air Force Base before departing for Columbus, Ohio 3/6/09.… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 8 comments
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A reporter takes notes while President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 15 comments	President Barack Obama plays basketball at the U.S. Department of Interior, Washington, D.C. with… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 18 comments	First Lady Michelle Obama with daughters Malia and Sasha sled in the snow on the South Lawn of the… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 11 comments
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President Barack Obama fixes the tie of Secretary Ray LaHood, as they prepare for an announcement at… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 5 comments	President Barack Obama attends a Washington Wizards vs Chicago Bulls basketball game at the Verizon… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 10 comments	Following a policy speech on Iraq at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, President Barack Obama is briefed… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 3 comments
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Before giving a policy speech on Iraq, President Barack Obama places his hand on his heart as the… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 2 comments	President Barack Obama walks along along the Colonnade toward the Oval Office. 2/26/09. Official… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 4 comments	President Barack Obama reflects while standing in the White House ground floor corridor, prior to… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 5 comments
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President Barack Obama kisses First Lady Michelle Obama in the Blue Room prior to meeting with the… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 4 comments	First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at a White House concert honoring Stevie Wonder in the East Room… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 4 comments	Mark Lippert, NSC Chief of Staff, looks through the peephole in the door to the Oval Office.… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 14 comments

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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dance while the band Earth, Wind and… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 6 comments	President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden at the National Governors Association Meeting… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 2 comments	President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dance while the band Earth, Wind and… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 7 comments
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dance while the band Earth, Wind and… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 10 comments	President Barack Obama reads one of 10 letters from the public selected for his personal reading… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 3 comments	President Barack Obama pulls out the chair for First Lady Michelle Obama at the Governors Ball in… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 3 comments
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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the Green Room prior to a meeting with U.S.… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 2 comments	President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama cheer during their daughter Sasha… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 17 comments	President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper wave following an… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 4 comments
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President Barack Obama is given a pastry before departing Ottawa, Canada during his first official… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 6 comments	President Barack Obama jokes with Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel at an official reception in the Blue… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 4 comments	President Barack Obama talks with Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel at an official reception in the Blue… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 4 comments

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Close-up detail of President Obama’s signature on a bill, and a pen used for the signing, aboard Air… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 39 comments	President Barack Obama takes aim with a photographer’s camera backstage prior to remarks… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 342 comments	A toe marker for President Barack Obama as he prepares to make remarks at the Signing of the… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 7 comments
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President Barack Obama wth Vice President Joe Biden speaks with CEO of Namaste Solar… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 4 comments	President Barack Obama meets with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar aboard Air Force One during a… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 3 comments	President Barack Obama salutes, departing Andrews Air Force Base for Denver, Colorado… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 3 comments
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and NEC Director Larry Summers meet with President Barack Obama… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 2 comments	President Barack Obama meets with the Democratic Blue Dog Coalition in the State Dining Room of the… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 5 comments	President Barack Obama looks at a portrait of President John Adams while waiting in the Blue Room… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 11 comments
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Key economic staff members confer during a budget session in the White House Roosevelt Room on… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 3 comments	President Barack Obama waves to members of the audience while attending a performance of the Alvin… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 5 comments	The President is applauded by House Democrats as he is introduced to speak at the House Democrats… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 1 comment
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President Barack Obama calls Senators from the Oval Office. Phil Schiliro Assistant to… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 3 comments	President Barack Obama wears an AF1 jacket on his first flight aboard Air Force One from Andrews Air… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 4 comments	President Barack Obama wears a AF1 jacket on his first flight aboard Air Force One from Andrews Air… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 5 comments
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President Barack Obama hugs Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in the Oval Office 2/4/09. Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 3 comments	President Barack Obama departs from Andrews Air Force Base for Newport News, Virginia on his first… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 5 comments	President Barack Obama with Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in the Oval Office 2/5/09. Official White… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 6 comments
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President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner depart the Blue Room to make a… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 2 comments	President Barack Obama meets with Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) in the Oval Office. Collins was… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 2 comments	President Barack Obama takes a phone call in his private study off the Oval Office 2/3/09. Official… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 5 comments
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President Barack Obama speaks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the Oval… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 28 comments	President Barack Obama visits with his daughters Malia and Sasha and kisses his wife, First Lady… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 39 comments	President Barack Obama is helped by Vermont Governor Jim Douglas to move a couch in the Oval Office… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 27 comments

