(2018-09-27). Leaked Video Reveals Amazon's Belligerent Anti-Worker Tactics. truthdig.com As Amazon works to combat its public image as a starvation-wage employer by doling out mere pennies in pay hikes and deploying an army of workers to sing the company's praises on Twitter, a video leaked on Wednesday revealed that the trillion-dollar company is continuing to work feverishly behind the scenes to crush any attempts by workers to unionize and bargain collectively for better wages and working conditions. | The 45-minute training video—which, according to Gizmodo, was sent to managers of the Amazon-owned Whole Foods last week—instructs company leaders on how to detect "early warning signs of potential organizing," which include workers "suddenly hanging out together" and using "union words" like "living wage." | In a tweet responding to the video on Wednesday, the AFL-CIO—America's largest federation of unions—wrote: "We like those 'union words' which gave us a middle class.
(2018-09-27). Pan African Global Trade and Investment Conference prepares for AgTech Innovation Hub. indybay.org The 8th Annual Pan African Global Trade and Investment Conference is poised to help prepare the launch of our California's AgTech innovation hub $10 million dollar startup fund…
(2018-09-27). Australia: Commemoration rally held for youth killed in racist attack. wsws.org Liep Gony's mother is clearly alarmed at the renewed government-media campaign scapegoating of youth of African origin.
(2018-09-26). The Age of Fraud: the Link Between Capitalism and Profiteering by Deception. counterpunch.org 
Fraud is an issue that haunts many contemporary societies around the globe, including in East Africa. I have been researching the topic of economic trickery for over a decade in Uganda, and published a number of articles, books and opinion pieces about the matter. As many of you might know, Uganda experiences intensive fraud levels More
(2018-09-26). Towards a Sustainable Peace in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia and Eritrea Sign Agreement. globalresearch.ca Another agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea signed in Jedda, Saudi Arabia on September 16 represents a new page in the shifting political alignments in this area of East Africa. | Previously on July 9 a document was signed by the leaders …
(2018-09-25). Trump's Africa. thenation.com Trump's Africa appeared first on The Nation.
(2018-09-24). Dr. Barbara Ransby: What the Defamation of Anita Hill Can Teach Us About the Kavanaugh Hearings. democracynow.org 
News that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford will testify Thursday against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh has prompted many to warn senators not to repeat the mistakes of the Anita Hill hearings of 1991, when Hill was questioned by an all-male, all-white Senate Judiciary Committee over her allegations that then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her in the workplace. In the weeks after Hill testified, nearly 1,600 black feminists organized as "African American Women in Defense of Ourselves" and signed a manifesto published in an advertisement in The New York Times. We speak with histo…
(2018-09-22). 'Racially profiled & humiliated': Black candidate busted for dealing politics seeks apology. rt.com 
An African-American nominee for the Wisconsin State Assembly told RT that she felt hurt and humiliated after being racially profiled and reported to cops as she was canvassing her electorate in a predominantly white neighborhood.
(2018-09-19). Trump Is Unshackling America's Drones Thanks to Obama's Weakness. aclu.org Obama didn't do enough to curtail America's drones. Now expansion under Trump could have devastating consequences. | The piece was originally published by The Guardian. | For more than a decade, the worst-kept secret in the world has been the fact that the Central Intelligence Agency owns and operates lethal drones outside of recognized battlefields abroad. Newspapers blare it from their (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 […]