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Interview with President Isaias Afwerki – New African Magazine – November 2011

2011-10-31T16:31:00.002-04:00

New African Magazine, November 2011 issue, is featuring an interview with President Isaias Afwerki. It is a must read.

"Once dubbed the “hope of Africa” by a Western newspaper,Eritreahas since been lambasted as a rogue state led by an authoritarian regime, paranoid about its larger neighbour,Ethiopia, with whom it fought a ruinous border war. A key ally of theUSonce upon a time, relationships soured in the early 2000s, as they did with the AU, the UN, other nations, and international organisations. Human rights groups often rankEritreaas one of the worst performers. But, though it has gone unreported,Eritreais a country that may meet most of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. It has achieved considerable success in health and education, based on principles of self-reliance and social justice. As pictures of the recent famine in the Horn of Africa are broadcast across the world,Eritreais missing from the narrative because in a short space of time it has made strides in developing a strong agricultural sector and a resilient economy. And it has done all this without donor aid or outside help. New African spoke to the Eritrean president, Isaias Afwerki, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Meeting inNew York." READ MORE !!!!
Link to interview: Eritrea & PIA in New African Magazine November 2011 issue

Video: Interview with President Isaias Afwerki after New York trip

2011-10-01T17:54:00.000-04:00

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Ethiopia's Land Grab

2011-03-23T21:05:00.002-04:00

Eritrea Mining: Sunridge, of Rape and Pillage?

2010-10-05T22:50:00.004-04:00

The conclusions of the study beg for obvious question. If Emba Derho, Debarwa and Adi Nefas deposits all respond to extraction by froth flotation in a similar manner and therefore co-processing these materials in a single flotation process plant is deemed feasible” and “provide significant economic benefits for the other three deposits through capital cost synergies” why then strip Debarwa of its high grade material first? ….. More importantly: how does this benefit Eritrea? And how does this benefit Sunridge Gold Corp? ….taking to account the state of Eritrea’s commitment for its publically stated goals of “Sustainable development” – be it economic or social – and “Environmental Responsibility”. …. READ MORE !!!

Destabilization by Democracy – Zbigniew Brzezinski

2010-03-13T14:38:00.003-05:00

Zbigniew Brzezinski is described as “America’s most distinguished commentator on international affairs” or as President Obama calls him “one of our most outstanding thinkers”. Zbigniew Brzezinski was U.S. National Security Adviser from 1977 to 1981. If you are not familiar with Dr. Brzezinski it is recommended you google him and read his rather long resume. In his most recent book ’Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower’, he has the following thoughts he likes to share with those that think ‘Democracy’ is the way forward in the so called “developing world” and the nature of democracy promotion; ....... READ MORE !!!

Haile Menkorios - Treason or Not?

2010-02-11T17:13:00.011-05:00

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Q & A starting at approximately 1 hr 40 min Haile M. makes some interesting remarks, he ought not have made in my opinion. In the past I have defended this person's choice to move on, when others had called him a 'treasonous', 'traitor' etc. However, in light of this new revelation I reserve my right to change my opinion.

R. Reid and Dr. Bereket talk on Eritrea’s External Relations

2010-02-03T18:17:00.009-05:00

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Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man

2010-01-29T13:00:00.002-05:00

Africa in a Changing World: An Inventory

2010-01-25T01:56:00.005-05:00

By Tsenay Serequeberhan
Modern European colonialism—the subjection of non-European peoples designated as inferior and primitive, and their transformation for their own “improvement” and “welfare”—was enveloped in, and derived its legitimacy from, a rather stuck-up and imperious altruism. For the longest time, this violent benevolence saw itself as the proper embodiment and manifestation of humanity in intercultural relations. It was believed that a certain group of human beings, notably those with a lighter complexion, had possession of the True God and had discovered The Proper Way of organizing human life on earth; and so this group felt compelled to civilize the rest of humankind, to make it like itself, by forcefully sharing its blessings. In other words, as the missionary priest Father Placide Temples points out: “It has been said that our civilizing mission alone can justify our occupation of the lands of uncivilized peoples.” READ MORE !!!

The Relevance of Karl Marx

2010-01-11T01:04:00.000-05:00

Eritrea: UN & US Sanction the Powerhouse of HOA

2010-01-03T19:43:00.002-05:00

“Irresolute Princes, to escape immediate danger, commonly follow the neutral path, in most instances to their destruction.” —- Niccolo Machiavelli

The aim with this piece is to address the following points: First, to challenge the notion that “it is not to Eritrea’s interest” to support some part of disaffected Somali opposition groups. …. Second, to challenge the notion that, in this case, neutrality is the safest course of action. Historic and political considerations and other available information controvert this notion….It will show that some reactionary elements, such as Saleh AA Younis, have advanced the same position before, and have been proven wrong. .... To make this points, and more, the writings of the man that is considered the father of modern political science, Niccolo Machiavelli, and his book, ‘The Prince’, will be considered. Machiavalli is chosen to highlight the practical, realpolitik, above the ‘moral’ consideration. …… Moreover, the patterns of threat against Eritrea are clear and convincing. These threats materialize every time when the TPLF regime in Ethiopia finds itself in much precarious position and requires its master to rescue it. It is the best indicator of the TPLF regime desperation. TPLF is feeling the bells toll for its dying regime. It needs its master now more than ever to defuse some of the pressures, and to save its neck. READ MORE!!!!!

Susan Rice is Bad News for Africa

2009-12-24T12:24:00.003-05:00

If you believe that Barack Obama will pursue a policy in the Horn of Africa that is substantially different than that of George Bush, you are in for a deep disappointment....Susan Rice’s brand ... is a farce, a pretext to justify military aggression under the guise of preventing human suffering. She has amply demonstrated that her sole concern is projection of U.S. power by any means – or pretext – that is available...Rice embraces a policy that causes mass death and starvation in Somalia and ongoing genocide in Congo. Although she’s no blood relative of Condoleezza Rice, on African issues she seems headed in the same direction .... READ MORE!!!!

