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Hunger protests in Nigeria lead to arrests and raids
Nigeria is experiencing its worst economic crisis in a generation. Annual inflation stands at more than 30%. Prices for food like yams, a staple food, are almost four times higher than last year.
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Nelson Mandela warned us that ‘the U.S. has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world’
That warning was 20 years ago, but in the years since, the U.S. has continued in its violent and aggressive ways, cloaking its violence and aggression with bromides about a rules-based international order and defence of democratic values. If only that was true.
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Are you a Russian agent? Take the test
Election season in the U.S. is witch hunt season, and the White House is determined to burn some ‘witches’–anyone arbitrarily deemed a ‘Russian agent’. Might you be one?
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Grants Pass and the Carceral conjuncture
A look at the growing social crisis of housing and increasing attacks on the houseless following the recent Grants Pass decision. Originally posted by the Black Rose Anarchist Federation.
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Humans rescue Doomsday Glacier?
It was only 3 years ago when a group of distinguished climate scientists led by Erin C. Pettit (Oregon State University) said Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf of the Thwaites Glacier/Antarctica, aka: Doomsday Glacier, could collapse “within as little as 5 years.”
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Chilean police repress march to pay respect to those disappeared and/or assassinated during Pinochet dictatorship
Thousands of Chileans were beaten and sprayed with high-pressure water guns while marching to pay tribute to the victims of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.
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The courage of Gisèle Pelicot
The calculated and cruel violence suffered by Gisèle Pelicot has shaken the world to its core, yet her demand to make the trial public and shift the shame to the perpetrators of these acts, has inspired many.
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Black Alliance for Peace condemns the federal indictments of Uhuru 3 and denial of their fundamental human rights to speech, association, information and political dissent
The federal trial of the Uhuru 3 has begun. The egregious charges of being foreign agents don’t bode well for the future of free speech and the radical Black movement. However, the movement will continue to struggle and resist these attacks on human rights.
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The Macron-Le Pen alliance and its lessons for the left elsewhere
President Emmanuel Macron’s determination to overrule July’s parliamentary election results brings Europe closer to catastrophe.
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What you need to know about the Kroger-Albertsons merger
Are you worried about food prices? If so, you are not alone. Some 70% of consumers are “extremely” or “very concerned” about the cost of food at grocery stores.
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Contrived charges of antisemitism are the new ‘Red Scare’
How an evidence-free smear is being used to suppress those fighting for justice in Palestine.
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People have a right to housing because they have a right to live
Vice President Kamala Harris promises to build three million affordable houses if elected president.
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Venezuela denounces U.S. ‘piracy’ after presidential jet confiscated
The Venezuelan government said the seizure was “not an isolated action” and that it reserved the right to take legal action in response.
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Grenfell report indicts capitalism
CROOKED companies dishonestly presenting their products as safe. Corporate incompetents engaged in a merry-go-round of buck-passing.
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Amilcar Cabral and the World to come
The articles, speeches, and communiqués of Amilcar Cabral are required reading for revolutionaries today who are struggling with the agrarian question and the current wave of revolutions.
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Facial recognition company fined for creating ‘illegal database’ of billions of faces
A DUTCH data protection watchdog has issued facial recognition tech Clearview AI with a €30.5 million (£25.7m) fine for creating an “illegal database” of billions of faces.
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Game meat for hungry communities in Southern Africa
As hunger threatens millions in southern Africa, some of the governments in these wildlife-rich countries have started harvesting game such as elephants, hippopotamuses, buffaloes, zebras, and others to feed their citizens.
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Another war diary entry
Critical cultural historical perspective is not easy to obtain.
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Honduran President Xiomara Castro rejects U.S. interference and condemns coup plot
Honduran President Xiomara Castro announced on August 28 that she ordered the suspension of the extradition agreement between her country and the United States.
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When will we stop falling for fabricated antisemitism scandals?
Reginald D Hunter is the latest target of pro-Israel provocateurs feigning victimhood. Time to bring down the curtain on this pantomime, says Rivkah Brown.