Day of Purity spreads
(FinalCall.com) - Tired of teen shows, music and media presenting the message that everyone is having sex and it's “all good”? Join the ranks of others across the country who promoted the second Day of Purity, February 14. Cities from coast to coast held a variety of activities in protest of what they see as the “moral decay...
Black firefighter finds noose in Brooklyn firehouse
Nooses, Symbols Of Race Hatred, At Center Of Workplace Lawsuits (NY Times, 07-10-2000) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - A New York City Black fireman told reporters at a February 10th press conference that the black hangman's noose, which he held up for them to see, was placed near his gear in a firehouse in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. “I am...
Nation of Islam prepares for Saviours’ Day 2005
FCNNEWSSOURCE Saviours' Day 2005 Information CHICAGO - (FinalCall.com) - Around the country members of the Nation of Islam and the Black community are getting ready for Saviours' Day, the Crowning Event of Black History Month. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has been preparing a historic message, “He Came That We May Have Life,” to be delivered on February 27th at Christ Universal...
Neo-con extremists push internment for American Muslims
(FinalCall.com) - Daniel Pipes--described by Law Professor Paul Campos of the University of Colorado as a “well-known neoconservative intellectual”--wrote in his daily column in the New York Sun on Dec. 28, 2004, that “yes, I do support the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.” Mr. Pipes continued: “given what was known and not known at the time,...
Pentagon’s Guantanamo tribunals are ruled illegal
JIM.LOBE A brief history of the U.S. military presence in Guantanamo Bay Cuba (HistoryofCuba.com)Report: Sexual torture used at Guantanamo against Muslim detainees (Al Bawaba, 01-02-2005) WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - A U.S. federal court judge has ruled that military tribunals initiated by the Pentagon to determine the status of terrorist suspects held at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are unconstitutional...
New Yorkers march for affordable housing
Coalition for the HomelessCutbacks to Section 8 housing threaten increased homelessness (FCN, 05-02-2004)Hunger and homelessness: A continuing problem (FCN, 01-02-2004)The Poor Have No Voice (Minister Louis Farrakhan, 1993) NEW YORK (Finalcall.com) - On Feb. 2, thousands of New York City housing activists called on politicians to take immediate action to guarantee housing for all New Yorkers. “Housing Here and Now”–an historic...
FBI silent on reports that it watches the Web
The Electronic Frontier Foundation HomepageBush presses for stepped-up Internet surveillance (FCN, 02-04-2004)ADL: Censoring the Internet on behalf of Israel (FPP/Arabia.com 01-10-2001) NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - Is the U.S. government spying on its citizens' email and Web surfing habits? The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a group that defends civil liberties on the Internet, believes the answer is probably “yes.” Earlier in January, the...
Michael Jackson: Innocent until proven guilty
Michael Jackson's exclusive webcast interview (MJJSource, 02-11-2005)Michael Jackson: Innocent until proven guilty (FCN, 12-04-2004)Michael Jackson: Friend of Africa (FCN, 04-13-2004)Supporters show love, support at Michael Jackson's arraignment (FCN, 01-27-2004) (FinalCall.com) - Innocent until proven guilty is the way pop star Michael Jackson says that people should view his trial. “I love my community and I have great faith in our justice...
Community angry over station playing ‘racist’ tsunami song
Hot 97 Radio Hosts Sing of 'Africans Drowning,' 'Screaming Chinks,' and 'Chinamen' Tsunami Victims (Asia Media Watch, 02-08-2005) NEW YORK - (FinalCall.com) - Who said activism was dead in America? Activists of every stripe descended on City Hall Jan. 24, demanding that the Indiana-based Emmis Communication Corporation discipline the morning crew at WHQT-FM (Hot 97) for a parody skit that ridiculed...
Conspicuous by their absence: Black leaders in the GOP
Black Republicans seek voters, but face distrust (FCN, 09-14-2004) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Before the resignation of Secretary of State Colin Powell and FCC Chairman Michael Powell, his son, and before the disgrace of pundit Armstrong Williams, all of the prominent Black Republicans in this country could literally fit in a phone booth. The long list of the Bush administration's Black...