Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and the ‘pseudotyping’ of the state of Israel
by Oscar Blayton Donald Trump is trying his best to demonize Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota’s 5th congressional district by unfairly castigating her for public remarks she has made in recent...
View ArticleJews slam AOC
Rep. AOC condemns the deplorable conditions that cage Central American refugees at America’s southern border. At her left is Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-TX) twin brother of and campaign manager for...
View ArticleGive Dr. King the birthday present he wants: VOTE in Cali’s March 3 primary
Martin Luther King Jr. – Photo: Martin Mill by DJ Sister Yasmin, Voting Rights for All! “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social...
View ArticleAn interview with Oromo American human rights activist Seenaa Jimjimo on...
Seenaa Jimjimo holds master’s degrees in public health and administration. Seenaa is an author and a dedicated human rights and women’s rights activist. From a very young age she felt grieved over...
View ArticleAbuse of refugees exposes the White House’s long-standing policy towards Haiti
This photo is an iconic demonstration of the 2021 anti-Black racism exploding into plain view from the White House to the Rio Grande. Border patrol agents, enabled by President Biden, are direct...
View ArticleAmerica’s war in Central Africa
Unpacking Western whiteness, war and propaganda by Keith Harmon Snow Backed by the Obama administration and its Clinton appointees, Rwandan troops marched into eastern Congo in January 2009, barely a...
View ArticleRwanda’s Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza speaks to Women’s International News...
by Ann Garrison Rwanda’s FDU-Inkingi Party leader, peace and social justice activist Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, spoke to Ann Garrison for Womens’ International News Gathering Service (WINGS) in July...
View ArticleHiding Africa’s looted funds: Silence of Western media
by Lord Aikins Adusei Quite often when you read newspapers, listen to radio and watch television in the West you learn how poor Africans are and how corrupt African leaders are. But you will never...
View ArticleRwanda admits force used in anti-thatch campaign
by Survival International The official in charge of Rwanda’s controversial policy to eradicate all thatched roofs in the country by the end of this month has admitted that “sometimes we apply some...
View ArticleStrauss-Kahn, Casey Anthony and the whitewashing of American justice
by Behrouz Saba Wealth and power win every time over poverty and vulnerability. Just look no further than the “sudden turn of events” in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case. The world is shocked – shocked...
View ArticleVictoire still in prison, Congo still a human catastrophe
by Ann Garrison In July 2010, Victoire Ingabire told Womens’ International News Gathering Service that the warring that followed refugees from Rwanda into eastern Congo must be brought to an end with...
View ArticleChild refugees: When children are ‘the enemy’
by Mumia Abu-Jamal I’ve been watching for days now as media reports display the growing hatred at the arrival of Central American children across the Mexican-U.S. border. A little girl cries as her...
View ArticleDream Defenders, Black Lives Matter and Ferguson reps take historic trip to...
Leaders from American racial justice movements connect with Palestinians living under occupation by Kristian Davis Bailey Representatives at the forefront of the movements for Black lives and racial...
View ArticleIncreasing instability and political repression in African Great Lakes Region
by Ann Garrison KPFA Weekend News broadcast April 26, 2015 Instability and political repression are increasing in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, as the presidents of Burundi, the Democratic Republic...
View ArticleThe man beaten and choked at a Donald Trump rally tells his story
by Alice Ollstein When activist Mercutio Southall Jr. was curled up on the ground getting kicked, punched and choked by Donald Trump supporters at a campaign rally in Birmingham, Alabama, he thought:...
View ArticleAlfred Olango, killed by California cop, dreamt of opening family restaurant
by Eric M. Johnson, Alex Dobuzinskis An unarmed Black man fatally shot by police in a suburb of San Diego overcame a childhood of hunger in war-torn parts of Africa and came to America with the dream...
View ArticleSens. Cory Booker, Al Franken and Elizabeth Warren propose that the U.S....
by Ann Garrison Sens. Franken, Booker and Warren, reputed to be among the most progressive in Congress, support the warmongering S.1158, inviting the U.S. to launch “pre-emptive” wars to “prevent...
View ArticleCongo in the abyss
by Ann Garrison Bénédicte Kumbi Ndjoko This week I spoke to Swiss Congolese historian and activist Bénédicte Kumbi Ndjoko about recent developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ann...
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