(2023-09-24). From Niger to Haiti to Cop City in Atlanta, Defeat the War Against African People. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-24). Media Counterinsurgency Against the African People's Socialist Party: Ignore the Show Trial, Reinforce the Anti-Russia Psyop Behind it. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The fraudulent charges against the African People's Socialist Party are supposed to represent the starting stage in our national security state's war against dissent during…
(2023-09-24). 10 myths, counter-narratives and contradictions vs. the West neocolonialist war in Niger. iacenter.org By Julia Wright September 21, 2023 With all the imperial onslaughts against the Global South, their wars are increasingly fought at the level of disinformation and manufactured narratives to create a climate of smoke and mirrors — the better to cloak the real strategies. Amilcar Cabral, assassinated exactly 50 years ago. The West African independent state of Niger experienced a coup d'etat on July 26, 2023 (the anniversary of the [attack on the] Moncada Barracks in Cuba), bringing to power a group of military officers who, although trained by the United States, not only deposed U.S. and French-supported str…
(2023-09-23). Morocco's Occupation of Western Sahara Is Hindering Earthquake Relief Efforts. truthout.org On September 8, 2023, Morocco was rocked by a devastating earthquake in the Marrakesh-Safi region that injured and killed thousands. Located in an area of seismic hazard and in proximity of the African-Eurasian plates, the country also lies in a problematic collisional zone (where tectonics plates meet) with an increased vulnerability to catastrophic events. More recent earthquakes in Morocco… |
(2023-09-23). AFRICA'S NATO? HOW ECOWAS BECAME A TOOL FOR WESTERN IMPERIALISM By: ALAN MACLEOD. midwesternmarx.com 
Niger is shaping up to be the surprising frontline of the new Cold War. Yesterday, the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ordered the "activation" and "deployment" of "standby" military forces to the country, an action that threatens to spark a major international war that could make Syria look minor by comparison.In this venture, ECOWAS has been fully supported by the United States and Europe, leading many to suspect it is being used as an imperia …
(2023-09-23). Is This The End Of French Neo-Colonialism In Africa? popularresistance.org In Bamako, Mali, on September 16, the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger created the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). On X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, Colonel Assimi GoàØta, the head of the transitional government of Mali, wrote that the Liptako-Gourma Charter which created the AES would establish "an architecture of collective defense and mutual assistance for the benefit of our populations." The hunger for such regional cooperation goes back to the period when France ended its colonial rule. Between 1958 and 1963, Ghana and Guinea were part of the Union of African State…
(2023-09-23). NATO Destroyed Libya in 2011; Storm Daniel Came To Sweep up the Remains. orinocotribune.com 
(2023-09-23). La OTAN destruyó Libia en 2011, las aguas barren hoy los restos. globalizacion.ca Tres días antes de que las represas de Abu Mansur y Al Bilad colapsaran en Wadi Derna, Libia, la noche del 10 de septiembre, el poeta Mustafa al-Trabelsi participó en un debate en la Casa de la Cultura de Derna…
(2023-09-23). Angola's voice at UN makes headlines. plenglish.com Luanda, Sep 23 (Prensa Latina) Angola's voice in the different scenarios of the high-level week of the United Nations (UN) in New York covered headlines during the week that is about to end.
(2023-09-24). Incendio en Benín causa al menos 34 muertos y unos 20 heridos. telesurtv.net Otras veinte personas resultaron heridas, algunas de ellas de gravedad, y fueron enviadas a un hospital para su atención.
(2023-09-23). Under French-backed military ruler Mahamat Deby, Chad is a "pressure cooker waiting to explode" peoplesdispatch.org While threatening war against Niger, ostensibly to restore democracy, France continues to back the military junta of Mahamat Deby which is accused of killing at least 128 pro-democracy protesters last year. However, anger against the junta and soaring anti-French sentiment threatens its military presence in the country…
(2023-09-23). Construction Companies Exploit Agricultural Visas To Underpay Workers. popularresistance.org Jose Ageo Luna Vanegas first worked for Signet Builders in the early 2000s. Hired on a temporary labor visa, he traveled from Mexico to U.S. job sites. The hours were long, but he was paid overtime. Years later, around 2017, Signet hired him again. This time, he received no overtime pay. | That's when he "started asking questions," his attorney, Jennifer Zimmermann, said. | The work was largely the same. His visa was different. Originally, Luna Vanegas was hired on an H-2B visa. Various industries use the visas to fill labor shortages. A hotel facing a busy summer might hire foreign maids, fo…
(2023-09-23). The National Enquirer's Revolution in Make Believe News, Jesuits and a New Origin Story for Humanity. thelastamericanvagabond.com On September 13, 2023 media reports across the world exclaimed aloud that ancient aliens were discovered in Peru and presented to the Mexican Congress by a team of valiant researchers led by a journalist named Jose Jaime Maussan. The language used in the headlines across mainstream press agencies expressed absolute certainty leaving media consumers to
(2023-09-23). Israel's Ambassador Protests For Iranian Women, But Slaughtering Palestinian Women Is Fine. thelastamericanvagabond.com As the President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, delivered a speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday, Israel's UN ambassador attempted to disrupt the speech by holding up a photo that called for the "freedom" of Iranian women, before being escorted out of the building. Western media ate the story up and act
(2023-09-23). Premier gabonés: Necesitamos apoyo para celebrar comicios. telesurtv.net Anunció que se adoptará una nueva Constitución, así como la adopción de una ley electoral que garantice comicios transparentes, libres y creíbles.
