(2021-05-04). Colombia an Imperial Beachhead: The War of the Colombian Oligarchy and Duque against Venezuela. libya360.wordpress.com Mison Verdad Colombian President, Iván Duque, participates in a military promotion ceremony in Bogotá (Photo: EFE) One year after it sought to invade Venezuela and capture President Nicolás Maduro with Operation Gideon, the Colombian government continues to participate in conspiracies planned in Washington to bring about regime change in Caracas. Since 2018, when the attempted…
(2021-05-04). Republicans' Jim Crow 2.0 voter suppression laws spark fight for democracy. peoplesworld.org 
The country is today faced with a fundamental crisis with the proliferation of voter suppression laws, nullification of votes cast, and the determination of the Republican Party and pro-fascist forces to prevent people—particularly African Americans, Latinx, youth, and seniors—from voting. The so-called excuse for this proliferation is the myth of voter fraud, the same false …
(2021-05-04). 'Indomitable spirit that refuses to be broken': Albert Woodfox and Mumia Abu-Jamal. workers.org 
The following exchange between political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, wrongly incarcerated since Dec. 9, 1981, and Albert Woodfox, of the Angola Three, released in February 2016 after nearly 45 years of incarceration, most in solitary confinement, was recorded by Prison Radio. It aired as part of an evening of solidarity with . . . |
(2021-05-04). "Exterminate All the Brutes": Filmmaker Raoul Peck Explores Colonialism & Origins of White Supremacy. democracynow.org 
A new four-part documentary series, "Exterminate All the Brutes," delves deeply into the legacy of European colonialism from the Americas to Africa. It has been described as an unflinching narrative of genocide and exploitation, beginning with the colonizing of Indigenous land that is now called the United States. The documentary series seeks to counter "the type of lies, the type of propaganda, the type of abuse, that we have been subject to all of these years," says director and Haitian-born filmmaker Raoul Peck. "We have the means to tell the real story, and that's exactly what I decided to do," Peck says. "Ev…
(2021-05-04). Epic New Documentary Series Exposes Brutality of European Colonialism Worldwide. truthout.org 
Image Credit: Courtesy HBO | A new four-part documentary series, Exterminate All the Brutes, delves deeply into the legacy of European colonialism from the Americas to Africa. It has been described as an unflinching narrative of genocide and exploitation, beginning with the colonizing of Indigenous land that is now called the United States. The documentary series seeks to counter "the type of lies, the type of propaganda, the type of abuse, that we have been subject to all of these years," sa…
(2021-05-04). Libya Calls On Turkey To End Its Military And Mercenary Presence In Vain. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 3rd, Libya's Foreign Minister, Najla al-Manqoush called on all foreign forces and mercenaries to leave the country as soon as possible. | She was speaking at a press conference in Tripoli, alongside Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. | She urged Ankara to implement UN Security Council resolutions demanding the repatriation of more than 20,000 foreign fighters and mercenaries from Libya."We call on [Turkey] to take steps to implement all the provisio…
(2021-05-04). Egypt To Buy 30 Rafale Fighter Jets From France, As It Looks To Replace U.S. As Key Weapon Provider. southfront.org 
Egypt signed a contract with France to buy 30 Rafale fighter jets in a deal that investigative website Disclose said…
(2021-05-04). Never Forget the May 13, 1985 Massacre! Honor Delisha and Tree Africa by Freeing Mumia! indybay.org We do not have words to describe how awful it was to learn that the remains of murdered MOVE children Delisha Africa and Tree Africa were being used by the University of Pennsylania and Princeton University in such a disrespectful way. An article written by the Jamal Journal focusing on this painful tragedy will be released soon. A compilation of news stories is featured above. To mark the upcoming 36th anniversary of the May 13, 1985 massacre. A powerful 2010 video interview with Ramona Africa and an accompanying article written by Angola 3 News is reprinted below.
(2021-05-04). India: How the Communists Won Kerala Again. libya360.wordpress.com The Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front made history by returning to power in the Indian State of Kerala. We take a look at the factors behind this momentous victory with an analysis by Subin Dennis, researcher at Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.