Food Is too Cheap

2009-12-18T13:05:00.002-05:00

The single greatest challenge facing our modern economic food chain is the insanely unnatural cost of food to the consumer, making the simple and necessary act of eating dependent on food that is almost free. The global edifice of cheap food rests on the volatility of a single input; the exponentially depleting supply of easy, cheap oil. We are gorging ourselves at the $1.99 all-you-can-eat oil buffet. Food is too cheap, a “correction” is coming, and there is not a damn thing anybody can do about it. ... For the most part of human history, the cost of eating was a brutal, hard day of death defying exertion. You found food or you died, and you probably died trying ... READ MORE!!!

Robert Fisk - Obama is a Disaster

2009-12-13T14:40:00.001-05:00

Sudan's interlocking crises - Mahmood Mamdani

2009-10-22T13:45:00.002-04:00

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Saviors and Survivors - by Mahmood Mamdani

2009-10-01T23:17:00.003-04:00

MUST READ:

Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror

In writing Saviors and Survivors Mahmood Mamdani has painstakingly removed the activist smokescreen that has clouded and confused the tragedy of Darfur. His book is a work of serious and authentic scholarship but more than that it reflects an act of moral courage to confront the half truths that have bedeviled the discourse on Darfur and more broadly on Sudan, and possibly prolonged the suffering and sorrow of all Darfurians, African and Arab alike ... More than a thousand years ago, Al Biruni wrote:

“The tradition regarding an event, whether true or false, depends upon the character of the reporters, who are influenced by the divergence of interests and all kinds of animosities and antipathies among nations. We must distinguish different classes of reporters.” .....The byline on the number of dead and displaced in Darfur used by every correspondent worldwide in nearly every story on Darfur is a telling example of the formation of the connecting links between the readers and the writer of a story based on partial information, until the story passes for truth. It would appear that not much has changed over a millennium in the way events are reported....Despite some omissions and a few slips in his Darfur narrative, in writingSaviors and Survivors, Mahmood Mamdani has emulated Al-Biruni’s praiseworthy reporter, who shrinks from a lie and adheres to the truth, enjoying credit even among liars, not to mention others. READ REVIEW

Why Socialism? - By Albert Einstein

2009-08-29T20:40:00.004-04:00

... nowhere have we really overcome what Thorstein Veblen called "the predatory phase" of human development.... Since the real purpose of socialism is precisely to overcome and advance beyond the predatory phase of human development, economic science in its present state can throw little light on the socialist society of the future.... socialism is directed toward a social-ethical end. ... The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil. We see before us a huge community of producers the members of which are unceasingly striving to deprive each other of the fruits of their collective labor -- not by force, but on the whole in faithful compliance with legally established rules. .... Private capital tends to become concentrated in few hands, partly because of competition among the capitalists, and partly because technological development and the increasing division of labor encourage the formation of larger units of production at the expense of the smaller ones. The result of these developments is an oligarchy of private capital the enormous power of which cannot be effectively checked even by a democratically organized political society. This is true since the members of legislative bodies are selected by political parties, largely financed or otherwise influenced by private capitalists who, for all practical purposes, separate the electorate from the legislature. The consequence is that the representatives of the people do not in fact sufficiently protect the interests of the underprivileged sections of the population. Moreover, under existing conditions, private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information (press, radio, education). It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases quite impossible, for the individual citizen to come to objective conclusions and to make intelligent use of his political rights .... READ MORE!!!!

Dambisa Moyo: On Democracy, Aid and More

2009-07-09T16:03:00.003-04:00

In Every Black Man's Eyes--Death To The Rebel

2009-06-24T23:46:00.003-04:00

... these beautiful brothers, still but terrible, were hell to Johnny Reb. The black soldier was human--sometimes cowardly, sometimes brave, sometimes laughing, sometimes crying, ill-led, ill-fed, ill-trained, ill-equipped. But goddamn, if he wasn't the spitting image of everything the South fought against, everything that slavery declared untrue. Howell Cobb put it best, "If slaves will make good soldiers, our whole theory of slavery is wrong." ... That's the point. Black soldiers literally, and symbolically, assaulted the very foundations of the South. There were a living weapon of psychological warfare ... READ MORE !!!

Time for 'Global Perestroika" - by Mikhail Gorbachev

2009-06-10T22:22:00.003-04:00

The time has come to strike the right balance between the government and the market, for integrating social and environmental factors and demilitarising the economy....Washington will have to play a special role in this new perestroika, not just because the United States wields great economic, political and military power, but because America was the main architect, and America's elite the main beneficiary, of the current world economic model. That model is now cracking and will, sooner or later, be replaced. That will be a complex and painful process for everyone, including the United States.... We will cope with the new global challenges as well, but only if everyone understands the need for real, cardinal change - for a global perestroika. READ MORE!!!

They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America - by Ivan Van Sertima

2009-06-04T02:10:00.001-04:00

Brezinski: On Frost Over The World

2009-03-22T14:43:00.000-04:00

In America, Speaking the Truth Is a Career-ending Event

2009-01-26T23:08:00.005-05:00

....Truth cannot be spoken in America. It cannot be spoken in universities. It cannot be spoken in the media. It cannot be spoken in courts, which is why defendants and defense attorneys have given up on trials and cop pleas to lesser offenses that never occurred. ...Truth is never spoken by government. .... Washington “is where principles go to die.” ... Read More!!!

Norman Finkelstein - In Praise of Resistance

2009-01-17T09:00:00.002-05:00

Must Watch!!!

Unrealistic Expectations & Obama Worship

2009-01-05T13:40:00.003-05:00

Foreign Aid Goes Military!

2009-01-01T10:11:00.002-05:00

Imagine Lenin's puzzlement if he were alive to see the territories of the globe divided up not among capitalists but among foreign aid bureaucrats. I am exaggerating a little; but a surprising new trend among development economists, foreign aid organizations, and Western policymakers is the willingness to combine foreign military intervention with traditional aid work. This takes even further a tendency that began in the 1980s toward increasing intrusiveness of foreign aid programs in poor societies' economic policies and political institutions. In short, foreign aid has been getting ever more imperial over the past quarter-century. While foreign aid may be squeezed by the current financial crisis, the aid-military complex seems likely to thrive in view of the many threats to security in different parts of the world. Indeed, on October 13, 2008, right after the worst week in US stock market history, World Bank President Robert Zoellick found time in a major speech to talk about how the World Bank was "bringing security and development together." READ MORE!!!

Going Socratic, especially on you, my fellow citizens!!!

