A big donation from Kenya’s president has been rejected by the country’s Catholic Church, which got a lot of stick during June’s tax protests for taking sides with the government. Bishops are now trying to project an image of not being involved in politics.
SOURCES:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0dw740eqjo?at_campaign_type=owned&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_link_type=web_link&at_link_origin=BBCAfrica&at_format=link&at_medium=social&at_link_id=98E9EA5A-A678-11EF-B79F-C20D1F40716D
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czq60w351zjo
https://www.citizen.digital/news/catholic-bishops-return-ksh-28m-from-ruto-sakaja-warn-against-politicizing-church-n353188
SOURCES:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0dw740eqjo?at_campaign_type=owned&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_link_type=web_link&at_link_origin=BBCAfrica&at_format=link&at_medium=social&at_link_id=98E9EA5A-A678-11EF-B79F-C20D1F40716D
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czq60w351zjo
https://www.citizen.digital/news/catholic-bishops-return-ksh-28m-from-ruto-sakaja-warn-against-politicizing-church-n353188
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CANADA: A PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX ROOTED IN COLONIALISM
Narratives on the prison-industrial complex often revolve around the US and what civil-rights activist, attorney and author Michelle Alexander terms ‘the new Jim Crow.’ However, prisons-for-profit that disproportionately incarcerate Black and Indigenous people are not exclusive to the US. They are also found in other Western nations - including Canada, whose racist colonial past continues to strongly influence all aspects of its justice system. Here’s a closer look.
SOURCES:
https://www.newcanadianmedia.ca/black-overrepresentation-in-canadian-prisons-data-gaps-and-judicial-bias-hinder-progress-lawyer-says
https://www.justice.gc.ca/socjs-esjp/en/ind-aut/uo-cs#
Narratives on the prison-industrial complex often revolve around the US and what civil-rights activist, attorney and author Michelle Alexander terms ‘the new Jim Crow.’ However, prisons-for-profit that disproportionately incarcerate Black and Indigenous people are not exclusive to the US. They are also found in other Western nations - including Canada, whose racist colonial past continues to strongly influence all aspects of its justice system. Here’s a closer look.
SOURCES:
https://www.newcanadianmedia.ca/black-overrepresentation-in-canadian-prisons-data-gaps-and-judicial-bias-hinder-progress-lawyer-says
https://www.justice.gc.ca/socjs-esjp/en/ind-aut/uo-cs#
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Continued.......Sources
https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2020/06/25/carceral-redlining-white-supremacy-is-a-weapon-of-mass-incarceration-for-indigenous-and-black-peoples-in-canada/
https://www.historymuseum.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/population/slavery/
https://yellowheadinstitute.org/resources/carceral-redlining-white-supremacy-the-incarceration-for-indigenous-and-black-peoples/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-black-indigenous-prisoners-overrepresentation-1.6636962
https://johnhoward.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Charter-Rights-and-Structured-Intervention-Units-Have-Rights-Abuses-of-Administrative-Segregation-Been-Corrected_-004.pdf
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-prisons-fail-follow-solitary-confinement-rules-report-finds-2024-10-04/
https://www.passengerprotect-protectiondespassagers.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/2024-siu-iap-nnlrpt-2023-24/index-en.aspx
https://oci-bec.gc.ca/en/content/office-correctional-investigator-annual-report-2022-2023
https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2020/06/25/carceral-redlining-white-supremacy-is-a-weapon-of-mass-incarceration-for-indigenous-and-black-peoples-in-canada/
https://www.historymuseum.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/population/slavery/
https://yellowheadinstitute.org/resources/carceral-redlining-white-supremacy-the-incarceration-for-indigenous-and-black-peoples/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-black-indigenous-prisoners-overrepresentation-1.6636962
https://johnhoward.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Charter-Rights-and-Structured-Intervention-Units-Have-Rights-Abuses-of-Administrative-Segregation-Been-Corrected_-004.pdf
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-prisons-fail-follow-solitary-confinement-rules-report-finds-2024-10-04/
https://www.passengerprotect-protectiondespassagers.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/2024-siu-iap-nnlrpt-2023-24/index-en.aspx
https://oci-bec.gc.ca/en/content/office-correctional-investigator-annual-report-2022-2023
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U.S. RACIAL WEALTH GAP POST-GEORGE FLOYD
It's been over four years since police k*lled George Floyd, sparking an uprising that not only raised questions about racism and police brutality, but also on the stark wealth gap between Black and white people in the United States.
According to the latest data, not much has changed since.
The St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank’s Institute for Economic Equity reported Black families held just 23 cents for every $1 held by white families in the second quarter of 2023. While white households comprise 65.9 per cent of US households, they own 84.1 per cent of the total family wealth. Black families, representing 11.4 per cent of US households, own only 3.4 per cent.
It's been over four years since police k*lled George Floyd, sparking an uprising that not only raised questions about racism and police brutality, but also on the stark wealth gap between Black and white people in the United States.
According to the latest data, not much has changed since.
