person:john carlos

  • John Carlos has one regret over Black Power salute at 1968 Mexico Olympics
    http://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/john-carlos-has-one-regret-over-his-famous-black-power-salute/news-story/17ed6d7c13fec04c74c40eed8bac991c

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    Yet for all the immediate backlash, over time the image of the two men on the podium — along with Aussie silver medallist Peter Norman, who wore a badge supporting equal rights at the medal ceremony — has become a symbol of black people’s quest for equality.

    It was admirable and brave, to say the very least, but for all the good it did, Carlos has revealed he has one regret over the incident. In an interview with Forbes, the bronze medallist said his regret has nothing to do with how the ceremony unfolded, but how his actions had long lasting implications for his family.

    “For anything I’ve ever done in my life — and I’ve done quite a bit — I’ve never been more proud than of what I did in that demonstration,” said Carlos.

    “But the one regret I do have is that I didn’t think enough about safeguarding my family.

    “I didn’t think people would strike out at my wife and kids. I thought that they would just come after me.

    “I lost my wife in the process — she took her life — and my kids were scorned in school based on the fact that I was their father.”

    His wife Kim died by suicide in 1977, and his family was regularly subjected to death threats.

    In past interviews the now-70-year-old has often maintained he has no regrets about taking part in the protest, but clearly its effect on those closest to him has weighed heavily on the former sprinter.

    #Black_Power #Mexico_68

  • Des joueurs de la NFL (Ligue nationale de football américain) se retirent de la tournée de propagande en Israël
    Michael Brown | Publié le 11 février 2017 sur The Electronic Intifada |
    Traduction : Jean-Marie Flémal
    http://www.pourlapalestine.be/des-joueurs-de-la-nfl-se-retirent-de-la-tournee-de-propagande-en-isr

    (...) Mais, au cours d’une semaine de revirements soudains, Dave Zirin écrivait dans The Nation que, malgré les informations médiatiques disant que Bennett se rendrait en Israël, le joueur avait « confirmé que ce n’était pas le cas ».

    Zirin faisait remarquer que d’autres joueurs cités dans un article du Times of Israel concernant la visite prévue « avais remis leur participation en question ».

    Vendredi soir, trois des joueurs cités comme participants potentiels – Martellus Bennett, son frère Michael Bennett des Seahawks de Seattle et Kenny Stills des Dolphins de Miami – avaient refusé le voyage.
    Des joueurs se désistent.

    Dans une lettre ouverte publiée jeudi après-midi par The Nation, des activistes, des écrivains et des athlètes, dont Angela Davis, Alice Walker, John Carlos et Craig Hodges, ont invité les joueurs de la NFL à reconsidérer leur participation au voyage. Plus tard, Harry Belafonte et Danny Glover ont également signé la lettre.

    Ils ont félicité les athlètes d’utiliser leur renommée « pour mettre en lumière et soutenir les diverses luttes, y compris celle de Black Lives Matter », et ont également félicité toutes les personnes qui avaient annoncé qu’elles ne se rendraient pas à la Maison-Blanche.

    Ils ont insisté pour que les joueurs ne permettent pas qu’on les utilise comme des éléments d’une campagne de propagande « visant à aider le gouvernement israélien à normaliser et blanchir sa négation permanente des droits palestiniens ».

    Le même jour, le joueur de la NFL et militant des droits Michael Bennett a tweeté qu’il n’irait pas en Israël.

    Dans une déclaration ultérieure publiée vendredi soir sur Tweeter et Instagram, Michael Bennett a déclaré qu’il « ne serait pas utilisé » par le gouvernement israélien. Et de rappeler que feu Muhammad Ali, l’un de ses héros, « avait toujours soutenu fermement le peuple palestinien ».

    « Je veux être une ‘voix des sans-voix’ », a ajouté Bennett, « et je ne puis le faire en participant à ce genre de voyage en Israël. » (...)

    #BDS

  • Mass Graves of Immigrants Found in Texas, But State Says No Laws Were Broken

    Texas says there is “no evidence” of wrongdoing after mass graves filled with bodies of immigrants were found miles inland from the U.S.-Mexico border. The bodies were gathered from the desert surrounding a checkpoint in Falfurrias, Texas, in Brooks County. An investigation was launched after the mass graves were exposed last November in a documentary by The Weather Channel in partnership with Telemundo and The Investigative Fund. The report also found many of the migrants died after crossing into the United States and waiting hours for Border Patrol to respond to their 911 calls. We speak with reporter John Carlos Frey, who found rampant violations of the law.

    http://www.democracynow.org/2015/7/16/mass_graves_of_immigrants_found_in
    #migrations #asile #réfugiés #cadavres #mourir_aux_frontières #Texas #USA #fosses_communes #Etats-Unis #corps #décès

  • Mass Graves of Immigrants Found in #Texas, But State Says No Laws Were Broken

    Texas says there is “no evidence” of wrongdoing after mass graves filled with bodies of immigrants were found miles inland from the U.S.-Mexico border. The bodies were gathered from the desert surrounding a checkpoint in Falfurrias, Texas, in Brooks County. An investigation was launched after the mass graves were exposed last November in a documentary by The Weather Channel in partnership with Telemundo and The Investigative Fund. The report also found many of the migrants died after crossing into the United States and waiting hours for Border Patrol to respond to their 911 calls. We speak with reporter John Carlos Frey, who found rampant violations of the law.

    http://www.democracynow.org/2015/7/16/mass_graves_of_immigrants_found_in
    #fosses_communes #migration #frontière #mourir_aux_frontières #USA #Etats-Unis #Mexique