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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama make their entrance at the Annual Alfalfa… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 7 comments	President Barack Obama speaks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell at the Annual Alfalfa… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 4 comments	President Barack Obama meets with Senior Enlisted Military Personnel and VP Joe Biden in the Oval… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 7 comments
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President Barack Obama meets with labor leaders in the Blue Room following a signing of an… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 3 comments	President Barack Obama looks at daily correspondence in the Oval Office with his personal secretary… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 1 comment	President Barack Obama meets with labor leaders in the Blue Room, and shows that his suit is made in… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 2 comments
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President Barack Obama during a budget meeting in the Roosevelt Room 1/29/09. Official White House… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 9 comments	President Barack Obama reflects during a budget meeting in the Roosevelt Room… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 5 comments	President Barack Obama speaks by phone with Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe regarding severe weather… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 1 comment

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President Barack Obama wipes his face with a cloth handed to him by White House Butler Von Everett… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 4 comments	President Barack Obama talks with Paul Volcker, Chair of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 2 comments	NSC staff members sit in the Oval Office while President Obama speaks to foreign… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 3 comments
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President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office 1/27/09. Official White House Photo by… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 10 comments	President Barack Obama attends a lunch with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill, Washington… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 4 comments	President Barack Obama greets kitchen staff prior to a lunch at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 2 comments
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President Barack Obama reads the letter left in the Oval Office Resolute Desk for him the previous… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 11 comments	Early in the morning on Jan. 21st, President Barack Obama rides the elevator to the Private… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 20 comments	President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama receive visitors in the Blue Room at the White… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 4 comments
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President Barack Obama meets with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Oval Office shortly… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 5 comments	President Barack Obama is given the Oath of Office for a second time by Chief Justice John… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 9 comments	President Barack Obama walks on the Colonnade with David Axelrod and Reggie Love (c) on his first… Some rights reserved Uploaded on Apr 28, 2009 4 comments
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Keith Olbermann’s scathing criticism of Obama’s secrecy…. immunity claims

kingmix — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:47:18 +0000

Keith Olbermann’s scathing criticism of Obama’s secrecy/immunity claims * Text size * Larger * Smaller AnswerTips-enabled Glenn Greenwald Salon April 8, 2009 * A d v e r t i s e m e n t * efoods Several weeks ago, I noted that unlike the Right — which turned itself into a virtual cult of uncritical reverence for George W. Bush especially during the first several years of his administration — large numbers of Bush critics have been admirably willing to criticize Obama when he embraces the very policies that prompted so much anger and controversy during the Bush years. Last night, Keith Olbermann — who has undoubtedly been one of the most swooning and often-uncritical admirers of Barack Obama of anyone in the country (behavior for which I rather harshly criticized him in the past) — devoted the first two segments of his show to emphatically lambasting Obama and Eric Holder’s DOJ for the story I wrote about on Monday: namely, the Obama administration’s use of the radical Bush/Cheney state secrets doctrine and — worse still — a brand new claim of “sovereign immunity” to insist that courts lack the authority to decide whether the Bush administration broke the law in illegally spying on Americans. Read entire article Research related links 1. Keith Olbermann Needs to Take Obama to Task for His FISA Betrayal 2. Obama Dials Down Wall Street Criticism 3. Obama’s Justice Department standing by ‘George Bush secrecy’ 4. General George S. Patton was assassinated to silence his criticism of allied war leaders claims new book 5. Obama administration defends telecom immunity 6. Congress Ready to Betray Fourth with Spy “Immunity” Bill 7. Cheney: Obama responsible for next 9/11 8. Cheney claims power to decide his own case 9. Olbermann Punished for Crying Foul at GOP Exploitation of 9/11 Tragedy 10. Obama Claims to Have Visited 57 States 11. WND Claims Obama National Security Force Back On Agenda 12. Olbermann: Bush Administration “Allowed 9/11 Attacks To Occur”

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Territories and Regions of Africa and List of African countries

kingmix — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:30:47 +0000

Territories and regions

Main articles: Regions of Africa and List of African countries

The countries in this table are categorised according to the scheme for geographic subregions used by the United Nations, and data included are per sources in cross-referenced articles. Where they differ, provisos are clearly indicated.

Regions of Africa: Northern Africa Western Africa Middle Africa Eastern Africa Southern Africa

Physical map of Africa.

Satellite photo of Africa.

Political map of Africa (right-click to enlarge)

