Malcolm X’s call for Black self-determination remains widely misunderstood in the United States, including among Black activists. Some even hold that Barack Obama’s election was an expression of Black self-determination. But self-determination is about people’s power, not voter turnout in an electoral system controlled by rich white rulers. It’s about taking power “by any means…
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Neo-Colonialism in the 21st Century : The Struggle to Reverse Imperialist Militarism and the Economic Crisis in Africa
Why we need an internationalist perspective on developments in the oppressed nations Author’s Note: This address was delivered at the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Educational Center in Harlem, New York City during the annual National Workers World Conference on November 7-8, 2015. Azikiwe presented this report on the present situation in Africa and…
The Stealth Expansion of a Secret US Drone Base in Africa
By Nick Turse VIEWED FROM HIGH ABOVE, Chabelley Airfield is little more than a gray smudge in a tan wasteland. Drop lower and its incongruous features start coming into focus. In the sun-bleached badlands of the tiny impoverished nation of Djibouti — where unemployment hovers at a staggering 60 percent and the per capita gross…
Libya: Africa’s Wealthiest Democracy Under Qaddafi to Terrorist Haven After US Intervention
Garikai Chengu Today marks the four-year anniversary of the US-backed assassination of Libya’s former leader, Muammar Gaddafi, and the decline into chaos of one of Africa’s greatest nations. In 1967 Colonel Gaddafi inherited one of the poorest nations in Africa; by the time he was assassinated, he had transformed Libya into Africa’s richest nation. Prior…
The Revolutionary Thought of Samora Machel
By Carlos Martinez Samora Machel is the name most closely associated with the liberation of Mozambique from Portuguese colonialism and the construction of an independent post-colonial state. Born on 29 September 1933, he would today be celebrating his 82nd birthday had he not died in a plane crash in 1986, almost certainly engineered by the…
The Power of False Narrative
“Strategic communications” or Stratcom, a propaganda/psy-op technique that treats information as a “soft power” weapon to wield against adversaries, is a new catch phrase in an Official Washington obsessed with the clout that comes from spinning false narratives. Robert Parry In this age of pervasive media, the primary method of social control is through the…
Cultural Genocide : Living in the Ghettoised Citadels in the West
By Sophia Tesfamariam On 17 March 2000, the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) which continuously monitors fertility, mortality and migration trends for all countries of the world released a report titled “Replacement Migration: Is it a Solution to Declining and Ageing Populations?”. According to the Report, “Replacement Migration” is…
World Politics 4 Years After Gaddafi, 2 Years After Chavez with Gerald A. Perreira
International journalist, freedom fighter, and Block Report correspondent Gerald Perriera speaks on world politics 4 years after the assassination of Gaddafi and 2 years after Chavez. We cover: Libya, Eritrea, the Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, South Africa, Somalia, Venezuela, FMLN, the Sandinistas, Mali, Niger, France, the U.S., and more. Tune in for more at…
Gerald A. Perreira: Defending Anti-imperialist Morality Against Racism
Gerald A. Perreira discusses the rise of reactionary, racist “new right” populism vs authentic revolutionary, anti-imperialist movements founded upon principled ideology and morality. Click to listen>> Please see the first two discussions, “The Destruction of Libya, Its Lessons and Meaning : Interview with Gerald A. Perreira” and “Libya, Racism and Anti-imperialism : Discussion with Gerald A. Perreira“….
The US and the Militarization of Latin America
Eric Draitser The United States is countering the independent development of Latin American countries by using its military power and influence. For more than two centuries, the United States has viewed Latin America as its “backyard,” a geopolitical sphere of influence where it acts as undisputed hegemon. The history of the Western hemisphere, broadly speaking,…
Colombia’s Killing Fields : Peace is War
By James Petras Introduction Colombia has received more US military aid–over $6 billion dollars in the past decade — than any country in the Western Hemisphere. For its part, Colombia allowed the Pentagon to build seven military bases, more than all the other countries in the region combined. There are over 2,000 US military officers…
Genocide in Sirte
Behind Da’esh in Libya is the Hypocrisy of Rival Governments that Bow to the West “Humanitarian Intervention” Would Increase the Suffering of the Population in Libya UNHCR | OHCHR : Da’esh Crimes in Libya and the Humanitarian Crisis in Sirte Sirte | سرت NCHRL : Calls on UN and UN Human Rights Bodies to Hold…
Chavista Theory of Transition Towards the Communal State
By Frederick B. Mills One of the challenges of the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela today is how to advance towards a communal state in the context of the ongoing reproduction of speculative capitalism, a fall in oil prices, and a relentless counter revolution, the extreme elements of which episodically resort to violent attempts at extra-constitutional…
Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism in Africa
Horace Campbell July-August 2015 (Volume 67, Number 3) One of the most serious errors, if not the most serious error, committed by colonial powers in Africa, may have been to ignore or underestimate the cultural strength of the African peoples. —Amilcar Cabral1 When international media were broadcasting live video footage of Tunisians gathering in hundreds…
Libya, Racism and Anti-Imperialism: Discussion with Gerald A. Perreira
Gerald A. Perreira discusses Libya’s revolutionary contributions, anti-imperialism and the urgent need for both organizations and individuals to spurn racism and opportunism and take a strong, principled position against empire on behalf of all of humanity. Listen>> Part I: “The Destruction of Libya, Its Lessons and Meaning: Interview with Gerald A. Perreira“. Gerald A. Perreira…
