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Dual War and Repression: Domestic and Foreign Policy on Black People

By Netfa Freeman October 22, 2018

Parallel tracks of US government policy against the Black working class in the US and on the African continent expose much more than incidental similarity but a concerted fatal conspiracy. (more…)

Shutting Down AFRICOM and the Scramble for Africa

By Netfa Freeman on October 1, 2018

To mark exactly 10 years after the establishment of AFRICOM, short for U.S. Africa Command, the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) has launched U.S. Out of Africa!: (more…)

Xenophobia and Migration: Africans are Europeans but Just for Football

By Aram Aharonian on July 20, 2018

England, France and Belgium, three of the four semifinalist nations of the 2018 Russia World Cup, have players of African descent on their teams. (more…)

What Western Imperialism is Up to Now in Zimbabwe

By Netfa Freeman on January 3, 2018

“The capitalist agenda is to neo-colonize Zimbabwe and appropriate its labor and land.” (more…)

Concentration Camps for African Migrants Blocked from Entering Europe Are Popping Up Across Libya

By Vijay Prashad on December 29, 2017

Refugees do not show up in the Mediterranean Sea as if from nowhere. By the time they get into their flimsy boats on the Libyan coastline, they have lived many, many dangerous lives. (more…)

Taking Care of the Rich

By Emir Sader on December 25, 2017

It has now formally taken place through new laws in the United States, in Argentina and in Brazil and other countries concrete measures have been taken too that all add up to a dramatic reduction in the amount of taxes that the rich will have to pay. (more…)

For Children All Over The World, 2017 Was Defined by War

By Vijay Prashad on December 27, 2017

Photo: Bill Hackwell

War is defined by noise. It is earthshattering. The sounds of exploding bombs and gunfire, of screams and pain: these are the aural coordinates of battlefields. The modern battlefield is not defined by remoteness. (more…)

2018: A Toast for Those Who Struggle and Resist

December 2018

Dear Compañeros

Photo: Bill Hackwell

2017 has been an extremely difficult year for our peoples fighting for a better world. We have seen how social protest has been criminalized, with many imprisoned and murdered. (more…)

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