(2018-09-18). GOP Candidate Told Anti-Muslim Hate Group America Should Not 'Provide Entitlements' to Refugees. alternet.org 
Yet another past speech to an extremist group is coming back to haunt Rep. Ron DeSantis. | Immediately after progressive Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum became the first African-American major party candidate for governor of Florida, his GOP opponent, Trump-loving Rep. Ron DeSantis, caused outrage when he said Florida should. . .
(2018-09-18). Inaugural Pan African Global Trade and Investment Week. indybay.org Expanding California Pan African Trade in a global marketplace requires a new paradigm that honors our collective past.
(2018-09-18). STEP 3:The SFCC HR Hearing Of SEIU1021 Potrero Hill Health Center Steward Cheryl Thornton. indybay.org SEIU 1021 SF Potrero Hill Health Center steward Cheryl Thornton is a whistleblower and has been fighting to defend the clinic against racism and gentrification. The city is planning to close the community clinics down in their privatization drive. She talks about the frame-up against her and also others discuss the racist attack on African American workers and ethnic cleansing in San Francisco.
(2018-09-18). China's $60 billion in aid and loans to Africa in context. wsws.org While China's role in Africa has grown significantly in the past two decades, the United States and its allies remain the principal issuers of debt.
(2018-09-17). The 'War on Terror' Has Utterly Failed — Global Terrorism Has Dramatically Increased Since 9/11. alternet.org 
Since 9/11, the regions where the U. S. military has been most active—countries in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia—have seen a five-fold increase in violent attacks | In the 17 years since the events of Sept. 11 2001, after which the United States declared a "global war on terror," there has not been a terrorist attack of similar size or magnitude on American soil. However, according to findings in a new co. . .
(2018-09-17). NAACP President to Commemorate African Maafa. naacp.org Event to honor ancestors and mark African holocaust in Brooklyn, NY Baltimore, MD — On Tuesday, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson will speak at the 24th Commemoration of The Maafa at the St. Paul Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York at 7pm EST. President Johnson will address the relevance of the African Maafa and the current […]
(2018-09-14). Fascism and Islamic Fundamentalism. counterpunch.org The rise of Fascism and Totalitarianism Just over 100 years ago, Britain, France, Germany and Russia ruled half of the world — most of Europe, all of Africa, South Asia, most of Southeast Asia, and most of the Pacific region. They dominated China and were of course influential everywhere else. During the past century, including the More
(2018-09-13). Why We Should Be Protesting the National Anthem. theintercept.com 
Francis Scott Key observes the bombardment and the U.S. flag over Fort McHenry. | he compared Africans to apes. He had sex with an enslaved woman and kept her children in bondage. | This is not just me looking back 242 years and imposing my present-day worldview onto a different era — the hypocrisy was seen and known in real-time. | "How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of Negroes?" English writer Samuel Johnson wrote in 1775. A year later, English abolitionist Thomas Day wrote, "If there be an object truly ridiculous in nature it is an American patriot signing resolutions of independency with the one hand and with the other brandishing a whip over his affrighted slaves."We are expected to judge this nation's early leaders on their words and not their…
(2018-09-12). Solving Italy's Immigration Crisis. consortiumnews.com Europe must join forces to govern immigration—supporting development in impacted African countries and integration in the most dynamic economies—because one country alone cannot end this problem, writes Attilio Moro. By Attilio Moro in Brussels Special to Consortium News Look at Via… Read more →
(2018-09-10). CIA builds new drone base in Niger, lethal Libya mission may have been launched from it — report. rt.com 
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.
(2018-08-17). In DeVos's Home State, Students Push for their Right to Literacy. progressive.org Literacy has been, and continues to be, a critical component of African-American liberation.