Category Archive: UNITED NATIONS

Black is Back Coalition Storms Harlem in Defense of Assata Shakur!

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InPDUM InPDUM International President, Diop Olugbala On Thursday, May 9, 2013 the Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice Peace and Reparations (BIBC) held a demonstration in front of the Harlem State Office… Read More

UN panel reveals effects of imperialist exploitation of Africa

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Report details plunder of resources and growing inequality By Bryan Ellis One in four gold miners in South Africa suffers from silicosis, a debilitating and incurable disease that can easily be prevented. Global… Read More

We Charge Genocide Again! Companion Curriculum for “Operation Ghetto Storm”

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MXGM Download the Fully Illustrated Version of the Report Contact: Kali Akuno 404.567.5938 kaliakuno@mxgm.org For Immediate Release: New Curriculum, We Charge Genocide Again, notes the importance of Operation Ghetto Storm findings for younger… Read More

Latin American Countries Propose IACHR Reforms

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Cancilleres latinoamericanos exigen un cambio de sede para la CIDH Los cancilleres de Ecuador y Bolivia, dieron a conocer un documento con las cinco conclusiones de la reunión llevada a cabo en Bolivia… Read More

Proposals Aimed at Cutting Social Security and Medicaid to Negatively Impact African Americans

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Obama administration set to abolish CPI, Cola and slash medical coverage for poor and elderly By Abayomi Azikiwe Libya 360° Massive cuts are being proposed which will impact the way in which Social… Read More

Cuban Five: Gerardo, Antonio and Ramón send messages to René

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René González has been given permission to remain in Cuba! National Committee to Free the Cuban Five May 3, 2013 In a huge development in the case of the Cuban Five, the court… Read More

Did Obama FBI re-image bombers into face of Black woman to counter smiling, white-boy-next-door-look of the Boston bombers?

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By Ezili Dantò HLLN On Thursday, May 2, 2013, Assata Shakur became the first woman added to the FBI’s most wanted terrorists list. The reward for her capture was doubled to $2 million.… Read More

The Struggle Of African Americans Against Corporate Racism & Oppression In The USA, & The Case Of Assata Shakur

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The Struggle Of African Americans Against Corporate Racism & Oppression In The USA, & The Case Of Assata Shakur With Abayomi Azikiwe & Bernard White Heart Of Africa The Struggle Of African Americans… Read More

Assata Shakur: FBI Declares War on the Black Liberation Movement

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Assata Shakur could not have been named “most wanted terrorist” without the explicit approval of the first black president and his attorney general. In doing so, they have declared open war on the… Read More

What’s Behind the Renewed Attacks on African American Freedom Fighter Assata Shakur?

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Exiled Black Panther Party veteran has lived in Cuba for three decades By Abayomi Azikiwe Libya 360° On the 40th anniversary of the shooting and capture of Assata Shakur, the FBI and the… Read More

Cuba remains committed to advance its national, original, democratic and freely participative socialist development

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Cuba submits report to UN Human Rights Council Granma Internacional The Cuban Foreign Affairs Ministry submitted, on April 23, its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to the United Nations Human Rights Council, to be… Read More

Speaking to UN Meeting on Palestine, Cynthia McKinney Calls for Public Debate on Pro-Israel Lobby

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McKinney tells how pro-Israel lobby removed three Black Congress members By Cynthia McKinney April 29, 2013, Paris – It is fitting that on the same day as this headline appeared, “Pro-Israeli US lawmakers… Read More

France Says Troops Will Stay in Mali Even After United Nations Forces Arrive

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Paris has been re-occupying the West African state since January See >> French Imperialism Maintains Thousands of Troops in Africa By Abayomi Azikiwe Libya 360° French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has visited the… Read More

Hundreds Gather in Philadelphia to Celebrate Mumia’s 59th Birthday, Launch New Petition

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By Ethan Jury Hundreds of people gathered in Philadelphia on April 24 to celebrate the 59th birthday of the “world’s most famous prisoner,” Mumia Abu Jamal. Events began early in the afternoon with… Read More

“Take these Tribes Down” The Anti-Indian Movement Comes to Washington State

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Wisconsin Anti-Indian Activist Elaine Willman Brought the Attack on Treaty Rights and Tribal Sovereignty to Bellingham, WA on April 6. This IREHR Special Report takes you inside the April 6 meeting hosted in… Read More

Nestlé: “Human Beings Have No Right to Water”

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“Human Beings Have No Right to Water” and other Words of Wisdom from Your Friendly Neighborhood Global Oligarch By Andrew Gavin Marshall Peter Brabeck, Chairman of Nestlé In the 2005 documentary, We Feed… Read More

UN Silent on US – CIA – NATO Crimes: Long History of War, Coups, Color Revolutions and Genocide

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Courtesy of  Stop NATO By Shenali Waduge UN silent on US – CIA – NATO crimes but goes after Third World nations and leaders The former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in an… Read More

Getting It Right: Hugo Chávez and the “Arab Spring”

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By Maximilian Forte Some opening vignettes might set the right tone for properly appreciating the question of “who was right” about the so-called Arab Spring. (The notion of there having been an “Arab… Read More