(2021-05-04). What's Happening in Nayib Bukele's El Salvador? libya360.wordpress.com El Instituto Samuel Robinson The decision of the Salvadoran Congress, dominated by President Nayib Bukele's Nuevas Ideas party, to dismiss the magistrates of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court and the Attorney General raised local and international concerns about the division of powers in the Central American country to the highest level. Scenario: As…
(2021-05-04). Joy in South Sudan, as schools reopen after 14-month COVID lockdown. news.un.org The countrywide reopening of schools in South Sudan is a welcome step on the road to "normalcy" for youngsters, two in three of whom need humanitarian assistance, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
(2021-05-04). Top-level Turkish civilian-military delegation visits Libya. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Top-level Turkish civilian-military delegation visits LibyaRick Rozoff While the world has been in lockdown because of the Covid epidemic, a new military power has appeared on the world stage: Turkey. One which has shot down Syrian, Russian and Armenian military aircraft and faced no consequences. One which has obtained Russian S-400 anti-aircraft weapons but whose …
(2021-05-04). Top-Level Turkish Civilian-Military Delegation Visits Libya. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Rozoff Libya's Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush and Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu give a joint press conference in the capital Tripoli on May 3, 2021. (AFP) While the world has been in lockdown because of the Covid epidemic, a new military power has appeared on the world stage: Turkey. One which has shot down Syrian,…
(2021-05-04). Malaysia: Running Out Of COVID-19 Beds; Indian Variant Comes To Southeast Asia. eurasiareview.com By Hadi Azmi, Noah Lee and Nontarat Phaicharoen | The highly contagious "Indian variant" of the coronavirus has reached the shores of Malaysia and Indonesia, health officials said Monday. | Malaysian hospitals, meanwhile, are dangerously close to running out of beds for COVID-19 patients, with the country recording 60,000 new infections since early April, the Health Department chief said. | "We have detected one case of the [Indian] variant at our international gateway, and so far, we had only seen variants from South Africa and the U.K.," Malaysian Health Minister Adham Baba said. | Making matters worse is a…
(2021-05-04). Despite India disaster, U.S. refuses COVID vaccine patent waivers. zcomm.org The true motivation is a desire to protect the profits of corporations and capitalists over human lives…
(2021-05-04). Top-Level Turkish Civilian-Military Delegation Visits Libya. news.antiwar.com While the world has been in lockdown because of the COVID epidemic, a new military power has appeared on the world stage: Turkey. One which has shot down Syrian, Russian and Armenian military aircraft and faced no consequences. One which has obtained Russian S-400 anti-aircraft weapons but whose standing as NATO's second largest and most …
(2021-05-04). South Africa ends captive lion breeding industry. nationofchange.org "It's a real win for wildlife. I think commitment for change is the most courageous step and the most important one."
(2021-05-04). Tensions Rise With The GERD Water — Analysis. eurasiareview.com Is it time to bring the UN Security Council into the bitter dispute over Ethiopia's dam?: | By Peter Fabricius* | Tensions are once again rising among Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, along with the water in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The annual rainy season is fast approaching. Ethiopia will almost certainly undertake a second filling of the 74 billion cubic metre capacity reservoir if there is no prior agreement otherwise among the three disputants. | A deal seems remote, as there are no signs of even an imminent resumption of negotiations. The last round of African Union-led negotiations…
(2021-05-04). US Special Envoy Travels to Africa in Hopes of Mediating Efforts to Resolve Nile Dispute. sputniknews.com Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt have been working for decades to come to a mutual agreement about the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) amid issues over the impact it would have on the water security in each country. Sudan has threatened to take legal action against Ethiopia if an agreement cannot be reached.
(2021-05-04). Derek Chauvin's Attorney Files Motion For New Trial on Multiple Grounds. sputniknews.com Derek Chauvin, a white former Minnesota police officer who killed African-American George Floyd during a brutal arrest, was earlier convicted by jurors and now awaits final sentencing. The ex-officer could face up to 40 years in prison.
(2021-05-04). Remembering a True Giant: Thomas L. Berkley, Publisher of the Oakland Post News Group. indybay.org Memories of African-American Publisher and Owner of the Oakland Post Newspaper Group in Oakland, CA.
