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  Malcolm Azania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Malcolm Azania, also known as "Minister Faust" (for the literary reference, see Faust), is a Canadian teacher, writer, community activist, radio host and political aspirant.
A resident of Edmonton, Alberta, Azania ran for the New Democratic Party in the electoral district of Edmonton—Strathcona in the 2004 federal election.
Also as Minister Faust, Azania wrote a comical and satiric science fiction novel, The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad, released internationally by Random House in August 2004.
www.gogoglo.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/m/ma/malcolm_azania.html   (298 words)

  
 Malcolm Azania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A resident of Edmonton, Alberta, Azania ran as a candidate for the New Democratic Party in the electoral district of Edmonton—Strathcona in the 2004 federal election.
Azania were profiled by CPAC in its Campaign Politics tv show.
Styling white privilege "Whitesupremacy" came linguistically close to white supremacy, which is in common use to refer to a racist movement.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malcolm_Azania   (413 words)

  
 Malcolm Azania
He has coordinated and performed fundraising for development assistance work towards the creation of a safe house for former child soldiers in Sierra Leone through the International Society for Peace and Human rights, for Ethiopian famine relief with the Council of Canadians of African and Caribbean Heritage, and for war-relief in Iraq through Iraq Adopt-a-Town.
Malcolm is a high school English teacher, local community broadcaster and freelancer to CBC, freelance writer, novelist (his first novel, The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad, was published in August 2004 by Del Rey), poet, actor, and an activist in the Alberta Teachers’ Association and movements for multiculturalism, democracy and international peace.
Malcolm ran as a candidate for the New Democratic Party of Canada for Edmonton-Strathcona in the 2004 federal election.
www.humanserve.org /malcolm_azania.htm   (151 words)

  
 Edmonton Sun Columnist: Andrew Hanon - Azania weathers the storm
Azania said many Jews are "Whitesupremacists" and questioned whether Jewish people had any legitimate claim to understanding the discrimination fls face every day, just because they have been persecuted by their "fellow Whites."
Despite Azania's abject apology and repudiation of his comments as youthful insensitivity, it looked like the damage was irreparable and the Edmonton-Strathcona election was now a two-way race between Jaffer and the Liberal candidate, Debby Carlson.
No one was more surprised than Azania when, in the days following the revelations, the majority of letters to the editor in Edmonton's newspapers were supportive of Azania, suggesting he should be forgiven for poor judgment and tactlessness in his early twenties.
www.canoe.ca /NewsStand/Columnists/Edmonton/Andrew_Hanon/2004/06/18/pf-503654.html   (607 words)

  
 Canadian Jewish News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
After controversy erupted last week, Layton asked Azania to meet with the Jewish leadership in his community and embark on a “process of reconciliation,” but said it’s too late to remove Azania as a candidate.
Azania has sent a letter of apology to Canadian Jewish Congress and said he plans to meet with B’Nai Brith Canada.
Had Azania’s comments been written today, Singer said, “we would be calling for his removal” from the ballot, but because they are a decade old, Congress is more forgiving.
www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=3675   (343 words)

  
 babble: NDP in Alberta - Malcolm Azania
Malcolm is popular among Edmonton's youth as he has been a high school teacher in recent years, a well-know radio personality, and has been a central figure in Edmonton's peace movement over the past few years.
As for Malcolm's youth appeal - that is partly blunted due to the summer election - the U of A campus, a bastion of activism and left-wing thought, located in the heart of Edm-Strathcona, is a ghost town compared to how it'd be during the regular academic session.
Azania, when I first became aware of him at the anti-war rallies in the early months of 2003, was mixed.
www.rabble.ca /babble/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=7&t=000555&p=   (5192 words)

  
 Daimnation!: Azania's dubious past
Malcolm Azania, New Democrat candidate in Edmonton-Strathcona, penned an Internet essay that characterizes white people in general - and many Jews in particular - as "white supremacists." "Whites will, consciously or unconsciously, continue to defend and extend Whitesupremacy (sic), either by action or inaction," wrote Azania in the 1994 newsgroup posting.
Contacted by the Sun yesterday, Azania was quick to repudiate the opinions he expressed 10 years ago.
Azania stated that the Palestinian people are waging a just struggle against imperialism and colonialism.
www.damianpenny.com /archived/002793.html   (339 words)

  
 NDP candidate under fire for past comments about Jews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
At the time, Malcolm Azania was part of an e-mail debate about whether Jews were friends or enemies of fl people.
Azania has since said those remarks were wrong and he has apologized.
Azania went further on his website, saying the remarks were "completely incorrect, over-generalizing, insensitive and hurtful" and that he was "horrified" he wrote those comments.
www.cbc.ca /canada/story/2004/06/09/newelxnndpcomments040609.html   (1192 words)

