January 25, 2021
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 assessment of the direct…
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December 30, 2020
It’s 2020. What Would YOU Do?
The year is drawing to a close, memorable for its unrelenting spotlight on coronavirus. Reflecting on the past 12 months, imagine what you would do if you were…
November 21, 2020
Is this a vaccine apartheid?
Optimism emerged last week following a vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech companies for Covid-19 fight. However, some governments are scrambling to lay claim to the vaccine…
November 12, 2020
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 years of European intervention…
November 12, 2020
What Africa and Europe can learn from the American elections ?
Jude Oboh, a Dutch cityzen from Nigeria living in Atlanta(Georgia) gives us his observations on the 2020-elections and their impact in the world especially in Africa and Europe.…
August 27, 2020
Modi’s Brutal Treatment of Kashmir Exposes His Tactics – And Their Flaws
A year after a ferocious crackdown, I see the region facing nothing less than cultural erasure. ‘Why did Narendra Modi decide to inaugurate the Ram Mandir now?’ Photograph:…
July 30, 2020
‘We will coup whoever we want’: Elon Musk and the overthrow of democracy in Bolivia by Vijay Prashad, Alejandro Bejarano
What role did billionaire Elon Musk and his thirst for lithium play in the coup in Bolivia? Vijay Prashad and Alejandro Bejarano discuss. Elon Musk with Vice President…
July 29, 2020
The Gates Foundation’s “Green Revolution” in Africa: Agribusiness Wins, Small Scale Farmers Lose
15 Jul 2020 – Ann Garrison interviews Timothy Wise on why US-style corporate agriculture pushed by billionaire Bill Gates has been disastrous for Africa. “The number of hungry people…
June 8, 2020
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 organization in Haiti. It…
May 29, 2020
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 the earth don’t you understand? …
April 17, 2020
Resisting COVID-19 in Haiti
by Pierre Labossiere, Haiti Action Committee On March 19, 2020, shortly after international institutions made known that millions of dollars would be available to impoverished countries with COVID-19…
April 15, 2020
Arundhati Roy: ‘The Pandemic Is a Portal’
The novelist on how coronavirus threatens India — and what the country, and the world, should do next. 3 Apr 2020 – Who can use the term “gone viral”…
March 11, 2020
Confessions of an Economic Hitman TRANSCEND VIDEOS BY John Perkins
Short Documentary According to Perkins, he began writing Confessions of an Economic Hit Man in the 1980s, but “threats or bribes always convinced [him] to stop.” Perkins’ function was to convince…
March 11, 2020
Indigenous women in Kenya rebuild resilience amidst an eco-cultural crisis
In the face of growing climate change, indigenous women in Kenya are remembering and reinstating their native agricultural practices, to build resilience and reclaim their relationship to the…
October 9, 2019
THE YOUNG HANDS THAT FEED US
Apperead on 19 JUL 2019 An estimated 524,000 children work unimaginably long hours in America’s grueling agricultural fields, and it’s all perfectly legal. It was the last day…
July 9, 2019
«Le peuple d’abord» RDC : l’entrepreneur Jean Michel Wembi décidé à matérialiser cette vision du Président Tshisekedi
«Un voyage de mille kilomètres commence toujours par le premier pas», dit un adage chinois. Depuis l’investiture du Président de la République, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, le fils…
June 10, 2019
Forget GDP — New Zealand Is Prioritizing Gross National Well-Bein
The country’s new “well-being budget” emphasizes citizen happiness over capitalist gain. 8 Jun 2019 – We usually think of a country’s wealth or capital in terms of its financial…
May 30, 2019
The Africa Continent Produces 75% of World’s Cocoa And Only Get’s 2% Of the $100 Billion Industry…Why?
Okay, I am no mathematical genius- far from it- but I can do my simple sums. So, if Africa produces 75% of the world’s cocoa then surely this…
April 22, 2019
South Africa still waiting on post-apartheid promises
The election 25 years ago of South Africa’s first black president, the late Nelson Mandela, who inspired the struggle against apartheid, was a time of soaring hope that…
April 5, 2019
Le Gouverneur Richard Muyej déterminé à poursuivre l’émergence du Lualaba
Sous le coup de minuit, la Commission électorale nationale indépendante (CENI) a donné le go pour la campagne de l’élection des Gouverneurs et Vice-Gouverneurs de provinces prévue pour…
April 5, 2019
Africa’s historic free trade deal now has enough countries signed up to go into force
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat holds the instruments after they were signed by the heads of state and representatives from various African countries…
April 4, 2019
The Lasalin Massacre: Is it an accidental event, a fight between rival gangs to control an area, or a calculated and planned political act? by Vladimir Durace.
This article, originally written in Haitian Kreyol for Haiti Solidarity in February 2019, was translated by Haiti Action Committee. Lasalin, a shantytown in the capital of Haiti, is…
April 4, 2019
Recent unrest reveals continuing revolutionary spirit in Haiti
Mass demonstrations against imperialist hegemony have rocked the western hemisphere’s poorest nation of Haiti. During the month of February, hundreds of thousands of Haitians took to the streets…
December 19, 2018
Dr. Paul Yeboah: Region-wide Permaculture Economic Development
Reposted from Earth Repair Radio with Andrew Millison This episode looks at the successful and ongoing story of the Ghana Permaculture Institute and their work in creating region-wide…
December 12, 2018
Diminishing Influence of Traditional Elders on Peace and Reconciliation in Somaliland
Somaliland tried to combine democracy and traditional governance and this formed the basis of the traditional elders’ confusion to adjust their role in order to maintain their significant…