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Omali Yeshitela: U.S. to Blame for Slavery in Libya
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
06 Dec 2017
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By overthrowing the government of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, the US “created the conditions” that led to the return of slave auctions in Libya,” said Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations. Washington attacked Libya largely because Gaddafi was a Pan-Africanist “who advocated a United States of Africa,” said Yeshitela.

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