Refimprove date January 2008 Infobox musical artist name ArtistsUnitedAgainstApartheid background group or band genre Various years active 1985 past members Various br Founded by Steven Van Zandt International opposition to ApartheidArtistsUnitedAgainstApartheid was a 1985 protest group founded by activism activist and performer Steven Van Zandt and record producer Arthur Baker to protest apartheid ... , Lakshminarayana Shankar and Joey Ramone . ref http www.allmusic.com album sun city artistsunitedagainstapartheid r57247 credits AllMusic Sun City ArtistsUnitedAgainstApartheid ref These artists ... Van Zandt de ArtistsUnitedAgainstApartheid fr Sun City album it ArtistsUnitedAgainstApartheid sv ArtistsUnitedAgainstApartheid Steven Van Zandt ... apartheid projects. It premiered at the United Nations , thanks to the Special Committee AgainstApartheid ... next record. He was interested in South Africa because he had read that the apartheid system was actually ... Sun City , he, Schechter and producer Arthur Baker spent the next several months searching for artists ... and Schechter would gather a wide array of artists, including Kool DJ Herc , Grandmaster Melle Mel , Ruben ... of apartheid. Schechter had also taken on the job of documenting the sessions on video and producing ... of the artists in the streets of Manhattan as well as a rendition of Sun City in Washington Square ... of the film, Schechter asks the artists to explain their involvement in the project in their own ... Documentary Association s top honors in 1986 PBS claimed the featured artists were also involved ... and apartheid as well as the success of the Sun City video. In addition to airing the documentary, WNYC ... City also became the catalyst for the South Africa Now TV series. Post apartheid With the end of the apartheid regime in 1994 and the reintegration of Sun City and other former nominally independent ... You Know by Danny Schechter Category International opposition to apartheid in South Africa Category ... more details
File Queer Review 05 2011 05 20 Queers Against Israeli Apartheid QuAIA .vorb.oga thumb right Discussion on Queers Against Israeli Apartheid with Tony Souza on Queer Review. Queers Against Israeli Apartheid QuAIA is a Toronto based grassroots LGBT group involved in the movement against what the organization see as Israeli apartheid and is a member of the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid. The group has been involved in Israeli Apartheid Week as well as Pride Week Toronto Pride Week . QuAIA formed shortly after the 2008 iteration of Israeli Apartheid Week at which queer activists had a discussion about the use of gay rights as a propaganda tool to justify Israel s apartheid policies. ref name ..., ref http www.thestar.com news gta article 819813 backlash grows against pride s israeli apartheid ban Backlash grows against Pride s Israeli apartheid ban . Toronto Star , June 6, 2010. ref Pride Toronto reversed their decision to ban the words Israeli Apartheid as of June 23, 2010. ref http ... , has criticized Queers against Israeli Apartheid blockquote Perverse groups such as Queers against ... Apartheid 8884.aspx Minor tension at Toronto Pride parade over Queers Against Israeli Apartheid . Xtra ... 975242 queers against israeli apartheid pulls out of pride parade Councillor demands Pride promise to ban Queers Against Israeli Apartheid . Toronto Star , April 15, 2011. ref At a May 24, 2011 meeting ... Toronto Gladstone Hotel . ref http queersagainstapartheid.org 2011 06 15 queers against israeli apartheid ... Wellesley subway station Queers Against Israeli Apartheid makes statement on parade day . Xtra Xtra ... 2011 07 03 queers against israeli apartheid drops a massive banner during toronto pride Queers Against Israeli Apartheid drops a massive banner during Toronto Pride QuAIA website, July 3, 2011 ... Queers Against Israeli Apartheid Category Apartheid Category Non governmental organizations ... pride prohibits phrase israeli apartheid Pride prohibits phrase Israeli apartheid . Toronto Star ... more details
About the film studio the cinema chain Regal Entertainment Group the former record label UnitedArtists Records Use mdy dates date June 2011 Infobox company company name UnitedArtists br small UnitedArtists Corporation small br small UnitedArtists Pictures, Inc. small br small UnitedArtists Films, Inc. small br small UnitedArtists Entertainment, LLC small company logo Image United Artists.png ... www.unitedartists.com UnitedArtists Corporation UA is an American film studio. The original ... 2011 10 01 ref The current UnitedArtists formed in November 2006 under a partnership between ... , and D. W. Griffith in 1919 Image UnitedArtists 1919.svg thumb The first UnitedArtists logo ... company, with Hiram Abrams as its first managing director. Image UnitedArtists Stockholders.jpg ... and Chaplin to buy and build theaters under the UnitedArtists name. They also began international operations, first in Canada, then in Mexico, and by the end of the 1930s, UnitedArtists was represented in over 40 countries. File UnitedArtists contract signature 1919.jpg thumb left D.W. Griffith ... establishing UnitedArtists motion picture studio in 1919. Lawyers Albert Banzhaf left and Dennis F ... to retirement. By the late 1940s, UnitedArtists had virtually ceased to exist as either a producer ... people who were members of UnitedArtists. Later members included Hunt Stromberg , William Cagney ..., and exhibition of films. In 1942, the SIMPP filed an antitrust suit against Paramount s United Detroit ... idea let them take over UnitedArtists for five years. If, at the end of those five years, UA was profitable ... Picture Best Picture . In 1958 UnitedArtists Records was created, initially to release soundtracks ... . In 1972 the group was consolidated into one entity as UnitedArtists Records. It was later ... or cause censorship problems. ref pp.226 7 Balio, Tinao UnitedArtists The Company that Changed ... Artists in Paris. In 1959, UnitedArtists offered its first ever television series, The Troubleshooters ... more details
