(2023-11-08). Fact Check: 35 Million Black Americans Descend From Less Than 450,000 African Slaves. moguldom.com 
For many, it's a puzzling question: How can over 35 million Black Americans today trace their ancestry back to fewer than 450,000 African slaves who arrived in the U.S.? The key to understanding this phenomenon is the principle of exponential growth. When a population experiences a constant rate of growth over time, it doesn't merely …
(2023-11-08). BAR Book Forum: Charisse Burden-Stelly's book, "Black Scare / Red Scare" mronline.org 
This week's featured author is Charisse Burden-Stelly. Burden-Stelly is Associate Professor of African American Studies at Wayne State University. Her book is 'Black Scare / Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States.'
(2023-11-08). Namibia Urged to Consider Brics Market. infobrics.org Economist and managing director of High Economic Intelligence, Salomo Hei, says the market space provided by the Brics group of countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) could be a conducive destination for Namibian products…
(2023-11-08). Russian ship with humanitarian aid heads for Africa. plenglish.com Moscow, Nov 8 (Prensa Latina) A cargo ship laden with 25,000 tons of wheat for humanitarian aid to an African country sailed from the port of Novorossiisk, the press office of the Russian Federal Customs Service reported on Wednesday.
(2023-11-09). Laying the BRICS for a Reshaped Global Order. infobrics.org At the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg on 24 August 2023, the bloc's five members — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — announced the invitation of six new countries — Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Effective 1 January 2024, BRICS countries will represent almost half the world's population…
(2023-11-09). Chris Hedges: Letter to the Children of Gaza. scheerpost.com 
By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Dear child. It is past midnight. I am flying at hundreds of miles an hour in the darkness, thousands of feet over the Atlantic Ocean. I am traveling to Egypt. I will go to the border of Gaza at Rafah. I go because of you. You have never …
(2023-11-08). US, Israel to open second front in Lebanon? peoplesdispatch.org The It is very rare that the use of these submarines is publicized. The CENTCOM provided no additional details but it posted an image that apparently showed an Ohio-class submarine in Egypt's Suez Canal Bridge. Int…
(2023-11-09). Chris Hedges: Letter to the Children of Gaza. mintpressnews.com Dear child, | It is past midnight. I am flying at hundreds of miles an hour in the darkness, thousands of feet over the Atlantic Ocean. I am traveling to Egypt. I will go to the border of Gaza at Rafah. I go because of you. | You have never been in a plane. You have never left Gaza. You know only the densely packed streets and alleys. The concrete hovels. You know only the security barriers and fences patrolled by soldiers that surround Gaza. Planes, for you, are terrifying. Fighter jets. Attack helicopters. Drones. They circle above you. They drop missiles and bombs. Deafening explosions. The ground shakes. Buil…
(2023-11-09). Gaza is Hiroshima. libya360.wordpress.com Ramzy Baroud The West is Collectively Responsible for Israel's Genocide On October 20, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, stood on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, between Egypt and besieged Gaza. Guterres was not the only international figure to travel to the Gaza border, hoping to mobilize the international community in the…
(2023-11-09). From Gaza and Cuba, They Ask: Are You Human Like Us? dissidentvoice.org 
Rachid Koraichi (Algeria), One Plate, from A Nation in Exile, c. 1981. More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli armed forces in Gaza since 7 October, nearly half of them children, according to the most recent report by spokesperson for the Gaza Ministry of Health Dr Ashraf Al-Qudra. Over 25,000 others have been …
(2023-11-09). Pedro Castillo critica a presidente chileno por encuentro con Boluarte. telesurtv.net Castillo envió una carta a La Moneda, en la cual asegura que Boric estrechó las "manos manchadas de sangre" de Boluarte.
