(2021-10-12). Building The Movement To Shut Down AFRICOM And End US Imperialism. popularresistance.org The US Out of Africa Network, which is coordinated by the Black Alliance for Peace, launched a month of action on October 1, the 13th anniversary of the launch of AFRICOM (the US' Africa command) to educate the public about what AFRICOM is doing and to build the movement against US imperialism on the African continent. Clearing the FOG speaks with Tunde Osazua, who organizes the network, about the harm the US is doing on the continent such as the increase in violence and terrorist acts against the people as well as supporting coups and an economic war. What the US is doing in Africa is largely in violation of int…
(2021-10-12). The Return of Coups in Africa: Is this a Footprint of Neo-Colonialism in the Continent? orinocotribune.com By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza — Oct 7, 2021 | For African democracy (and the perceived lack thereof), coups d'état have constituted perennial notoriety that has not portended an organic molding of contextual African democracy in…
(2021-10-11). South African steel striker killed, union prepares to betray struggle. wsws.org After the murder of a striker, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa announced it was considering a settlement and warned workers not to break the law.
(2021-10-11). South Africa: The Repression of Abahlali in eKhenana Continues but the Commune Remains. libya360.wordpress.com Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement: The criminal justice system — including the police and the prosecuting authority — continues to be misused by the ANC to repress our movement. Just under two weeks ago three of our comrades from the eKhenana Commune — Lindokuhle Mnguni, Landu Tshazi and Ayanda Ngila — were released from prison after…
(2021-10-11). Women hold up half the sky: how China eradicated extreme poverty. peoplesdispatch.org 
Grandmother He was born three years after the Chinese Revolution, into a poor village in the southwestern province of Guizhou. At the time, China was the world's 11th poorest country — that is, only eight African and two Asian countries were poorer than China in terms of per capita GDP. A "century of humiliation" at the hands of European and Japanese imperialism and a bloody civil war turned the world's largest economy in the early 19thcentury to one of the poorest by the time the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949. This history left devastating imprints on the life of the people, particularly p…
(2021-10-11). Headlines for October 11, 2021. democracynow.org Merck Seeks FDA Approval for Antiviral COVID-19 Pill, COVID-19 Death Toll in Brazil Tops 600,000, "Shameful and Dangerous": Oxfam Slams New Deal on Global Minimum Corporate Tax, Up to 72 Die in Suicide Blast at Shiite Mosque in Afghanistan, Record Low Turnout Reported for Iraq's Parliamentary Elections, Lights Go Out in Lebanon After Electrical Grid Collapses, Taiwan Vows Not to Bow to Pressure from China as Tension Escalates, Libya: Six Refugees Shot Dead at Overcrowded Prison Camp, 70,000 March in Brussels Demanding Action on Climate Emergency, Report: Sen. Sinema Wants to Cut $100B in Climate Funds, Abortion B…
(2021-10-11). Countering the Covid-19 Psy-ops Unleashed Against Humanity. libya360.wordpress.com Editorial Comment: Pandemics are by definition not static but dynamic events. — Geert Vanden Bossche Editorial Comment: While there is no doubt that the threat of Sars-CoV-2 is real, the greater threat is the covert military-intelligence psychological operation against humanity, driving people to act against their own best interests out of fear. These operations have…
(2021-10-11). Turkish government normalizes mass deaths as COVID-19 pandemic rages. wsws.org As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to intensify in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government is normalizing mass infections and deaths.
(2021-10-11). UK Funding for Land Mine Clearance Scrapped in Lebanon, Iraq and S. Sudan. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-11). Thousands Rally In Tunisia In Support Of "Democracy" And Against President's Attempts To Fix Economic Collapse. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On October 10th, thousands of Tunisians took to the street to protest against incumbent leader, president Kais Saied. | The main opposition appears to be questionably rallied and calling for people to organize riots."The future in Tunisia is really scary to me. For now we don't know what we will have as institutions. We don't have a parliament, we don't have democracy in our country. I am really scared", said Raja Masmoudi, a teacher who took part in the demonstration in Tu…
(2021-10-11). Tunisians continue protests against president Kais Saied's power grab. peoplesdispatch.org Separate protests were organized by the Workers' Party and the Ennahda party over the weekend. At the first protest, speakers called for a third way between Kais Saied's dictatorship and the Islamist parties…