File ArtistsAgainst 419 home page March 30 2006 .png thumb right The ArtistsAgainst 419 home page. ArtistsAgainst 419 commonly abbreviated to AA419 is an Internet community dedicated to identifying and shutting down Advance fee fraud 419 scam websites. Its members work pro bono to stop, disrupt or hinder fraudsters activities. History The site was set up in October 2003 and began tackling fake banks in an artistic way by hotlinking their images to drain their small bandwidth allowance over their monthly limit. Over time the fake banks evolved and so have the Artists. On November 30, 2003, the ArtistsAgainst 419 hosted its first international virtual sit in flash mob sup Flash mobbing see below sup . There have been many subsequent mobbings designed to make hosters aware that the ArtistsAgainst 419 will not tolerate hosters knowingly hosting websites that AA419 deems criminal. At the same time, they started to list the allegedly fraudulent sites that members had found, so that potential scam victims would see their website and be warned when looking for the sites to which the scammers ... http db.aa419.org fakebankslist.php title ArtistsAgainst 419 Fake Bank Database publisher AA419 ... from their site As of September 14th 2007 the ArtistsAgainst 419 discontinued the use of Bandwidth Hogging tools As regular viewers will have noticed, the Artists discontinued the use of the Deadly ... our reputation, and our artists with us to every fight. References references External links http wiki.aa419.org ArtistsAgainst 419 Website http forum.aa419.org ArtistsAgainst 419 Forum http db.aa419.org ArtistsAgainst 419 Scam Website Database http www.legalaffairs.org issues March April ... Category Internet fraud de ArtistsAgainst 419 it ArtistsAgainst 419 ... be shut down for violating the hoster s terms of business The Artists much prefer that webhosters ... fraudsters highly objectionable and swiftly intervene to stop them. The artists have had considerable ... more details
Infobox record label name UnitedArtists Records image name UnitedArtistsRecordsLogo.jpg image size 150px image bg parent UnitedArtists until 1978 founded 1957 founder status defunct fate absorbed into Liberty ... url UnitedArtists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of UnitedArtists ... Helped Run UnitedArtists New York Times Bot generated title ref in 1957 initially to distribute ... right thumb An earlier version of the UnitedArtists Records logo used from 1960 through 1968 In 1959, UnitedArtists released Forest of the Amazons, a cantata by Brazilian composer Heitor ... and A Hard Day s Night film A Hard Day s Night were very popular UnitedArtists releases in the 1960s. UnitedArtists released many other movie soundtrack albums, including those of It s a Mad, Mad ... soundtrack album of UnitedArtists most critically acclaimed and financially successful film musical ... on CD. In addition to soundtracks and pop output, UnitedArtists also produced a series of children ... Artists also had a few subsidiary labels Unart Records , Ascot Records , Musicor Records , UnitedArtists ... label ref cite web url http bsnpubs.com ua uaultraaudio.html title UnitedArtists Album Discography ... 45 singles Unart was recreated in 1967 for budget albums . Other UA labels UnitedArtists Special Projects ... first major label albums with UnitedArtists from 1966 1969. In 1969, UnitedArtists merged with co ... UnitedArtists Records logo used from 1968 to 1971 at the time when it was co owned with Liberty Records. UnitedArtists involvement with jazz was significant. The company recruited Alan Douglas record ... the UnitedArtists name and revived the Liberty label for releases by artists who had been signed to UA ... 1986, when it was deactivated and its artists assigned to other EMI labels. Many albums from the United ... had been distributed by UnitedArtists Pictures, in America the album was distributed by UnitedArtists ... the UnitedArtists movie studio in 1986, he attempted to revive the UnitedArtists Records label as well ... more details
For the company that now owns UnitedArtists Television, see UnitedArtists . For the company that was acquired by UnitedArtists Television in 1958, see Associated Artists Productions . UnitedArtists Television , formed in 1956, was an American television production company production distribution company of UnitedArtists Corporation. The company is remembered for producing series such as This Man Dawson , The Outer Limits 1963 TV series The Outer Limits , Gilligan s Island , My Mother the Car , The Fugitive TV series The Fugitive , The New Phil Silvers Show , Thirtysomething TV series thirtysomething , and The Patty Duke Show . Background UA purchased Associated Artists Productions a.a.p. in 1958, giving UA access to the pre 1950 ref name ymrt You Must Remember This The Warner Bros. Story 2008 , p. 255. ref ref WB retained a pair of features from 1949 that they merely distributed, and all ... between 1933 and 1957. In 1960, UnitedArtists purchased Ziv Television Programs , including the 20 .... The