2008-11-16T19:38:00.003-05:00

I shall never stop practicing philosophy and exhorting you and elucidating the truth for everyone that I meet. I shall go on saying...Are you not ashamed that you give your attention to acquiring as much money as possible, and similarly with reputation and honor and give no attention to truth and understanding and the perfection of your soul?...I shall do this to everyone I meet, young or old, foreigner or fellow citizen, but especially to you, my fellow citizens. ---- Socrates - from Plato’s, Apology

A Heart from Jenin - Documentary

2008-11-13T22:24:00.003-05:00

If you come accross this documentary it is a must watch!!! Here is only half of the documentary please make an effort to watch the full length film to truly appreciate it.

(Video) President-Elect Obama and the Future of US Foreign Policy:

2008-11-07T00:18:00.002-05:00

what are Obama’s foreign policy positions, and what are the concerns for those living in countries at the target end of US foreign policy? ....
Click here to view:....President-Elect Obama and the Future of US Foreign Policy: A Roundtable Discussion

(CNN Video) Bush Trying To Pardon Himself

2008-10-29T23:15:00.000-04:00

Africa's Prospects: Hope and Opportunity Knocks

2008-10-28T00:16:00.005-04:00

Two articles from the Economist

Africa's Prospects: Opportunity Knocks

With world markets in turmoil, an unexpected & Overlooked continent may benefit from its very isolation. READ MORE!!!

Africa: There is Hope

... the latest trend is cheeringly positive. READ MORE!!!

PENTAGON AND THE BAILOUT -- Must See!!

2008-10-24T22:28:00.003-04:00

...why then aren't we concerned about the trillions of dollars the Federal Reserve is pumping into the system? Or the trillions missing from the Pentagon?

Black Swan - By Nassim Nicholas Taleb

2008-10-04T14:50:00.008-04:00

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
A must read!!! - especially now, given what is transpiring in global financial markets. You surely have come across the phrase "a black swan event" - referring to "wallstreet melt down". However, the implications of the subject matter is far greater than just finance. I have found it difficult to find a comprehensive Book Review that, is not bogged down in some silly moments of the book, and that accurately capture the full essence of the subject matter. Anyhow, here is one report ..... enjoy!! READ MORE!!!

Human Rights Watch: Lies, Crimes and Cover-ups

2008-10-02T22:52:00.002-04:00

Human Rights Watch, a US-based group claiming to be a non-governmental organization, but which is in fact funded by government-linked quasi-private foundations and a Congressional funded political propaganda organization, the National Endowment for Democracy has issued a report .....A close reading of the “Report” reveals an astonishing number of blatant falsifications and outright fabrications, glaring deletions of essential facts, deliberate omissions of key contextual and comparative considerations and especially a cover-up of systematic long-term, large-scale security threats to ... democracy posed by Washington . READ MORE!!!

Robert Fisk: On US Foreign Policy and OBAMA

2008-10-01T08:07:00.000-04:00

We Blame Capitalism

2008-09-20T11:42:00.002-04:00

"Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work for the benefit of all."

John Maynard Keynes

NY Gold takeoff from the shakedown of wallstreet

2008-09-17T11:11:00.003-04:00

Houston: we have a liftoff.

The New Humanitarian Order

2008-09-15T23:54:00.002-04:00

The conflict in Darfur began as a civil war in 1987-89, before Bashir and his group came to power.... Having falsely attributed to Bashir the racialization of the conflict, Moreno-Ocampo focuses on two consequences of the conflict in Darfur: ethnic cleansing through land-grabbing and atrocities in the camps. He attributes both to Bashir. He is again wrong... This new humanitarian order, officially adopted at the UN's 2005 World Summit, claims responsibility for the protection of vulnerable populations. That responsibility is said to belong to "the international community,"... It describes as "human" the populations to be protected and as "humanitarian" the crisis they suffer from, the intervention that promises to rescue them and the agencies that seek to carry out intervention. Whereas the language of sovereignty is profoundly political, that of humanitarian intervention is profoundly apolitical, and sometimes even antipolitical. Looked at closely and critically, what we are witnessing is not a global but a partial transition. The transition from the old system of sovereignty to a new humanitarian order is confined to those states defined as "failed" or "rogue" states. The result is once again a bifurcated system, whereby state sovereignty obtains in large parts of the world but is suspended in more and more countries in Africa and the Middle East. ... The new language refers to its subjects not as bearers of rights--and thus active agents in their emancipation--but as passive beneficiaries of an external "responsibility to protect." Rather than rights-bearing citizens, beneficiaries of the humanitarian order are akin to recipients of charity. Humanitarianism does not claim to reinforce agency, only to sustain bare life. If anything, its tendency is to promote dependence. Humanitarianism heralds a system of trusteeship....It takes no great intellectual effort to recognize that the responsibility to protect has always been the sovereign's obligation. It is not that a new principle has been introduced; rather, its terms have been radically altered. To grasp this shift, we need to ask: who has the responsibility to protect whom, under what conditions and toward what end? READ MORE!!!

Is the Georgian crisis a good thing?

2008-09-10T21:04:00.003-04:00

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the US has given Russia no or little say in international politics -- or any other major power for that matter. Washington intentionally sabotaged collective international forums, ....For a long time, Russia played along...But as soon as Moscow took its breath, it started putting its foot down.....Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili may have erred in judgment... But ....Russia was making a point...It would no longer tolerate perceived threats to its national security. And it was willing to use arms when necessary. This is what makes this crisis more of a taste of things to come than a passing blip on the screen.... Where should we stand on the Georgian crisis? One answer would be to act in the light of how this crisis will affect the future of the world order. Questions such as minority rights, territorial integrity, and self-determination may need to be put aside for now. It is in our interest to see the world order move from being unilateral into being multilateral. READ MORE!!!

