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The Theory of Celestial Influence: Man, the Universe and Cosmic Mystery by Rodney Collin

Wise Women of the Dreamtime: Aboriginal Tales of the Ancestral Powers by K. Langloh Parker

Don't Play in the Sun : One Woman's Journey Through the Color Complex by Marita Golden

Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson

The Groundings With My Brothers by Walter Rodney

Two Thousand Seasons (African Writers Series)

Two Thousand Seasons by Ayi Kwei Armah

Awakening Osiris by Normandi Ellis

Awakening Osiris: The Egyptian Book of the Dead by Normandi Ellis

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Kendrick Lamar, Black Language and What White Fans Don't Get About the 'N-Word' By Stereo Williams

The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race
Archaeology is demolishing another sacred belief: that human history over the past million years has been a long tale of progress.
By Jared Diamond

The History of Dreadlocks
In this EBONY.com series exploring Black hair origins, we trace locs from the Ancient Egypt all the way to Jamrock.
By Princess Gabbara

How the Green Book Helped African-American Tourists Navigate a Segregated Nation
Listing hotels, restaurants and other businesses open to African-Americans, the guide was invaluable for Jim-Crow era travelers

7 Reasons Why 'Colorblindness' Contributes to Racism Instead of Solves It
By Jon Greenberg

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Trump's Coup in Venezuela: The Full Story
January 30, 2019 : Eric Draitser

The US-sponsored coup in Venezuela, still ongoing as I write, is the latest chapter in the long and bloody history of US imperialism in Latin America. This basic fact, understood by most across the left of the political spectrum – including even the chattering liberal class which acknowledges this truth...

How Long is the Shelf-Life of Damnable Racist Capitalist Lies?
August 22, 2018 : By Glen Ford

How Long is the Shelf-Life of Damnable Racist Capitalist Lies?

Silicon Valley and the corporate media are far more effective in conjuring alternative realities than the chaotic Trump White House. "Trump tells lies that are easily countered; the New York Times and Google erase facts from history, systematically."

Martial Law By Other Means: Corporate Strangulation of Dissent
August 09, 2018 : By Glen Ford

Martial Law By Other Means: Corporate Strangulation of Dissent

The people that rule the United States are in the third year of a frenzy to blame Russia and its "trolls," "dupes," and witting or unwitting "colluders" – including a sitting president – for racial conflicts, eroding respect for public institutions and a general social breakdown in the nation. "We are at war!" they scream, incessantly, and in a thousand well-placed voices.

The British Royal Wedding, Feelgoodism and the Colonial Jumbie
May 20 2018 : By Tyehimba Salandy

The British Royal Wedding, Feelgoodism and the Colonial Jumbie

While many people gush at royalty and the "power of love", for people of the Caribbean and wider global south, who are still faced with the structures of British coloniality imbedded deeply in our society and the world we live in, it is an opportunity to reflect on these issues.

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The Shooters in the Rye
May 07 2018 : By Robert Anderson
Liberal Ire at Trump and Cambridge Analytica is Misdirected From Billionaires Who Own Your Data
March 22, 2018 : By Bruce A. Dixon
Zimbabwe Open for Business, Code for International Finance Capitalism
March 15, 2018 : By Netfa Freeman
No regrets for making Haiti a 'shithole'?
January 13, 2018 : By Sir Ronald Sanders
Shadow Armies: The Unseen, But Real US War In Africa
January 12, 2018 : By Ramzy Baroud
The U.S. is Not a Democracy, It Never Was
December 13, 2017 : By Gabriel Rockhill
Clearing the Smoke and Mirrors Around Zimbabwe
November 29, 2017 : By Netfa Freeman
What is Behind the Military Coup in Zimbabwe?
November 21, 2017 : By Gregory Elich
Why marijuana became illegal
April 22, 2017 : By Noel Kalicharan

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Zimbabwe Takes Back its Land
A discussion with the authors of the new book, Zimbabwe Takes Back its Land which offers a nuanced assessment of land reform, countering the dominant media narratives of oppression and economic stagnation in Zimbabwe.
The French African Connection
The first episode of this three-part series untangles the web of political connections between France and its former African colonies.
The Modern Racist Paradigm
This documentary exposes the "White" Media's long-term agenda to standardize Caucasian people as the "social norm" for general society.
A Docu-Series about Latino Identity
Negro is a docu-series exploring Latino identity in the U.S. and abroad. Historical and present day issues of racism, colorism and social consequences of the color complex among Latinos by Dash Harris.
The Zionist Story - Ronen Berelovich
The Zionist Story, an independent film by Ronen Berelovich, is the story of ethnic cleansing, colonialism and apartheid to produce a demographically Jewish State.
The Jewish Question - Dr. Tony Martin
In 1993, Martin published The Jewish Onslaught: Despatches from the Wellesley Battlefront (The Majority Press). It was praised by a number of reviewers. However, the Chair of Martin's department at Wellesley, Selwyn R. Cudjoe, labelled Martin's book "Gangsta history, meant to demean and to defame others and to bring them into disrepute, rather than to enlighten and to lead us to a more complex and sophisticated understanding of social phenomena.
Vodun and Haiti - Prof. James Smalls
Professor James Smalls speaks about Vodun and what it means to African development.

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Colorado's 4/20 Rally 2014: Is the Rebellion Over?
By TriniView.com Reporters - June 30, 2014
Trinidad Rastas Advocate for Reparations and Marijuana Legalisation
By TriniView.com Reporters - April 04, 2014
Rastafari People Remain African Liberators
by Baba Ras Marcus
Mansions of Rastafari Meet in Siparia
Event Date: November 22, 2009 - Triniview.com
Ras Marcus Speaks on the Rasta Movement
Ras Tyehimba interviews Ras Marcus
Demystifying The Issue Of Repatriation
by Ras Jahaziel
Baba Ras Marcus: Rastafari and Religion
by Baba Ras Marcus

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Ex British Ambassador Makes Astonishing Speech About Tony Blair, George Bush, War and Profit

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Britain's colonial shame: Slave-owners given huge payouts after abolition
By Sanchez Manning
Zimbabwe Empowerment Lessons for South Africa
By Rumbidzayi Zinyuke
No compensation for slaves
By George Alleyne

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