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480,000 killed by extreme weather this century – Analysis
Almost half a million people have died in natural disasters linked to extreme weather events in the last 20 years, according to a new […]
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A letter to Ange Kagame from Carine Kanimba
By, Carine I. Kanimba Dear Ange, I hope that this letter finds you well. My name is Carine Kanimba, I am the daughter of […]
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Half a million march in France against police violence, racism By G. Dunkel
In an explosion of anger and political rejection, 200,000 people marched in Paris Nov. 28 while another 300,000 in over 95 cities and towns […]
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The Power of the Haitian People WEEK OF SOLIDARITY WITH HAITI December 10 – December 16, 2020
View this email in your browser. The Power of the Haitian People WEEK OF SOLIDARITY WITH HAITI December 10 – December 16, 2020 On […]
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Cornel West: We Must Fight the Commodification of Everybody and Everything
AN INTERVIEW WITH CORNEL WEST Philosopher and activist Cornel West discusses the presidential election and why a democratic socialist vision is necessary to overcome […]
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A Year of Revolt
Last year a wave of militant protests spread across North Africa and West Asia, in a sustained, historic series of popular struggles. Emma Wilde […]
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Decolonising Pandemic Politics
If the consequences of the current pandemic are global, discussions about alternatives have not lived up to this reality, failing to learn from the […]
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Refugees Welcome: 15 Pieces of Street Art and Graffiti from Europe and beyond Showing Solidarity in the ongoing Refugee Crisis
EU immigration and border politics have been subject to criticism for years¹ – particularly regarding the increasingly militarized securitization of its external frontier. In recent weeks […]
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The World Turned Upside Down: Rodney’s 1972 masterpiece
In 1972 Walter Rodney published his masterpiece How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. Rodney’s book took a similar approach to Eduardo Galeano’s 1971 classic, examining four hundred […]
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CGNK at the Human Rights Council 45th sessions: Truth and progress
Despite a complicated health situation, the Human Rights Council has preserved the core of its work and started to return to a more usual […]
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DÉJÀ VU – In tragic vein: Wole Soyinka on Nigeria’s unrest By Wole Soyinka
To the affected governors all over the nation, there is one immediate step to take: demand the withdrawal of those soldiers. Convoke Town Hall […]
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Text Messages | The words of Che Guevara
His image may be instantly recognisable as the face of revolution but Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara’s words are no less powerful, guided as they are […]
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“Colonizing the Atmosphere”: How Rich, Western Nations Drive the Climate Crisis
New analysis finds the Global North is responsible for 92% of all excess global carbon dioxide emissions, while the Global South bears the brunt of the devastation.
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Paulo Freire: Popular Participation By René Wadlow
In the Declaration of Principles and Programme of Action adopted by the 1976 World Employment Conference it is stated, “A basic needs-oriented policy implies […]
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Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, a healer from within BY Jacques Depelchin
We should honor Professor Ernest Wamba dia Wamba by carrying on his life’s work. In the early hours of July 15, 2020, at the […]
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The Commodification of Black Death
As corporations and large universities attempt to profit off of the movement against racial violence, it’s apparent that racism and capitalism are as intertwined […]
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Say Their Names: Solidarity Statement from the Haiti Action Committee
Haiti Action Committee stands in solidarity with the determined resistance to police terror and white supremacy being led by Black people in the United States. […]
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Johan Galtung: Peace and Conflict Studies and COVID-19
Prof. Johan Galtung, the Norwegian sociologist/mathematician, founder of the academic discipline of Peace and Conflict Studies, speaks candidly on: The world after the Coronavirus/COVID-19 […]
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Racial Pandemic and Viral Pandemic: USA Is an Epicenter, but Both Pandemics Are Global by Imani Countess and William Minter*
* William Minter is the editor of AfricaFocus Bulletin. Imani Countess is an Open Society Fellow focusing on economic inequality. This essay is part […]
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A Message from the Peasant Organizations in Haiti
Haiti Action Committee | Malaika H Kambon 31 May 2020, Port-au-Prince – Haiti Action Committee is honored to distribute this message of solidarity from peasant […]
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8 June: International Day of the Oceans
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service World Citizens Call for Renewed Efforts to Resolve Asian Maritime Delimitations Dispute 8 June has been designated by […]
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FROM KANAKY TO ALGERIA, THE GUILLOTINE IS ALSO A COLONIAL WEAPON
Léopold Lambert – Paris on May 18, 2020If you enjoy articles of the blog, have a look at The Funambulist Magazine! Today, May 18, […]
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Neither War nor Peace: The Shared Sacrificial Militancy of Fanon and Gandhi
“You can reload your rifle, and that moment you’re reloading it, that’s peace.”— Bob Dylan1 Columbia Daily Spectator Summary Frantz Fanon’s psychoanalytic endorsement of […]
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Listen to Your Mother: Nobody Should Be Too Rich or Too Poor
The wisdom of our mothers and mothers’ mothers from the dawn of time is reverberating throughout the cosmos, “What part of share the resources of […]
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Reality of Refugees in Uganda During COVID-19: Where are the Donors, UNHCR Uganda, & OPM Department of Refugees?
We witnessed the death of the longtime acclaimed “Uganda Hospitality” towards refugees. This notion which has been imposed for a long time on us and […]