Sarah Palin: No Black People

2008-09-04T21:24:00.004-04:00

Sarah Palin must have felt right at home last night during her speech to the G.O.P. convention: there were almost no black people... “As the country rapidly diversifies, Republicans are presenting a convention that is almost entirely white,” the Washington Post reported today.... Only 36 of the 2,380 delegates seated on the convention floor are black, the lowest number since the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies began tracking diversity at political conventions 40 years ago. Each night, the overwhelmingly white audience watches a series of white politicians step to the lectern–a visual reminder... READ MORE

A Path to Peace in the Caucasus - by Mikhail Gorbachev

2008-09-01T16:25:00.004-04:00

The roots of this tragedy lie in the decision of Georgia's separatist leaders in 1991 to abolish South Ossetian autonomy. This turned out to be a time bomb for Georgia's territorial integrity....What happened on the night of Aug. 7 is beyond comprehension. The Georgian military attacked the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali ...Russia had to respond. To accuse it of aggression against "small, defenseless Georgia" is not just hypocritical but shows a lack of humanity. ... The Georgian leadership could do this only with the perceived support and encouragement of a much more powerful force. Georgian armed forces were trained by hundreds of U.S. instructors... READ MORE!!!

Obama: A Desaster in the making for the Horn of Africa

2008-08-30T15:30:00.008-04:00

Militarism, Joe Biden and Susan Rice: What an Obama election would entail for Sudan and Horn of Africa.

The following is a video of U.S. Senate Foreign Relation Committee hearing on Darfur, chaired by Joseph (Joe) Biden, Obama's vice presidential candidate. Viewers are encouraged to view at least the first two testimonies by Andrew Natsios and Susan Rice - Obama's Foreign Policy adviser. Especially Joe Biden's exchange with Andrew Natsios, to observe Joe Biden's enthusiasm and strong yearning for the use of military and violence to achieve political and diplomatic ends. This heralds an ominous cloud over the future & stability of Sudan. What would the effect of destabilized Sudan mean to Central and Horn of Africa?
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Dennis Kucinich * WAKE UP AMERICA!!!*

2008-08-26T21:47:00.000-04:00

Africa: Different But Equal --- by Basil Davidson (video / documentary)

2008-08-03T15:38:00.005-04:00

Africa: Ep 1 - Different But Equal
- 52 min

This is the first of five installment of Basil Davidson's educational "Africa Series". Basil Davidson is an acclaimed writer and Africanist historian. His works are required reading in many British universities. He is globally recognized as an expert on African History.

Africa: Ep 2 - Mastering A Continent
Africa: Ep 3 - Caravans of Gold
Africa: Ep 4 - The King and the City
Africa: Ep 5 - The Bible and The Gun

George Galloway: on war with Iran

2008-07-14T23:18:00.000-04:00

"Chomsky: US Public Irrelevant,"

2008-06-29T22:37:00.003-04:00

Part I

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The World According to Monsanto

2008-06-24T07:40:00.001-04:00

In the great tradition, Obama is a hawk

2008-06-16T22:58:00.002-04:00

In 1941, the editor Edward Dowling wrote: "The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor that we have a democracy, and second, the chronic terror among the rich, lest we get it." What has changed? The terror of the rich is greater than ever, and the poor have passed on their delusion to those who believe that when George W Bush finally steps down next January, his numerous threats to the rest of humanity will diminish. ... The foregone nomination of Barack Obama, which, according to one breathless commentator, "marks a truly exciting and historic moment in US history", is a product of the new delusion. Actually, it just seems new. Truly exciting and historic moments have been fabricated around US presidential campaigns for as long as I can recall, generating what can only be described as bullshit on a grand scale. READ MORE!!!!

From Kennedy to Obama: Liberalism's last fling --- by John Pilger

2008-06-01T23:10:00.004-04:00

Kennedy’s campaign is a model for Barack Obama. Like Obama, he was a senator with no achievements to his name. Like Obama, he raised the expectations of young people and minorities. Like Obama, he promised to end an unpopular war, not because he opposed the war’s conquest of other people’s land and resources, but because it was “unwinnable”....Should Obama beat John McCain to the White House in November, it will be liberalism’s last fling. In the United States and Britain, liberalism as a war-making, divisive ideology is once again being used to destroy liberalism as a reality. ...In the US, where unrelenting propaganda about American democratic uniqueness disguises a corporate system based on extremes of wealth and privilege, liberalism as expressed through the Democratic Party has played a crucial, compliant role....In 1968, Robert Kennedy sought to rescue the party and his own ambitions from the threat of real change that came from an alliance of the civil rights campaign and the anti-war movement then commanding the streets of the main cities, and which Martin Luther King had drawn together until he was assassinated in April that year. Kennedy had supported the war in Vietnam and continued to support it in private...Read More

Obama’s ‘Race Neutral’ Strategy Unravels of its Own Contradictions

2008-05-04T23:32:00.007-04:00

Barack Obama's strategy to win the White House was to run a "race-neutral" campaign in a society that is anything but neutral on race. The very premise - that race neutrality is possible in a nation built on white supremacy - demanded the systematic practice of the most profound race-factual denial, which is ultimately indistinguishable from rank dishonesty. From the moment Obama told the 2004 Democratic National Convention that "there is no white America, there is no Black America," it was inevitable that the candidate would one day declare the vast body of Black opinion illegitimate....Rev. Wright succeeded in drawing a line in the sand, whether that was his intention or not, daring Obama to take his stand on one side or the other. Race "neutrality" - an impossibility in the actually existing United States - went out the window as Obama in extremis positioned himself at the political/historical fault line alongside the defenders of the Alamo and American Manifest Destiny. As dictated by the logic of power, Obama furiously maneuvered toward "white space," shamelessly taking cover in a kind of populist white patriotism that has always branded Black grievances as selfish, even dangerous distractions from the larger national mission. Read More!!!

Reverend Jeremiah Wright: Vs. State Religion, Ethics, Politics and Strategy

2008-04-20T18:23:00.004-04:00

... Reverend Wright’s brilliant, eloquent and substantive sermon in defense of human dignity speaks to the basic ethical, political and strategic issues of our epoch....The reason for the repeated vicious personal attacks on Reverend Wright by the mass media and the political leaders and academic apologists for empire building is abundantly clear – to prevent a powerful, reasonable, logical and relevant analysis from influencing the American public or even exercising any influence on the Presidential campaign.... What the critics want, is a religion and religious figures at the service of the state, which blesses war planners, honors war criminals, arouses mass hatred of state-designated target peoples. ... Reverend Wright is standing in word and deed for the freedom and autonomy of individuals and institutions against the voracious spread of totalitarian state power. Read More!!!

Will Democracy Make You Happy?