(2023-11-08). Axis of Resources: Gaza War Spells Disaster for Europe's Energy Security. libya360.wordpress.com Mohamad Hasan Sweidan Israel's war on Gaza looks set to escalate into a region-wide conflict in West Asia, Europe's primary source of oil and gas since severing its Russian supply. Any regional conflagration will drive energy prices through the roof, particularly when the conflict leaks into the waterways of the Persian Gulf. Following the outbreak…
(2023-11-08). Palestinian Ambassador to Cuba: Israel Has Been Massacring Our People Long Before Hamas Existed. libya360.wordpress.com From Havana, Palestinian Ambassador to Cuba Amkram Samham talked to BT's Luis de Jesus Reyes about how Israel obscures the causes of the conflict and how they killed the Oslo Accords. He says the political solution is simple: Palestinian self-determination with the right of return for refugees. Palestinian Ambassador to Cuba: "We're Not to Blame…
(2023-11-08). PFLP: The Situation in Gaza is Catastrophic Amidst the Complicity of the International Community and Arab Silence. libya360.wordpress.com Al-Shaabi warns: the situation in the Gaza Strip is catastrophic and the risk of famine is approaching and we hold the international community and the Arab silence responsible The Popular Front for the liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has warned that the current living conditions in the Gaza Strip as a result of the continuation of…
(2023-11-08). The Demand For a Ceasefire is Necessary But Not Sufficient: The Demand Must Be for Decolonization and Palestinian Self-Determination. libya360.wordpress.com Ajamu Baraka A father and his children warm their hands and make tea over a makeshift fire. Mahmoud Nasser The people of Gaza are in desperate need of a cease fire, but ultimately they need decolonization and self-determination. "The nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis. It is a crisis of humanity," UN Secretary-General…
(2023-11-08). What Is the United Nations For? libya360.wordpress.com Rasna Warah Israel's assault on Gaza has shown, once again, that the UN Security Council is ineffective when it comes to preventing wars and protecting the human rights of all people. It is astounding that the president of the US, the so-called leader of the free world, could fly to Israel to offer more military…
(2023-11-08). Why are Ukrainian POWs Joining the Russian Military? libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic The political West has been trying to create a perpetual divide between East Slavs for centuries. Various European invaders were perfectly aware that Russia is too big of a bite at its full might, so splitting it up was always the first goal. This was the case from the times of Ancient Russia…
(2023-11-09). Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Demands UNRWA Assume its Responsibilities. libya360.wordpress.com The Refugee Affairs Department of the Popular Front calls on UNRWA to assume its responsibilities towards our people away from interfering in matters that do not concern it. The Refugee Affairs Department of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine called on the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to assume its responsibilities towards…
(2023-11-09). The 'Hamas Human Shield' Justification for Israeli War Crimes. libya360.wordpress.com Vanessa Beeley What separates Israel, the United States and other democracies when it comes to incredibly difficult situations like this is our respect for international law and, as appropriate, the laws of war. We do everything we can, in these situations, to avoid civilian casualties. That is in direct contrast with Hamas which uses people…
(2023-11-08). Al menos 29 muertos dejan inundaciones en Somalia. telesurtv.net El Gobierno nacional declaró el estado de emergencia, tras las fuertes precipitaciones desatadas por al inicio de la estación de lluvias conocida como deyr (octubre a diciembre).
(2023-11-08). 14 Dead Due to Floods in Somalia. telesurenglish.net The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, through its Somalia Water and Land Information Management, warned of further flooding across Somalia, estimated to impact 1.2 million people residing in riverine areas. | An estimated 2,400 people remain trapped by floodwaters in Luuq district, Jubaland state, southern Somalia. Nov. 8, 2023.
(2023-11-08). Nigeria: Canada Suspends Operations After Embassy Explosion. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Canada suspended its operations in Nigeria while it investigates the tragic and deadly explosion that rocked its embassy in Abuja, the country's capital. | RELATED: | According to official reports, the incident occurred on Monday morning and resulted in the loss of at least two lives and damage to part of the Canadian embassy in Abuja. | Details on the exact cause of the explosion remain scarce, but the government said an investiga…