Name of region^[64] and territory, with flag	Area (km²)	Population (2009 est) except where noted	Density (per km²)	Capital
Eastern Africa:	6,384,904	316,053,651	49.5
Burundi	27,830	8,988,091^[65]	322.9	Bujumbura
Comoros	2,170	752,438^[65]	346.7	Moroni
Djibouti	23,000	516,055^[65]	22.4	Djibouti
Eritrea	121,320	5,647,168^[65]	46.5	Asmara
Ethiopia	1,127,127	85,237,338^[65]	75.6	Addis Ababa
Kenya	582,650	39,002,772^[65]	66.0	Nairobi
Madagascar	587,040	20,653,556^[65]	35.1	Antananarivo
Malawi	118,480	14,268,711^[65]	120.4	Lilongwe
Mauritius	2,040	1,284,264^[65]	629.5	Port Louis
Mayotte (France)	374	223,765^[65]	489.7	Mamoudzou
Mozambique	801,590	21,669,278^[65]	27.0	Maputo
Réunion (France)	2,512	743,981(2002)	296.2	Saint-Denis
Rwanda	26,338	10,473,282^[65]	397.6	Kigali
Seychelles	455	87,476^[65]	192.2	Victoria
Somalia	637,657	9,832,017^[65]	15.4	Mogadishu
Tanzania	945,087	41,048,532^[65]	43.3	Dodoma
Uganda	236,040	32,369,558^[65]	137.1	Kampala
Zambia	752,614	11,862,740^[65]	15.7	Lusaka
Zimbabwe	390,580	11,392,629^[65]	29.1	Harare
Middle Africa:	6,613,253	121,585,754	18.4
Angola	1,246,700	12,799,293^[65]	10.3	Luanda
Cameroon	475,440	18,879,301^[65]	39.7	Yaoundé
Central African Republic	622,984	4,511,488^[65]	7.2	Bangui
Chad	1,284,000	10,329,208^[65]	8.0	N’Djamena
Congo	342,000	4,012,809^[65]	11.7	Brazzaville
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,345,410	68,692,542^[65]	29.2	Kinshasa
Equatorial Guinea	28,051	633,441^[65]	22.6	Malabo
Gabon	267,667	1,514,993^[65]	5.6	Libreville
São Tomé and Príncipe	1,001	212,679^[65]	212.4	São Tomé
Northern Africa:	8,533,021	211,087,622	24.7
Algeria	2,381,740	34,178,188^[65]	14.3	Algiers
Egypt^[66]	1,001,450	83,082,869^[65] total, Asia 1.4m	82.9	Cairo
Libya	1,759,540	6,310,434^[65]	3.6	Tripoli
Morocco	446,550	34,859,364^[65]	78.0	Rabat
Sudan	2,505,810	41,087,825^[65]	16.4	Khartoum
Tunisia	163,610	10,486,339^[65]	64.1	Tunis
Western Sahara^[67]	266,000	405,210^[65]	1.5	El Aaiún
Spanish and Portuguese territories in Northern Africa:
Canary Islands (Spain)^[68]	7,492	1,694,477(2001)	226.2	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Ceuta (Spain)^[69]	20	71,505(2001)	3,575.2	—
Madeira Islands (Portugal)^[70]	797	245,000(2001)	307.4	Funchal
Melilla (Spain)^[71]	12	66,411(2001)	5,534.2	—
Southern Africa:	2,693,418	56,406,762	20.9
Botswana	600,370	1,990,876^[65]	3.3	Gaborone
Lesotho	30,355	2,130,819^[65]	70.2	Maseru
Namibia	825,418	2,108,665^[65]	2.6	Windhoek
South Africa	1,219,912	49,052,489^[65]	40.2	Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Pretoria^[72]
Swaziland	17,363	1,123,913^[65]	64.7	Mbabane
Western Africa:	6,144,013	296,186,492	48.2
Benin	112,620	8,791,832^[65]	78.0	Porto-Novo
Burkina Faso	274,200	15,746,232^[65]	57.4	Ouagadougou
Cape Verde	4,033	429,474^[65]	107.3	Praia
Côte d’Ivoire	322,460	20,617,068^[65]	63.9	Abidjan,^[73] Yamoussoukro
Gambia	11,300	1,782,893^[65]	157.7	Banjul
Ghana	239,460	23,832,495^[65]	99.5	Accra
Guinea	245,857	10,057,975^[65]	40.9	Conakry
Guinea-Bissau	36,120	1,533,964^[65]	42.5	Bissau
Liberia	111,370	3,441,790^[65]	30.9	Monrovia
Mali	1,240,000	12,666,987^[65]	10.2	Bamako
Mauritania	1,030,700	3,129,486^[65]	3.0	Nouakchott
Niger	1,267,000	15,306,252^[65]	12.1	Niamey
Nigeria	923,768	149,229,090^[65]	161.5	Abuja
Saint Helena (UK)	410	7,637^[65]	14.4	Jamestown
Senegal	196,190	13,711,597^[65]	69.9	Dakar
Sierra Leone	71,740	6,440,053^[65]	89.9	Freetown
Togo	56,785	6,019,877^[65]	106.0	Lomé
Africa Total	30,368,609	1,001,320,281	33.0

Police Aggravate Peaceful G20 Climate Camp in the City of London

kingmix — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:28:06 +0000

Police Aggravate Peaceful G20 Climate Camp in the City of London

by Patrick Henningsen

www.opednews.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Police-Aggravate-Peaceful-by-Patrick-Henningsen-090404-791.html

Location Reporters: Patrick Henningsen and Brian Viziondanz

Authors’ Note: There were approximately 4,000 peaceful protesters at the City’s second main demonstration area at Bishopsgate dubbed the “Climate Camp” Wednesday afternoon. This was a relatively mild affair compared to the larger and more pressurized gathering outside the Bank of England.