newly merged production company was renamed Ziv UnitedArtists . UnitedArtists had never ... operations and changed its name back to UnitedArtists Television. In the same year, the American ... the release of many UnitedArtists films with some episodes containing featurettes promoting upcoming UA cinema releases. UnitedArtists Television had several shows such as Stoney Burke 1962 , The Patty .... Television or just simply MGM UA Television in 1982. The UnitedArtists Television name was eventually ... Bugs Bunny Superstar which was also originally a UnitedArtists release, and certain rights ... reflist http www.imdb.com company co0011888 UnitedArtists Television us at imdb.com Category Companies ... Category Television production companies of the United States fr UnitedArtists Television ... is a partial division of . In any case, the major rights are now owned by Desilu, Too. Notable UnitedArtists shows The Troubleshooters 1959 TV series The Troubleshooters 1959 1960 starring Keenan Wynn ... more details
Use mdy dates date April 2012 Infobox Non profit Non profit name United States Artists Non profit logo Image USA logo.png United States Artists logo Non profit type Philanthropic arts organization founded ... ref http www.unitedstatesartists.org Public AboutUnitedStatesArtists Staff index.cfm United States Artists Official Website. About ref area served United States product focus American artists method ... Public CommonQuestions index cfm United States Artists Official Website. Common Questions ref Non profit slogan homepage http unitedstatesartists.org United States Artists USA is an independent ... MissionVisionValues index.cfm United States Artists Official Website. Mission, Vision ... Public CommonQuestions index.cfm United States Artists Official Website. Common Questions ref Selection ... Home index.cfm United States Artists Official Website ref The Grants Grants are awarded yearly to artists ... Mike Smith. ref http www.unitedstatesartists.org United States Artists Official Website ref ... Home index.cfm United States Artists Official Website ref 2009 Architecture and Design Architect and professor ... Dave McKenzie. ref http www.unitedstatesartists.org Public2 Home index.cfm United States Artists ... index.cfm United States Artists Official Website ref 2007 Architecture and Design Benjamin Aranda ... http www.unitedstatesartists.org Artist Grants United States Artists Bot generated title ref 2006 Architecture ... American Journalists Association, Dmae Roberts Receives Fellowship from United States Artists, December ... United States Artists Official Website ref Music John Luther Adams , Natividad ... colwidth 30em External links http www.unitedstatesartists.org United States Artists website http www.unitedstatesartists.org Public EncounterUSAFellows index.cfm United States Artists grant recipient ..., United States Artists Awards 50,000 Grants, Interior Design Mario Rosario Jackson, Florence Kabwasa ... based in California fr United States Artists ... more details
Infobox Union name United Scenic Artists country United States affiliation AFL CIO members image Image ... state merged into footnotes United Scenic Artists local USA 829, is a United States trade union labor union of designers, artists, and craftspeople in the entertainment and decorative arts industries ... History A union of Scenic Artists was founded in 1897 as the United Scenic Artists Association ... Artists for over 80 years. On June 21, 1918, at their regular meeting at Geneva Hall in New York City, the Scenic Artists voted to accept a charter as United Scenic Artists of America hence the USAA ... of Painters and Allied Trades . From that time forward, United Scenic Artists of America Local 829 grew to include Scenic, Costume and Lighting Designers, Mural and Diorama Artists, Scene Painters, Production Designers and Art Directors, Commercial Costume Stylists, Storyboard Artists and most recently Computer Artists, Art Department Coordinators, Sound Designers and Projection Designers working ... with United Scenic Artists, and the Union opened a Los Angeles Regional office to serve them ... was gained throughout the United States.Finally, on April 27 of 1999, after decades of suffering from a debilitating lack of common interest with the IBPAT, the membership of United Scenic Artists Local ..., an entertainment union, would provide better representation for United Scenic Artists, who work in every type of theatrical, dance, motion picture, television, opera, and commercial production in the United ... Scenic Artist s request for re affiliation was unanimously approved and United Scenic Artists ... to reaffiliate with IATSE to be in a union that focused on entertainment workers. United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, organized to protect craft standards, working conditions and wages for the entertainment and decorative arts industries. The members of Local USA 829 are Artists and Designers ... wages for designers and artists, and negotiates with employers to secure the best possible terms ... more details