(2023-09-24). An Israeli Civil-War Brewing Over Judicial Overhaul, Or A New War? thelastamericanvagabond.com In July, the Israeli Knesset ratified the first of a wave of bills that seek to curtail the powers of Tel Aviv's supreme court, dividing Israel's Jewish population between supporters of the current "liberal western democracy" model and those seeking a more radical system. While hundreds of thousands of Israeli protesters packed the streets, Israeli
(2023-09-24). Premier gabonés: Necesitamos apoyo para celebrar comicios. telesurtv.net Anunció que se adoptará una nueva Constitución, así como la adopción de una ley electoral que garantice comicios transparentes, libres y creíbles.
(2023-09-24). Canadian Parliament Gives a Standing Ovation to Yaroslav Hunka, Who Fought for the 14th Division of Waffen SS. libya360.wordpress.com "He's a Ukrainian hero, a Canadian hero, and we thank him for his service". — Canadian Parliament House Speaker, Anthony Rota On 22nd September, the Canadian House of Commons gave a standing ovation to Yaroslav Hunka, a World War II veteran who fought for "Ukrainian independence" against Russian aggressors. This is how the speaker of…
(2023-09-24). Lavrov Calls for a Return to the UN Charter and the Rule of Law. libya360.wordpress.com Sergey Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, addresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 19 — 26 September 2023). Speaking to the General Assembly today (23 Sep), Lavrov said, "the future is being shaped by a struggle, a struggle between the…
(2023-09-24). Role of U.S./NATO war in Libyan flood. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto September 19, 2023 A close look at the catastrophic flood that hit the port city of Derna in northeastern Libya Sept. 9 shows that it was no natural disaster. Nor was its scale due only to the climate crisis. Those Western leaders who ordered the 2011 U.S./NATO war that destroyed the then-existing Libyan government are responsible for the vast number of victims. At budget demonstration in New York City, March 21, 2011, activist hits NATO war against Libya. (Photo: John Catalinotto) News media of all types have reported on the destruction of Derna, on the 11,300 deaths reported by Sept. 17 and…
(2023-09-23). Beyond Climate Colonialism and Food Imperialism to Earth Democracy and Food Freedom. libya360.wordpress.com Dr Vandana Shiva 1. Mother Earth is a sacred, self organized living being. She creates and sustains life. Through her biosphere and her complex ecological processes, she regulates her water systems, her nutrition cycles, and her climate system. Over 4 billion years, using the energy of the sun, the power of photosynthesis by microbes and the green…
(2023-09-23). Campesinos as Scientists: PROINPA Combats Seed Dependency. libya360.wordpress.com Chris Gilbert, Cira Pascual Marquina A CEBISA lab researcher and PROINPA associate. (Voces Urgentes) PROINPA is a grassroots campesino organization promoting food sovereignty, endogenous seed production, and an agroecological transition. High up in Venezuela's Andes, the township of Mucuchies is home to a campesino-led initiative striving for sustainable agricultural production. Integral Producers of the Highlands [PROINPA, for…
(2023-09-23). Fascism is Capitalism in Decay. libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Cabylis The Relationship Between Economic Decline and Authoritarianism "Fascism is capitalism in decay," we have all heard this referenced to Lenin. While it's important to note that this specific quote may not be verbatim from his writings or speeches, it does capture the essence of Lenin's views on capitalism and its potential consequences. Lenin…
(2023-09-23). History of Fascism in Ukraine Part III: 1944-1963 UPA War, Ratlines, and the Assassination of Stepan Bandera. libya360.wordpress.com Hugo Turner Dedicated to the memory of Luciana Bohne. With special thanks to T.P. Wilkinson. The "Heroes" monument in Ellenville incorporates busts of Roman Shukhevych and Stepan Bandera, both Nazi collaborators. A monument to Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and Ukrainian Insurgent Army was unveiled in Hamptonburgh in 1989. Just prior to the Russian invasion of…
(2023-09-23). Plan Condor 3.0: The Ideological Rearmament of the Conservative Restoration. libya360.wordpress.com Miguel Ernesto Salazar During the 1960s and 1970s, the United States national security doctrine established the Condor Plan as an instrument of terror and repression to defend and promote its interests in Latin America and the Caribbean, and to consolidate the capitalist system through ferocious and bloody dictatorships that would lay the foundation for a…
(2023-09-23). The European Union Will End Up Under China's Technological Dominance. libya360.wordpress.com The European Union faces the failure of its sanctions against Russia. Faced with a historical economic and social crisis, she is between the rock and the wall, forced to enter the economic war unleashed by the United States. Like the United States, trade relations with China have worsened within the European Union. As Washington tries…