From the morning onwards, Climate Camp was clearly a festival atmosphere complete with live music, food, street theatre and dozens of small camping tents erected on the road in front the European Climate Exchange building on Bishopsgate. Activities included seminars being held to highlight some of the problems with Carbon Trading.

See video footage of the Climate Camp festivities here.

From approximately 5pm, hundreds of auxiliary police in riot gear began to seal the entire encampment, including all entrances and exits along this city block. Any peaceful protester who requested exit from the area were flatly refused on the grounds which police repeatedly told people including, “It is not safe to leave the area”, and “We do not want people to leave and go on to join the other demonstration sites” and “We cannot risk you leaving the area and then throwing projectiles from behind our police lines.”

Police in a show of force during G20 Summit (Photo: Patrick Henningsen)

What ensued after 7pm can only be described as a total ‘Lock Down‘ of the public, after which protesters were hounded by a series of random forward surges by riot police, including incursions deep into the gathering. Note that by this point in the evening police forces had successfully “penned-in” approximately 4,000 peace protesters from both sides of this city block in a tactic which has come to be known as “Kettling”. This restriction of the public’s movement was extended to all protestors including anyone under physical duress, children, elderly, members of the Press and even passers by who happened into the area. The thousands who crowded at the four corners of the exits were in effect, forced to stand waiting for more than 4 and a half hours.

This eventually caused frustration in the crowds and inevitable pushing into police lines, followed by police retaliating by pushing back into the crowds. A recipe for disaster. We witness such an incident at 11pm at the north end of Bishopsgate where pushing nearly triggered a full scale brawl, narrowly averted, as cooler head prevailed. At 11:30pm police finally allowed the public at the north end to exit one by one. Just prior to 12am, Police moved to clear the peaceful sit-in with a further series of symmetrical surges, where a number of people and innocent bystanders were injured, including some hospitalised for injuries from falls and police baton blows.

Police clash with G20 demonstrators (Photo: SKY NEWS)

An April 2nd article in the Guardian newspaper notes one eyewitness testimony:

“Another protester recounts the way that police at the end forced them out without giving them time to get their tents or belongings, after holding them there for five hours. ‘It was all done in a mood of violence,’ she said. ‘It had been really peaceful all day, so I don’t understand why it had to end like that.’”

See video footage of the Police incursions on the Climate Camp here.

Also, there are multiple reports of police getting climate campers and press with video cameras to delete images and tapes on the spot, or face threat of seizure. See a full analysis these incidents at UK Indy Media.

What these reporters experienced at the Climate Camp protest was those whose job it was to ‘keep the peace‘ and ensure public safety, behaved in a totally opposite way- with police repeatedly instigating crowds, in effect stimulating a breach of the peace. Predictably, this created a climate in which public health and safety was indeed compromised- and in many cases, endangered. Similar operations were also used on crowds out in 2005 at the G8 Summit in Edinburgh. The question for the public remains why would police follow through with a technique that is shown time and time again to create an obvious pressure cooker? The results of this were in plain sight and are by now well documented in the mainstream media.

It would be a gross oversight for apologists to describe such crowd control tactics as the result of multiple instances of rogue police, or police under stress. These apparent crowd control tactics of “sealing in” the public were in fact consistent throughout the main demonstrations in the City that day, which would lead the casual observer to conclude that this show of force was clearly a predetermined police plan, with command and control-level orders executed on the day.

Police officials had apparently summoned Climate Camp organizers in the days ahead of the April 1st demonstrations, but judging by the results of the day, this dialogue was completely ineffectual. The fundamental question still remains: how can Police foster a healthy relationship between the public and the police, especially between young people (who are the majority of demonstrators) and the police?

Is this the shape of things to come, or can police and demonstrators coexist in public spaces without the pressure created by “Kettling” crowds? More importantly, are civil liberties still applicable in 2009? The public and rights advocates will be expecting answers to these important before the next big demonstration.

Reporters: Patrick Henningsen and Brian Viziondanz

Patrick Henningsen is a Writer and Communications Consultant. He has worked in the Hi-tech, entertainment, charity and government/political sectors. When it comes to political parties, Patrick is non-partisan and tends to lean towards the (more…)

Patrick Henningsen is a Writer and Communications Consultant. He has worked in the Hi-tech, entertainment, charity and government/political sectors.