The St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank’s Institute for Economic Equity reported Black families held just 23 cents for every $1 held by white families in the second quarter of 2023. While white households comprise 65.9 per cent of US households, they own 84.1 per cent of the total family wealth. Black families, representing 11.4 per cent of US households, own only 3.4 per cent.
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Continued........Bloomberg also noted that based on the US Census Bureau's 2023 data on household income, ‘Black households were making about the same as households headed by people without college degrees, even though more than a quarter of [Black people in the US] have a bachelor’s degree or higher.’
Meanwhile, corporations’ attempts to bandage the issue in 2020 through Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programmes have failed, with DEI staff cuts, layoffs and dissatisfied Black workers, indicating Black people in the US continue to be economically disenfranchised.
Sources:
https://www.stlouisfed.org/institute-for-economic-equity/the-state-of-us-wealth-inequality
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/04/wealth-by-race.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-26/the-us-racial-wealth-gap-is-widening
https://wordinblack.com/2023/12/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-initiatives-decline-after-george-floyd
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/news/black-workers-consider-leaving-job
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPZkhL3fr6o
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2024/7/7/whats-behind-the-creation-of-the-alliance-of-sahel-states
Meanwhile, corporations’ attempts to bandage the issue in 2020 through Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programmes have failed, with DEI staff cuts, layoffs and dissatisfied Black workers, indicating Black people in the US continue to be economically disenfranchised.
Sources:
https://www.stlouisfed.org/institute-for-economic-equity/the-state-of-us-wealth-inequality
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/04/wealth-by-race.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-26/the-us-racial-wealth-gap-is-widening
https://wordinblack.com/2023/12/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-initiatives-decline-after-george-floyd
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/news/black-workers-consider-leaving-job
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPZkhL3fr6o
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2024/7/7/whats-behind-the-creation-of-the-alliance-of-sahel-states
Federal Reserve Bank of St.Louis
The State of U.S. Wealth Inequality
An examination of racial, generational and educational wealth inequality using quarterly data that are based on average household wealth in the United States.
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WHY AFRICAN STREAM WAS BANNED - REVOLUTIONARIES SPEAK OUT
What does African Stream's audience think about tech giants—Google, YouTube, Meta, TikTok and Stripe—de-platforming us? We asked delegates at the recently concluded Communist Party Marxist Kenya (CPM-K) (@communistske on X) congress in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi what they thought was the reason.
This video features delegates @EugenePuryear of @pslnational, @Githuku_Kiama of @CommunistsKE, Jonis Ghedi Alasow (@Jonis_G_A) of Pan-Africanism Today Secretariat, and Sobukwe Shakur, @aaprp organiser.
Chime in with your comments, and keep the flame burning!
#WeAreAllAfricanStream
What does African Stream's audience think about tech giants—Google, YouTube, Meta, TikTok and Stripe—de-platforming us? We asked delegates at the recently concluded Communist Party Marxist Kenya (CPM-K) (@communistske on X) congress in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi what they thought was the reason.
This video features delegates @EugenePuryear of @pslnational, @Githuku_Kiama of @CommunistsKE, Jonis Ghedi Alasow (@Jonis_G_A) of Pan-Africanism Today Secretariat, and Sobukwe Shakur, @aaprp organiser.
Chime in with your comments, and keep the flame burning!
#WeAreAllAfricanStream
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WHEN TRUMP PRAISED BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA
Speaking at the October 2019 Young Black Leadership Summit, then-President Donald Trump seemingly acknowledged that America was built on the backs of Black people. He also recognised that Black people in America are disproportionately affected economically, arguing that his administration - unlike the democrats - had dramatically improved their conditions.
Speaking at the October 2019 Young Black Leadership Summit, then-President Donald Trump seemingly acknowledged that America was built on the backs of Black people. He also recognised that Black people in America are disproportionately affected economically, arguing that his administration - unlike the democrats - had dramatically improved their conditions.
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Continued.........However, this was an exaggeration. By the time of his statement, nearly three years into his presidency since January 2017, Black unemployment rates had only dropped by 2.1%. This slight improvement was short-lived, as the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 disproportionately affected Black people, who experienced higher rates of infections, hospitalisations and deaths. This disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black people was directly linked to their economic disenfranchisement in the US.
As Dr. Michael Lucien, Associate Medical Director of the University of California Davis Health Community Physicians Group, explained, “it’s not that Black people genetically have a higher risk of getting COVID-19. It’s about the social determinants of health. Black people often have higher risk factors that make them more susceptible to this disease.”
Trump’s administration also advocated eliminating affirmative-action measures in areas such as education and housing. Although the Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action (an initiative aimed at levelling the playing field and ensuring equal opportunities without discrimination) was only passed in 2023 under the Biden administration, the ruling was decisively influenced by Trump’s three Supreme Court appointees.
Meanwhile, housing legislation under Trump regressed when his administration repealed key provisions of the Fair Housing Act, thereby undermining efforts to integrate housing and provide equal access to affordable housing for Black people America. As a result, poor Black neighbourhoods remained underfunded.
Thus, Trump's words, which were met with applause, amounted to little more than virtue signalling. Will his inauguration in January lead to different outcomes for Black people in America?