(2021-05-04). Prehistoric Humans First Traversed Australia By 'Superhighways'. eurasiareview.com Sometime between 50,000 and 70,000 years ago, prehistoric humans took their first steps into Sahul, an ancient landmass made up of modern Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania. But nobody knows which way they went after that. | "One of the really big unanswered questions of prehistory is how Australia was populated in the distant past. Scholars have debated it for at least 150 years," said Sandia National Laboratories archaeologist and remote sensing scientist Devin White. | Now, an international team of scientists using a Sandia supercomputer in the largest reconstruction ever attempted of prehistoric travel has…
(2021-05-04). Ecuador: Right-Wing Populism or Proto-Fascism. libya360.wordpress.com Alejandro Salazar Protesters take to the street of the Ecuadorean capital Quito against the policies of the government of President Lenin Moreno. | Photo: Reuters 2018 No one should be oblivious to what is happening, and probably will happen in Ecuador politically in the short, medium and long term. I am referring to the rise…
(2021-05-04). Libya's interim government asks Turkey to withdraw its forces. peoplesdispatch.org Turkish troops and mercenaries backed by it were deployed in Libya last year following an agreement with the Government of National Accord. The UN has repeatedly called for all foreign soldiers to be withdrawn from the country…
(2021-05-03). As Global Pandemic Worsens, U.S. Keeps Blocking Vaccine Patent Waivers Amid Big Pharma Lobbying. democracynow.org 
Big Pharma has hired an army of lobbyists to pressure U.S. lawmakers to block an effort at the World Trade Organization to loosen intellectual property rules on COVID-19 vaccines, which would allow countries around the world to ramp up production, vaccinate more people and bring the pandemic to an end sooner. Dozens of countries from the Global South, led by India and South Africa, are demanding a temporary waiver on vaccine patents, but rich countries, including the U.S. under both the Trump and Biden administrations, have opposed the move. Lee Fang, investigative journalist at The Intercept, says there is a "gl…
(2021-05-03). US Keeps Blocking Vaccine Patent Waivers Amid Big Pharma Lobbying. truthout.org 
Big Pharma has hired an army of lobbyists to pressure U.S. lawmakers to block an effort at the World Trade Organization to loosen intellectual property rules on COVID-19 vaccines, which would allow countries around the world to ramp up production, vaccinate more people and bring the pandemic to an end sooner. Dozens of countries from the Global South, led by India and South Africa, are demanding a temporary waiver on vaccine patents, but rich countries, including the U.S. under both the Trump and Biden adm…
(2021-05-03). Despite India disaster, U.S. government refuses COVID vaccine patent waivers. liberationnews.org 
Photo: Patient outside one of India's largest hospitals for Coronavirus patients. Credit — Ninian Reid A deadly second wave of COVID-19 is raging through India. The country is seeing more than 3,000 deaths and hundreds of thousands of cases every single day. At least 200,000 have died thus far. Modeling data shows that the death …
(2021-05-03). Despite India disaster, U.S. government refuses COVID vaccine patent waivers. liberationnews.org Photo: Patient outside one of India's largest hospitals for coronavirus patients. Credit: Ninian Reid A deadly second wave of COVID-19 is raging through India. The country is seeing more than 3,000 deaths and hundreds of thousands of cases every single day. At least 200,000 have died thus far. Modeling data shows that the death count …
(2021-05-03). Rape and Ethnic Cleansing in Tigray. counterpunch.org 
Victims have told investigators that when Ethiopian federal regular soldiers and militia inflict infertility on Tigrayan women with burning metal rods, after gang-raping them, they tell the women that this is to stop them having 'Woyene' children (the Amharans' derogatory term for 'Tigrayans'). Unleashing this kind of sentiment is a dangerous tactic in a country
(2021-05-03). Never Forget the May 13, 1985 Massacre! Honor Delisha and Tree Africa by Freeing Mumia! indybay.org We do not have words to describe how awful it was to learn that the remains of murdered MOVE children Delisha Africa and Tree Africa were being used by the University of Pennsylania and Princeton University in such a disrespectful way. An article written by the Jamal Journal focusing on this painful tragedy will be released soon. A compilation of news stories is featured above. To mark the upcoming 36th anniversary of the May 13, 1985 massacre. A powerful 2010 video interview with Ramona Africa and an accompanying article written by Angola 3 News is reprinted below.
(2021-05-03). 11 dead as migrant boat capsizes off Libya coast. peoplesdispatch.org The 11 refugees were aboard an overloaded dinghy. Another 12 peoples were rescued by the Libyan coast guard and will be sent back to refugee camps in the country…
(2021-05-03). Quibbling Over Cruelties: Human Rights Watch, Israel And Apartheid — OpEd. eurasiareview.com Criticism of Israel's policies towards Palestinians has always induced a defensive rage from its defenders and advocates. The word, and the application of its meaning, is immemorially nasty. This deeply though through policy of Afrikaans origin speaks to a hatred not merely of Black Africans but British imperialism an…
(2021-05-03). Delhi Hit by Water Scarcity Amid Pandemic That Has Already Made Oxygen Scant. sputniknews.com On 14 April, vice chairman of the Delhi Jal (water) Board, Raghav Chadha, "beseeched intervention" of the chief of Haryana state, which neighbours Delhi, to help meet the water requirements of 22 million people in the city. The capital is dependent on Haryana to ensure the supply of clean and adequate water to meet the needs of the people.
