The Assassination Attempt Against Venezuela's Maduro
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-15
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro survived an assassination attempt after several explosives-laden drones were shot down right in front of him during a speech on live TV, and he's since taken to accusing the US of masterminding this dramatic attempt on …
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White House apologizes over wrong African-American jobs claim
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-15
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has backtracked on her claim that the Obama administration created just 195,000 jobs for African Americans, after it emerged that the actual figure is closer to three million.
rt.com/usa/436060-sarah-sanders-bogus-jobs/
'This state and constitution aren't made for us': RT doco follows African-American activists
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-13
With racial tensions in the USA back in the spotlight over the last few years, a gripping new RT documentary series visits African-American communities and the activists fighting against a history of racial injustice and poverty.
rt.com/usa/435864-black-lives-struggle-rtdoc/
On anniversary of Charlottesville clashes, Trump condemns racism, says he 'fights for' minorities
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-11
The US President has spoken out against racism and violence ahead of a fresh Unite the Right rally on Sunday, and has trumpeted his own achievements that he says have benefitted African-Americans and Hispanics.
rt.com/usa/435736-trump-charlottesville-racism-tweet/
Meet Debbie Africa: First MOVE 9 Member to Be Freed in 40 Years & Now Reunited with Her Son, Mike
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-08
Today marks the 40th anniversary of a massive police operation in Philadelphia that culminated in the siege of the headquarters of the black radical group known as MOVE. The group was founded by John Africa, and all its members took the surname Africa. It was August 8, 1978, when police tried to remove members of MOVE from their communal home with water cannons and battering rams, even as some continued to hide in the basement with children. During the siege on MOVE's house, gunfire was exchanged, and a police officer named James Ramp was killed. Two years later, nine MOVE members were convicted of third-degree m…
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/8/meet_debbie_africa_first_member_of
Venezuelan Pres. Nicolás Maduro Targeted in 1st Assassination Attempt by Drone Against Head of State
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-06
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro survived an apparent assassination attempt Saturday. Officials say two drones loaded with explosives detonated above Maduro as he gave a nationally televised speech at a military event in Caracas. It was the first known attempted assassination by drone strike against a sitting head of state. We get response from Alejandro Velasco, executive editor for NACLA Report on the Americas; Gabriel Hetland, assistant professor of Latin American studies at SUNY Albany; and Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and president of Just Foreign Policy.
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/6/venezuelan_pres_nicolas_maduro_targeted_in
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…
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/3/a_slaughter_in_silence_how_trumps