Reflecting on the Legacy of Congressman Ron Dellums: A True People's Warrior
Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-08-05
Ron Dellums was first elected to Congress in 1971, when he stood with the Panthers. Then the Marine veteran launched a Vietnam war crimes investigation and was singularly responsible for legal sanctions against South Africa. We are joined by Bob Scheer to reflect on the legacy of Congressman Ron Dellums, a true people's warrior | The post Reflecting on t…
therealnews.com/stories/reflecting-on-the-legacy-of-congressman-ron-dellums-a-true-peoples-warrior

African National Congress Condemns 'Barbaric' Attack on venezuelan President Maduro
teleSUR / MH | telesurtv.net | 2018-08-05
ANCE said the attack was carried out by regime change agents who "seek to reverse the recently announced measures for economic recovery."
telesurtv.net/english/news/African-National-Congress-Condemns-Barbaric-Attack-on-venezuelan-President-Maduro-20180805-0023.html

Zimbabwe Incumbent President, ZANU-PF Re-elected in Historic Poll
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-04
Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | Featured image: Zimbabwe MDC-A instigated violence on August 1, 2018 in Harare | National harmonized parliamentary and presidential elections in the Southern African state of Zimbabwe were held on July 30. | Over …
globalresearch.ca/zimbabwe-incumbent-president-zanu-pf-re-elected-in-historic-poll/5649532

The Geopolitics of Water in the Nile River Basin
PMAR | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-04
Note to readers: Click the share buttons above | This incisive and carefully documented article was first published by Global Research in July 2011 | In Africa, access to water is one of the most critical aspects of human survival. Today, about …
globalresearch.ca/the-geopolitics-of-water-in-the-nile-river-basin/25746

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-04
Some 10,000 footwear workers in south Africa are in the third week of a bitter strike over wage demands.
wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/04/wrks-a04.html

Australia: Youth protest racist "African gangs" campaign
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-04
African-Australian youth rally to denounce divisive hysteria whipped up by the political and media establishment.
wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/04/aust-a04.html

Ron Dellums's Life Holds Lessons for Every Progressive in America
Jon Schwarz | theintercept.com | 2018-08-03
Ron Dellums, one of the most significant and radical members of Congress in U.S. history, died on Monday at age 82. Liberals, progressives, social democrats, or democratic socialists interested in fostering the left-wing political movement that emerged following Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders's 2016 primary loss should study how Dellums managed to get and hold the power of elected office for decades, and use it to make America better in numberless ways — most famously by overturning U.S. support for apartheid South Africa. | Dellums was first elected to Congress in 1970 as a 35-year-old Democrat from a California district that included Berkeley and Oakland. | He didn't do this by challenging a Republican. Nor did he wait patiently for an open seat. Instead, he ran against a six-term Democrat named Jeffery Cohelan in that year's primary. | Cohelan was a standard Cold War…
theintercept.com/2018/08/03/ron-dellums-dies-congress-oakland-mayor/

Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF leader Mnangagagwa elected president
Combined Sources | peoplesworld.org | 2018-08-03
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zanu-PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa thanked voters today for electing him Zimbabwe's new president. In a message to the nation after his victory with 50.8 percent of the vote, Mnangagwa called on the people to build a new country together and said despite the division at the polls "we are united in our dreams." | The president of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) party had as a main contender the 40-year-old lawyer Nelson Chamisa, who heads the Movement for Democratic Change alliance, which won the support of 44.3 percent of the electorate. | According to the final estimates issued by Priscilla Chigumga, the president of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Mnangagwa received 2,460,463 votes while Chamisa had 2,147,436. | The African Union said the elections were "free and fair" while observers from the Southern African Development Community said they were…
peoplesworld.org/article/zimbabwe-zanu-pf-leader-mnangagagwa-elected-president/

A Slaughter in Silence: How Trump's "America First" Policy Enabled Ethnic Cleansing in the DRC
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-03
The Democratic Republic of Congo is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world as a wave of extreme violence sweeps the country. Some 2 million Congolese fled their homes last year, nearly 7 million Congolese are now internally displaced, and another 500,000 have fled to other parts of Africa. According to the United Nations, 13 million Congolese are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. The international media has largely ignored what's happening, but this week Vice News published a shocking investigation into a recent case of ethnic cleansing. Hundreds of machete-wielding militiamen swept through ar…
democracynow.org/2018/8/3/a_slaughter_in_silence_how_trumps