(2023-09-23). The Success of Chinese Socialism. libya360.wordpress.com In the following article, originally published in the Young Communist League of Britain's Challenge magazine, Kate Woolford and Rares Cocilnau debunk some of the most persistent myths surrounding China's development. The first misconception discussed is that China is an undemocratic, "authoritarian" state. The authors point to China's system of whole-process people's democracy, "which allows citizens to…
(2023-09-23). We Can Do Better than the Sustainable Development Goals Model. libya360.wordpress.com Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research talks about the Sustainable Development Goals. He explains the limitations of the model and how discussion around these goals often avoids the structural questions such as land reform, the role of trade unions, and debt. Vijay also addresses how summits on these goals often end with just…
(2023-09-23). Why the U.S. is Deaf to Wise Counsel. libya360.wordpress.com Radhika Desai U.S. political derangement is long-term, persistent and mounting. In Foreign Policy, Kishore Mahbubani, a distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore, recently returned to an argument he has long been making: The U.S. should accept that it cannot stop China's rise, not least because efforts to do…
(2023-09-23). NATO Destroyed Libya in 2011; Storm Daniel Came to Sweep Up the Remains: The Thirty-Eighth Newsletter By: Vijay Prashad. midwesternmarx.com 
Shefa Salem al-Baraesi (Libya), Drown on Dry Land, 2019. Dear friends,Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.Three days before the Abu Mansur and Al Bilad dams collapsed in Wadi Derna, Libya, on the night of September 10, the poet Mustafa al-Trabelsi participated in a discussion at the Derna House of Culture about the neglect of basic infrastructure in his city. At the meeting, al-Trabelsi warned about the poor condition of the dams. As he …
(2023-09-23). NATO Destroyed Libya In 2011; Storm Daniel Came To Sweep Up The Remains. popularresistance.org Three days before the Abu Mansur and Al Bilad dams collapsed in Wadi Derna, Libya, on the night of September 10, the poet Mustafa al-Trabelsi participated in a discussion at the Derna House of Culture about the neglect of basic infrastructure in his city. At the meeting, al-Trabelsi warned about the poor condition of the dams. As he wrote on Facebook that same day, over the past decade his beloved city has been 'exposed to whipping and bombing, and then it was enclosed by a wall that had no door, leaving it shrouded in fear and depression'. Then, Storm Daniel picked up off the Mediterranean coast, dragged itself…
(2023-09-24). Suman 18 muertos tras atentado en el centro de Somalia. telesurtv.net Abdifatah Mohamed Yusuf, director general del Ministerio de Gestión Humanitaria y de Desastres de Hirshabelle, dijo que 40 personas resultaron heridas.
(2023-09-23). Something For The Weekend… smoothiex12.blogspot.com those morsels of the West which are still there, but the world moved on. My favorite Canadian girls do what they do best: Yet, it takes Russian band to do it such a way that to remind what this once was… not anymore.
One cannot always be concentrated on the death and suffering. When the new world will be formalized this is what will be taken into it. Maurice White is smiling from heavens…
(2023-09-23). Critican intentos de normalizar el trabajo infantil en Uruguay. telesurtv.net El intendente expresó a los periodistas que la idea de que el trabajo infantil constituye una violación a los derechos de niños "es un defecto".
(2023-09-23). Samidoun Brussels highlights struggle of migrants and refugees at event honouring Semira Adamu. samidoun.net 
On Friday, 22 September, commemorating the murder of Semira Adamu by Belgian police 25 years ago, during their sixth attempted forced deportation of the 20-year-old Nigerian woman, Samidoun Brussels organized an event on the deportation of migrants and refugees and the imprisonment of Palestinians. The event highlighted the role of Western imperialism in forced migration …
(2023-09-23). Ejército de Nigeria rescata a seis de 24 estudiantes secuestrados. telesurtv.net Esta madrugada, bandidos armados asaltaron residencias estudiantiles de la Universidad Federal de Gusau. Ocurrió en Zamfara (noroeste).
(2023-09-23). Iraq Condemns Presence of US Troops in Its Territory. orinocotribune.com The prime minister of Iraq, Muhamad Shia al-Sudani, condemned the presence of a foreign military in Iraqi territory. | "Our official position is clear: there is no need for foreign combat forces in Iraq," Iraqi Prime Minister Muhamad Shia al-Sudani emphasized in statements to the US media organization, Bloomberg, on Thursday, September 21, on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. | He added that his country has security services capable of maintaining law and order, and there is no need for foreign troops for Iraqi security issues. | Last month, al-Sudani had praised the sacrif…
(2023-09-23). World Report] Uganda's anti-homosexuality laws stymie research. thelancet.com Researchers report that study participants are dropping out and scientists are likely to avoid studying LGBTQ communities in Uganda. John Agaba reports from Kampala.