U.S. Military's Worst-Case Scenario: Large Parts of Africa Seized by ISIS, Al Qaeda, and Boko Haram
Nick Turse | theintercept.com | 2018-09-12
AFRICOM planning documents offer a nightmare vision of north and west Africa falling under the control of terror groups working together. | The post U.S. Military's Worst-Case Scenario: Large Parts of Africa Seized by ISIS, Al Qaeda, and Boko Haram appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/09/12/boko-haram-isis-west-africa-africom/
Russia's Pivoting to the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea via Eritrea and the UAE
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
Featured image: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met Eritrea's Foreign Minister Osman Saleh, August 31, 2018, … | The post Russia's Pivoting to the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea via Eritrea and the UAE appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/russias-pivoting-to-the-horn-of-africa-and-the-red-sea-via-eritrea-and-the-uae/5653692
CIA builds new drone base in Niger, lethal Libya mission may have been launched from it — report
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-10
Since February, the CIA have been developing a drone base in a tiny Niger town in the middle of the Sahara desert — which may have already been used to fly a lethal mission in southern Libya, the New York Times reports. | …
rt.com/usa/438076-cia-drone-base-niger/
Sean Patrick Maloney Calls Zephyr Teachout "Unhinged" for Accurately Describing His Voting Record
David Dayen | theintercept.com | 2018-09-08
During Thursday's New York attorney general debate, Sean Patrick Maloney called his fellow Democratic candidate Zephyr Teachout "unhinged" for accurately describing his voting record. Maloney, a congressperson from upstate New York, stood with big banks on two critical occasions to roll back elements of the Dodd-Frank financial reform, Teachout had accurately noted. | The exchange, during which Maloney was booed by the audience, was the latest of several instances where Maloney has claimed that African-American small bankers in hi…
theintercept.com/2018/09/08/zephyr-teachout-sean-patrick-maloney-new-york-attorney-general/
Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara–A Rare Look Inside Africa's Last Colony
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-31
In this exclusive broadcast, Democracy Now! breaks the media blockade and goes to occupied Western Sahara in the northwest of Africa to document the decades-long Sahrawi struggle for freedom and Morocco's violent crackdown. Morocco has occupied the territory since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community. Thousands have been tortured, imprisoned, killed and disappeared while resisting the Moroccan occupation. A 1,700-mile wall divides Sahrawis who remain under occupation from those who fled into exile. The international media has largely ignored the occupation–in part because M…
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/31/four_days_in_occupied_western_sahara
From the Grassroots to the Ballot Box: How Gubernatorial Candidate Andrew Gillum Won in Florida
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-30
After progressive candidate Andrew Gillum pulled off a stunning upset in Florida's Democratic primary for governor Tuesday, putting him on a path to become the state's first African-American governor, he was attacked within hours by his Republican opponent–handpicked by Trump–who warned voters not to "monkey this up" by supporting Gillum. Even Fox said they they don't condone his comments. We speak with two activists who've worked with Gillum: Phillip Agnew with Dream Defenders in Florida and Charlene Carruthers, head of Black Youth Project 100 and author of the new book "Unapologetic: A Black, Queer,…
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/30/from_the_grassroots_to_the_ballot
In DeVos's Home State, Students Push for their Right to Literacy
Rann Miller | progressive.org | 2018-08-17
Literacy has been, and continues to be, a critical component of African-American liberation.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/michigan-students-push-for-literacy-right-180817/