for the similarly named theatre in Los Angeles Texaco Building Infobox building name UnitedArtists Theatre Building image UnitedArtists Theatre Building.jpg image size 250px caption location 150 Bagley Street br Detroit , Michigan latd 42.335549 longd 83.052328 iso region US CA coordinates display title completion date 1928 building type Commercial offices br proposed residential antenna spire roof convert 230 ft abbr on top floor floor count 18 elevator count cost floor area convert 217300 sqft abbr on architect Charles Howard Crane br Elmer George Kiehler structural engineer main contractor developer owner management references ref emporis 156970 ref ref skyscraperpage 25304 ref The UnitedArtists Theatre Building is a vacant high rise tower in downtown Detroit , Michigan , standing at 150 Bagley Street. It was constructed in 1928 and stands 18 stories tall. The building was designed by architect C. Howard Crane in the renaissance revival architectural style, and is made mainly of brick . Until December 29, 1971, it was a first run movie house and office space, and then after that, the theatre saw sporadic usage until 1973. The UnitedArtists Theatre, designed in a Spanish Gothic design, sat 2,070 people, and after closing served from 1978 to 1983 as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra s recording theater. After the theater closed, the office block struggled as tenants moved to suburbs. It finally closed in 1984. An original 10 story, vertical UA sign was replaced in the 1950s with a marquee sign marquee that remained until 2005. The building once shared a lot with the now demolished Hotel Tuller . In preparation for the Super Bowl XL 2006 NFL Super Bowl , graffiti was removed from all the windows of the building, and the lower levels received a coat of black paint to hide the graffiti work at the base of the building. The old theater marquee was also removed. In 2006, Ilitch ... ua UnitedArtists Theatre at Buildings of Detroit http www.guardian.co.uk artanddesign gallery ... more details
orphan date June 2010 The UnitedArtists Theatre was a popular movie theatre located in Chicago . It was constructed in 1921 and was originally titled The Apollo. It was purchased by the Balaban and Katz cinema chain and renamed in 1927. The theatre began life showing live theatre and later exclusively showed films. It was located at the southeast corner of Randolph and Dearborn. It was later operated by ABC Great States and Cineplex Odeon . It continued operation until late 1987, and was demolished in 1989. The UnitedArtists was located on Randolph Street , which was once known as Chicago s Great White Way and continues to be the center of Chicago s theatre district. The theatre featured ornate interior design common of the movie palaces of its era. It was known for showing exclusive runs and premieres of top Hollywood films. In the 1970s, the theatre focused mostly on the action and horror films popular at the time, with the occasional blockbuster, such as the house record breaking run of Jaws film Jaws . From the 1950s until its closing, the theater featured an elaborate Marquee sign marquee , which wrapped around the building s curved corner entrance. This marquee can be seen in many films including The Blues Brothers , Adventures in Babysitting , and Ferris Bueller s Day Off . The building was located on Block 37 , a parcel in the Chicago Loop that saw nearly every building demolished in 1989. Various projects were proposed for the site before construction began on a new structure in 2005. The retail section will feature a new 7 screen movie theatre from Muvico Theatres . Source http cinematreasures.org theater 1015 coord missing Illinois Category Theatres completed in 1921 Category Demolished theatres of the United States Category Former buildings and structures of Chicago, Illinois ... more details
Infobox company company name UnitedArtists br small UnitedArtists Corporation small br small UnitedArtists Films, Inc. small br small UnitedArtists Entertainment, LLC small company logo company type film studio owner Metro Goldwyn Mayer MGM part of subsidiaries br Providence Equity Partners 29 br TPG Capital 21 br Sony 20 br Comcast 20 br DLJ Merchant Banking Partners 7 br Quadrangle Group 3 http www.mgm.com corp main.php www.mgm.com company slogan foundation February 5, 1919 original date br November 2, 2006 relaunch founder Mary Pickford br Charlie Chaplin br Douglas Fairbanks br D. W. Griffith location Constellation Place MGM Tower , Century City Century City, California key people Paula Wagner , Tom Cruise num employees industry film, music products motion picture parent independent company 1918 1967 br Transamerica Corporation Transamerica 1967 1981 br Metro Goldwyn Mayer MGM 1981 present revenue homepage http www.unitedartists.com www.unitedartists.com This is a partial list of feature films originally released and or distributed by UnitedArtists 1910s class wikitable sortable Film Title Release Date Broken Blossoms May 13, 1919 His Majesty, the American September 1, 1919 When the Clouds Roll by December 28, 1919 1920s class wikitable sortable Film Title Release Date Pollyanna 1920 film Polyanna January 18, 1920 Suds film Suds January 27, 1920 Down on the Farm April 25, 1920 Romance 1920 film Romance May 16, 1920 The Mollycoddle June 13, 1920 The Love Flower August 22, 1920 Way Down East September 3, 1920 The Mark of Zorro 1920 film The Mark of Zorro December 5, 1920 The Love Light January 9, 1921 The Nut 1921 film The Nut March 6, 1921 Dream Street film Dream Street April 12, 1921 Through the Back Door May 5, 1921 Disraeli 1921 film Disraeli August 21, 1921 The Three ... 1956 Time Table February 8, 1956 Manfish February 1956 The Killer Is Loose March 2, 1956 Crime Against ... the Mafia September 1959 Odds Against Tomorrow October 15, 1959 The Wonderful Country film The Wonderful ... more details
