2022-02-25: News Headlines

Vijay Prashad (2022-02-25). France withdraws from Mali, but continues to devastate Africa's Sahel. peoplesdispatch.org France's attempt to play "good armed groups" against "bad armed group," combined with the civilian casualties of its military operations turned the people of Mali away…

WSWS (2022-02-25). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Greek healthcare workers in three national strikes in last two weeks over pay and job insecurity; Hungarian teachers protest following government's attack on right to strike after 20,000 joined two-hour warning strike; UK High Court attack on right to picket continues at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital strike by security staff; food workers' strike to defend jobs and pay continues at Clover, South Africa despite workers facing hardship and attacks from management thugs…

Graham Peebles (2022-02-25). The Keep Africa Poor and Dependent Project. dissidentvoice.org Exploited and abused for generations by white colonial powers and manipulative economic structures, there is a growing feeling of solidarity within parts of the African continent, as exemplified by the #NoMore movement. Covid vaccine inequality and environmental injustice, together with recent events in Ethiopia, have galvanized people. Ideas of African unity and rage against former …

sputniknews (2022-02-25). Scientists Claim to Have Cracked the Mystery of King Tutankhamun's Dagger 'From Space'. sputniknews.com Commonly referred to as King Tut, he was the last representative of the 18th Dynasty, which ruled Egypt from around 1550 BC to 1292 BC. King Tut is credited with restoring ancient Egyptian religion following its dissolution by his father Pharaoh Akhenaten. He is also famous for the purported curse that haunts people who enter his tomb.

_____ (2022-02-25). The Palestinian Issue Remains on the Agenda. journal-neo.org Algerian officials met separately with the representatives of the Palestinian factions in mid-January to help pave the way for a comprehensive dialogue on the Palestinian reconciliation and end the division between Fatah and Hamas, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007. The controversy began after the last Palestinian parliamentary elections in early 2006, which …

Xiaolu Sun (2022-02-25). See how China's presence at U.N. paved way to thawing relations. america.cgtn.com February 21 marks the 50th Anniversary of President Nixon's trip to China. The trip began the process of normalizing relations between China and the U.S. See how this trip has changed the United Nations.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-24). How the Truckers Split Indigenous Canada. libya360.wordpress.com Ashley Frawley We are fed up with being viewed as virtuous victims Canadians aren't known for the depth of their political feeling. If anything, our easy-going passivity is often a point of pride and distinction against our overzealous neighbours to the south. Yet if the recent Freedom Convoy revealed anything, it was that deep rifts…

_____ (2022-02-24). NATO And Africa: Colonial Violence And Structural White Supremacy. popularresistance.org Considering the public media attention and concern about possible expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), it is worth reminding people about NATO's bloody history in Africa. NATO was founded in 1949 after WWII at a time when African countries were still under the yoke of colonialism. In fact most of the original founders of NATO had been Africa's principal colonizers such as UK, France, Portugal, Belgium, Italy and the USA as lead NATO organizer and dominant partner. The organization was established as a collective defense against the Soviet Union with the requirement (Article 5) that any atta…

Jim Spellman (2022-02-24). Reparations for African American. america.cgtn.com Are reparations critical to the well-being of African Americans? What should America do to right the wrongs against the Black community? Find out more.

_____ (2022-02-24). Russia Expands Its Influence in Faraway Lands. journal-neo.org Over the last decade, Russia has been successfully strengthening its influence in different parts of the world: first and foremost, in the countries of Asia and Africa. The trade turnover with them has been growing every year, including the countries of South-East Asia, where Indonesia — the most populous state in the region (274 million …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-24). Africa's biggest street art festival drops Israeli sponsorship following artists protest. peoplesdispatch.org Organizers of the annual International Public Arts Festival being held in South Africa have dropped Israeli sponsorship for the event following sustained pressure from the South African BDS chapter.

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