When it comes to political parties, Patrick is non-partisan and tends to lean towards the Libertarian position.
Patrick HenningsenPatrick Henningsen is a Writer and Communications Consultant. He has worked in the Hi-tech, entertainment, charity and government/political sectors.

When it comes to political parties, Patrick is non-partisan and tends to lean towards the Libertarian position.

Is this the shape of things to come?

There have been public gatherings on much larger scales in the UK where police and emergency services have managed to keep the peace with the public, but this new and disturbing trend of “lock down” only serves to further exacerbate relations between law enforcement and peaceful demonstrators.

There are solutions but the question is, do officials have the political will to find them?

by Patrick Henningsen (7 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 31 comments [7 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Saturday, Apr 4, 2009 at 8:58:31 AM

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Patrick Henningsen is a Writer and Communications Consultant. He has worked in the Hi-tech, entertainment, charity and government/political sectors.

When it comes to political parties, Patrick is non-partisan and tends to lean towards the Libertarian position.

Reply: Too much funding for law enforcement

I didn’t want to get too deep into the subject so readers can explore the pithy bits of this issue. However, I am convinced after the G20 demo that taxpayers and elected reps are giving way too much money to police, DHS etc which they are using to build an Imperial Police Force. This will become harder and harder to dismantle as time goes by.

Police are to “protect and SERVE” but they have now forgotten what this really means and are being paid large sums of cash in a job for life- their sole purpose will soon be to justify their budgets… period. We are on a slippery slope. Civil liberties are being phased out and people will become used to never having them- or remembering what it was like to live in a Free Republic. That’s no exaggeration….!