This article lists people whose artwork has been featured on stamps of the United States. For this purpose featured is not limited to complete works but includes any identifiable representation of their works. Thus the Geophysical Year stamp of 1958 is considered to feature the work of Michelangelo because it shows two hands from his Creation of Adam . The date after the name refers to the year when that person s work first appeared on a stamp of the United States. For a list of persons portrayed on U.S. stamps, see People on stamps of the United States . The United States Post Office issued its first stamp in 1847, but several cities had previously issued their own provisional stamps. Expand list date August 2008 Josef Albers 1980 , Homage to the Square Glow Sarah Fisher Clampitt Ames 1938 , Abraham Lincoln bust Antonello da Messina 1990 , Madonna and Child John James Audubon 1963 , Columbia Jays Thomas Ball artist 1940 Emancipation Memorial Fr d ric Auguste Bartholdi 1922 , Statue of Liberty Chester Beach 1938 , William Henry Harrison bust Giovanni Bellini 1992 , George Bellows 1998 , Stag at Sharkey s Thomas Hart Benton painter 1971 , Independence and the Opening of the West George Caleb Bingham 1998 , Boatmen on the Missouri Karl Bitter 1953 , Louisiana Purchase statue Gutzon Borglum 1952 , Mount Rushmore National Memorial Solon Borglum 1948 , Rough Rider Monument Sandro Botticelli 1940 , Primavera V clav Bro k 1893 , Columbus at the Court of Ferdinand and Isabella Andrew Bucci 1967 Michelangelo Buonarotti 1958 , The Creation of Adam Jacques Caffieri 1908 , Benjamin Franklin bust Alexander Calder 1998 , Portrait of a Young Man Annibale Carracci 1989 , Mary Cassatt 1966 , The Boating Party Gerald R. Cassidy 1940 , Coronado and His Captains George Catlin 1998 , White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas Giuseppe Ceracchi 1870 , Thomas Jefferson bust Jean Baptiste Sim on Chardin 1975 , Child with Top Cima da Conegliano 1993 , Madonna and Child in a Landscape Gilmore David ... more details
Infobox Organization name United Students Against Sweatshops image Usas logo.png image border size 166px caption formation 1997 abbreviation USAS pronounced you sass type Student activist organization purpose To work in solidarity with working peoples struggles to struggle against racism, sexism, heterosexism, classism, and other forms of oppression within our society, within our organizations, and within ourselves to build a grassroots student movement that challenges corporate power and that fights for economic justice and to strive to act democratically. location North America membership 250 chapters & thousands of individuals website http usas.org United Students Against Sweatshops USAS is a student organization with chapters at over 250 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada . In April 2000, USAS founded the Worker Rights Consortium WRC , an independent monitoring organization that investigates labor conditions in factories that produce collegiate apparel all over the world. The WRC exacts an annual membership fee from participating universities, which is used ... subsequently withdrew their institutional membership on the FLA Board soon afterwards. United Students Against Sweatshops is widely viewed as the largest anti sweatshop community group in the United ... About section of USAS website refend External links http www.usas.org United Students Against Sweatshops ... wages supporting the Coalition of Immokalee Workers campaign against Taco Bell to win higher wages ... wage campaigns in several states and localities protesting against Jessica Matthews , board member ... to the current structure of the global economy to be directly or by analogy a struggle against sweatshops ... refbegin http www.leftbusinessobserver.com Sweatshops.html Students Against Sweatshops Book by journalist ... organizations in the United States Category Student protests in Canada Category Student protests in the United ... in the United States Category Labour relations ... more details
Image HUARLogo.jpg thumb Humans UnitedAgainst Robots often abbreviated as HUAR is a semi tongue in cheek organization designed to unify the human race and prepare them for a futuristic Technophobia Technophobia in arts robotic uprising . HUAR was created by Keith Malley of the popular Keith and The Girl podcast . Mission statement cquote HUAR Humans UnitedAgainst Robots was designed to educate and awaken the citizenry of the world to the impending attack that computers and robots will put into effect against humans. HUAR is the collection of human beings that spread the word of this impending doom as well as doing what they can to help minimize the threat. Between computer programs that can identify human speech and match that up with their computerized dictionaries in order to understand our weaknesses to jokester scientists building robots specifically made to breathe fire from their mouths and shoot lasers from their eyes, it is evident that a task force had to be formed of members that take being at the top of the food chain seriously. Robots will uprise. HUAR will be there. 30px 30px Phases Members of the organization claim that in order to prevent the impending robotic tyranny, a number of stages must be followed. Stage 1 Awareness Awareness was the initial stage of defence announced in the summer of 2005. The main two components were informing the general public of the threat of robots, and performing surveillance on mechanics and scientists who may assist robots in their mission. In pursuit of these goals, the following steps were taken On November 28 2005, Keith interviewed Daniel H. Wilson Daniel Wilson , author of the book How to Survive a Robot Uprising . The HUAR Command Center forum was opened to catalogue ways our technologies might soon overthrow their organic creators. Stage 2 Preparation Preparation was officially announced on 11 May 2007. Skills required for this stage are Know where the screws are in all major electronics. General knowledge of how ... more details
