(2023-02-16). US College Board capitulates before Florida governor's attack on AP African American Studies curriculum. wsws.org The censorship of the AP African American Studies course in the state is part of a much broader attack by the far right on public education and democratic rights.
(2023-02-15). Russian Diplomacy in Africa and Western Dictate. journal-neo.org 
Sergey Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister, has already visited Africa twice in the last three weeks. The first tour, which began on January 23, included stops in diverse countries such as South Africa, Eswatini, Angola, and Eritrea. The second, from February 6 to 9, covered Mauritania, Mali, Sudan, and one Middle Eastern country, Iraq. Moreover, the …
(2023-02-15). Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali Propose Strategic Axis Amid French Military Ouster. libya360.wordpress.com Tanupriya Singh Foreign Ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Guinea hold a tripartite meeting in Ouagadougou. (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Mali) The three West African countries, all of whom have recently undergone military takeovers amid rising public anger against France, have agreed to a Bamako-Conakry -Ouagadougou axis, with enhanced cooperation…
(2023-02-16). US College Board capitulates before Florida governor's attack on AP African American Studies curriculum. wsws.org The censorship of the AP African American Studies course in the state is part of a much broader attack by the far right on public education and democratic rights.
(2023-02-15). Russian Diplomacy in Africa and Western Dictate. journal-neo.org Sergey Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister, has already visited Africa twice in the last three weeks. The first tour, which began on January 23, included stops in diverse countries such as South Africa, Eswatini, Angola, and Eritrea. The second, from February 6 to 9, covered Mauritania, Mali, Sudan, and one Middle Eastern country, Iraq. Moreover, the …
(2023-02-15). Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali Propose Strategic Axis Amid French Military Ouster. libya360.wordpress.com Tanupriya Singh Foreign Ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Guinea hold a tripartite meeting in Ouagadougou. (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Mali) The three West African countries, all of whom have recently undergone military takeovers amid rising public anger against France, have agreed to a Bamako-Conakry -Ouagadougou axis, with enhanced cooperation…
(2023-02-15). Liadagmis Povea vuela en Lievin: Victoria y marca líder del año en el triple salto (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Liadagmis Povea protagonizó una de las mejores competencias de su carrera deportiva para dominar el meeting techado de Lievin, un evento donde la también antillana Leyanis Pérez ganó el segundo lugar. Con esta actuación el triple salto femenino cubano completó su cuatro un-dos consecutivo en la actual temporada invernal.
(2023-02-15). Ethiopia: The Tigray Famine Narrative Was a Total Fabrication. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison The narrative of famine in the Tigray region of Ethiopia was repeated uncritically by the media and was amplified by people who were on board with the U.S. regime change plot against the Ethiopian government. Stephen Were Omamo served as Director of the World Food Program in Ethiopia from 2018 to 2021. From that…
(2023-02-15). The Solomon Islands and the US-China Pacific Balance of Power. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Berletic The Solomon Islands, located east of Papua New Guinea and northeast of Australia, has become a battleground for Washington and its desire to maintain primacy over the Asia-Pacific region. Recent developments in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, indicate that Washington's influence faces serious challenges. These developments also expose the true nature…
(2023-02-15). Declaran alerta sanitaria por virus de Marburgo en Guinea Ecuatorial. telesurtv.net Hasta el momento, la epidemia cuenta con 16 casos sospechosos que permanecen aislados en hospitales.
(2023-02-15). Belly of the Beast: Exclusive Interview with Colombian Vice President Francia Márquez. libya360.wordpress.com Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández sat down for an exclusive interview with Colombia's vice president, Francia Márquez, during Havana's annual international book fair. During her visit, Márquez made headlines by calling on the U.S. to remove Cuba from its State Sponsors of Terrorism list, citing the fundamental role Cuba has played in…
(2023-02-15). Chinese Transfer: From Soft to Discursive Power. libya360.wordpress.com Yana Leksyutina Some allege that Beijing intends to reduce its foreign policy activity, return to Deng Xiaoping's guidelines for pursuing a "passive" foreign policy and move towards direction of "closing" China from the world. On the contrary, one should expect an intensification of China's efforts to strengthen its positions in the world, including by building up "discursive power," writes Valdai Club expert Yana Leksyutina. At the end of last year,…
(2023-02-15). Colombian Peace Caravan: Bringing the Hope of "Total Peace" to Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Territories. libya360.wordpress.com
(2023-02-15). Colombians Hit the Streets in Support of Petro's Progressive Reforms. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch On February 14, hundreds of thousands of Colombians took to the streets across the country to express their support for the economic and social reforms promoted by President Gustavo Petro. Photo: Gustavo Petro/Twitter President Gustavo Petro recalled that millions of people voted for "change" in the 2022 elections, and vowed to implement measures…
(2023-02-15). Committee for the Defense of the Revolution: Interview with Gerardo Hernadez. libya360.wordpress.com Denis Rogatyuk and Gerardo Hernadez Denis Rogatyuk: Today we have the great honor of being with Gerardo Hernández, leader of the Cuban "five heroes" and now the national coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDRs). He is a man who has been known as someone who risked his life in pursuit of…
(2023-02-15). February 19th: Demonstrate Together. libya360.wordpress.com Diana Johnstone Winter sun over Lincoln Memorial, planned focal point of the Feb. 19, 2023, Rage Against the War Machine rally for ending the war in Ukraine. (Tim Brown/GPA Photo Archive, Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0) If the Feb. 19 rally to end the war in Ukraine fails it will not be a success for other antiwar…
(2023-02-15). Hersh, the US and the Sabotage of the Nordstream Pipelines. libya360.wordpress.com Alfred de Zayas The revelations contained Seymour Hersh's analysis of the evidence pointing to US authorship of the blowing up of the Nordstream pipelines[1] is compelling, and in a normal world this would cause a governmental crisis, a condemnation of the terror attack by the US Congress, a call for an internal investigation into illegal activities…
(2023-02-15). Nicaragua is Run by Women with a Revolutionary Feminism. libya360.wordpress.com As the Sandinista Revolution is finally able to make its platform a reality, Nicaragua has made significant achievements in healthcare, education, housing, renewable energy and food sovereignty, to name a few. One achievement that is starting to get more attention is the gain in equality for women. The Global Gender Gap Report for 2022 ranked…
(2023-02-15). Rwanda: Who is Benefiting Here? libya360.wordpress.com Jessy Damba Diamba Rwanda, 2005. Image credit Jon Evans via Flickr CC BY 2.0. The UKs deportation pact with Rwanda is being likened to a "human trafficking deal." It reflects the state of Rwandan politics. It was one morning in August 2020, when Carine Kanimba first heard the news of her father's kidnapping. She was in Washington,…
(2023-02-15). The More the Class Conflict Escalates, the More Important Anti-Imperialist Principles Become. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea Russell "Texas" Bentley "This war is not a war between Russians and Ukrainians," says the Texan Russell Bentley in a documentary interview about why he came to help fight for the Russian side after 2014's fascist U.S. coup in Ukraine. "It's not a Ukrainian civil war, it's really a war between good and evil. It's…
(2023-02-15). Uganda: What is the Role of the Radical Intellectual? libya360.wordpress.com Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire In early January 2019, Ugandan activist, and University of Cornell doctoral student Bwesigye Mwesigire was violently attacked on a bus in Uganda and sent into a three-day coma because of his political work. Four years later, he explains what led to the attack and makes some observations on the role of the…
(2023-02-15). China provides food assistance to support vulnerable populations in northern Togo. ecns.cn The Chinese government on Tuesday provided food assistance through the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Togo to support vulnerable populations in the country's north.