The Destruction of Libya, Its Lessons and Meaning: Interview with Gerald A. Perreira
Gerald A. Perreira discusses the destruction of Libya, its moral and geopolitical lessons and meaning. Listen>> Part II: “Libya, Racism and Anti-imperialism” Behind the Sound Bites Lies the Hideous Truth Everywhere is War: European Warlords Strike Again – This Time in Mali Bani Walid Pays The Price For Refusing To Accept The Mark Of The…
Towards Unsettling Paths
“If non-indigenous anarchists are to develop ways of interacting with indigenous peoples that are different from those of political organizations they must begin from direct communication, solidarity and trust. Anyone who really wants to act in solidarity with others does not stumble around inside their homes, uninvited, stinking of arrogance and ignorance, and taking up…
The Strategy of Malcolm X
By Lorenzo St. Dubois Diversity of Tactics Last month many of us celebrated the 90th birthday of the one of America’s greatest revolutionaries, El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, also known as Malcolm X. That his birthday follows his assassination date (February 21) on the calendar seems appropriate this year, as Malcolm could be said to be resurrected these…
Plan Condor : There are Military Bases and Media Bases in Latin America
Latin America faces a “Communicational Plan Condor” Interview with Fernando Buen Abad By Hector Bernardo WHY DO YOU AFFIRM THAT TODAY COMMUNICATION IS A PROBLEM OF REGIONAL SECURITY? In our 21st century there have been five coup in Latin America in which the battering ram has been the monopolist media structures. This is a warning…
Eritrea : No Weapon Can Defeat a People Committed to Freedom
“…The birth of the State of Eritrea was not a miracle but rather the product of “wisdom and foresight” by patriots who abided by a transition process that led to a non-violent process of Eritrea’s independence…” -US diplomat Mark Baas By Sophia Tesfarmariam Eritrea’s independence came in 1991 when the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front’s (EPLF)…
Omali Yeshitela on Malcolm X and Continuing His Struggle
uhurutv In honor of the 90th birthday of Malcolm X, Chairman Omali Yeshitela gives vivid details into the revolutionary life of Malcolm. He reveals facts and brings science to this great revolutionary of ours. Related: Revolutionary Reading & Viewing Black Community Control of the Police Conference
Endless Imperial Wars From Africa to the Americas and Across the World
Six centuries of European dominance prompted resistance and independence struggles By Abayomi Azikiwe Libya 360° Author’s Note: The statement below was delivered in part at the United National Antiwar Conference held during May 8-10, 2015 in Secaucus, New Jersey. This event attracted hundreds of anti-imperialist and peace activists from across the United States, Canada, Britain,…
Britain, Libya and the Mediterranean : The Creation of a Humanitarian Emergency
By Dan Glazebrook Last week’s drownings in the Mediterranean were the foreseeable, and indeed deliberate, result of the anti-human policies of strategic violence by a dying neo-colonial empire. They were the consequence, firstly, of a series of wars of aggression that have made life intolerable across vast swathes of Africa and West Asia, and secondly…
How the Vietnamese People Rose Up and Defeated Imperialism
Carlos Martinez “They may bring in half a million, a million or even more troops to step up their war of aggression in South Vietnam. They may use thousands of aircraft for intensified attacks against North Vietnam. But never will they be able to break the iron will of the heroic Vietnamese people, their determination…
Refugees Seeking Asylum Must First Navigate a Lawless Libya
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK APRIL 27, 2015 ZAWIYAH, Libya — The two 8-year-old Eritrean boys had ridden for days across the deserts of Ethiopia, Sudan and Libya packed in the back of a truck with two other children and a dozen adults. Then they spent another month trapped in a crowded farmhouse that the smugglers…
African, Asian Migrants Dying in Mass in the Mediterranean
European Union, United States attempt to distance imperialism from crisis By Abayomi Azikiwe Libya 360° An accident on a substandard boat resulted in the deaths of over 900 refugees from Africa, the Middle East and Asia on April 19. Many of the passengers seeking asylum in Europe, were locked in the lower decks of the…
Kibeho and Srebrenica : Ed Herman on the Politics of Genocide
By Ann Garrison play KPFA Weekend News, 04.25.2015 Professor Ed Herman explains the politics of genocide manifest in media coverage of the 1995 massacres in Kibeho and Srebrenica. KPFA Weekend News Anchor Sharon Sobotta: This week marked the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Kibeho Massacre in Southwestern Rwanda, where an estimated 8000 Rwandan Hutu people were killed by Rwandan…
The Cherán Indigenous Community’s Remarkable Road to Self-Rule in Mexico
Giovanna Salazar A nursery in Cherán. This community initiative is responsible for the reforestation of some 1500 hectares, including the planting of fir trees in many parts of Michoacán.” According to the women who work in these seedbeds, [the nursery] has become a viable economic option that employs people from four communities on a rotating…
Australia Wages War Against Indigenous People
Evicting Indigenous Australians from their homelands is a declaration of war By John Pilger Australia has again declared war on its Indigenous people, reminiscent of the brutality that brought universal condemnation on apartheid South Africa. Aboriginal people are to be driven from homelands where their communities have lived for thousands of years. In Western Australia,…
Sex, Drugs, Dead Soldiers : What U.S. Africa Command Doesn’t Want You to Know
By Nick Turse Six people lay lifeless in the filthy brown water. It was 5:09 a.m. when their Toyota Land Cruiser plunged off a bridge in the West African country of Mali. For about two seconds, the SUV sailed through the air, pirouetting 180 degrees as it plunged 70 feet, crashing into the Niger River. Three…
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