United Front Against Riverblindness UFAR is a Non Governmental Development Organization NGDO ref name NGDO http www.mectizan.org nongovernmental development organization ngdo partners Mectizan partners ref that provides technical, managerial and financial support for the elimination of riverblindness, or onchocerciasis , in the Kasongo region of Maniema province in the east southern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC . UFAR and its partners use the community directed treatment with ivermectin CDTI approach recommended by the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control APOC , a branch of the World Health Organization WHO . Each year UFAR ensures the treatment of about one million people in what is referred to as the CDTI Kasongo project to prevent the further transmission of the parasitic disease onchocerciasis to uninfected persons and to halt the progression of the disease in those already infected. History United Front Against Riverblindness was formed in 2004 and recognized as a 501c3 by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The organization was founded by and is currently led by Executive Director Dr. Daniel Shungu. UFAR has a small headquarters office in Lawrenceville, NJ and operational offices in Kinshasa and Kasongo, DRC. The CDTI Kasongo includes eight health ... of the United Front Against Riverblindness organization. Executive Director Dr. Daniel Shungu ... news files kunda samba treatment news release.htm UFAR Concludes Initial Treatment , United Front Against Riverblindness news release ref and in 2009 it was initiated in the remaining health zones of Kabambare ... the cooperation and participation of the village chief and tribal elders. New Initiatives The United Front Against Riverblindness UFAR announces a landmark partnership with Sightsavers, an international ... Merck &Co., Inc. http www.who.int World Health Organization WHO http www.riverblindness.org United Front Against Riverblindness UFAR http www.mectizan.org nongovernmental development organization ... more details
infobox Organization name UnitedAgainst Nuclear Iran image UANI logo.jpg size 200px caption motto formation 2008 headquarters type leader title Executive Director leader name Mark Wallace key people R. James Woolsey, Jr. R. James Woolsey website http www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com UANI UnitedAgainst Nuclear Iran UANI is a non partisan, non profit Foreign policy interest group advocacy organization that seeks to prevent Iran from fulfilling its ambition to become a regional super power possessing nuclear weapons. ref http www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com about About UANI ref Along with other advocacy campaigns, the organization leads efforts to pressure companies to stop doing business with Iran as a means to halt the Iranian regime s Nuclear program of Iran nuclear program and its alleged ... doing business in Iran. In a letter to UnitedAgainst Nuclear Iran, Ingersoll Rand CEO Michael Lamach ... Campaign author date 16 March 2011 work publisher UnitedAgainst Nuclear Iran accessdate 18 October ... publisher UnitedAgainst Nuclear Iran accessdate 18 October 2011 ref UNIC Japan , ref cite news title ... of Iran Iran and weapons of mass destruction U.S. sanctions against Iran References Reflist 2 External links http www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com Official website http www.facebook.com pages UnitedAgainst ... to the United Nations , representative for UN Management and Reform. ref cite news first Marc last ... Former Homeland Security Council Homeland Security Advisor to United States President of the United ... Corporation Huntsman said it would discontinue sales in Iran after coming under pressure from UnitedAgainst Nuclear Iran. UANI reported that one of Huntsman s subsidiaries was selling polyurethanes ... Mica R of Florida to introduce into the United States House of Representatives The Accountability ... up to the September 2009 United Nations General Assembly UNGA , UANI called on New York City ... groups in the United States Category Iran United States relations Category Nuclear program of Iran ... more details
Petty apartheid is a term which originally referred to the more apparently trivial aspects of History of South Africa in the apartheid era apartheid in South Africa , but that is now also used to refer to segregation in other countries as well. It was usually held to mean those measures short of directly affecting employment, residence or voting rights, but also has the meaning of severe disenfranchisement, for example in the United Kingdom . See also History of South Africa in the apartheid era Racial segregation Category Apartheid in South Africa culture stub ... more details