by Patrick Henningsen

AFRICA

kingmix — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:55:31 +0000

African people From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from African) Jump to: navigation, search “African” redirects here. For other meanings, see African (disambiguation). For the Demographics of Africa, see Demographics of Africa. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references (ideally, using inline citations). Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2006) The term African people can refer to people who live in Africa, or people who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa. [1] This includes members of the “African diaspora” resulting from the Atlantic Slave Trade such as Black British, Afro-Latin Americans, African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, and Black Canadians. The term Black people is often used as a synonym for people of African ancestry (in particular Sub-Saharan Africa), particularly in the Americas and Europe, although the two terms are not always considered synonymous. Contents [hide] * 1 The peoples of Africa o 1.1 Prehistoric populations o 1.2 Indigenous peoples and ancient settlers o 1.3 Colonisation + 1.3.1 European + 1.3.2 Indian + 1.3.3 Others o 1.4 Decolonisation o 1.5 Contemporary demographics * 2 African-descended people outside Africa o 2.1 African identity + 2.1.1 African Americans + 2.1.2 African Australian + 2.1.3 Afro-Brazilian + 2.1.4 Afro-Europeans + 2.1.5 Afro-Latin American + 2.1.6 African Pakistanis + 2.1.7 Afro-Turks o 2.2 Pan Africanism * 3 See also * 4 References * 5 External links [edit] The peoples of Africa See also: Demographics of Africa The African continent is home to people of wide-ranging phenotypical traits, both indigenous and foreign to the continent, of diverse origins, and with several different cultural, communal, and artistic traits. Distinctions within Africa’s geography, such as the varying climates across the continent, have nurtured diverse lifestyles among its population. The continent’s inhabitants live amidst deserts and jungles, as well as in modern cities across the continent. [edit] Prehistoric populations Study of the Y-Chromosome show that three waves of migration from Africa populated the world with Homo sapiens sapiens. Study of Mitochondrial DNA show that the original Homo sapiens sapiens population in Africa has diverged into three main lines of descent, identified as L1, L2, and L3. See the world map here. Perhaps it is a function of the number of excavations actually performed in given areas, but it is at least suggestive that the five very earliest out of the twelve of earliest archaeological discoveries of Homo sapiens sapiens have been in Africa and the adjacent Arabian peninsula.[2] As early as 1964, A. W. F. Edwards and others had discovered that three populations in Africa were related but distinguishable on the basis of a relatively small set of genetic information (20 alleles). Those populations were called Tigre (Ethiopians), Bantu (in southern Africa), and Ghanaian (West Africa). When general anthropometrics were taken as the criteria for grouping, the African population was split into a different three groups: the more closely related Pygmy (such as the Mbuti) and Bushmen (such as the Khoisan) and the Bantu.[3] By 1988 more genetic details were known, more groups could be distinguished on the basis of genetic information, but the relationships among these groups were accounted as different depending on which was the data was construed. The groups analyzed at this time were Bantu, Berber and North African, Ethiopian, Mbuti Pygmy, Nilotic, San (Bushman), West African.[4] A representation of genetic distances by one analysis In his recent book, Spencer Wells traces the migration of the early Africans beyond their own continent by noting the appearance of new genetic markers on the Y-chromosome as the migrations progressed.[5] Studies of mitochondrial DNA conducted within the continent of Africa have shown that the indigenous population has diverged into three divergent main lines of descent. A number of scholars such as Alan Templeton hold that support is found for traditional racial categories because many studies use the pre-defined categories to begin with, and subsequently insert data into those categories rather than let data speak for itself.[6] Tempeton uses modern DNA analysis to argue that human “races” were never “pure”, and that human evolution is based on “many locally differentiated populations coexisting at any given time” – a single lineage with many locally gradated variants, all sharing a common fate. Researchers such as Richard Lewontin maintain that most of the variation within human population is found within local geographic groups and differences attributable to traditional “race” groups are a minor part of human genetic variability.[7] Several other researchers (Barbajuni, Latter, Dean, et al.) have replicated Lewontin’s results.[8] According to a study by researcher L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza: It is often taken for granted that the human species is divided in rather homogeneous groups or races, among which biological differences are large. Studies of allele frequencies do not support this view, but they have not been sufficient to rule it out either. We analyzed human molecular diversity at 109 DNA markers, namely 30 microsatellite loci and 79 polymorphic restriction sites (restriction fragment length polymorphism loci) in 16 populations of the world. By partitioning genetic variances at three hierarchical levels of population subdivision, we found that differences between members of the same population account for 84.4% of the total, which is in excellent agreement with estimates based on allele frequencies of classic, protein polymorphisms. Genetic variation remains high even within small population groups. On the average, microsatellite and restriction fragment length polymorphism loci yield identical estimates. Differences among continents represent roughly 1/10 of human molecular diversity, which does not suggest that the racial subdivision of our species reflects any major discontinuity in our genome.[9] In the wake of this research, a number of writers[who?] question the classification of African peoples like Ethiopians into “Caucasian” groups, holding that given the minor proportion of human genetic diversity attributable to “race”, grouping of such African peoples is arbitrary and flawed, and that DNA analysis points to a range or gradation of types rather than distinct racial categories. Rather than arbitrarily allocating such African groups to a European “race”, the range of physical characteristics like skin colour, hair or facial features are more than adequately covered by the differentiation within local geographic groupings.