(2021-05-03). Oil Exploration in Namibia Has Conservationists and Locals Concerned. ips-dc.org A Canadian oil firm called ReconAfrica has just obtained the rights to explore what it believes is a giant oil field. The area in question encompasses 13,000 square miles in Namibia and bordering Botswana. | The issue is complex, and raises critical questions about global climate change, environmental degradation as a result of oil drilling, and the development of the Namibian economy. | Emira Woods, IPS associate fellow and senior advisor with the Shine Campaign, joined CNN's One World with Zain Asher to discuss the implications of this new oil drilling project. |
(2021-05-03). Remembering a True Giant: Thomas L. Berkley, Publisher of the Oakland Post News Group. indybay.org Memories of African-American Publisher and Owner of the Oakland Post Newspaper Group in Oakland, CA.
(2021-05-03). BAKOSàì: AFROBEATS OF CUBA Premieres May 3 Nationally on WORLD Channel. latinorebels.com Through stunning visuals and a score created by the founders of the genre, the film shows the technology, culture and landscape that shape this African-Caribbean fusion.
(2021-05-03). Latest deadly Ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo declared over. news.un.org The 12th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was declared officially over on Monday, just three months after the first case was reported in North Kivu, but it marks the end of the country's fourth outbreak of the deadly disease in less than three years, said the World Health Organization (WHO).
(2021-05-03). Turkey's New 'Enfant Terrible' Role Baffles Even the Region's Experts. strategic-culture.org How did the mercurial Recep Erdogan get himself into the military geopolitical wrangle that he's in both with the Pentagon and Russia? | April was quite a month for Ankara-based foreign correspondents who were kept busy with what seemed to be a never-ending stream of news stories about Turkey's role in the world. After the dust has settled, many analysts might conclude that Turkey is now more isolated than ever. The new rogue state in the Middle East. The question is whether the region is better off and more stable and — critically — if the thawing of relations, as a consequence, with both Egypt and…
(2021-05-03). Rape and Ethnic Cleansing in Tigray. counterpunch.org Victims have told investigators that when Ethiopian federal regular soldiers and militia inflict infertility on Tigrayan women with burning metal rods, after gang-raping them, they tell the women that this is to stop them having 'Woyene' children (the Amharans' derogatory term for 'Tigrayans'). Unleashing this kind of sentiment is a dangerous tactic in a country
(2021-05-03). Colombia: Tax Reform Bill Temporarily Defeated by National Strike, Repression and Militarization Continue. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch In the past five days of national strike and nationwide mobilizations across Colombia, the national security forces have unleashed an unprecedented level of repression against peaceful protesters. Photo: Congreso de los Pueblos/Twitter In the past five days of national strike and nationwide mobilizations across Colombia, the national security forces have unleashed an unprecedented…
(2021-05-03). Between Change and Continuity in Peru. libya360.wordpress.com Alejandra Dinegro Martínez A demonstrator raises a flag during a protest in Lima, Peru, November 17, 2020. (Samantha Hare / Flickr / CC BY 2.0) Elections in Peru are a complex and above all enduring puzzle. On April 11, the country held general elections ahead of the July 28, 2021 bicentennial. The results put Peru…
(2021-05-03). US' New "Foreign Malign Influence" Center Is Just Official Cover for American Intelligence Interference in Domestic Politics. globalresearch.ca The Director of National Intelligence has ostensibly created a new "center" …
(2021-05-03). Saturday 5/8: John Lewis Voter Advancement Day: Oakland Votercade & Tailgate Rally. indybay.org Meet at Malibu Lot at Oracle Arena, 7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland, CA 94621 | Masks and Safety Distancing Required; Peaceful event…
(2021-05-03). UK Think Tank Reportedly Claims Iran Meddled in Upcoming Scottish Election, Promoted Separatism. sputniknews.com In the past, the think tank published texts criticising the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and its alleged impact on Tehran's missile programme and purported engagement in malign activities.
(2021-05-03). Biden Won't Reverse Trump's Western Sahara Move. news.antiwar.com According to a report from Axios, the Biden administration told Morroco that it would not reverse the Trump administration's move to recognize Morrocan sovereignty over Western Sahara, which was Rabat's reward for normalizing relations with Israel. Sources told Axios that Secretary of State Antony Blinken conveyed the message to Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in …
(2021-05-03). 97 Nigeirans killed in armed attacks in a week. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — At least 97 people were killed and 58 others abducted over the last week in armed attacks in Nigeria.
(2021-05-03). Uganda: President's Son Led Elite Force Linked To Rights Abuses. eurasiareview.com By Lisa Vives | Senior military commanders, including the son of President Yoweri Museveni, have been named in a case before the International Criminal Court for a wave of abductions and torture—adding new charges to claims levelled by opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi, the former reggae singer known as Bobi Wine. | Prosecutors at the ICC are already reviewing an early submission from Wine that described widespread human rights abuses before presidential polls held in January. | Wine's National Unity Platform party has said that more than 600 members and activists were detained by masked men in veh…