Against Sexual Apartheid in Iran Interview with Azar Majedi of Workers Communist Party of Iran ...The term gender apartheid , like sex apartheid , is a term used to describe economic and social sexual discrimination against women, including strict sex segregation , ref http www.reuters.com article ... report on United Nations Population Fund annual report, October 13, 2005. ref as well as an absence ... A0J7gZDHezIC&pg PA180&dq gender apartheid south africa&hl en&ei ffe TaT6H8S10QGGpOn9BA&sa X&oi book ... , Judaism and Buddhism also have been described as practicing gender apartheid. ref Susan C. Mapp ... apartheid Human Rights and Social Justice in a Global Perspective&hl en&sa X&ei GemOT5HYLYXs0gGN7JS5Dw ... apartheid for apart originated in South Africa under apartheid South Africa under racial apartheid ... worked in the mines, which Ali Mazrui describes as gender apartheid. ref Ali A. Mazrui, Cultural forces ... ERxnAAAAMAAJ&dq gender apartheid Hinduism&q gender apartheid search anchor p 180 , ISBN 0 435 08047 4, 9780435080471 ref Some human rights advocates have argued for sanctions against states practicing gender apartheid, similar to those imposed on South Africa under apartheid. ref name Arneil ..., 2001, http books.google.com books?id YIluya3TY9YC&pg PA29&dq gender apartheid Hinduism&hl en&ei ... Afkhami , Gender Apartheid, Cultural Relativism, and Women s Human Rights in Muslim Societies, in Women ... society resulting in a backlash of gender apartheid by Islamic fundamentalists. He notes that other ... Against Democracy , Macmillan, 2008, http books.google.com books?id zeKsxzEk5ywC&pg PA102&dq gender apartheid Hinduism&hl en&ei B a TfGXA87qgQeH8ZjuBQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 8&ved ... ref Phyllis Chesler describes Islamic gender apartheid as being characterized by normalized daughter ... nations have been criticized for practicing gender apartheid Afghanistan , under Taliban religious leadership, has been characterized by feminism feminist groups and others as a gender apartheid ... more details
that regime. ref name rome art7 blockquote Allegations against Israel main Israel and the apartheid ... publisher Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid accessdate 3 March 2010 ref Hazeem Jamjoum states in a 2009 ... Hazeem date 5 April 2009 publisher Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid accessdate 3 March 2010 ... in South Africa Category Crimes against humanity Category Apartheid de Apartheid Recht es Crimen ...About the crime of apartheid as defined in international law the system of racial segregation that formerly existed in South Africa South Africa under apartheid other uses Apartheid disambiguation Image ... and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid parties in dark green, signed but not ratified in light green, non members in grey The crime of apartheid is defined by the 2002 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as inhumane acts of a character similar to other crimes against humanity committed ... and committed with the intention of maintaining that regime. On 30 November 1973, the United Nations United Nations General Assembly General Assembly opened for signature and ratification the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid . ref name ICSPCA ... of the Crime of Apartheid , retrieved on 10 October 2011. ref It defined the crime of apartheid ... International opposition to Apartheid The term Wiktionary apartheidapartheid , from Afrikaans for apartness, was the official name of the History of South Africa in the apartheid era South African ... to the United Nations as early as 12 July 1948 when Dr. Padmanabha Pillai, the representative of India to the United Nations, circulated a letter to the Secretary General expressing his concerns over ... October 2011 ref As it became more widely known, South African apartheid was condemned internationally ... together submitted early drafts of a convention to deal with the suppression and punishment of apartheid. ref cite book title Southern Africa Vol. 1 United Nations Organization of African Unity Conference ... more details
wiktionary apartheid The term Apartheid was coined in reference to South Africa under apartheid South African apartheid . The term apartheid may also refer to Crime of apartheid Gender apartheid Israel and the apartheid analogy Jim Crow laws Nuclear apartheid Occupational apartheid Religious apartheid Social apartheid Social apartheid in Brazil Technological apartheid See also Apartheid Museum Medical Apartheid , a history of medical experimentation on African Americans Palestine Peace Not Apartheid , a book by Jimmy Carter Tourism in Cuba , which has been characterised as apartheid owing to the segregation of tourists and natives Witness to Apartheid , a documentary by Sharon Sopher disambig Category Afrikaans loanwords Category Apartheid fr Apartheid homonymie ru ... more details
mergeto South African apartheid date August 2009 Apartheid The end of the apartheid system in South Africa left the country socio economics socio economically divided by race. Subsequent government policies have sought to correct the imbalances through state intervention. Economic inequality and Black Economic Empowerment Many of the inequalities created and maintained by apartheid still remain in South Africa. The country has one of the most unequal income distribution patterns in the world approximately 60 of the population earns less than R42,000 per annum about US 7,000 , whereas 2.2 of the population has an income exceeding R360,000 per annum about US 50,000 . Poverty in South Africa is still largely defined by skin colour, with black people constituting the poorest layer. Despite the ANC government having implemented a policy of Black Economic Empowerment BEE , blacks make up over 90 ... http www.wsws.org articles 2004 may2004 safr m21.shtml title United Nations report highlights growing ... in a company, the Employment Equity Act allows for legal discrimination against White males and to a lesser ... was to be done based on a form that