2008-04-07T00:19:00.002-04:00

For decades, politicians and political scientists have clung to the notion that free nations breed happy people. Now, though, a new ‘science of happiness’ is turning that equation on its head. READ MORE!!!!

Bad Samaritans : by Ha-Joon Chang

2008-03-23T23:08:00.005-04:00

A Must Read Book
Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
A rising young star in the field of economics attacks the free-trade orthodoxy of The World Is Flat head-on—a crisp, contrarian history of global capitalism.

One economist has called Ha-Joon Chang “the most exciting thinker our profession has turned out in the past fifteen years.” With Bad Samaritans, this provocative scholar bursts into the debate on globalization and economic justice. Using irreverent wit, an engagingly personal style, and a battery of examples, Chang blasts holes in the “World Is Flat” orthodoxy of Thomas Friedman and other liberal economists who argue that only unfettered capitalism and wide-open international trade can lift struggling nations out of poverty. On the contrary, Chang shows, today’s economic superpowers—from the U.S. to Britain to his native Korea—all attained prosperity by shameless protectionism and government intervention in industry. We have conveniently forgotten this fact, telling ourselves a fairy tale about the magic of free trade and—via our proxies such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization—ramming policies that suit ourselves down the throat of the developing world.....Unlike typical economists who construct models of how the marketplace should work, Chang examines the past: what has actually happened. His pungently contrarian history demolishes one pillar after another of free-market mythology. ...Both justice and common sense, Chang argues, demand that we reevaluate the policies we force on nations that are struggling to follow in our footsteps. Link to a review

Video: Evaluating U.S. Policy Objectives and Options on the Horn of Africa (US Senate Hearing)

2008-03-12T20:46:00.005-04:00

Give it a minute for the video to start, the hearing starts at 22:45 min

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ZIMBABWE ECONOMY: The real story

2008-03-09T23:58:00.003-04:00

How the IMF fixed Zimbabwe.
The IMF, same as the other international financial institutions, like to preach good governance, rule of law, uniformity of treatment, respecting the voice of weaker members and consensus building to developing countries. But, gauging from what the IMF has done to Zimbabwe in its years of difficulty, the Bretton Woods institution has exposed itself as a preacher who hardly practices what it preaches. Below is how the IMF fixed Zimbabwe in the interests of super-power politics. Read More

White Boys and Barack Obama

2008-02-22T00:18:00.003-05:00

Tuesday’s Democratic primaries saw Barack Obama racking up over 60 percent of the white male vote in Wisconsin, riding an unprecedented historical demographic anomaly that will likely send him to the White House - barring a third consecutive general election theft by the Republicans. ... Once whites demonstrated their willingness to vote for a “certain type” of Black man, in Iowa back in January, it was a foregone conclusion that African Americans would line up in overwhelming numbers behind the Illinois Senator. READ MORE!!

Idiots on the March

2008-02-17T17:21:00.004-05:00

We've pretty much destroyed Iraq and Lebanon, so that leaves Syria and Iran. I imagine the neocons plan on Israel taking out Syria while the U.S. carpet-bombs Iran. The neocons are not only idiots, they are evil. They show a complete disdain for peace, a callous disregard for human life and utter contempt for the rule of law. If that ain't evil, the devil had better retire. READ MORE!!

Most of Us Will Eat Shit Until the Day We Die

2008-02-12T23:15:00.004-05:00

Our government, our media and most Americans remain absolutely determined not to understand. ... The ruling elites in the United States have been committed to a foreign policy of American hegemony for over a century; this has been especially true in the decades following the end of World War II. This foreign policy of global hegemony, to be actualized by overthrow, assassination, war, murder, torture and occupation as required, has been and remains a fully bipartisan affair. Both Republicans and Democrats, insofar as the parties bearing those names are central institutions of power in the United States, embrace this policy; very often, Democrats have been notably more aggressive and ruthless in pursuit of this end than Republicans (always excepting the current war criminals in charge of the executive branch).

I'll be blunt, even rude: You can call it Republican shit. You can call it Democratic shit. You can call it progressive shit. It's still shit. It's still murder, and torture, and criminal war, and a growing surveillance state. If you vote for the Democratic or the Republican candidate for president -- and if you vote for almost any of the candidates for national office -- you're voting for murder. You're voting for torture. You're voting for criminal war. You're voting for the growing surveillance state. Is that what you choose to do? Is that what you choose to support? Is it? READ MORE!!

BAR Radio: Obama, his twin & Fat Tuesday by Glen Ford

2008-02-10T23:16:00.000-05:00

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The dangers of ‘brand aid’

2008-02-09T19:36:00.000-05:00

Rather than cast aspersions on the intent behind these efforts, we need to critically examine their execution and outcome. It is imperative to ask whether in the long run these campaigns hurt more than they help. Read More!!!

Secret societies: Africa’s way forward

2008-02-07T20:59:00.000-05:00

Powerful secret societies in the West and elsewhere rule their countries and the world behind the scenes. They meet annually or thereabouts in secret locations. They discuss and take decisions on major policies affecting their countries and the world. Their memberships cut across politics, business, media, military, diplomacy, academia, etc. And they get things done as planned. Being part of the same world, doesn’t Africa also need its own secret societies (multiples of them, minus their sinister side) to defend its interests globally and speed up its development? In this wide-ranging piece, our editor, Baffour Ankomah, argues that it is about time Africa joined in the fest. [Baffour Ankomah, editor of New African Magazine, Article on Feb 2008 New African]

R. Reid and Dr. Bereket talk on Eritrea’s External Relations

2008-02-07T20:56:00.002-05:00

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(The Economist) - The R Word

2008-01-21T00:42:00.000-05:00

The 2007 International Privacy Ranking

2008-01-13T21:55:00.000-05:00

State Privacy Map

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From hyperpower to new world disorder

2008-01-01T19:11:00.000-05:00

For the first time since the end of the Cold War, America isn’t alone on top. What’s replacing the unipolar world of the 1990s? A gang of five superpowers: China, Russia, India, the Eurozone and the U.S. ... World leaders have been putting distance between themselves and Washington ever since the U.S. occupation of Iraq, embarked upon with a theological righteousness that alienated the secular Europeans, and based on assumptions seemingly designed to salvage the reputations of Barbara Tuchman's cast of feckless leaders in The March of Folly. ... But this year, world leaders lost their reticence and subjected Washington to a parade of embarrassments. Read More!!!

