With the passing of Nelson Mandela on December 5, 2013, the impact of his life and political work was recognized by not just the people of South Africa and the African continent but oppressed and struggling peoples throughout the world.
Abayomi Azikiwe
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During the summer of 1964 over 1,000 student volunteers along with rank-and-file workers and professionals from the northern and western cities of the United States traveled to Mississippi and Southwest Tennessee to assist African Americans in their decades-long struggle to acquire the right to v
Tagged under GovernancePlacing his legacy in a revolutionary perspective is important in countering the corporate media view that attempts to strip away the actual history of collective struggle in South Africa and its influence on the international movements against racism, imperialism and class exploitation.
Tagged under Governance South AfricaA series of military operations and engagements in the countries of West Africa near the Gulf of Guinea has further exposed the United States build-up in the region. Two US citizens were reportedly kidnapped by so-called pirates while they transported oil supplies from Nigeria on October 23.
Tagged under GovernanceA long-delayed referendum on the independence of Saharawi from Morocco was the subject of an international conference in Abuja, Nigeria during late October 2013. The conference was sponsored by the Nigerian Labor Congress and other mass organizations.
Tagged under Advocacy & Campaigns Republic Arab Saharawi DemocraticQUESTION: What is your assessment of developments in Tunisia after nearly three years since the fall of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali?
Tagged under Governance TunisiaA decades-long struggle by various people within the Black Liberation Movement, human rights and prisoner support organizations resulted in the release of Herman Wallace from the Angola prison plantation in Louisiana, US.
Tagged under ResourcesBillows of smoke emanated from the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on the third day of a standoff between Kenyan, Israeli and United States forces (FBI) against the seizure of the facility by members of the Al-Shabaab Islamic resistance movement based in Somalia.
Tagged under Governance SomaliaA huge turnout characterized the 50th anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Crowds were large and dispersed throughout wide areas surrounding the Lincoln Memorial, the MLK Memorial, all along Independence, Constitution avenues between 14th and 17th streets.
Tagged under ResourcesAugust 9 represented the 57th anniversary of the Women’s March on Pretoria in 1956. The event attracted 20,000 women to protest the pass laws which were a hallmark of the racist apartheid system.
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