  
 Michael Jackson's Area: Minister Faust   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Malcolm Azania, also known as Minister Faust (for the literary reference, see Faust), is a Canada teacher, writer, community activist, radio host and political aspirant.
A resident of Edmonton, AlƄerta, Azania ran as a candidate for the New Democratic Party in the electoral district of Edmonton—Strathcona in the Canadian federal election, 2004.
Azania were profiled Ƅy CPAC in its Campaign Politics tv show.
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 Welcome To B'nai Brith - Articles
B’nai Brith Canada has indicated to Jack Layton, federal leader of the NDP, that it is prepared to accept the apology of Malcolm Azania as sincere, but has urged Layton to set a high standard by requiring the candidate for the Edmonon-Strathcona to undertake anti-hate training.
The controversy erupted when it was discovered that Azania had referred to Jews as “white supremacists” on an Internet newsgroup in 1994.
Azania’s references to Jews cannot be characterized as having been anything but antisemitic.
www.bnaibrith.ca /article.php?id=511   (501 words)

  
 Vue Weekly : Articles
Azania also portrays Edmonton as a much more ethnically diverse city than most people probably imagine it as.
And often when you say that, you think about colour, but you could easily write a novel about Edmonton that was exclusively white and still have it be incredibly rich and diverse, what with all the Ukrainian history that’s here and all the arrivals from eastern Europe, from Germany....
Azania believes your taste in genre films defines your character better than anything: he even introduces each character in Coyote Kings by pinpointing their “genre alignment.” (Hamza likes Star Trek and Alan Moore; the villainous Heinz Meaney likes EC comic books and Godard movies.) So what’s Azania’s genre alignment, then?
www.vueweekly.com /articles/default.aspx?i=534   (619 words)

  
 ab-Edmonton-Strathcona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Malcolm Azania has to be one of the most well spoken candidates I have ever seen, in any riding.
Malcolm Azania will be getting a lot of support from younger voters, but his extreme views will not attract any other attention.
Malcolm Azania should be better than 2000's NDPer, but campus will be deserted in late May, and any stolen votes will probably be from Carlson's column.
electionprediction.org /2004_fed/riding/48018-edmonton-strathcona.htm   (5254 words)

  
 Activity Pictures2
Getu is a legal Ethiopian immigrant to USA and was arrested, abused, beaten and jailed by Pittsburgh police claiming he was a terrorist.
This charge and others were dropped but after serious campaign by Azania Heritage and other civic organizations in Pittsburgh.
Mongezi Sefika, Peter Okema Otika and members of other Pittsburgh civic organizations attending the celebration of the birthday of Malcolm X. Africans and Britons in London join Ugandans and Rwandans in a recent demonstration against Ugandan and Rwandan involvement in the DRC Congo that has claimed well over 2 million innocent Congolese lives.
www.azaniaheritage.worldbreak.com /photo2.html   (230 words)

  
 OPTIMUSCRIME.COM - » Miscellany From the Campaign Front
When it comes to youthful indiscretions, the young people entering politics today -- Azania is a mere 34 years old now -- have a distinct disadvantage: their stupid remarks are archived and easily accessible in cyberspace for the rest of their lives thanks to Google's cache.
Frankly, what Azania wrote is not half as stupid as some of the tripe I heard in university.
Malcolm Azania can join Scott Reid in consoling himself over a couple pints.
www.optimuscrime.com /?p=276   (1140 words)

  
 Election 2004
Malcolm Azania, the NDP candidate in Edmonton-Strathcona, made the suspect remarks in an Internet discussion group posting 10 years ago.
Azania has since apologized on his website, saying the remarks were "completely incorrect, over-generalizing, insensitive and hurtful."
However, he did cut Azania some slack by saying that he realizes the candidate is "mortified" by his own remarks.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/mini/CTVNews/1086834859831_82244059?s_name=election2004&no_ads=   (403 words)

  
 The Search Is On: Oh the NDP...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Sure maybe the other parties are doing things like focusing on the issues in their campaign ads; straying away from the rap stylings of their aging candidates (I shit you not this is an actual ndp ad...).
And then along comes the discovery of Malcolm Azania (or Minister Faust to his digital buddies)...
Mr Azania, the NDPs' candidate for Edmonton--Strathacona, seems to have had a bit of a penchant for newsgroups about 10 years ago and had some interesting conversations on them.
www.thesearchison.com /2004/06/oh-ndp.html   (318 words)

  
 Malcolm in the middle (Atomiq)
The best story of the election so far--in my book--is the Malcolm Azania saga, which goes something like this:
Colby Cosh digs up some old Usenet dirt on local NDP candidate Malcolm Azania.
Malcolm publishes an apology on his website before the story breaks in the media.
atomiq.org /archives/2004/06/malcolm_in_the_middle.html   (271 words)

  
 Dead End Days
One story from the upcoming Canadian national elections that really reverberated with me was that of the NDP Candidate for Edmonton Strathcona Malcolm Azania.
I’ve been lead to believe that Malcolm, as a very well spoken young fl male has been positoned by the party to be a very visable “face” for the NDP in Alberta.
Azania was a bit of a pompous twit.
www.deadenddays.com /news/?p=82   (860 words)