Is the Internet an Effective Forum for Public Debate?

2007-12-26T22:12:00.000-05:00

... how revolutionary is new technology really? ... "Digital commons: Does new technology add up to a new public sphere?" at the 2007 Battle of Ideas conference hosted by the Institute of Ideas
Alexander Cockburn is co-editor with Jeffrey St. Clair of the twice-monthly muckraking newsletter CounterPunch, whose Web site, www.counterpunch.org, now has a world audience in the millions.

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Another Peace Scare: The Anti-Empire Report

2007-12-12T11:49:00.000-05:00

The US intelligence community's new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) ..makes a point of saying up front: "We judge with high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program ." ...The earth shook. Our political and military leaders were all in shock. The headlines screamed with rage. ... Shouldn't we be overjoyed? Shouldn't the masses in Israel be dancing in the streets? After all, we have been saved! ... Lo and behold -- no bomb and no any-minute-now. Isn't that a reason for celebration? So why does this feel like a national disaster? ... We have to keep this in mind -- America, like Israel, cherishes its enemies. Without enemies, the United States appears to be a nation without moral purpose and direction. Read More!!!

CHAVEZ: SI!!!

2007-12-02T16:51:00.000-05:00

CHAVEZ: SI!!!
Venezuela: SI!!!

Imperialism: No!!

"The inexperienced soldier thinks everything lost when he is
once defeated because he hasn’t yet learned from experience
that courage, ability and perseverance correct bad luck."

– Simon Bolívar, Cartagena Manifesto

Ban Ki Whom?

2007-11-29T15:31:00.000-05:00

.....on his resignation as the UN Representative for the Peace Process, Alvaro de Soto revealed an almost complete capitulation to the American/Israeli positions. De Soto complained of the "unprecedented access" Israel had to the Secretary General's office, which insiders confirm, and which goes as far as helping choose officials as well as determining positions on the Palestine conflict....by aligning himself with the United States and Israel, Ban is making it difficult for him to woo and work with the Non-Aligned...faced with the continued arrogance of Washington and Israel, Ban Ki Moon will soon realize that there are limits to cooperation if he, his office, and the UN are to maintain any integrity. READ MORE!!!

Demands of a Thief - (Haaretz)

2007-11-27T02:02:00.000-05:00

The public discourse in Israel has momentarily awoken from its slumber. "To give or not to give," that is the Shakespearean question - "to make concessions" or "not to make concessions." ... but this discourse is baseless and distorted. Israel is not being asked "to give" anything to the Palestinians; it is only being asked to return - to return their stolen land and restore their trampled self-respect, along with their fundamental human rights and humanity. This is the primary core issue, the only one worthy of the title, and no one talks about it anymore. Read More !!

John Bolton on UN

2007-11-14T03:06:00.000-05:00

The deceit of Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

2007-11-07T11:11:00.000-05:00

“Worldwide Press Freedoms Index 2007” RSF claims to be neutral, objective and solely interested in press freedoms. But this claim does not hold up to scrutiny. In reality the 2007 index, laden with contradictions, is nothing more than a fraud and demonstrates, to the contrary, that the association...defends a very specific interest and political agenda...How is it that Eritrea...ended up ranked below Iraq, Mexico, Somalia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka? Perhaps because that nation is on Washington’s black list and RSF receives funding from the CIA front National Endowment for Democracy, NED? READ MORE!!!

After the End of Empire

2007-10-30T19:10:00.000-04:00

The sun sets early on the American Century
The ‘American Century’ only began 60 years ago. But it seems already to be over, with the disaster of Iraq forcing some of the United States’ ruling elites to realise that its hegemony has been severely weakened. But nobody seems to know what to do next, or even how to behave.The disastrous outcome of the invasion and occupation of Iraq has caused a crisis in the power elite of the United States deeper than that resulting from defeat in Vietnam 30 years ago. Ironically, it is the very coalition of ultra-nationalists and neo-conservatives that coalesced in the 1970s, seeking to reverse the Vietnam syndrome, restore US power and revive “the will to victory”, that has caused the present crisis. READ MORE

Iraq Casualties

2007-10-27T04:37:00.000-04:00

Revolution .... 40 years on .... Inspiring New Generations

2007-10-16T22:08:00.001-04:00

"I returned, and saw under the sun,
that the race is not to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong,
neither yet bread to the wise,
nor yet riches to men of understanding,
nor yet favour to men of skill;
but time and chance happeneth to them all."

Still a true revolutionary is in for the long haul!!!!

Washington Consensus: Failed Model

2007-10-16T01:48:00.000-04:00

two studies detailed how the World Bank’s research systematically manipulating data to show that neoliberal market reforms were promoting growth and reducing poverty ... neoliberal globalisation is not a new stage of capitalism but a desperate and unsuccessful effort to overcome the crises of over-accumulation, overproduction and stagnation that have overtaken the central capitalist economies since the mid-1970s....The big challenge is not to be waylaid into promoting a “benign globalisation” but to transcend it – that is, to create a truly equitable international order of independent national societies where domestic and local economies will be revived along with the transformation of class relations and the achievement of a healthy balance between community and the environment. READ MORE !!!

Video - US Committee on Foreign Affairs Africa Hearing On Ethiopia - Jendayi E. Frazer & More

2007-10-02T18:57:00.001-04:00

“Ethiopia and the State of Democracy: Effects on Human Rights and Humanitarian Conditions in the Ogaden and Somalia”. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Africa and Global Health Subcommittee Hearing

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Russia’s New Bomb !!!

2007-09-27T10:29:00.000-04:00

“The tests have shown that the new air-delivered ordnance is comparable to a nuclear weapon in its efficiency and capability,” Colonel General Alexander Rukshin, said. ... The Russian bomb test sent shock waves across the Western world. It provided fresh evidence of Russia’s re-emergence, not only as an economic power but also as a military power. ... Western media have accused Putin of “turning back the clock” and returning “to the bombast and bluster of the Cold War”. Russians, however, think they have merely shed post-Soviet illusions that the end of the Cold War would bring harmony to international relations and an end to rivalries and conflict. The last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, believed that the East-West confrontation had ideological roots, and once the Soviet Union dropped the communist ideology and embraced democracy there would be no basis for conflict. He was naive enough to take the Western leaders’ word for it ... Today, Gorbachev admits he was deceived. ... “After the break-up of the Soviet Union the U.S. decided they had their hands free,” he told a press conference in July. “They thought they finally had their chance to build an empire. They suffer from a victor’s complex and this is the main reason why the world is in disarray.” ... It is hard to imagine any Russian leader today with illusions about the West ... READ MORE!!!

