Abayomi Azikiwe

EDITOR’S NOTE: This address was delivered during a panel discussion at the United National Antiwar Coalition Conference held in Secaucus, New Jersey on May 9, 2015. The panel was chaired by Margaret Kimberley of Black Agenda Report and also featured Maurice Carney of Friends of the Congo.

Author Nick Turse is continuing his research on the increasing role of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) over the last seven years. These military operations have impacted most countries on the continent through the utilization of military bases, waterways and airspace.

Confederate army forces retreated from Richmond, Virginia in early April 1865 in the face of advancing Union troops many of whom were Africans.

Attacks on March 18 at the Bardo Museum in Tunis resulting in the deaths of 24 people have been credited to Islamic State.

Martyred Burkinabe revolutionary Pan-Africanist and Marxist leader from 1983-1987, Capt. Thomas Sankara, was assassinated in a coup on October 15, 1987. He was only 37 years old.

United States imperialism and militarism breeds instability in Africa

Training exercises coordinated by the Pentagon take place again on the continent

Note: The following address was delivered at the annual African American History Month Forum in Detroit on Saturday 21 February 2015, which was sponsored by the Detroit branches of the Workers World Party and the Fight Imperialism Stand Together (FIST) youth organization.

January 12 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965), a renowned playwright who was also a political activist on the Left.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the West African state of Nigeria on Jan. 25, and stated that the United States would impose sanctions on any terrorists based in the country.

An upsurge in mass demonstrations and rebellions across the United States portends much for developments in 2015. None of the underlying factors associated with the rise in police killings and other racist incidents have been seriously addressed by the federal government and the bourgeoisie.