every employee had to complete, which used the apartheid era ... classification system of the Apartheid era. In such cases employers were forced in terms of the Employment ... the requirement that claimants for restoration of land seized during the apartheid era make a contribution ... safrica2 accessdate 2006 10 28 id ISBN 1 56432 263 7 ref Regardless, crime against white farmers receives strong media coverage. Opposition against land reforms fear that by removing commercial farmers ... against city authorities claiming that popular attempts to desegregate the city in the 1980s are now being reversed by the mass eviction of shack dwellers. See also South Africa under apartheid Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa Crime of apartheid Sexual violence in South Africa References reflist Category Apartheid in South Africa Category Discrimination Category History of South Africa ... more details
Israel and apartheid may refer to Israel and the apartheid analogy , for analogies between Israel and South African apartheidapartheid in South Africa Israel South Africa relations , for relations between Israel and apartheid South Africa Crime of apartheid , for discussion of alleged violations of the crime of apartheid by Israel Israeli Apartheid Week , an annual series of University rallies disambig ... more details
Infobox Museum name Apartheid Museum image South Africa Johannesburg Apartheid Museum001.jpg imagesize 250 map type South Africa Gauteng Greater Johannesburg map caption Apartheid Museum latitude 26.2376 longitude 28.0090 established 2001 dissolved location Johannesburg , RSA type Specialized museums visitors director curator publictransit website http www.apartheidmuseum.org The Apartheid Museum is a museum museum complex in Johannesburg , South Africa dedicated to illustrating apartheid and the 20th century history of South Africa . The structure pictured here is owned by Gold Reef the Casino Company. History In 1995, the Government of South Africa South African government created a process to grant casino casino licenses , and established an agency called the Gambling Board South Africa Gambling Board . As a part of any bid to build a casino in South Africa, Real estate developer developer s are required to demonstrate how their casino would attract tourism and stimulate employment job growth. A consortium, called Akani eGoli , put in a bid to build a casino in Gold Reef City whose plans included a complex called Freedom Park. ref name busrep name article http www.busrep.co.za index.php ... changed The Apartheid Museum at Freedom Park leading to the Apartheid Museum Name controversy name controversy and legal action. The construction costs of the Apartheid Museum were around 80 million South ... are outside and will be wet if it is raining. Name controversy The name Apartheid Museum was registered ... proposed Freedom Park was renamed to The Apartheid Museum at Freedom Park Stainbank took legal action against Akani Egoli, but lost the court case. Stainbank maintains that the verdict was unfair and maintains an alternative Apartheid Museum website at http www.stainbank.co.za http www.stainbank.co.za . References references See also Portal South Africa Apartheid External links http www.apartheidmuseum.org ... Category Organisations associated with apartheid de Apartheid Museum ja ... more details
Anti apartheid may refer to any opposition to the former South African apartheid policy. More specifically, it may refer to Anti Apartheid Movement , British organisation The internal resistance to South African apartheid within South Africa disambig fr Lutte contre l apartheid ... more details
Medical Apartheid The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present is a 2007 book by Harriet A. Washington . It is a history of Human experimentation in the United States medical experimentation on African American s. From the era of slavery to the present day, this book presents the first full account of black America s mistreatment as unwitting subjects of medical experimentation. ref http books.google.com.au books?id apGhwRt6A7QC&dq Medical Apartheid The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present&source bl&ots jr q9LR7yo&sig onSS7mu312 KnBgh3I L3rfZnZw&hl en&ei qsWwTI3xAZHEvQPIs63CBg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 5&ved 0CC0Q6AEwBA Medical Apartheid The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present Google Books. ref ref Alondra Nelson. http www.washingtonpost.com wp dyn content article 2007 01 05 AR2007010500180.html Unequal Treatment How African Americans have often been the unwitting victims of medical experiments The Washington Post , January 7, 2007. ref Medical Apartheid traces the convoluted history of medical experimentation on Black Americans in the USA since the middle of the eighteenth century. Harriet Washington argues that diverse forms of racial discrimination have shaped both the relationship between white physicians and black patients and the attitude of the latter towards modern medicine in general . ref name sochist http shm.oxfordjournals.org content 20 3 620.extract Medical Apartheid The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present Social History of Medicine ... and their links to African American cases. Medical Apartheid won the 2007 National Book Critics Circle ... Apartheid ref See also The Plutonium Files Acres of Skin References references Category 2007 books Category Medical books Category American books Category Human subject research in the United States ... more details
Encyclopedia
top
