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Dina M. Asfaha, Tunde Osazua
Eritrea Versus AFRICOM: Defending Sovereignty in the Face of Imperialist Aggression
01 Dec 2021
The rapid expansion of AFRICOM on the African continent should be a cause for concern as African nations are quickly surrendering their sovereignty to the US. As the only country without a relationship to AFRICOM, Eritrea bears the brunt of US vilification. We must salute Eritrea’s ongoing project…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
Interview: Malcolm X and Young Socialist, 1965
01 Dec 2021
A 1965 interview with Malcolm X demonstrates how his encounters in Africa had a profound impact on his thinking about the domestic struggles of Africans in the Americas.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
China is Not Colonizing Africa
01 Dec 2021
International media cannot be trusted to give accurate information. Skepticism is especially warranted when China is the topic and allegations of colonizing Africa make headlines.
Richard Drayton
Barbados: the Long Road to the Republic
07 Dec 2021
The nation of Barbados recently became a republic, severing its ties with the British crown. The road to independence began years earlier as part a wider Caribbean movement. This article originally appeared in Stabroek News.
Peoples Dispatch
Moroccans Protest Normalization of Ties with Israel
07 Dec 2021
Governments choose to make deals that often do not reflect the wishes of the people. Normalization of relations with Israel elicited protests in Morocco, the latest state to act against the interests of its citizens. This article originally appeared in Peoples Dispatch.
Alex Skopic
The American Prison System’s War on Reading
07 Dec 2021
Incarcerated people are banned from reading books with themes of Black liberation or leftist content. Now the profit motive is the rationale for preventing individuals or charitable organizations from donating books. For profit companies make money on people forced to work for little or…
T.J. Coles
Backed by AFRICOM, Corporations Plunder DR Congo for “Climate-Friendly” Materials and Blame China
07 Dec 2021
Mineral riches bring great power rivalry and resource wars to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The United States was and is at the center of violence and exploitation, even as it accuses China of wrongdoing in the region. This article originally appeared in The Grayzone.
Salifu Mack
Crying at the Centro Fidel Castro Ruz
07 Dec 2021
The Cuban Revolution is a touch stone for all anti-imperialists. A visit to Cuba and a museum dedicated to the life of Fidel Castro inspired one visitor and renewed his commitment to defend that nation and to make real the revolutionary change that is needed in the U.S.
Danny Shaw
Frantz Fanon Lives! 60 Years After His Death, Fanon’s Ideas Remain the Weapons of the Oppressed
07 Dec 2021
The work of Frantz Fanon guides anti-imperialist thought and action 60 years after his death. This article originally appeared in Toward Freedom.
Alfred de Zayas
A Litmus Test for Democracy? Democratic Deficits at the Summit for Democracy
07 Dec 2021
Joe Biden's democracy summit is an opportunity to define an important but misused word. Even cursory analysis proves that the United States is one of the least democratic nations in the world. This article originally appeared in Counterpunch.