Video: Iran's President Ahmadinejad in USA

2007-09-25T03:37:00.000-04:00

Iranian Pres. Ahmadinejad Speech at Columbia Univ. With a twist of American hospitality. A sad display of unbecoming behavior by American intellectuals toward an invited head of state. A moral decay at the heart of a learning institute, that is only redeemed by the open mindedness of the students. To Watch Video Click Here!!!

The New Military Frontier: Africa

2007-09-21T20:00:00.000-04:00

U.S. arms sales to Ethiopia, which has one of Africa's largest armies, have roughly doubled and military aid has increased two and a half times. But the nation has not received military Humvees since 2002, when it used them against its own people. During protests following the May 2002 elections, the Ethiopian military fired on crowds from the Humvees, killing 85 people. The U.S. sold the Humvees to Ethiopia for counter-terrorism operations. Will the other military assistance Ethiopia receives be similarly abused? READ MORE !!!

Eritrea: Its Present is the Remote Future of Others

2007-09-17T23:56:00.002-04:00

By Abdul Rahman Mohamed Babu
... the verdict is that in progress, resourcefulness and sheer independence, Eritrea is the stuff miracles are made of. ... experiences with liberated Eritreans give you confidence in the capacity of the African masses to take history in their own hands during the challenging journey from the realm of necessity to the realm of freedom ... I am not ashamed to admit that I have been overwhelmed by what I saw [in Eritrea]. Living, working and eating with these staunch revolutionaries I am tempted to echo the famous quote: ‘I have seen the future of Africa and it works’. READ MORE !!!

Was development assistance a mistake?

2007-09-15T04:49:00.000-04:00

...development assistance has failed to achieve development. $568 billion in today’s dollars flowed into Africa over the past 42 years, yet per capita growth of the median African nation has been close to zero. ...Successful cases of development happening due to a large inflow of aid and technical assistance have been hard to find ... Despite the frequency of statements like “we must end world poverty,” it is seldom clarified who is this “we” taking responsibility for world poverty. Is it World Bank or UN officials? National government leaders? Celebrities? Perhaps “development experts” is the most likely in writings by “we” development experts. ... The other possibility, that development experts are greatly overrated as a means to achieve development, goes against the self-interest of everyone in this profession. Yet maybe it is true; after all, development experts played no role in the development of the developed countries. READ MORE !!!

Video: President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell address

2007-09-01T20:59:00.000-04:00

President Eisenhower’s warning to Americans of the dangers that the Military-Industrial Complex poses to the United States of America in particular and the world in general.

"we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. ... we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific technological elite." -- President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The Trap

2007-08-28T00:23:00.000-04:00

An interesting three part BBC documentary: Episode One. For Episode 2&3 follow google "From User"

Thinking beyond the US invasion

2007-08-16T01:53:00.000-04:00

Once again the drums of war are roaring in Washington DC. Once again the signs and signals of a pending US/Israeli attack on yet another country, this time Iran, are heard louder than ever. The build-up to an anxiety-provoking crescendo has already started to gain momentum. Direct threats, indirect allusions, guarded remarks, provocative bluffs -- no one knows exactly what the Bush administration has in mind -- and that precisely seems to be the point: generating and sustaining a general condition of suspenseful uncertainty, an atmosphere of amorphous fear and intimidation, and a perpetual state of war....if US/Israel will or will not attack Iran, will or will not bomb Syria, will or will not completely take over Somalia, will or will not militarily engage North Korea, will or will not try for yet another coup in Venezuela....For that drive towards global domination to be politically effective and psychologically enduring, the state of war is far more important than the actual act of war, and the threat of violence politically far more destabilising than the act of violence itself. For the state of war, and the threat of violence, change the very political culture in which we receive and interpret any particular act of war, or occurrence of violence....the state of war numbs the human consciousness, and thus we fail to respond (for we lack any meaningful language) to the fundamental acts of moral depravity that we witness on a daily basis....So, as the US/Israeli military and intelligence agencies, think tanks, and, above all, mass media (all integral to the same militarised state of mind)....These two galvanised military machineries masquerading as nation-states are today the most violent source of militarised madness on our planet (and beyond).....For this military machinery to work best, the threat of violence or state of war is a more effective tool for creating fear and sustaining hegemony, than is the actual fact of violence or event of war, which is effectively the neutralising moment of its catharsis. READ MORE !!!!

IMF Crisis

2007-08-15T03:05:00.000-04:00

The IMF itself may have fallen victim to the 1997 Asian financial cataclysm as it faces a budget crisis owing to a ‘boycott’ by its big borrowers. It is not only the IMF but neoliberalism, the dominant ideology of the 1990s, that came crashing down in the aftermath of the crisis.....Ironically, then, the IMF has become one of the key victims of the 1997 debacle. This arrogant institution of some 1,000 elite economists never recovered from the severe crisis of legitimacy and credibility that overtook it – a crisis that was deepened by the bankruptcy of its star pupil, Argentina, in 2002. In 2006, Brazil and Argentina, following Thailand’s example, paid off all their debts to the Fund in order to achieve financial independence. Then, Hugo Chavez let the other shoe drop by announcing that Venezuela would leave the IMF and the World Bank. READ MORE !!!

