To justify US and European military occupation of much of Africa, migrants seeking jobs in the north of the continent or in Europe “are labeled as criminals and terrorists” when they are “just looking for work,” said Ampson Hagan, a PhD candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “These migrants, traveling along paths that have been traveled for centuries, are now implicated in terrorist activity,” said Hagan. “Terrorism becomes a way of legitimizing a foreign presence” in the Sahel region, centered in Niger. Hagan asks: “What does it mean for Europe to be policing African migration within Africa?”
This week, we discuss the New York Governor’s refusal to include a housing voucher program in the latest budget and how the U.S. has been permitted to assist Israel in its war crimes. First, we…
Danny Shaw and Jalsa join us to discuss the ongoing protest at Columbia University, where students are protesting the institution’s involvement with Israel and mobilizing in solidarity with the…
Adolfo Abreu joins us from New York City to discuss the Housing Access Voucher Program and why it is important to meet the housing needs of New Yorkers.
Margaret Kimberley joined Revolutionary Blackout Network to talk about the lack of international enforcement for the ICJ ruling calling on Israel to end its war crimes.
The contradictions and embarrassing antics of the fascist war-mongering United States appear with stark clarity when viewed from an outside perspective. Especially within nations like China, where…