  
 SEE Magazine: February 26, 2004
When Patrice Lumumba, the "Malcolm X of the Congo," was brutally tortured and assassinated in January of 1961, the surge of hope his leadership had inspired died with the man himself.
A mere six months after Lumumba earned the position of prime minister of his newly independent country, Congo was forced into years of neocolonialist rule.
Part one begins with an introduction by event organizer Malcolm Azania, an entertaining orator, followed by the screening of two short films.
www.seemagazine.com /Issues/2004/0226/screen5.htm   (417 words)

  
 Jun1-15/04
(Malcolm Thomas.) It seemed obvious to me that there was something not quite right about a man who would adopt such a transparently bizarre handle, but reporters today are not exactly noted for their curiosity.
And if it is true that "Azania" has indeed rejected the hateful posturing of his hot youth, this should be cause for rejoicing, not an excuse for a belated attempt by indolent and embarrassed reporters to destroy him.
Malcolm Azania is an exceptional candidate [NDP, Edmonton Strathcona, former stomping ground of The Ambler] and exactly the kind of representative we need in Parliament.
www.theambler.com /jun1-15_04.htm   (6631 words)

  
 SEE Magazine: June 17, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
And so it came to pass that Malcolm Azania walked through the fires of industry, emerging intact and hopeful for victory.
To local columnists asking why Azania concentrated so much on the fl side of his mixed heritage back then, you might want to ask people who called him boy or nigger growing up if they cared about those genealogical subtleties.
I read theories that the Sun editorially supported Azania because it wants Rahim Jaffer to win (and Azania splits the left vote), while the Journal was more critical in its coverage because it wants Carlson in.
www.seemagazine.com /Issues/2004/0617/op1.htm   (597 words)

  
 Free Dominion :: View topic - NDP has Racist and Ant-Semite has Candidate
Azania said he wrote the essay during a "brief period of political foolishness" when he was wholly focused on anti-fl racism.
In turn, Malcolm Aznia has been getting a lot of press with his dapper manner and beaming smile, and has, until now appeared polished as peach.
I have to agree that comments made when he was young and angry, should be considered and certainly he needs to prove that he no longer holds these views but they should not automatically disqualify him from running.
www.freedominion.ca /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=255453   (1859 words)

  
 Malcolm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Malcolm II of Scotland, King of Scots from 1005 until his death
Malcolm Rifkind, Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician and Member of Parliament for the constituency of Kensington and Chelsea
Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness, British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malcolm   (403 words)

  
 David Warren Lloyd -- editorial column
This week, NDP candidate Malcolm Azania came under fire after *National Post* columnist Colby Cosh drew attention to comments made by Azania concerning racial inequalities.
Azania is being blasted by all sides, including NDP leader Jack Layton.
Azania’s crime was a written abstraction committed a decade ago.
www.friendbear.com /~davidlloyd/likeitis/likeitis0082.html   (591 words)

  
 580 CFRA - News Talk Radio
Layton says he was deeply disturbed to learn about comments made by Malcolm Azania 10 years ago.
Azania said that Jews were part of the white supremacy.
Azania has since apologized for remarks made during an internet debate about whether Jews were friends or enemies of fl people.
www.cfra.com /headlines/index.asp?nid=15732&cat=3   (128 words)

  
 University of Alberta
U of A political scientist Steve Patten called NDP candidate Malcolm Azania an important candidate for party because he's intelligent, articulate and has a future in politics.
Photo accompanying story about ND candidate Malcolm Azania's 10-year-old controversial essay on white supremacy shows U of A history professor Andrew Gow hugging Azania at the candidate's campaign office.
Azania says he will not drop out of the race.
www.ualberta.ca /~publicas/summaries/04/06/10.htm   (573 words)

  
 CJC
Azania sent a letter of apology to the Canadian Jewish Congress and is planning a meeting with B'Nai Brith.
Though Azania pointed out that the comments surfaced at a time when there was the maximum potential for damage, Cosh said there was nothing tactical in his move to post a link to them.
Azania, who was 24 when he posted the comments, said he hopes his years of activism and public speaking outshine the cyberspace fl spot.
www.cjc.ca /template.php?action=itn&Story=849   (6963 words)

  
 OPTIMUSCRIME.COM - » Flagging New Democrats?
Those voters are, thankfully, still a volatile bunch, and I will be surprised if we don't see some movement in the NDP numbers before the end of the campaign.
Layton's facing a bit of an ugly story out of Alberta, as Malcolm Azania, a young fl candidate in Edmonton-Strathcona, saw a decade-old Usenet message resurface.
In the message, posted when he was in his teens, Azania accused jewish people of being 'white supremacists'.
www.optimuscrime.com /?p=273   (391 words)

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