TIME TO TURN OFF FOX NEWS
Posted on | August 27, 2010 | No Comments
Fox News in the United States has become synonymous for biased, unfair, distorted coverage. Their slant on the news has fuelled racial tensions.
Here are just a few examples:
– A frequent Fox guest, Jesse Lee Peterson, said that the majority of Black people have poor moral character, and cited “what they did to the dome” after Hurricane Katrina as evidence.[3] Peterson has also used his platform on Fox to claim that 90% of Black people are racists — against Whites.
– In a case of naked race-baiting, Fox host Glenn Beck called President Obama a “racist” who had a “deep-seated hatred for White people or the White culture.” Earlier that week, Beck claimed that the President’s health insurance reform proposals were a form of “reparations” designed to “settle old racial scores.” Read more
Legacies of British Slave-ownership
Posted on | August 18, 2010 | 3 Comments
Legacies of British Slave-ownership
A one-day workshop at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Saturday 4th September 2010
This workshop examines the dispersal of compensation money
paid to slave-owners following the abolition of slavery in 1833
and explores the ways in which the money was used by
beneficiaries in Scotland as it shaped economic, social,
cultural and political life over the next fifty years.
Speakers include:
Catherine Hall, Keith McClelland and Nick Draper (UCL)
on the legacies of Scottish slave-ownership
Eric Graham (University of Edinburgh)
on Scots and slave-ownership before 1834
Stephen Mullen (University of Glasgow)
on the Glasgow West India Association
Iain Whyte (University of Edinburgh)
on the Afro-Caribbean presence in 19th century Scotland
(invited, to be confirmed)
To book a place or for further information
please see www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/workshops
or contact lbs@ucl.ac.uk
another kids charity to close
Posted on | August 18, 2010 | No Comments
News of the impending closure of Bullying UK is a stark reminder of how difficult things have become for the charitable, or Third Sector. Just recently we’ve seen the closure of Refugee and Migrant Justice, and now Bullying UK. How do we embrace the Big Society when we see these organisations shutting their doors?
Formerly known as Bullying Online, the charity has been running for 12 years but CEO and founder John Carnell says it has been hit by a fall in corporate support.
“In past years the charity has relied on the help of businesses across the UK to support our work in the absence of any government grants, but the financial crisis means it has been difficult to source corporate help.”
The charity needs the funding by 1 September in order to commit to a programme of work for the next school year.
In 2006 it received a legacy donation worth £190,000 which enabled it to rebrand and for Carnell to become a full-time employee, but since then income has failed to keep pace with expenditure.
In 2008/09, the charity’s expenditure stood at £79,866, more than double its income of £36,604.
It supplies more than 150,000 leaflets to schools and youth organisations each year, provides counselling via email and has an iPhone app and mobile website.
Carnell said the charity had attempted to access government funding but been denied. “We must be one of the most cost-effective children’s charities in the UK.
“If Bullying UK shuts down, the government will need to provide two fully trained civil servants 24/7, 365 days a year, with an expertise to advise not only on complex education complaints, special needs and school appeal tribunals but to deal with suicidal children, school refusers, children suffering psychological problems and parents involved with social services and the police.”
Donations can be made at http://www.justgiving.com/SaveBullyingUK
Opposition to HM Stanley statue continues
Posted on | August 15, 2010 | 6 Comments
A letter opposing the erection of a statue honouring HM Stanley in Denbigh, Wales has been sent to the Welsh authorities. Signatories include a range of experts and individuals from various backgrounds.
The letter reads:
keep looking »“We call on the people of Denbigh not to erect any statue to ‘honour’ the imperialist HM Stanley.
A statue would convey uncritical approval and celebration of all aspects of Stanley – something not possible for such a controversial figure today. Read more