[10] [edit] Indigenous peoples and ancient settlers Further information: Indigenous peoples of Africa Speakers of Bantu languages (part of the Niger-Congo language family) are the majority in southern, central and east Africa proper. However, there are several Nilotic groups in East Africa, and a few remaining indigenous Khoisan (‘San’ or ‘Bushmen’) and Pygmy peoples in southern and central Africa, respectively. Bantu-speaking Africans also predominate in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, and are found in parts of southern Cameroon and southern Somalia. In the Kalahari Desert of Southern Africa, the distinct people known as the Bushmen (also “San”, closely related to, but distinct from “Hottentots”) have long been present. The San are physically distinct from other Africans and are the indigenous people of southern Africa. Pygmies are the pre-Bantu indigenous peoples of central Africa. The people of North Africa comprise two main groups; Berber and Arabic-speaking peoples in the west, and Egyptians in the east. The Arabs who arrived in the seventh century introduced the Arabic language and Islam to North Africa. The Semitic Phoenicians and Jews, the Iranian Alans, and the European Greeks, Romans and Vandals settled in North Africa as well. Berbers still make up the majority in Morocco, while they are a significant minority within Algeria. They are also present in Tunisia and Libya. The Tuareg and other often-nomadic peoples are the principal inhabitants of the Saharan interior of North Africa. Nubians are a Nilo-Saharan-speaking group (though many also speak Arabic), who developed an ancient civilization in northeast Africa. Some Ethiopian and Eritrean groups (like the Amhara and Tigrayans, collectively known as “Habesha”) speak Semitic languages. The Oromo and Somali peoples speak Cushitic languages, but some Somali clans trace their founding to legendary Arab founders. Sudan and Mauritania are divided between a mostly Arabized north and a native African south (although the “Arabs” of Sudan clearly have a predominantly native African ancestry themselves). Some areas of East Africa, particularly the island of Zanzibar and the Kenyan island of Lamu, received Arab Muslim and Southwest Asian settlers and merchants throughout the Middle Ages and in antiquity. [edit] Colonisation [edit] European Despite having presence in Africa since Greek and Roman times,in the sixteenth century, Europeans such as the Portuguese and Dutch began to establish trading posts and forts along the coasts of western and southern Africa. Eventually, a large number of Dutch augmented by French Huguenots and Germans settled in what is today South Africa. Their descendants, the Afrikaners and the Coloureds, are the largest European-descended groups in Africa today. In the nineteenth century, a second phase of colonisation brought a large number of French and British settlers to Africa. The Portuguese settled mainly in Angola, but also in Mozambique.The Italians settled in Libya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. The French settled in large numbers in Algeria where they became known collectively as pieds-noirs, and on a smaller scale in other areas of North and West Africa as well as in Madagascar. The British settled chiefly in South Africa as well as the colony of Rhodesia, and in the highlands of what is now Kenya. Germans settled in what is now Tanzania and Namibia, and there is still a population of German-speaking white Namibians. Smaller numbers of European soldiers, businessmen, and officials also established themselves in administrative centers such as Nairobi and Dakar. Decolonisation during the 1960s often resulted in the mass emigration of European-descended settlers out of Africa — especially from Algeria, Angola, Kenya and Rhodesia. However, in South Africa and Namibia, the white minority remained politically dominant after independence from Europe, and a significant population of Europeans remained in these two countries even after democracy was finally instituted at the end of the Cold War. South Africa has also become the preferred destination of white Anglo-Zimbabweans, and of migrants from all over southern Africa. [edit] Indian European colonisation also brought sizable groups of Asians, particularly people from the Indian subcontinent, to British colonies. Large Indian communities are found in South Africa, and smaller ones are present in Kenya, Tanzania, and some other southern and east African countries. The large Indian community in Uganda was expelled by the dictator Idi Amin in 1972, though many have since returned. The islands in the Indian Ocean are also populated primarily by people of South Asian origin, often mixed with Africans and Europeans.[11] The Malagasy people of Madagascar are a Austronesian people, but those along the coast are generally mixed with Bantu, Arab, Indian and European origins. Malay and Indian ancestries are also important components in the group of people known in South Africa as Cape Coloureds (people with origins in two or more races and continents). [edit] Others During the past century or so, small but economically important colonies of Lebanese[12] and Chinese[13] have also developed in the larger coastal cities of West and East Africa, respectively.[14] [edit] Decolonisation Further information: Decolonisation of Africa Decolonisation has left some nations in power and marginalized others. Conflicts with ethnic aspects taking place in Africa since Decolonisation include * Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency (since 1987) * Somali Civil War (since 1988) * Casamance Conflict (since 1990) * Conflict in the Niger Delta (since 1990) * Insurgency in Ogaden (since 1995) * Second Congo War (1998-2003) * War in Darfur (since 2003) * Kivu conflict (since 2004) * Civil war in Chad (2005–present) * Second Tuareg Rebellion (since 2007) [edit] Contemporary demographics Main article: Demographics of Africa Total population of Africa is estimated at 888 million as of 2006, projected to reach 1 billion by 2015. The demographics of Africa is characterized by high population growth, high infant mortality, low life expectancy (partly due to malnutrition and HIV) and poverty (low Human development index). These characteristics mostly apply to Central and sub-Saharan Africa, with the Mediterranean (Arabic) North and South Africa showing different patterns. [edit] African-descended people outside Africa Main article: African diaspora Recently, the idea of an African diaspora, encompassing all people of African identity regardless of where they live, has emerged. There are substantial newcomer populations of people descended from indigenous Africans outside Africa, most notably in Brazil, the United States, Canada, the U.K., and the Caribbean, as a result of the forcible removal of their ancestors from Africa through slavery and