The War Party

2007-08-12T15:14:00.000-04:00

A BBC documentary looking at how Zionists have both formulated, set in place & then shaped the USA's strategic policies in recent years, ... all » especially with regards to the Middle-East. It also highlights the control, power, and influence that this group wields at all levels in Washington.This group does not reflect the Jewish people of the world, Zionism is not a part of the true Jewish faith. or the true values and teachings of the Torah. Anti-Zionism is NOT Anti-Semitism, the former is a Truth, the later is an abomination. Click Here for Video

Eritrea: The Oldest New Nation - By Issayas Tesfamariam

2007-07-27T03:16:00.000-04:00

Fidel's Final Victory

2007-07-20T15:15:00.000-04:00

Ever since Fidel Castro gained power in 1959, Washington and the Cuban exile community have been eagerly awaiting the moment when he would lose it -- at which point, the thinking went, they would have carte blanche to remake Cuba in their own image. Without Fidel's iron fist to keep Cubans in their place, the island would erupt into a collective demand for rapid change. The long-oppressed population would overthrow Fidel's revolutionary cronies and clamor for capital, expertise, and leadership from the north to transform Cuba into a market democracy with strong ties to the United States...But that moment has come and gone -- and none of what Washington and the exiles anticipated has come to pass. Even as Cuba-watchers speculate about how much longer the ailing Fidel will survive, the post-Fidel transition is already well under way. Power has been successfully transferred to a new set of leaders, whose priority is to preserve the system while permitting only very gradual reform. Cubans have not revolted, and their national identity remains tied to the defense of the homeland against U.S. attacks on its sovereignty. As the post-Fidel regime responds to pent-up demands for more democratic participation and economic opportunity, Cuba will undoubtedly change -- but the pace and nature of that change will be mostly imperceptible to the naked American eye. READ MORE!!!

Big Brother Is Listening

2007-07-16T13:52:00.001-04:00

The National Security Agency was born in absolute secrecy. Unlike the CIA, which was created publicly by a congressional act, the NSA was brought to life by a top-secret memorandum signed by President Truman in 1952, consolidating the country's various military sigint operations into a single agency. Even its name was secret, and only a few members of Congress were informed of its existence and they received no information about some of its most important activities. Such secrecy has lent itself to abuse....The NSA has the ability to eavesdrop on your communications, landlines, cell phones, e-mails, BlackBerry messages, Internet searches, and more with ease. What happens when the technology of espionage outstrips the law's ability to protect ordinary citizens from it? Read More!!!

New presidential directive gives Bush dictatorial power

2007-07-03T21:44:00.000-04:00

National Security & Homeland Security Presidential Directive establishes "National Continuity Policy"

The National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive, signed on May 9, 2007 declares that in the event of a “catastrophic event”, George W. Bush can become what is best described as "a dictator":

"The President shall lead the activities of the Federal Government for ensuring constitutional government."

This directive, completely unnoticed by the media, and given no scrutiny by Congress, literally gives the White House unprecedented dictatorial power over the government and the country, bypassing the US Congress and obliterating the separation of powers. The directive also placed the Secretary of Homeland Security in charge of domestic “security”.

The full text is below. A critical analysis on the directive can be found here.

This is another step towards official martial law (see “US government fans homeland security fears”), which suggests that a new "catastrophic event" 9/11-type pretext could be in the pipeline. Read More !!!

THE INVASION OF PANAMA

2007-07-01T19:23:00.000-04:00

The US put the bankers back in power after the invasion. Noriega's involvement in drug trafficking had been trivial compared to theirs. Drug trafficking there has always been conducted primarily by the banks-the banking system is virtually unregulated, so it's a natural outlet for criminal money. This has been the basis for Panama's highly artificial economy and remains so-possibly at a higher level-after the invasion. The Panamanian Defense Forces have also been reconstructed with basically the same officers....In general, everything's pretty much the same, only now more reliable servants are in charge. Read More!!

Foreign Aid Damages Democracy

2007-06-14T04:18:00.000-04:00

One of the effects of setting up such structures is to undermine time-tested traditional state structures. Worse, reforms from the top instigated by donor conditionalities undermine the right of the people themselves to struggle for and conceive their own institutional reforms and set their own priorities. Furthermore, needless to mention, such top-down reforms conceived, prioritised and financed by the erstwhile IFIs and donors undermine the very basis of democratic governance, that is, accountability to the people. The “governors” are accountable to the “donors” and their consultants and advisors on “good governance” rather than the people. Where is then the so-called democracy, trumpeted so much, and in whose name, political power seeks legitimacy? Read More!!!

Nicaragua - A Nations Right To Survive

2007-06-09T15:23:00.000-04:00

Stealing a Nation - by John Pilger

2007-06-09T15:21:00.000-04:00

A People Without Memory Are In Danger Of Losing Their Soul

2007-06-05T03:06:00.000-04:00

The relationship between African and European languages as producers and storages of memory have been at the heart of the struggle for a sovereign consciousness. A person without a consciousness of his Being in the World is lost and can easily be guided by another to wherever the guide wants to take him, even to his own extinction.
What is the site of memory? Memory lies in language. What fate awaits a community when its keepers of memory have been subjected to the West's linguistic means of production and storage of memory: English, French and Portuguese-so that those who should have been keepers of the sacred word can now only see themselves and the different possibilities for the community within the linguistic boundaries of memory incorporated? We have languages but our keepers of memory feel that they cannot store knowledge and emotions in African languages. It is like having a granary but at harvest you store your produce in somebody else's granary. Read More!!

Race, the Floating Signifier: Featuring Stuart Hall

2007-05-26T18:15:00.000-04:00

Who says Africa is independent?

2007-05-12T20:45:00.000-04:00

.....in reality, what kind of independence are we talking about in Africa? A mere flag-and-anthem independence? Or an independence that gives us the right of choice, decision and action over national affairs?........on educational independence, the fact that more and more Africans are today taking their higher education from Western universities, means that more of Africa's elite are being educated out of their cultural context. Read More!!!

Establishment Media Plagued by 'Coincidence Theorists'

2007-05-01T03:08:00.000-04:00

The dark thread of secret agendas and unspeakable acts that runs like a subterranean stream through the last half-century of American history-and which has turned into a river under this most secretive of presidential administrations-would not have been possible without the outright cooperation of the media. ......Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda minister, once said, "Give me control of the German media, and I can control the German people." It is our generation's misfortune that Goebbels' ideological descendants are now in the White House. It is our generation's responsibility to remove them. READ MORE !!!!

Youth Power For Democracy & Justice

2007-04-26T03:55:00.000-04:00

The Future is Here!!!
YPFDJ is Here!!!

The politically conscious youth does not only regard him/herself a member of ones own community but also part of membership in the international struggle for social justice.

Think Globally, Act Locally!!!