Video credit: @USA Today (YouTube)
Sources:
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/07/22/white-house-scraps-fair-housing-rule-as-trump-bids-for-suburban-voters-1303170
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/01/trump-black-americans-policies-433744
https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/4-things-the-black-population-needs-to-know-about-covid-19/2022/02#:~:text=COVID%2D19%20has%20disproportionately%20affected,compared%20to%20the%20white%20population.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-ERP.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T5_yYN6w2w
As Dr. Michael Lucien, Associate Medical Director of the University of California Davis Health Community Physicians Group, explained, “it’s not that Black people genetically have a higher risk of getting COVID-19. It’s about the social determinants of health. Black people often have higher risk factors that make them more susceptible to this disease.”
Trump’s administration also advocated eliminating affirmative-action measures in areas such as education and housing. Although the Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action (an initiative aimed at levelling the playing field and ensuring equal opportunities without discrimination) was only passed in 2023 under the Biden administration, the ruling was decisively influenced by Trump’s three Supreme Court appointees.
Meanwhile, housing legislation under Trump regressed when his administration repealed key provisions of the Fair Housing Act, thereby undermining efforts to integrate housing and provide equal access to affordable housing for Black people America. As a result, poor Black neighbourhoods remained underfunded.
Thus, Trump's words, which were met with applause, amounted to little more than virtue signalling. Will his inauguration in January lead to different outcomes for Black people in America?
Video credit: @USA Today (YouTube)
Sources:
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/07/22/white-house-scraps-fair-housing-rule-as-trump-bids-for-suburban-voters-1303170
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/01/trump-black-americans-policies-433744
https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/4-things-the-black-population-needs-to-know-about-covid-19/2022/02#:~:text=COVID%2D19%20has%20disproportionately%20affected,compared%20to%20the%20white%20population.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-ERP.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T5_yYN6w2w
POLITICO
White House scraps fair housing rule as Trump bids for suburban voters
Administration officials briefed select congressional staff on Wednesday on the new proposal.
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WAS SUDAN RIGHT ABOUT KENYA BACKING THE RSF?
Early on in the proxy war being fought in Sudan, Khartoum snubbed peace talks when it was revealed that Kenya was chairing them - accusing Nairobi of supporting the UAE-backed RSF paramilitary. Our infographics below examine the evidence for that claim.
The war, now into its 19th month, may have resulted in as many as 150,000 Sudanese deaths (according to a US envoy back in May). The UN warns the world's worst hunger crisis is looming - with Sudan also gripped by one of the world's biggest displacement crises: 11-million are uprooted.
In the midst of this, is Kenya's Ruto picking a side in the war?
Early on in the proxy war being fought in Sudan, Khartoum snubbed peace talks when it was revealed that Kenya was chairing them - accusing Nairobi of supporting the UAE-backed RSF paramilitary. Our infographics below examine the evidence for that claim.
The war, now into its 19th month, may have resulted in as many as 150,000 Sudanese deaths (according to a US envoy back in May). The UN warns the world's worst hunger crisis is looming - with Sudan also gripped by one of the world's biggest displacement crises: 11-million are uprooted.
In the midst of this, is Kenya's Ruto picking a side in the war?
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Sources
Sudan shuns Kenya mediation
https://www.voanews.com/a/tension-between-sudan-kenya-s-ruto-impedes-igad-mediation-effort-in-sudan/7195894.html
Sudan rejects EA troops
https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/91570-kenya-responds-over-video-sudan-general-daring-ruto-war
RSF figure in Nairobi
https://thebrief.co.ke/news/rsfs-dagalo-interview-by-sky-news-confirms-presence-in-nairobi/
RSF presser
https://www.barrons.com/news/sudan-s-rsf-denies-rights-violations-and-uae-support-87ff766b
Ruto’s flight with RSF figure
https://www.facebook.com/Sudania24TV/posts/pfbid0ZKqXAGe4Bzus1PBizPdDvq9h2jRbrjiMa3XLn5ip2p5aEt9XrwXSZ7PRckBNfToGl
Hemedti’s Africa trip
https://www.trtworld.com/africa/sudan-protests-rsf-leaders-reception-in-kenya-recalls-ambassador-16537421
Sources
Sudan shuns Kenya mediation
https://www.voanews.com/a/tension-between-sudan-kenya-s-ruto-impedes-igad-mediation-effort-in-sudan/7195894.html
Sudan rejects EA troops
https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/91570-kenya-responds-over-video-sudan-general-daring-ruto-war
RSF figure in Nairobi
https://thebrief.co.ke/news/rsfs-dagalo-interview-by-sky-news-confirms-presence-in-nairobi/
RSF presser
https://www.barrons.com/news/sudan-s-rsf-denies-rights-violations-and-uae-support-87ff766b
Ruto’s flight with RSF figure
https://www.facebook.com/Sudania24TV/posts/pfbid0ZKqXAGe4Bzus1PBizPdDvq9h2jRbrjiMa3XLn5ip2p5aEt9XrwXSZ7PRckBNfToGl
Hemedti’s Africa trip
https://www.trtworld.com/africa/sudan-protests-rsf-leaders-reception-in-kenya-recalls-ambassador-16537421
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