the historical Atlantic slave trade. There are also large populations of people of African descent in many South and Central American countries such as: Suriname, Guyana, Panama, Honduras, and Belize. Brazil received more African slaves than any other country in the Americas and today has the largest population of people of African descent in any country outside of Africa. There are also substantial minority populations in Europe of African-descended people who emigrated to Europe, and Europe is a popular destination for recent migrants from Africa. [edit] African identity Please help improve this article or section by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page. (March 2009) The term “African” (or just “Afro-”) has been used to describe people in a wide variety of contexts. [edit] African Americans Main article: African Americans In particular, people who identify themselves as African American acknowledge the fact that they are of African descent,[citation needed] though in most cases they and their ancestors have lived outside Africa for hundreds of years and may have significant non-African ancestry. [edit] African Australian Main article: African Australian [edit] Afro-Brazilian Main article: Afro-Brazilian [edit] Afro-Europeans Main article: Afro-Europeans [edit] Afro-Latin American Main article: Afro-Latin American [edit] African Pakistanis Main article: African Pakistani There are also a significant number of African-descended people in present-day Pakistan, as well as India, known as the Sheedi. These people are the descendants of the African slaves who were brought over to South Asia three-hundred years ago as indentured labourers. Today, the Sheedis reside mostly in the Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan and a minority is also found in the Gujarat region of India. Some prominent Sheedi personalities from Pakistan include Hoshu Sheedi and Noon Meem Danish. [edit] Afro-Turks Main article: Afro-Turks [edit] Pan Africanism The Pan Africanist Marcus Garvey was an important proponent of the Pan Africanism, which encouraged those of African descent to look favorably upon their ancestral homelands. This movement would eventually inspire other movements ranging from the Nation of Islam to the Rastafari movement (which proclaimed him a prophet). Garvey said he wanted those of African ancestry to “redeem” Africa and for the European colonial powers to leave it. [edit] See also * List of African ethnic groups * List of topics related to Black and African people * White Africans [edit] References 1. ^ African Definition 2. ^ Cavalli-Sforza et al., The History and Geography of Human Genes, Fig. 2.1.4, p. 63 3. ^ Cavalli-Sforza, op cit., Fig. 2.2.3, p. 71. 4. ^ Cavalli-Sforza, op cit., Fig. 2.3.2.A and Fig. 2.3.2.B, p. 78. 5. ^ Spencer Wells, The Journey of Man,Random House, 2003, ISBN 0-8129-7146-9 6. ^ Human Races: A Genetic and Evolutionary Perspective, Alan R. Templeton. American Anthropologist, 1998, 100:632-650; Apportionment of Racial Diversity: A Review, Ryan A. Brown and George J. Armelagos, 2001, Evolutionary Anthropology, 10:34-40 7. ^ Richard Lewontin, “The Apportionment of Human Diversity,” Evolutionary Biology, vol. 6 (1972) pp. 391-398 8. ^ Apportionment of Racial Diversity: A Review, Ryan A. Brown and George J. Armelagos, 2001, Evolutionary Anthropology, 10:34-40 webfile:http://www.as.ua.edu/ant/bindon/ant275/reader/apportionment.pdf 9. ^ Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Vol. 94, pp. 4516-4519, April 1997, Barbujani, Magagnidagger , MinchDagger, and L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza 10. ^ Rick Kitties, and S. O. Y. Keita, “Interpreting African Genetic Diversity”, African Archaeological Review, Vol. 16, No. 2,1999, p. 1-5 11. ^ Réunion Island 12. ^ Ivory Coast – The Levantine Community 13. ^ Chinese flocking in numbers to a new frontier: Africa 14. ^ Lebanese Immigrants Boost West African Commerce [edit] External links * People of Africa [show] v • d • e Africa topics Culture Architecture (World Heritage Sites) · Art · Cinema (Film festivals · List of films) · Cuisine · Etiquette · Languages · Literature (Writers by country) · Music (Musicians) · Religion Demographics People · Countries by population · Countries by population density · HIV/AIDS · Urbanization (List of most populous cities · of largest metropolitan areas) Economy Countries by GDP · Countries by HDI · Central banks and currencies · Education · Poverty · Renewable energy · Stock exchanges · Internet Geography Countries (by geographical area) · Ecology · List of impact craters · List of islands · List of rivers · Regions History Colonisation (European exploration · African slave trade · Atlantic slave trade · Scramble for Africa) · Decolonization · Economic history · Empires · Military history (List of conflicts) Politics African Union · Elections · Human rights · Pan-Africanism Society African philosophy · Caste system · Media (List of radio stations · of television stations) Sport African Cricket Association · All-Africa Games · Australian rules football · Confederation of African Football (African Cup of Nations) · Confederation of African Rugby (Africa Cup) · FIBA Africa · Stadiums by capacity · Tour d’Afrique Years 2004 in Africa · 2005 in Africa · 2006 in Africa · 2007 in Africa · 2008 in Africa · 2009 in Africa [show] v • d • e Ethnicity related concepts nation, nationality, national minority, tribe, clan, indigenous people, ethno-linguistic group, ethno-religious group, multilingual ethnic group, population, race, meta-ethnicity, panethnicity Ethnology Anthropology, Ethnography, Ethnolinguistics, Ethnotaxonomy, Ethnopoetics, Ethnobotany, Ethnomathematics, Ethnogeology ethnic groups by region Africa · Asia (West Asia · South Asia · Southeast Asia · East Asia · Central Asia · Northern Asia) · Europe · Americas (indigenous · USA · Canada · Central America · South America) · Australia (indigenous) · Oceania (indigenous · European) identity and ethnogenesis demonym, endonym, tribal name, cultural identity, national identity, origin myth, national myth, ethnic religion, national language, nation state, tribalism, lineage-bonded society, pantribal sodalities, nation-building, cultural assimilation, imagined communities multiethnic society minority rights, consociationalism, dominant minority, ethnocracy, ethnic interest group, diaspora politics, ethnopluralism ideology and ethnic conflict ethnic nationalism, indigenism, ethnocentrism, autonomist movements, xenophobia, ethnic cleansing, genocide, cultural genocide, ethnocide Miscegenation in Spanish colonies v • d • e African ——— Spaniard ——— Spaniard ——— Amerindian ——— African Mulato Criollo Mestizo Zambo Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_people” Categories: Ethnic groups in Africa | African diaspora

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