Ron Dellums (1935-2018): Organizing for Peace Forces Us to Challenge All Forms of Injustice
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-07-31
Ron Dellums, the legendary politician and antiwar activist who fought against U.S. intervention around the globe, apartheid in South Africa and the Vietnam War, has died at the age of 82. During his nearly three decades in Congress, Dellums opposed every major U.S. military intervention except a bill in 1992 to send troops to Somalia. This legacy began when Dellums pushed for the House to conduct a probe into U.S. war crimes committed in Vietnam shortly after taking office in 1970. When this effort failed, Dellums held his own ad hoc war crimes hearings. The celebrated congressmember once said, "I am not going to…
democracynow.org/2018/7/31/ron_dellums_1935_2018_organizing_for

Protests erupt over decision not to charge Minneapolis cops who killed Thurman Blevins
RT | rt.com | 2018-07-31
Activists are protesting the decision not to charge two Minneapolis, Minnesota police officers who shot and killed Thurman Blevins. Authorities said the African-American man was armed and dangerous, but protesters disagree.
rt.com/usa/434767-no-charges-officers-thurman-blevins/

'Defending state terrorism': Trevor Noah under fire for old joke about 2012 Marikana killings
RT | rt.com | 2018-07-31
Liberal comedian Trevor Noah is facing a Twitter backlash for an old resurfaced joke about the 2012 Marikana massacre, during which 47 people were shot and killed by police in South Africa during a miners' strike.
rt.com/usa/434737-trevor-noah-marikana-joke/

Graphic video of Thurman Blevins shooting that sparked mass protests is released by police
RT | rt.com | 2018-07-30
Body camera footage has been made public, which shows the chasing of and the shots that killed Thurman Blevins, an African American whose death in June led to mass protests in Minneapolis.
rt.com/usa/434602-footage-thruman-blevins-shooting/

'Every necessary precaution': Fear of Ebola spreading places Denver hospital on lockdown
RT | rt.com | 2018-07-30
A possible Ebola infection has prompted Denver Health Medical Center to go into temporary lockdown, as medical staff in hazmat suits handled a patient who recently returned from a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
rt.com/usa/434601-denver-ebola-possible-contamination/

Headlines for July 27, 2018
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-07-27
700+ Migrant Families Still Separated as Reunification Deadline Passes, Protests Target President Trump's Family Separation Policy, House Votes 359-54 in Favor of Record Military Spending Bill, Michael Cohen Says Trump Knew in Advance About Meeting with Russians, House Republicans Set to Punish Rod Rosenstein over Mueller Probe, Pakistan: Imran Khan Claims Victory as Opponents Allege Vote Rigging, Gaza: Palestinians Call for Renewed Protests, Palestinian Teen Who Slapped Soldier to Be Released from Israeli Jail, Hundreds of African Refugees Scale Border Wall into Spanish Enclave, Laos: Aid Groups Say Death Toll f…
democracynow.org/2018/7/27/headlines

Headlines for July 24, 2018
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-07-24
John Bolton Doubles Down on Trump's Threat Against Iran, Trump Admin May Have Deported Up To 463 Parents of Children Separated at Border, North Korea Has Begun Dismantling Missile-Engine Test Site, Trump Threatens to Strip Security Clearances from Six Former National Security Officials, Judge Delays Manafort Trial, Approves Immunity for 5 Witnesses, Greece: Over 70 Die in Worst Wildfires in Decade, U.S. Smashes 41 Different Heat Records in July as Study Links Warming Temps to Suicide, Somalia: Dozens Killed as Al-Shabab and Soldiers Clash over Control of Military Base, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Vows t…
democracynow.org/2018/7/24/headlines

Integration Can't Be Rhetoric, Must Be Real: Venezuela's Arreaza in Africa
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-07-09
The Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza is visiting several African countries to build South-South relations.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/13923